DENTON, Texas - First-half goals by both teams ended up being the only scoring action as #21 Colorado School of Mines and Texas Woman's settled for a 1-1 draw on Sunday.
The Orediggers (2-0-2) pressed hard for a winner with five shots in overtime, but the Pioneers (2-0-2) were equal to the task to earn the result.
Eliot Edwards got Mines on the board in the eighth minute with her first goal of the season, coming a minute after a string of early corners as Mines controlled the opening of the game. TWU battled back and leveled on Alyssa Simien's finish from Kalista Miller in the 29th minute, the first goal conceded by the Orediggers in four matches this season.
The second half remained scoreless to send the game into overtime, where Mines got four shots off in the first period thanks to
Landry Corbett,
Hannah Rowan,
Colleen Tyrrell, and
Reese McDermott, and added a chance in the second OT by Tyrrell.
NOTABLES
- Mines outshot TWU 10-7, including 5-0 in overtime after the Pioneers led 7-5 through 90 minutes.
- Rowan led all players with three shots.
- Edwards' goal was the 11th of her career.
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Sierra Roth made four saves, all in regulation. Pioneers' goalkeeper Alexandra Jacinto stopped four, all in overtime.
- The Orediggers' scoreless streak of 657:25 ended with TWU's first-half goal, the second-longest streak in program history. Roth's scoreless streak of 567:25 was the fifth-longest by a goalkeeper in program history.
- Mines stretched its unbeaten streak to 23 matches dating back to Oct. 20, 2019, going 18-0-5 in that span. It is the second-longest unbeaten run in program history.
NEXT UP
Mines makes its first-ever trip to Florida next weekend to face Rollins on Thursday and #4 Florida Tech on Saturday.
