Battling through a quad injury from the first whistle, Amanda Porter scored the golden goal to lift the Arizona Wildcats to a 2-1 overtime win over BYU on Friday in Tucson.
“She hobbled through to hit the game-winner,” head coach Tony Amato said.
It was the first career goal for Porter, who fired in a deflected ball past the near post just 110 seconds into the first overtime period — a heroic ending after a nightmare beginning.
“Going into the first play of the game, I went into a tackle .