Time froze. The team stood on the field, staring in disbelief.

“My heart just stopped, I couldn’t believe that,” said junior Erin Witte.

The reason for her heart stopping? A golden goal by Iowa’s Kelsie Full just 4:13 into the first overtime period. The goal instantly sent the Cyclones to a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime loss.

It was the Cyclones first overtime of the season, and the result was not the one they had wanted.

“One of the main goals we set is to not lose in overtime,” Witte said. “So it definitely hurts losing at home in overtime to Iowa.”

The overtime experience was the second for the Hawkeyes. They previously tied Loyola 1-1 after two overtime periods.

In overtime, the Hawkeyes played more aggressively than they had in the second half. Iowa had two shots in just more than four minutes of overtime compared to the four the team took in the 45-minute second half.

The Cyclones came out relatively sluggish to start overtime and were unable to manage a shot, leading Witte to cite the Hawkeyes previous overtime experience.

“It is definitely an advantage for the other team if they have gone into an overtime before us,” Witte said. “But no excuses, we should have come out and we should have won, and we shouldn’t have even gone into overtime.”

Coach Rebecca Hornbacher was quick to say inexperience was not a reason the overtime loss.

“Our returnees have been involved in many overtime games,” Hornbacher said. “When it gets down to overtime it’s who wants it more, and it takes one chance to put the game away.”

That is all it took to end the game, one goal. The style of overtime played in the Big 12 is referred to as “golden goal.” In this format, there are two overtime periods, each 10 minutes in length. The first team to score wins. The style played in the World Cup consists of two 15-minute periods played in their entirety. If a team scores a goal, the game is not over, and play continues.

Golden goal is a format Hornbacher supports even though it went against her team this time.

“I think that there is different strategy and you might attack them differently, and there is a sense of urgency,” Hornbacher said. “I like it, it’s great for the game of women’s soccer.”

Now that the Cyclones have played an overtime, there are some things Hornbacher hopes the team takes from the loss.

“I think the thing we can take out of this game is that we need to take care of things in regulation and not let it get to overtime,” she said. “I don’t think we are going to be afraid of losing in overtime the next that it happens, we just need to play better soccer.”