Mahdi's late strike salvages 7th ranked Cougars' draw at 17th ranked Cowley #GoBarton

An 85th minute strike salvaged an all-important draw Wednesday evening in Arkansas City for the 7th ranked Barton Community College women's soccer team resulting in a 1-all tie at 17th ranked Cowley College.

Adna Mahdi provided the game winning strike with 4:40 remaining on the clock, coming out of nowhere to meet Leticia Silva's cross to fire far post from the top of the eighteen in capitalizing on the opportunity for her 1st collegiate net rattler.

The second 1-1 gridlock between the teams this season leaves the conference leading Cougars in the driver's seat of the title improving to 10-1-3 in the race and on the season while Cowley stands at 8-2-4 in both league and overall.

Barton's final road trip of the regular season leaves the Cougars with two home 3:00 p.m. kickoffs remaining on the slate beginning Saturday hosting Garden City Community College followed by Monday's welcoming of Seward County Community College for their first ever trip to the Cougar Soccer Complex.

Cowley put the Cougars in a hole just 4:44 into the contest converting Nanaka Inaba's corner kick as Sara Espinosa was able to finish off a ping-ponged in-flight ball with a header sneaking in near post.

The teams were about as close as could be on the final stat line, the Cougars' Mio Tanaka coming up big in guarding the pipes the rest of the way with five saves while the Tigers' Kanon Dehama also chalked up five saves keeping Barton out of net for over eighty-five minutes.

Barton Scoring:
85:20: Adna Mahdi (1); Assist: Leticia Silva (2)

Series Notes:
- Teams tied the season meetings – both on 1-1 draws
- Barton leads the series in Arkansas City 5-2-1
- Barton is 4-1-2 in the last seven meetings
- Barton leads the overall series 11-2-3