Photo: Josii Johnston/Westminster Athletics
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -
Emi Higgins' 77th-minute goal provided Colorado School of Mines with a valuable road point as they left Westminster with a 1-1 draw.
It was a tale of two halves as the Orediggers (7-2-3, 4-1-1 RMAC) were out-possessed and out-shot by the Griffins (4-2-2, 1-2-1 RMAC) in the first half but flipped their form around to pressure after halftime, ultimately resulting in the goal.
The Griffins outshot Mines 20-16 overall, but the Orediggers led on chances in the second period 10-6 and overtime was a close 3-2 for WC. Both goalkeepers had busy afternoons as
Sierra Roth made six saves and Kelsea Cracroft stopped eight.
Westminster went ahead on Aimee Kurfurst's 33rd-minute goal, putting back a rebounded Alexa Maple shot. The Orediggers responded with an attacking second half that started to swing the momentum their way. A throw-in in their attacking quarter set up the goal as
Landry Corbett's long toss bounced once in the box and onto the head of Higgins, who put it home to level at 76:02.
Mines had a string of dangerous throws after that and shots by
Emma Peterson and
Hannah Rowan, but the game headed to overtime. In the first extra frame, WC's Brynnae Braun had the only chance, a shot easily saved by Roth, and
Elise Putnam put two on goal in the second OT for Mines, who had two corners in the period.
NOTABLES
- Higgins' goal was her first of the season. She took a team-high five shots off the bench, putting four on goal.
- Corbett had the assist on the goal, her team-leading third of the year.
- Higgins is the 11th different Oredigger to score a goal this season.
- The Orediggers went to overtime for the third time this season, previously drawing with Western Washington and Texas Woman's.
- It was the first draw in series history between Mines and Westminster. The Orediggers now lead 5-0-1.
NEXT UP
Mines will host Colorado Christian in a rare Thursday night match Oct. 14 at 7 p.m.
