DALLAS, TEXAS -
Chaney Brugman's golden goal and
Nicole LaTourette's late equalizer in regulation rescued #16 Colorado School of Mines as they came back to beat St. Edward's, 3-2, and move on to the NCAA Second Round.
LaTourette scored with 4:27 left in regulation to extend the game, and Brugman tallied off a corner kick at 93:12 to overcome two second-half goals by the Hilltoppers.
Up next for the Orediggers is #9 DBU in the second round on Saturday at 1 p.m. Central.
It was a nail-biting back-and-forth game as Mines held a 1-0 lead on
Emma Peterson's first-half goal before the Hilltoppers leveled right out of halftime and took the lead after the hour mark. Mines had the better run of play in the first half and it resulted in Peterson's goal in the 33rd minute;
Colleen Tyrrell picked a bouncing ball out in the box and sent it forward for Peterson, who slotted the finish home to the near post.
SEU needed only 47 seconds in the second half to score a terrific equalizer as Jenna Lipscomb crossed for a hard Sarah Preston finish, and Eli Chavez scored in the 65th minute to put a reeling Mines behind 2-1.
The Orediggers struggled to mount offense in the final half-hour but finally found their second goal courtesy of
Giselle Sawaged and LaTourette in the 86th minute. Sawaged played a ball over the top from midfield for LaTourette, who got behind the defense and scored on the run to make it 2-2; that suddenly swung the momentum in Mines' favor and they would carry it into overtime.
In the extra frame, LaTourette had an early shot nearly go in, but it started a chain of three corner kicks with the final one paying off. The corner from
Jordan Barnhart was played short to
Kaylee Kennedy, who ran end line and crossed to LaTourette, who one-timed it for Brugman to split a pair of defenders on the line.
NOTABLES
- It was Mines' fifth golden goal winner in NCAA play dating back to 2011. Each of Mines' last four wins in the NCAA Tournament have been in overtime, with the last three on DBU's field.
- It was the second time this season that Mines beat St. Edward's in overtime;
Karolina Sidebaeck's goal won it 1-0 in Austin back on Sept. 13.
- Brugman, playing just a few miles from her hometown of Trophy Club, scored her first career golden goal and fifth of the season overall.
- LaTourette's goal was her team-leading ninth of the year, and she also took the team assists lead with her fifth on Brugman's goal.
- Peterson scored her second of the year as Tyrrell got her first career assist.
- Mines advances to the NCAA Second Round for the eighth consecutive year.
- The Orediggers ended the game up 10-5 on shots.
- SEU's first goal snapped a 586:36 scoreless streak by
Shannon Mooney and the Mines defense. The Orediggers had not given up a goal in over a month, since Oct. 20 against MSU Denver.
- Mines improved to 5-1 all-time against St. Edward's and 2-0 in the NCAA Tournament.
