Victoria, Texas -- Karla Cabello scored in the second overtime session to give the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels a dramatic 2-1 victory over the University of Houston-Victoria Jaguars today (Sept. 5) in Victoria, Texas.
The win gives the Lady Evangels a 2-0 start to the season for the fourth time in the last five years.
The Lady Evangels led 2-1 late in the second half until Treysi Diaz Deleon scored her second goal of the match to tie things up with just 5:16 left in regulation.
It remained 2-2 through the first overtime period as the Lady Evangels couldn't find the net despite a 4-0 edge in shots.
Cabello then netted the game-winner off a feed from Chelsea Swisher with 2:08 remaining to give the Lady Evangels the victory.
Diaz Deleon put the Jaguars in front with her first goal in the 17th minute of the first half before Swisher knotted the match with a goal at the 33:34 mark.
Cabello would put the Lady Evangels in front on a score from Julie Guzman in the 67th minute.
Kaitlyn Whitten made three saves in the net for the Lady Evangels, while Jennifer Sanchez and Samantha Wooster combined for six stops for the Jaguars (1-4).
The Jaguars out-shot the Lady Evangels 18-17 overall but MACU had a 9-6 edge in shots-on-goal, led by Swisher's game-high six shots and five shots-on-goal.
The Lady Evangels will remain in Victoria, Texas and face Louisiana State-Alexandria tomorrow afternoon (Sept. 6) at 2 p.m., also on the campus of Houston-Victoria.