Photo: Bob Bonnar/Fort Lewis Athletics

DURANGO, Colo. - #13 Colorado School of Mines overcame an early penalty kick by Fort Lewis to earn a 2-1 road victory on Thursday.

Emma Peterson scored near the end of the first half and AK Ford provided the winner 3:42 into the second as Mines came back from 1-0 down. The Skyhawks (2-1-2, 1-1-0 RMAC) were dealt their first loss of the season despite outshooting the Orediggers (5-0-2, 3-0-1 RMAC) 12-11.

Fort Lewis was the better team in the opening minutes, ringing the post and putting two other shots on goal during a long period of possession before earning a penalty in the 23rd minute on a foul in the box, and Corinne Sanderson converted for the 1-0 lead.

The Skyhawks continued to pepper Mines' goal including another hit crossbar by Aubrey Swindle at the half-hour mark, but the Orediggers slowly began building momentum and it paid off with Peterson's 38th-minute equalizer off a pinpoint creation forward by Michelle Easley.

Moments into the second half, Eliot Edwards was sprung on a breakaway that was stopped by a charging Katie Dunbabin at the top of the box, but Ford pounced on the rebound and chipped into the open net for the go-ahead goal. The Orediggers had better control of the game from there, holding FLC primarily to long-range efforts while outshooting the Skyhawks 7-6 in the half.

Sierra Roth made a career-high six saves in the victory; Dunbabin stopped five for the Skyhawks.

NOTABLES
- Ford's goal was her third of the season, tying her for the team lead with Edwards and Chaney Brugman. Peterson tallied for the second time this year.
- Easley's assist was the first of her career. 
- Peterson led Mines with three shots; Madyson Barela also had three chances for FLC.
- The Orediggers still have not allowed a goal from open play since the opening match of the season, a run of 561:35. Mines has given up more goals from the penalty spot (2) than in open play (1) this season.
- Fort Lewis' penalty kick marks only the second time in program history that Mines has given up PK chances in consecutive matches; the last time it happened was in 2006 against CSU Pueblo and Regis. It's the first time Mines has even given up more than one penalty kick chance in an entire season since 2012. 
- Mines improved to 16-7-2 all-time against Fort Lewis; it was their first win in Durango since the 2016 season. 

NEXT UP
Mines closes out their RMAC schedule Saturday at Western Colorado in a 1 p.m. start.