SECOND HALF RALLY LIFTS CORNHUSKERS PAST COLORADO

Friday, September 5

Boulder, Colo.

TBA

Colorado

0-3-0, 0-1-0Big 12

Nebraska

3-0-0, 1-0-0Big 12

Nebraska

Colorado

September 05, 1997 | Soccer

Box Score

By: Ollie Kirkpatrick, Assistant Director

BOULDER, Colo. - For 60 minutes Friday, the University of Colorado women's soccer team was unstoppable.

Unfortunately for the Buffs, however, a regulation soccer game lasts 90 minutes, not 60, and No. 5 Nebraska was more than willing to fill up the remaining 30 with a fierce second-half rally that earned the Cornhuskers a 5-1 victory.

"We were pleased with the first 60 minutes," Colorado head coach Austin Daniels said. "It was the last 30 that were the problem."

Colorado took a 1-0 lead, its first of the season, in the game's 39th minute, when senior Donna Holyman found the back of the Nebraska net on a hot shot from 15 feet. Colorado held on to that lead for the remainder of the first half and just over 10 minutes into the second stanza.

A resurgent Cornhusker squad, however, took it from there, scoring four goals in 15 minutes of game time to take a commanding lead of its own. A final goal with less than a minute to play made the final 5-1 in Nebraska's favor.

"We need to be able to play well and hard for 90 minutes," Daniels said. "You can say it's a measure of the youth of this team."

Colorado drops to 0-3 on the fledgling season with the loss, while Nebraska moves to 3-0.

Next up for the Buffs will be the final game in a season-opening, four-game home stand, a 1 p.m. MDT contest against Big 12 rival Iowa State on Sunday. Daniels, for one, is looking forward to taking the field again.

"It will be another Big 12 game that we have to do well in," Daniels said. "Iowa State has a good team, and they've got some good players, so we've got to be ready."

The Iowa State contest, like all Colorado home games, will be played at the Pleasant View Soccer Complex in North Boulder. Admission to all CU home games is free.