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The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ women's soccer team has punched its ticket to the Big Dance.
     goal in overtime on Saturday lifted Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ to a 2-1 victory over Lake Forest College in the championship game of the Midwest Conference Tournament at Mohr Field in Lake Forest, Illinois.
    Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Vikings, making their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance, will learn their opponent on Monday.Ìý(UPDATE: . The regional final is set for 4 p.m. Saturday.)
    "We found a way," Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ coach  said. "Very emotional right now. It's been a lot of work to get there but to win it with this group of players, it's something I'll remember for a long, long time."
    The teams were tied 1-1 after regulation and were nearing the end of the first 10-minute overtime period when Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ took a free kick. Senior  found Robertson, who headed the ball toward the net. The ball hit right at the intersection of the crossbar and upright and caromed into the back of the net at the 98:44 mark.
    "Izzy must have jumped five-and-a-half feet in the air. I'm not sure how she headed it in, but she did," Sagar said.
    Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ (15-4-2) took the early lead off a long ball from junior .Ìý played a long pass to Grube, who lofted the ball over Lake Forest goalkeeper Franca Finch from more than 30 yards out for the goal and a 1-0 lead at the 22:10 mark.
    The score stayed that way until Izzy DeStefano scored for Lake Forest at 57:18.Ìý
    Both teams had multiple scoring chances, and Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ got a pair of great saves from . She finished with four saves for the Vikings, and Finch had two saves for the Foresters (14-3-3).Ìý   
    "This is the kind of stuff that's written in the stars," Sagar said. "This group of seniors scored in overtime as first-years to get us to the conference tournament for the first time in years. It's kind of special that they found a way to do it for the national tournament as well."
    This is Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ's fourth MWC Tournament championship, and all have come on the road. Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ won the league tournament in 2000 at St. Norbert College, in 2001 at Lake Forest and in 2010 at Carroll University.Ìý