Box Score What a difference a year makes.
 
Colorado College advanced to the semifinals of the 2013 Conference USA Championship by defeating the University of Tulsa, 4-2, on penalty kicks after the teams played to a 2-2 overtime tie on Wednesday.

The Tigers will play East Carolina in the first of two semifinal matches on Friday at 4:30 p.m. CT. The Pirates advanced with a 1-0 victory in overtime against UTEP.

Sophomore goalkeeper Kate Scheele slammed the door shut by making a save on Tulsa's fourth shooter, Kajal Parmar.

Colorado College extended the game by coming from behind on two different occasions in the first half.

Tori Peters gave the Golden Hurricane an early lead in the 17th minute when she converted off a corner kick, but Ayers answered just 1:18 later to knot the score after taking a feed from freshman forward Chanisse Hendrix.

With her 11th tally of the season, Ayers equaled her output from her first two seasons and climbed into sole possession of ninth place on the program's all-time list. She also became the 15th Tiger to reach the 50-point plateau.

Tulsa took a 2-1 lead in the 25th minute when Claire Nicholson converted on a penalty kick.

Vandersluis evened the score in the 38th minute with her sixth goal of the season. She moved up to 19th place on CC's career list with 47 points.

Senior forward Lynn Froetscher set up the score and earned her first point since Sept. 8.

Colorado College finished with a 19-14 advantage in total shots, while the Golden Hurricane recorded a 6-4 edge in corner kicks.

Scheele officially finished with a pair of saves for CC.

The Tigers improved to 13-4-2 and 4-5-2 all-time at the C-USA tournament.

Hayley Harryman stopped five shots for Tulsa, which finished the season with an 11-7-3 record.