CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The women's soccer team opened Southern Conference play against the Chattanooga Mocs with a 2-2 tie Friday night at Finley Stadium.
 
Midfielder Mary Beth Bleekrode tied the match for the Terriers with six minutes left in regulation. She deflected a pass from fellow midfielder Emily Gaid past goalkeeper Katie Emig and into the net, sending the game to overtime.
 
In the overtime periods, both teams had chances with clear shots to win the match but the defenses held strong.
 
Wofford's best chance to win it came with three minutes left in double overtime. Gaid streaked down the middle of the field and fired a left-footed shot that a diving Emig got her glove on to prevent the winning goal. The resulting corner kick did not produce a shot for Wofford.
 
"I thought we fought hard tonight," head coach Amy Kiah said after the game. "We've been here before, to get it to double overtime we knew what it took. We fought from the beginning to the end, but we got to put the ball in the back of the net and fix a few little things. We're not focused on the little things and that's what's important."
 
A few minutes into the match, consecutive corner kicks for the Terriers led to early scoring chances for Wofford, but Chattanooga blocked all three shot attempts resulting from the corners.
 
A free kick opportunity provided Wofford the first goal of the match. Defender Rachel Fenner launched a long, arching shot from the left side of the field over Emig in the 7th minute, giving the Terriers a 1-0 lead. It was Fenner's first goal of the season and the second in her career.
 
The Mocs then answered at the 15' mark. Forward McKenzie Gregg received a pass from defender Emily Moseley and fired a long shot from 25 yards out that starting Terrier keeper Alex Carroll got a glove on. Despite Carroll's efforts, the ball popped backward into the net to tie the game 1-1.
 
Chattanooga was the first team with a scoring chance in the second half. The Mocs drew a corner kick at the 52nd minute mark, but Liner, who replaced Carroll at halftime, punched the ball safely out of the box.
 
Mocs midfielder Skylar Brewer then sprinted past the Terrier defense to draw out Liner out at the 64' mark. Brewer passed the ball from the right side to the middle, where midfielder Abby Linder was perfectly set up to tap the ball into the empty net and give the Mocs a 2-1 advantage.
 
Weather played a factor in the match, as rain hit the field before and during the game causing slick conditions. Both teams had trouble keeping possession of the ball on the ultra-fast playing surface.
 
Overall, Wofford outshot Chattanooga 29-14 in the match and took six corners compared to the Mocs' four corners.
 
Liner was credited with the tie to her record, the first decision of her career. She played 65 minutes of the match and recorded one save. Carroll notched three saves in the first half.
 
Emig finished the match with 11 saves for the Mocs and adds a draw to make her record 2-5-2.
 
The draw snaps a five-game winning streak for the Terriers against the Mocs that dated back to the 2010 season.
 
The Terriers (1-3-3, 0-0-1 SoCon) continue their road trip Sunday, when they take on conference foe Samford in Birmingham, Ala. That match is set to start at 2 p.m. CT.