Thanks in part to Reagan Kotschau’s double-overtime winner, the Colorado women’s soccer team will live to see another round in the NCAA Tournament.

Knotted with 14-seed Utah Valley in the sixth minute of the second overtime period, Kotschau headed home her sixth and most important goal of the season, giving the third-seeded Buffs a first-round win, 2-1.

The junior midfielder from Thornton and Broomfield High School was simply glad to end things after nearly 106 minutes of Friday night soccer at Prentup Field.

“I’m kind of relieved that it’s over because we were all so dead, but it feels really good that we grinded out that win,” said Kotschau, whose goal was assisted by fellow midfielder and Boulder native Ava Priest.

Now the winningest team in program history dating back to 1996, Colo

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