fayette, iowa - arielle stimson scored her tenth goal of the season in overtime friday afternoon to give the golden bears a 2-1 victory over the peacocks of upper iowa. The golden bears are now 8-6-2 overall and 5-3-1 in the nsic. The peacocks drop to 7-7-2, 3-4-1 nsic. box score
upper iowa scored first on an unassisted goal by shaina marnell in the nineteenth minute of play to give the peacocks a 1-0 lead.
upper iowa held onto their lead until the 75:46 mark in the second half when concordia university took advantage of a foul near the penalty area. kim sauberlich scored her first goal of the season off of the ensuing free kick putting the ball into the top left corner of the goal deadlocking the game at 1-1.
the game was forced into overtime when neither team managed to score prior to the end of regulation.
six minutes into the overtime period stimson booted in the game winning goal giving the golden bears a 2-1 edge over the peacocks.
upper iowa outshot the golden bears 12-11 and edged the golden bears out in shots on goal with 9 to cu's 7. However, cu took the only shot in overtime.
concordia university returns to action sunday, october 18 in winona, minn. Taking on the winona state warriors at 1:00. The warriors enter the game 9-4-0, 6-1-0 nsic. Wsu is ranked third in the northern sun and sixth in the central region.