THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – For the second time in the last three years, Midwestern State came out on the winning end of a golden goal moment against Colorado State-Pueblo as freshman defender Savannah Alford lifted the Mustangs to a 1-0 overtime victory in the 95th minute with her first collegiate goal Friday evening at Stang Park.
 
After being held to just five shot attempts with three on goal, Alford made the most of a free kick opportunity in the first extra period with a header goal into the right corner of the net off Destinee Williamson's kick from 20 yards out.

Colorado State-Pueblo (1-1-0) threatened multiple times throughout the contest, just missing a pair of opportunities in the opening half when Cara Siegel's shots hit the post and crossbar in the first 20 minutes of action.

For Midwestern State (2-1-0), Madison Williams' attempt in the 37th minute barely missed the inside of the left post to send the teams into halftime scoreless after both placed one shot on goal in the period.

In the second half, Midwestern placed two of its three shots on frame while the ThunderWolves managed half of their six attempts on goal only to come up short.

Courtney Burnette kept CSU-Pueblo off the board in the 92nd minute of overtime with her fifth save of the night leading up to Alford's golden goal.

NOTES
- Midwestern State moves to 9-2-1 all-time against Colorado State-Pueblo with a 6-0-1 mark at Stang Park
- The Mustangs last defeated CSU-Pueblo at home on Oct. 7, 2015 with Morgan Hannon also delivering a golden goal strike in the 100th minute of a 1-0 victory
- Courtney Burnette earned her second clean sheet of the season and pushed her school shutout record to 25
- Destinee Williamson has assisted on both of MSU's goals this season
 
UP NEXT
Midwestern State returns to Stang Park Sunday for a 1 p.m. kickoff against Texas A&M International.