Reagan Kotschau can’t say her return to Colorado worked out perfectly, because in a perfect world Kotschau and her Buffaloes teammates would still be playing.

But the season eventually ends for all but one team, and time finally caught up with the Colorado women’s soccer team.

The Buffaloes’ historic season ended in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, as CU suffered a 2-1 defeat at Michigan State on Sunday. It was the third Sweet 16 berth in program history, but the Buffs’ season ends one step shy of their first Elite Eight berth.

CU’s season ends having compiled team records for wins (17-4-3), goals (59), assists (66) and points (184). All three of the previous records for goals, assists and points were held by the 2018 team.

Along the way, Hope Leyba set the season goal-scoring record with

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