The Buffaloes are moving on.
The Colorado women’s lacrosse team rallied past Jacksonville, shaking off a rough third quarter to top the Dolphins 10-9 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at Prentup Field.
The Buffaloes (15-3) extended the second-longest winning streak in team history to eight games while securing a spot in the second round Sunday afternoon against either Denver or Florida, which were set to square off in the second first-round game at Prentup on Friday.
CU endured a scoreless streak of nearly 24 minutes that stretched from the middle of the second quarter into the early minutes of the fourth quarter, a stretch that saw Jacksonville erase a three-goal Buffs’ lead to take an 8-6 lead early in the fourth.
The Buffs responded with three consecutive goals, first from Maddie Shoup and then a pair from Teagan Ryan, before Jacksonville pulled even at 9-9 on a goal from Shae Hagans with 9 minutes, 51 seconds left. But CU’s Rowan Edson, who scored the overtime winner during the Buffs’ regular season win at Jacksonville, converted a shot off an assist from Molly Reed with 6:06 remaining to give Colorado its final lead.
CU held Jacksonville scoreless the rest of the way to maintain its streak of holding every opponent this season to a single-digit goal total.
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