EUGENE, Ore. – Prior to the opening kickoff, freshman Karli Vath stood at midfield in front of the home bench accompanied by NCU Athletic Director Corey Anderson. Vath was honored two weeks ago by the Cascade Collegiate Conference as the conference's Offensive Player of the week (08/30/08).

Vath would send the Mike Kelly Field crowd away in a frenzy, scoring in the 101st-minute of play inside a minute of the start of the second overtime; as NCU (2-4) turns away the visiting Red Hawks of Simpson, 5-4 win for the Beacons.

After ending the regulation knotted at four goals apiece, both teams return to the field to play the opening overtime to a stalemate. Head Coach Vern Stewart praised his team's effort, then reminded them that the game would be won or lost in the opening five minutes of the final stanza.

“I saw the look in their eyes, and after this weekend in Montana it was a hunger to earn the victory, said Stewart. I told them that this game would be decided by one team in the first five minutes of the second overtime and thankfully it was us.”

The Beacons didn't waste anytime lighting up the digits on the board, as sophomore Desriee Berry struck in the 9th minute of play deflected off the SU keeper Jordan England off the pass from Vath. The goal by Berry was her first collegiate tally in two season at NCU, and on this Vath proved she was just getting started.

Senior captain Sam Stewart allowed NCU to regain the lead (2-1) in the 16th-minute of play, as Brittany McKinley fed Stewart the ball and watched Stewart work her offensive magic on the SU defense.