Adrian College's Nina Laurie scored at 12:59 of overtime to lift her team to the 2011 NCHA O'Brien Cup Championship on Saturday afternoon at UW-River Falls.

Adrian beat the host Falcons,4-3. The Bulldogs, now 19-7-3, won their first O'Brien Cup playoff title and with it the league's automatic berth into the NCAA National Championship tournament. Laurie beat Falcon goalie, Cassi Campbell (Anchorage, AK, Toronto Rattlers), with a wrist shot high to the glove side to send her team to the NCAA Tournament. Adrian scored two goals in the game's final 3:05 to force the extra session.

The Falcons, now 24-1-4, will have to wait to see if they can get one of two at-large berths into the NCAA Tourney. The NCAA tourney field will be announced Monday morning.

The Falcons took a penalty at 5:03 of the first period, but the UWRF penalty killers did a solid job and Campbell made three saves to keep the game even.

The Falcons took a 1-0 lead at 9:20 when Lauren Conrad (Lino Lakes, MN, Centennial HS) scored. Conrad broke in from the left point and let go with a slap shot that got past two Bulldog defenders and a partially screened goalie Emily Michelin. It was Conrad's eighth goal of the year. She was assisted by Brook Story (Warroad, MN, Warroad HS) and Katie Flanagan (Roseville, MN, Roseville HS).

About two minutes later the Falcons went ahead, 2-0, when Kait Mason (Eagan, MN, Eagan HS) scored. Emma Nordness (Excelsior, MN, Benilde-St. Margaret's HS) hit Mason with a perfect pass as Mason was streaking down the left side. Mason's wrist shot beat Michelin on the far side. It was Mason's team-best 19th goal of the year and Nordness picked up the only assist.

After the goal, the Falcons took a penalty and Campbell made two saves to keep the Falcons in the lead. One of the saves came from 15 feet on a hard shot by AC's Stacy Kempson who was standing alone in front. Just after the penalty ended, UWRF's Alyssa Jackson (Cambridge, MN, Cambridge-Isanti HS) broke in and hit the right post with a hard slapper from the top of the slot.

The Bulldogs had a 13-10 advantage in shots in the first 20 minutes.

Adrian took a penalty early in the second period and the Falcons kept the puck in the Bulldogs' zone for the entire two minutes. But several Falcons shot were blocked and Michelin made one save to keep it a 2-0 game.

The Falcons went ahead, 3-0, at 4:37 of the second period when Mason scored her 20th goal of the year. The goal ties Mason for the single season record for goals. She broke across the middle of the ice from left to right and beat Michelin high. Jessica Thompson (Shoreview, MN, Mounds View HS) and Jami Weiss (Hermantown, MN, Proctor-Hermantown HS) picked up the assists.

Adrian clawed its way back into the game with a goal at 11:59 of the second period. Nicky Futers scored from right on top of the crease to get her team to within 3-1. She scored her fourth goal of the season unassisted. Late in the period Falcon defender Heather Horgen (Grand Rapids, MN, Grand Rapids HS) broke up a Bulldog two on one with a clever poke check. The Falcons finished the period with a slight 13-11 advantage in shots.

Early in the third period the Falcons took a penalty and AC had one shot on goal during the player advantage. Shortly after the Bulldogs took a minor penalty, but the Falcons did not have a shot during the power play.

Adrian got to within 3-2 with 3:55 to play in the game when Olivia Rork scored her 11th goal of the year. She scored off a rebound from a shot by Kempson. The Bulldogs tied the game with 1:30 to play when Kempson scored her 16th of the year with an assist to Ashley Gniewek. The pass from Gniewek found a breaking Kempson alone on the right side of the Falcon goal and she made no mistake on the shot that tied the game.

UWRF's Jamie Briski's (Chisholm, MN, Hibbing-Chisholm HS) shot on the doorstep about nine minutes into the overtime was the best chance for the Falcons in the extra session. With 10:53 to go Flanagan's shot from 20 feet was gobbled up by Michelin. The Falcons had a 6-2 advantage in shots in the extra session.

UWRF was called for three minor penalties and AC was called for four. The Falcons finished 0-3 on the power play and the Bulldogs were 0-3. Adrian finished with a slight 34-33 advantage in shots for the game.

Michelin made 31 saves while Campbell stopped 29 shots.