OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels secured their most impressive win in program history with a 2-1 overtime victory over the previously undefeated and No. 4-ranked Oklahoma City University Starts in their Sooner Athletic Conference opener Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 2) at MACU Soccer Field.  In the process, the Lady Evangels denied OCU head Coach Brian Harvey his milestone 300th victory. 

The win is the Lady Evangels' first over a top-five NAIA ranked opponent since joining the NAIA. 

With the match tied at 1-1, Kassie Byrd found a streaking Chelsea Swisher down the left side to set up a one-on-one opportunity with the keeper and Swisher punched it in 4:59 into the first overtime period for the victory. 

Byrd had given the Lady Evangels (6-4, 1-0 SAC) the lead by putting in a cross from Julia Nimal at the 50:44 mark. 

OCU (8-1, 1-1 SAC) then battled back to tie the score seven minutes later on a score from Allie Glazner.

The Lady Evangels overcame a 26-19 shots deficit and were also out-shot 15-5 on-goal, but Melissa Dobie limited OCU offensively with 14 saves. 

Byrd and Nimal each led the Lady Evangels with seven shots, while Meghan McMahon had a match-high 10 shots for the Stars. 

The Lady Evangels will look to build on this landmark victory by playing at Rogers State University on Friday evening (Oct. 5) at 6 p.m. in Claremore, Okla.