(Kansas City, Mo.) – In what was a showdown for one of the top spots in The Summit League standings, the UMKC women’s soccer team battled fiercely with the North Dakota State Bison all the way down to the wire. With both squads putting out a valiant effort, Friday night’s game ended in a 1-1 tie.    

Like UMKC (7-5-4, 5-0-1 SL), the Bison (13-2-2, 6-0-1 SL) were riding a six-game winning streak coming into tonight’s contest.  Also, North Dakota State had a league-high 34 goals on the year.

In the first half, the Bison had opportunities to score with six shots-on-goal.  However, junior keeper Jami Finnell kept North Dakota State scoreless with five saves along with a team save by UMKC.   

As for the ‘Roos, they had two scoring chances, but senior keeper Kalani Bertsch saved both to keep the game scoreless going into the half.

Fast-forward to the 83^rd minute, game still scoreless, freshman defender Sarah Todd assisted junior defender Meagan Malloy for her first goal of the season to put UMKC up 1-0.

A little over two minutes later, Bison sophomore forward Katie Tallas controlled a loose ball in UMKC’s territory and fired a shot above Finnell’s reach to tie the game.

As the second half continued, neither team was able to score as the game went into overtime.  Coming in, UMKC held a 2-1-3 record in overtime games this season, while North Dakota State was 0-0-1.

In the first overtime, each team had one shot-on-goal which were saved by the goalies.  As for the second overtime, neither team registered an on-goal-shot as the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

Despite the tie, the ‘Roos still remained in the Top 3 of The Summit League standings as the Bison still manned the number one slot.

Coming up Sunday at 1:00 P.M., UMKC will close out its home schedule against South Dakota State (10-5-2, 6-0-1), who’s coming off a 2-0 win over South Dakota Friday night.