The Northwest Missouri State women's soccer team picked up a program-record 12th win on the season with a 2-1 overtime win against Missouri Southern. Northwest improved to 8-2-1 in MIAA play to qualify for the conference tournament.

The Bearcats allowed a goal in the 31st minute of the match to go down 1-0, allowing seven shots and four on goal from the Lions. Northwest registered seven shots as well but only two were on goal in the first half. 

Midway through the second half, Letycia Bonifacio netted the equalizer off a header from Madi McKeever's free kick that would eventually send the match into overtime. While neither team could find the goal in the first overtime period, Northwest wasted no time driving the ball up the field in the second overtime where McKeever found Teagan Blackburn who sent in the header for the game-winning goal in the 102nd minute. 

Bearcat keeper Ashley Williams played all 102 minutes in goal while recording nine saves and allowing one goal.

The Bearcats will host Washburn for the first round of the MIAA tournament on Sunday, November 7 at 1 p.m. The winner will advance to the semifinals held on Friday, November 12. 

Notes: Letycia Bonifacio scored her second goal on the season, scoring a goal in each of the last two games ... Madi McKeever doubled her season assist total ... Teagan Blackburn recorded her fifth game-winning goal on the season and seventh of her career ... Blackburn recorded her ninth goal on the season, the 3rd most in a single season in program history ... head coach Marc Gordon has lead Northwest to their highest win total in his fourth season with the Bearcats since taking over in 2018 ... this is the fourth time since 2011 that Northwest has qualified for the conference tournament and second year in a row.