The Colorado women's soccer team remains on track for one of the most successful regular seasons in program history.
Yet in terms of the Buffaloes challenging the handful of nationally-prominent programs at the top of the Pac-12 Conference, CU remains on the outside looking in.
Thursday's performance against No. 2-ranked USC was a far more encouraging exercise than the beat-down the Buffs suffered four days earlier at top-ranked Stanford, but the result wasn't any less disappointing as the Trojans escaped Prentup Field with a 1-0 victory.
After going unbeaten through the season's first 16 games, the Buffs will take consecutive losses into a third straight top-10 battle Sunday at home against No.