TULSA, Okla. �€" Oral Roberts University women's soccer team tied Southern Utah, 1-1, in their Mid-Continent Conference season opener on Friday night at the ORU Soccer Complex.

The first frame was scoreless as both teams fired off 17 shots. The Golden Eagles had eight shots, with Southern Utah's keeper Holly Davis making two saves. The Thunderbirds of SUU countered with nine shots, while ORU's Shelbi Morrison (Claremore, Okla.) recorded four saves.

ORU had four corners to SUU's zero.

The Golden Eagles broke the scoreless match at the 51:49 mark when Tamara Waller (Sapulpa, Okla.) netted her second goal of the year. She received a pass from Gentry Detter (Claremore, Okla.) and footed the ball past SUU's Davis for a 1-0 ORU lead.

SUU came right back to tie the match at 1-1 with a goal from Brooklyn Phillips. Phillips scored off a corner kick from Catherine Johnson.

Both teams had chances to take the lead but both keepers came up big. ORU's Morrison had a diving save on SUU's Dani Lavigne with 13 minutes left in regulation time to keep the game scoreless.

In the first overtime both teams traded shot-for-shot with both keepers recording two saves.

The Golden Eagles forced the pressure on the Thunderbirds in the second overtime, recording four shots. Detter had a free kick at the 6:58 mark that hit the crossbar.

Detter led both squads with six shots. ORU's Melissa Weidman (Tulsa, Okla.) had four shots coming off the bench, and Waller and Amy Gharibvand (Broken Arrow, Okla.) recorded three shots.

ORU out shot SUU 24-23 in the match and also had a 12-4 advantage on corner kicks.

Southern Utah moved to 1-4-1 on the year and 0-0-1 in conference play.

With the tie, Oral Roberts is 1-3-2 and 0-0-1 in Mid-Con play. ORU will travel to Norman on Sunday to play Oklahoma at a 7:30 p.m. start time.

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