Cowgirls wrap spring season with progress, look ahead to fall

The Cowgirls finished spring with a clearer sense of direction, and that mattered more than any single exhibition result. After winning Colorado State’s 8v8 tournament in Fort Collins, the University of Wyoming soccer team left the spring slate with evidence that the program’s progress is showing up in competition and in the depth chart alike.

For Albany County readers, the update is more than a routine offseason note. Wyoming soccer sits inside the county’s most visible institution, and spring work often reveals which players are ready to handle a bigger role when the Mountain West schedule returns to Laramie. The Cowgirls’ latest stretch suggested that the group is moving from evaluation mode toward a more defined identity.

That matters because head coach Josh Purdum, hired by athletics director Tom Burman on April 10, 2024, has already overseen notable benchmarks. Wyoming posted the program’s first-ever ranked win on October 10, 2024, when it beat No. 11 Utah State, 2-0, in Laramie. The 2024 season ended 4-6-9, but Purdum said afterward that there was “a lot we can build on,” adding that “there’s a lot of positives, especially how many minutes our freshmen and sophomores received this year.”

The personnel trail since then points to where that growth has been most visible. Goalkeeper Haley Bartel set a single-season school record with nine shutouts in 2024, giving Wyoming a dependable base in the back. Forward Alyssa Glover then gave the attack a landmark season of its own in 2025, finishing with 11 goals and 25 points, both program bests for a single year. Those numbers frame the spring not as filler, but as a check on whether Wyoming can keep turning individual production into team results.

The staff has also continued to invest in that next step. Purdum added Quentin Boric as assistant coach on February 24, 2026, with a primary role working with goalkeepers, a move that fits a program still tightening its defensive core while looking for more consistency up front. With spring now complete, the Cowgirls move into summer development carrying a tournament title, a stronger foundation and a fall schedule that will test whether the gains made in Laramie, Fort Collins and across the spring can hold when points count again.