COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – No. 5 UCCS Women's Soccer mounts an impressive come from behind victory over Westminster College on Friday with two second half goals and an Amelia Junge golden goal in overtime that lifts the Mountain Lions past the Griffins, 3-2.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP: 
Final: #5 UCCS 3, WC 2
Records: #5 UCCS (8-1, 3-0 RMAC), WC (4-1-1, 1-1 RMAC)
Location: Mountain Lion Stadium | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Series: UCCS leads the all-time series against Westminster, 7-2-1.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• It was Westminster who jumped on top to start the game with a quick goal from Alexa Maple in the 4^th minute.
• Shortly after the Westminster goal, UCCS went on the attack in the fifth minute with Tarah Patterson peppering the top woodwork off a free kick that Tori Maydew attempted to put into net off a header but the Griffins kept UCCS scoreless.
 • From there, the first half fell in favor to the Griffins as the Mountain Lions were outshot 7-3 with WC taking the 1-0 lead into halftime.
• The second half started just as the first half did with Westminster finding the back of the net off an Aimee Kurfurst goal. Kurfurst gave the Griffins the 2-0 advantage in the 51^st minute to place the Mountain Lions in their first two-goal deficit of the season.
• Minutes later the Mountain Lions' offense answered back to cut the deficit in half as Tarah Patterson registered her 31^st career goal off a Fie Steenberg cross at 54:50.
• The momentum quickly shifted in the game as the Mountain Lions put pressure on the Griffins' backline once again as a goalkeeper handball outside of the box gave UCCS and Patterson a chance for the equalizer. Patterson fired a shot towards the inside of the left post that WC's Kelsey Cracroft dove to stop as UCCS surpassed WC in shots for the half, 3-2.
• With just two and a half minutes left in the match, UCCS pushed to force another Mountain Lion shot that Tori Maydew headed just over the goal. Not even a minute later, Maydew got off her second shot and did not miss by burying the equalizer at 88:44. Bri Johnson found the redshirt senior on a shallow cross that Maydew buried in the left side of the net to take the match into overtime.
• In extra minutes, the Mountain Lions found their crease and capitalized at the 98^th minute with Amelia Junge netting the golden goal off a Patterson assist to cap off an impressive come from behind win.
 
STATS FROM THE DAY:
• Westminster outshot UCCS 11-10 and held the advantage over the Mountain Lions in corner kicks, 5-3.
• UCCS' Tarah Patterson and WC's Alexa Maple and Brynnae Braun all tallied a game high four shots.   
• Amelia Junge came off the bench to notch a game high two shots on goal as Tori Maydew and Patterson also recorded two shots on goal.
• Katie Puchino and Zoe Sims never left the pitch for the Mountain Lions after playing the full 99 minutes.

BEYOND THE BOX:
• Tori Maydew moves up in the program record books by scoring her 20^th career goal, placing her sixth all-time.
• Tarah Patterson is now tied for the most assists all-time with 23 career assists, tying UCCS alumna Julia Saenz.

UP NEXT:
• No. 5 UCCS is back on the pitch Sunday, Oct. 3 to host Colorado Mesa University inside Mountain Lion Stadium at 12 p.m.
 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.