Alva Review-Courier -

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University women's soccer dropped a 4-3 double overtime thriller to Southern Nazarene University on Saturday to officially close the book on their 2017 season. After jumping out to a 3-1 lead, the black-and-red struggled to contain the Crimson Storm offense as Southern Nazarene rallied back for three unanswered goals, including the game winner six minutes into the second overtime.

The Rangers struck first just six minutes into the contest when the potent combination of Karla Lopez and Yazmin Gomez struck yet again to give Northwestern an early lead. Lopez's goal, her seventh of the season, sent some fire through the Ranger bench in this cold-weather game.

Southern Nazarene countered nine minutes later when a foul in the box led to a penalty kick from Brianna Evans who managed to beat a diving Kylee Wallace to her right side, tying the game at 1-1. Wallace made eight saves on the afternoon.

Bailey Jarvis regained the lead for Northwestern in the 41st minute when the Owasso product found the back of the net for the third time this year. The two teams headed into halftime with the Rangers leading 2-1.

Northwestern enjoyed some late-season magic 1:33 out of the break when defender Tiana Young-Mauchly scored her first career goal from just inside of midfield to extend the Ranger lead to 3-1.

Despite the two-goal NWOSU advantage, the Crimson Storm were able to string together a pair of goals just three minutes apart to tie the game and send it to overtime. The first overtime period solved nothing and the game was eventually decided in the second OT. After scoring the tying goal in the 63rd minute, SNU's Meagan Chase won it with the last of her impressive 11 shot performance.

Prior to the match, the Rangers honored four seniors in Kylee Wallace, Erica Hostetter, Kim Bell, and Jordan Gomes who were all donning the black-and-red one last time.