LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Playing in just her second match of the season, senior Mailin Orozco headed home the golden goal in the 107th minute to give No. 4 seed Santa Clara a 2-1 victory over No. 3 Seattle U in the 2026 West Coast Conference Women's Soccer Championship at Sullivan Field on Saturday.

A pair of WCC major award winners delievered in regulation, but it was Orozco - a 2025 Second Team All-WCC performer who due to injury saw her first action of the season in Wednesday's semifinal - who came through in the clutch to send the Broncos to their 35th all-time NCAA Tournament.

Freshman Lucy Wimsatt lost a defender on the left wing and drove a cross to the back post where Orozco squeezed between two Redhawks defenders and nodded in the deciding goal in the second extra period.

Neither team generated many opportunities through a scoreless first half, but the match opened up midway through the second half.

WCC Co-Freshman of the Year Vivien Villarreal volleyed home the opening goal of the match in the 64th minute off a crossing assist from Sydnee Smith to put Seattle U (12-5-5) in front 1-0.

Santa Clara (10-2-9) was awarded a penalty kick in the 86th minute on a physical challenge inside the box, with leading scorer and WCC Offensive Player of the Year Kennedy Schoennauer depositing the equalizer into the lower-left corner to send the match to overtime.

The NCAA Selection Show will air live on NCAA.com on Monday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. PT, with the NCAA Tournament beginning Nov. 20 and culminating at the College Cup final on Dec. 13.

2026 WCC WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Elise Bolanos, LMU
Hailee Takao, LMU
Kyra Murphy, Pepperdine
Julia Quinonez, Pepperdine
Sydney Grundland Lanzuna, Seattle U
U’i Kaaihue, Seattle U
Vivien Villarreal, Seattle 
Lucy Wimsatt, Santa Clara
Jacey Martinez, Santa Clara
Kennedy Schoennauer, Santa Clara
Mailin Orozco, Santa Clara (MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER)