Hillsboro, Kan. The Central Methodist University Eagles women's soccer team got down early Friday night, but never gave up and came back to defeat Tabor College by a final of 2-1 in overtime.
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With the victory, the Eagles improve to 1-1 on the young season, while Tabor drops to 1-1 on the season.
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Tabor was first to strike on Friday night, when Hayley Stoval scored on a pass from Lydia Padilla to put the Bluejays up 1-0 just 18 minutes into the game.
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Central Methodist answered with a goal of their own in the 28^th minute from Nicki Noreen to tie the game at one.
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After heading into halftime all nodded at one goal apiece, both defenses played extremely hard to preserve the time through 90 minutes of play.
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In the first overtime, Nicki Noreen received a pass from Ana Gonzalez and scored the game winning goal in the 98^th minute to give CMU their first victory in 2015. Noreen finished the game with five shots on goal.
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As a team, CMU outshot Tabor 21-6.
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Eagles' goaltender Amy Clason-Messina picked up the victory in goal Friday night, while making a pair of saves.
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CMU closes out their three game road trip tomorrow at Friends University. The Eagles open the home portion of their schedule this Tuesday September 1^st when Hannibal-LaGrange comes to town. Game time is set for 5pm at Davis Field.
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