LOS ANGELES, Calif.— In a game that could have major conference playoff implications, Alex McHenry (Denver, CO) scored her second consecutive game-winning goal, this time finishing a keeper bobble that gave the Occidental College women's soccer team a 1-0 win over the University of Redlands.

Redlands (8-5-1, 5-5) goalkeeper Linzey Smith left her line to grab Oxy defender Abigail Mitchell's (Lafayette, CA) high-arching ball at the edge of the Bulldogs' six, but Smith dropped it and McHenry buried it, giving the Tigers (5-7, 5-4) the edge in the game and in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings. With the win at Lower Field on Wednesday, the Tigers move into fourth place — the final SCIAC playoff spot — with three games to play in the conference season.

"It was definitely a little bit of luck, the keeper dropped it and I finished it, but you have to capitalize on your chances," McHenry said. "I thought that was one of our best team plays of the game. …We would have liked to have more time on the ball but we're happy with the win."

McHenry was the hero in the Tigers 1-0 win over the University of La Verne on Oct. 15 too, making it two games now that the senior midfielder has kept Oxy's playoff aspirations alive.

"There goes Alex McHenry again," McFeely said. "It's the old adage I suppose at this time of the year: A win is a win. We've still got work to do, but another three points here is rather nice."

For the Oxy seniors, it is probably the last game they will play on Lower Field with the remaining home game at Jack Kemp Stadium against Cal Lutheran on Oct. 29.

"We knew that was an important game," McHenry said. "For our seniors this was the last game up here on (Lower) Field, most likely, so we really wanted to lay it all out here."

Redlands had their best chance to even the game with 26 minutes left in the second half when a scrum in the box brought Tayler Renshaw (Phoenix, AZ)

 off her line. But the Oxy defense was able to block a few of the Bulldogs shots and hang on to their one-goal lead.

"I think we had our heart in our mouths there on a few occasions especially in the first half. We really improved from the second half onwards," McFeely said. "I think we got ourselves better organized. Full credit to them as a collective group in the second half, shutting down Redlands compared to what we gave them in the first half."

The Tigers look to hold on to their half-game lead over the Bulldogs on the road against Pomona-Pitzer (5-3-1) on Saturday.