by Alejandro Aaron, Student Reporter
“Being able to comeback from a goal down and equalize the score with just 75 seconds to go. This really shows the resolve and character of our team.” said head coach Erik Solberg.
SWOSU attacked the Rangers but the Rangers were able to defend very well as it opened up a little attack of their own. Northwestern and Southwestern shot three shots one team after the other.
In the 39th minute of the first half SWOSU was able squeeze in a goal and make the score 1-0 in their favor.
Southwestern battling hard with aggression gets them a yellow card, and not to long later Northwestern gets one of their own.
The second half was mainly both teams shutting down each other’s shots with good defense.
NWOSU’s Alissa Carlson scores the goal that evens out the score in the 88th minute of the game and extends the game to overtime.
“To get that last goal we had a lot of chances throughout the game always felt like we were going to score one,” Solberg said.
“We did go a little more direct there at then end. We got the ball forward faster and caught them out. Scored a nice goal, we had a lot of chances to score.
On that goal we really threw numbers forward. The girls grinded it out and were able to find the equalizer,” Solberg said.
The overtime periods would turned the game into a defensive game as both were scoreless with a few shots taken.
It was a very even matchup as both teams finished the game with 14 shots with NWOSU out shooting SWOSU 9-8.
“Thought we played well enough to win the game,” Solberg said. Had the run of play at times. At the end of the day we will take the point against a team that has been the class of our league for the course of a lot of years.
To go into a place we have not won or tied in a long time is something to be pleased about. The girls showed a lot of resolve, character and grit to pull this off,” Solberg said.
Northwestern Oklahoma State will return to action Saturday October 5th against East Central University. NWOSU record is now 3-3-1 while ECU’s is 2-4.