It was a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex where the UW- La Crosse Eagles Womens’s soccer team was at home against the UW-Oshkosh Titans in a crucial WIAC matchup. It was the final regular season game for both teams and was critical due to the fact that both teams came into the game tied on top of the conference with a 5-1 record in the WIAC. The winner would clinch the conference title and then earn the number one seed in next week’s conference tournament. With a lot on the line, it was Oshkosh who got out to a quick start thanks to a goal in the 25th minute from player Rylee Engelland to put Oshkosh on top 1-0. UW-L was able to answer in the 41st minute with a goal from Alex Cording on an assist from Maddie Edmark. With that goal the game went into halftime in a 1-1 tie.

The fans in the second half saw a game that was marred by fouls and cards. In the second half, there was a total of seven cards handed out, UW-L was responsible for two of those cards and Oshkosh the other five. Each team’s bench also received a yellow card for arguing calls. Oshkosh was down a player after Alek Kleis received a red card with 20:26 left in the second half. Oshkosh played the rest of the game down a player but UW-L was unable to capitalize against the stout Titan’s defense. The game went into overtime in a 1-1 tie.

Once again even though Oshkosh was still down a player, the Eagles could not execute as both teams went back and forth in overtime. But either team was unable to put the winning shot in as the game ended in a 1-1 tie. The Titans were able to withstand nine corner kicks by La Crosse and withstood 16 shots, however UW-L only had three shots on goal. Kennedy Brault had four saves for the Eagles while Nina Muzi had two saves for the Titans. La Crosse outshot Oshkosh 16 to 13. With the tie both schools clinched a share of the conference. It is UW-L’s first conference title since 1996 and Oshkosh’s first conference title in school history.

Both schools also receive byes in this week’s conference tournament, however Oshkosh receives the number one seed in the tournament due to the tiebreaker of goal differential. UW-L finishes the regular season with a 12-5-2 record with a 5-1-1 in WIAC play and will be the two seed and will face the highest remaining seed in the semifinal game Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m.