Buffzone · Oct 29, 2015
CU soccer: Final home dates on deck for Buffs' seniors
Colorado's Heather Ward, right, battles Northwestern's Kim Jerantowski for the ball earlier this season at Prentup Field. Ward is one of eight seniors who will be playing their final home games this weekend. (Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer)
Like all of her eventual teammates for the CU soccer program's graduating class of 2016, Nikki Machalek faced a critical moment of consternation before her arrival on campus.
Because of the sport's nature of early commitments, none of the freshmen set to join the Buffaloes in the fall of 2012 had pledged their collegiate careers to coach Danny Sanchez, who took over the Buffs' program that season.