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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – Playing in their first ever SEC Women's Soccer Tournament, the No. 12 Texas A&M Aggies got a golden goal from Jayne Eadie in the 94^th minute of action to register a 1-0 overtime win over the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Orange Beach Sportsplex on Wednesday afternoon.

The game's lone goal came when the Aggies took advantage of a misplayed ball by a South Carolina defender. The ball caused a foot race between A&M's Allie Bailey and Gamecocks' netminder Sabrina D'Angelo at the top of the penalty box. Bailey arrived at the ball an instant before D'Angelo and put a toe on it that caused a fumble by D'Angelo. The ball caromed away from the collision and Eadie came in to clean up the mess for the end game, 3:16 into the first sudden death overtime period.

The triumph improved Texas A&M to 17-3-1 on the season, the most victories for the Aggies since recording back-to-back 18-win seasons in 2007 and 2008. The Maroon and White have gone to overtime in each of their last three matches, finding the golden goal in all three bouts.

It marked the 13^th shutout on the year for the Aggies, setting a new school record. A&M's previous record of 12 was set in 2006.

Jordan Day made two saves in goal to record the shutout for the Aggies. It is the 12^th of the season for the sophomore, tying her for fourth on the SEC single-season list. She trails only South Carolina's Mollie Patton who recorded 15 in 2009, and Vanderbilt's Tyler Griffin and Kentucky's Anne Ogundele who tallied 14 in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

The squads played on an even keel in the first half, playing to a 0-0 draw at the intermission. Both teams were unable to register a shot-on-goal and the shots were tied at 4-4. South Carolina held a 5-2 edge in corner kicks at halftime.

The Aggies avoided some glancing swipes from the Gamecocks' gaffs early in the match. South Carolina got four corner kick opportunities in the first 10 minutes of the game. Twice South Carolina got shots off the opportunities but they were diffused by the Aggies' defensive wall.

The Maroon and White had a pair of quality scoring opportunities last in the first half. Kelley Monogue launched a shot just about the penalty spot in the 34^th minute, but it sailed just high-and-wide of the right upper ninety. In the 36^th minute Bianca Brinson was 12 yards in front of goal and got her head on a cross, but it went two feet wide of the left post.

Annie Kunz almost prevented overtime early in the second half with a pair of scoring opportunities, but D'Angelo made a save on a blast from 15 yards out and another Kunz shot from 10 yards out sailed a foot over the crossbar.

South Carolina owned an advantages in shots (11-9) and corner kicks (7-4), but the Aggies owned the edge in shots-on-goal (3-2), including the only shot that mattered, Eadie's walk-off tally.

The loss most likely ended the season for the Gamecocks who now own a 7-10-4 record on the year.

Texas A&M will play either Auburn or Tennessee on Friday, Nov. 2 in a 4 p.m. match in Orange Beach. The winner will advance to Sunday's championship contest at 2:30 p.m.