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MARYVILLE, Mo. -- The  Washburn Lady Blues won their second straight match as they picked up a 2-1  double overtime win over  Northwest Missouri Thursday  afternoon against the  Bearcats. The Lady Blues  will return to action on Saturday night in Yager Stadium when they will play host to Emporia State at 6 p.m.

After a scoreless first  half in which the Lady Blues (2-3-1, 2-2-0 MIAA) outshot the Bearcats  11 to 3, Washburn opened  the scoring in the 58th  minute as Leah Talley  scored her first goal of  the season on an assist  from Tia Stovall from the  right side of the box.  However the Bearcats would  tie the score in the 75th  minute when Jordan Albright  knotted the score on with  the help of an assist from  Kelsey Sanders.

Neither team would score  the rest of the way sending  the match into overtime.  Washburn was the aggressors  in the first overtime  outshooting the Bearcats 4  to 1 in the first overtime  stanza. After a scoreless  first ten minutes, Stovall  would connect on the golden  goal of an assist from  Taylor Mayhew from the left  side of the box into the  right side of the net for  the clincher 4:34 seconds  into the second overtime.

Ashley Klone picked up the  win in goal for the Lady  Blues recording six saves.

Washburn outshot the  Bearcats 21 to 12 in the  match with Lauren Henry  leading the charge with six  shots. Stovall finished  with five. Ten of the 21  shots were on goal for the  Lady Blues.

The match improved the Lady Blues to 8-6-23 all-time in overtime matches and it was the sixth time Washburn and Northwest Missouri had gone into extra minutes in the 15 matches played between the two teams. Washburn is now 3-0-3 against the Bearcats in overtime matches.