WOODLAND, Calif. – After leading the University of Colorado to back-to-back overtime victories, Sarah Lautman and Paige Soenksen have earned Mountain Pacific Sports Federation player of the week titles.
Lautman, a sophomore midfielder from Reading, Mass., scored two overtime game-winners in CU’s MPSF battles against USC and San Diego State to claim her first Offensive Player of the Week honor. Lautman recorded her second hat trick of the season against USC, first tying things up at 3-3, then again at 9-9 after the Buffaloes had gotten down by three goals for the second time. As the final three seconds of the second overtime period ticked away, Lautman got a rebound to net the game-winner as the final horn sounded to give CU a 12-11 victory and hand USC its first conference defeat of the season.
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