NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — UC Davis and host CSUN needed extra time to decide their Big West Conference match on Sunday afternoon, but sophomore international relations major Mahlah Catline made sure the Aggies didn't wait too long to claim their three points, scoring just 40 seconds into the first overtime period to lift her team to a 1-0 victory over the Matadors.

Unbeaten in its last three contests (2-0-1) and winning for the third time in its last five (3-1-1), UC Davis improved to 6-7-3 overall and 3-2-1 in Big West play, remaining in the thick of the race for one of four coveted spots in the league's postseason tournament.

CSUN, which was limited to just five shots overall and only one on goal for the match, fell to 6-7-1 overall and 2-4 in conference action.

After playing to scoreless draws in their three previous meetings, the Aggies and Matadors looked destined for a fourth after neither team was able to find the back of the net through 90 minutes of regulation. After a yellow card was issued to CSUN, a ball was played out to Catline on the right side, where the Reading, England, native found room and launched rocket from inside the 18 toward the right post.

Matador goalkeeper Amanda Delgado closed on the ball and was in position to make the save, but the ball slipped through her hands and trickled into the net in the 91st minute for the game-winner. The goal was Catline's third of the season and her second game-winner as she scored for the first time since bringing the Aggies to within a goal at Hawai'i on Oct. 7, and tallied a point for the third time in the last four contests.

The score also gave her seven for her career, moving Catline into 10th place on the school's Division I list.

UC Davis peppered the CSUN net all afternoon, out-shooting the Matadors, 12-5, for the match, including a 6-1 lead in shots on goal. Junior communication major Janae Gonzalez equalled the CSUN shot output all on her own, finishing with five shot attempts on the day, putting four of those on frame.

Attempts were at a premium early on as the Aggies took the first shot of the day in the 10th minute by junior human development major Emma Hasco, and it took another 17 minutes before another was put toward either goal when Amy Aquino's attempt from the top of the box was saved cleanly by senior materials science and engineering major Alexis Smith.

UC Davis' offense then found a rhythm, as sophomore human development major Alicia Sloss fired wide in the 30th minute, and Gonzalez and junior biomedical engineering major Hailey Rittershofer had shots stopped by Delgado on back-to-back attempts in the 32nd minute.

The Aggies finished with three more attempts in the final five minutes of the opening half, but could not come away with a score, and Gonzalez opened the second period with a pair of solid looks in the first seven minutes of the half only to be denied by Delgado.

Meanwhile, for Smith, it was her fifth shutout of the season and the 24th of her career — the former ranking in a tie for fifth on the school's single-season Division I list and standing just one clean sheet shy of standing among the top 10 on the overall single-season list for a third time after posting a record 10 shutouts in 2015 and four more in 2016 to stand tied for fourth.

A pair of home matches awaits UC Davis to close out the regular season next week, hosting Long Beach State on Thursday (Oct. 25) at 4 p.m., before celebrating its seniors prior to kick off against UC Riverside on Sunday (Oct. 28) at 2 p.m.

The Aggies are currently tied with the 49ers for third place in the Big West standings with 10 points, but Long Beach State was still in action against league-leading UC Irvine (14 points) as of press time. The top four teams in the standings advance to the Big West Tournament which begins on Nov. 1 in Irvine, Calif.

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