DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Alex McManus drilled a shot past North Georgia's Jessica English with less than a minute left in overtime to cap off a valiant effort by injury-plagued UNCP and give the Lady Braves their first Peach Belt Conference Victory of the season with a 2-1 triumph over the Lady Saints on Saturday afternoon.

The win snapped a five-game league winless skid for the Black and Gold (8-5-1, 1-4-1 PBC) and put an end to a four-game losing streak in league road games. The setback was the fourth loss in the last six outings for North Georgia (6-6-1, 0-4-1).

Lefke Boysen highlighted a competitive first half with a 40th minute penalty kick to give the visitors a 1-0 edge heading into the intermission, but the Lady Saints came out with a purpose in the second stanza and tied the score just 13 minutes in when Brittany Bruner redirected a Casey Smith direct kick past a diving Whitney Beverly.

North Georgia would fall on the better end of a 19-6 shot disparity in the second half but, nonetheless, the squads headed into extra time knotted at one score apiece. Both teams would trade two shots in the first nine minutes of the first overtime but UNCP got a second chance on its latter opportunity when McManus punched in the Golden Goal moments later.

UNCP will be back in action on Wednesday afternoon when the squad travels to Hickory to take on region rival Lenoir-Rhyne (6-6-2) in a 2 p.m. tilt at Bears Field.