Spartanburg, S.C. - For the third straight meeting, Newberry and Converse required overtime for their game to be settled. However, unlike the last two meetings, today it was the Valkyries who came out on top as a Luisa Fasold goal 2:48 into the first overtime period gave Converse the 2-1 win on Saturday afternoon. The win snaps the Scarlet and Gray's four game winning streak and drops Newberry to 7-5 on the season and 4-4 in SACC play.

Early on, it appeared that the Wolves would continue their torrent offensive pace of the last few games as on the first shot of the match, Yasmin De Meyer slotted home her team-leading sixth goal of the season off the assist from Caitlin Wassermann and Newberry found themselves with a 1-0 lead less than four minutes into the match. However, that would be the only shot Newberry would get in the first 15 minutes of action. Converse outshot the Wolves 7-1 in the first quarter but Grace Lee stood strong recording three saves in the quarter. 

The second quarter started the same way the first quarter ended, with the Valkyries on the front foot. Converse recorded the first three shots of the quarter and then on the fourth shot, Luisa Fasold was able to get the ball past Lee to tie the match at one. From there, neither team would record a shot as we headed into the halftime break tied at one a piece. 

In the second half, Newberry would get back on the front foot as they outshot the Valkyries 9-5, including eight in the third quarter. However, despite the shots neither team could find the back of the net and the two teams found themselves in familiar territory with 60 minutes not being enough to decide a winner.

Unfortunately, just under three minutes into the first overtime period Mira Polzer found Fasold who beat Lee and gave Converse the victory. The win snapped a seven game win streak by Newberry against Converse.

The Wolves look to bounce back quickly as they head to the Queen City to face the Queens Royals on Wednesday night. They then will travel to Gaffney, S.C. to face Limestone on Saturday. Those will be the final two road games for Newberry as they return home to face Mount Olive and Limestone to close out the regular season.