COLORADO SPRINGS - Ellise Putnam's golden goal with 29 seconds left in overtime capped a wild comeback by #20 Colorado School of Mines to beat Midwestern State 3-2 and advance in the NCAA Tournament.

The Orediggers will take on host UCCS Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Second Round.

The Mustangs took a 2-0 lead into the half on two corner-kick goals, but Mines roared back with Amena Nelson's goal on the hour and Eliot Edwards' equalizer with just over four minutes remaining.

The Orediggers outshot MSU 17-7, including 11-3 in the second half.

The Mustangs scored on their first two shots of the game, first when Lexi Beck put home a second-try play off a corner kick at 5:02, and again on the corner when Isabella Cruz sent in Alyssa Salinas' set pierce at 37:52. 

Mines switched out a defender for an attacker at halftime, and it paid immediate dividends with an extended period of offensive pressure. The Mustang defense stuffed a ball at the goal line in the 56th minute in Mines' best chance of the game to that point, but it was a speculative long-range effort by Emma Peterson that resulted in their first goal. Peterson rifled a low shot from 35 yards out that rebounded off the goalkeeper, and a crashing Nelson to put back on the hour.

Nelson nearly made it 2-2 moments later when her close-range attempt was blocked inside the six, but the equalizer finally came in the 86th minute. Landry Corbett had a long throw from her own bench that went into the box, and Edwards rose to meet it and headed it under the crossbar to force overtime. 

Neither team had a shot in the extra period until the final minute when Brooke Pennington served a long pass from her own half forward to Putnam, who worked inside her defender and finished to the left of goal with 40 seconds left. 

NOTABLES
- Mines advances to the NCAA Second Round for the 10th consecutive postseason.
- It was the sixth time in program history that Mines won an NCAA Tournament game on a golden goal; the last game in 2019 against St. Edward's thanks to Chaney Brugman. 
- The last time Mines overcame a 2-0 deficit to win was Sept. 24, 2015 against Regis.
- Putnam is the 21st different Oredigger in program history to score a golden goal.
- Edward's goal was the third-latest equalizer in program history, coming with 4:40 left in regulation. 
- Corbett recorded her team-leading fifth assist of the year on Mines' second goal. Pennington recorded her first career point with the OT helper. 
- Edwards scored her third goal of the season while both Nelson and Putnam bagged their second. 
- Mines improves to 4-1 all-time against Midwestern State, including a 2-0 win in Texas earlier this season. It was the second time Mines beat the Mustangs in overtime in the NCAA Tournament, winning 1-0 in the 2017 First Round thanks to Peyton Sanders' goal.