DUBUQUE, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - It took a total team effort on Tuesday night, but the Loras women's soccer team came back from a two-goal deficit to claim the program's 12th conference championship, third consecutive and first as members of the American Rivers Conference. Jenny Wick delivered the match-winner for the Duhawks, who improved to 14-3-0 this season.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
• Tuesday's regular season finale got off on the wrong foot for Loras as Central scored in the second minute on a free kick just the top of the penalty area
• The slow start continued with the Dutch doubling their lead after creating an odd-man rush 
• As if the two-goal deficit awoke them, the Duhawks responded minutes later on a beauty of a goal by Kiki Cabrera ... From distance, Elizabeth Mills sent in a screamer to the box where Brynn Jacobi met it with a flick on to Cabrera who had come charging in from her outside back position, striking it full volley
• The momentum continued to shift in favor of Loras when in the 36th minute, Jenny Wick broke free and drilled a bangoo to the front of goal and Jacobi pounded it home through a scrum of red kits
• Both sides remained level for the next 30-plus minutes, with the Duhawks earning a majority of the scoring chances
• Mills started the sequence on the winner in the 70th minute, connecting with Genna Sobieszczyk, who quickly switched the field and to the feet of Wick where the Iowa City native found an open shooting lane and beat the keeper near post

NOTABLES
• After Loras, the school with the most regular season conference championships is Luther with three
• 2018 marks the third time in program history that the Duhawks have won three consecutive regular season championships (2001-03, 2010-13)
• Jacobi is one point shy from doubling her point total from a season ago ... Through 37 career matches, Jacobi has 32 points
• The duo of Gretchen Schutz and Mills both rank among the top-10 all-time in points, goals and assists
• With her assist on Tuesday, Schutz matched her season point total from last year (29)
• Mills tied her season assist total from last year and now has 23 for her career

UP NEXT
With the win, Loras has earned a first round bye in the 2018 American Rivers Conference Tournament and the No. 1 overall seed. On Saturday, fourth-seeded Dubuque hosts fifth-seeded Central, with the winner advancing to the semifinal to play the Duhawks on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Kickoff to be determined.