With four minutes left in the second and final overtime of the Minot State University soccer team's game against Wayne State College the Beavers lined up to take a corner kick.

The score tied 0-0 Ashley Franco kicked the ball into the group of players gathered around the net. When a Wayne State player kicked the ball out of the scrum Dalia Tapia headed the ball back towards the goal. Taking another bounce off of Ninfa Ramirez's head the ball hit the back of the net to score the game winning goal.

"We always do that in practice, if the ball goes back you try to get into position," Ramirez said. "When I was running back I saw that [Dalia] headed it and knew the goalie would be coming out to get it. I headed it and saw the keeper behind me and it went over her head."

Winning this game ended a two-game losing streak for the Beavers and the team was happy to walk away with a victory.

"We just wanted the three points no matter how we got them," Ramirez said. "We did want to win three or four to zero, but they had a pretty good keeper. We won 1-0 and got three points so that's all that matters."

The goalkeeper for the Wildcats finished with eight saves while MSU took a total of 18 shots in the 106 minutes played.
Wayne State, while playing tough defense, lacked an offensive attack only recording one shot the entire match.

Not only was the goalkeeper for WSC a tough matchup for the Beavers, but the defensive pressure was tough to get past.

"I think for us we were kind of slow getting the ball," Ramirez said. "We're used to getting the ball and having time, but as soon as we got the ball they were ramming us from behind and we weren't ready for that. I think we had to get the ball and play quicker. They were getting behind us and that's how they won those balls."

When Ramirez (F, Jr., Perris, Calif.) headed the ball in from Tapia (M, Jr., Perris, Calif.) she was able to break the school record for most goals in a single season with her 12th goal of the year.

Ramirez admitted she doesn't keep track of things like that and that she just wants to keep playing and winning games.

Minot State will play its next game at Minnesota State Moorhead on October 30 at 3 p.m.