Senior rachel vitense scored the game-winning goal 33 seconds into the second overtime to lift concordia university (8-10-1) past sioux falls (5-9) 2-1 on friday afternoon at concordia field.

it was vitense's second goal of the season and was assisted by junior hillary johnson.

the bears struck first in the contest after junior krysta briese's centering pass was stopped by a sioux falls defender but misplayed past the usf goalkeeper trish fierbach and into the net for an own goal in the 59th minute early in the second half.

the two teams battled back and forth for nearly 20 minutes until usf's kaye donnelly scored on a rebound shot off of chelsie halliburton's miss to tie the score.

the bears held a strong advantage in shots, 20-4 with an 11-4 edge in shots on goal in the contest. Cu also had six corner kicks compared to the cougars one.

cu goaltender hannah turgerson recorded the victory in the net, recording three saves while surrendering just one goal in 100:33 of playing time.

vitense was cu's shots leader with eight, four on goal while h.johnson fired four, two on goal.

the golden bears return to the field tomorrow when they host msu moorhead in their final regular season contest that has implications on the northern sun regular season standings.

if the bears defeat the dragons, they will finish with the second seed and host an nsic tournament first round game. A loss drops them into a virtual tie in the standings with u-mary for fourth place and the two teams would then square off on tuesday afternoon.