After a month and a half of nothing but losses, the OU soccer team (1-12-1, 0-4-1) split its weekend series with the Kansas Jayhawks (8-5-1, 2-3-1) and the No. 22 Missouri Tigers (9-4, 4-2) with a tie Sunday against KU and a loss Friday to MU.

Sunday afternoon’s tie was the first for the Sooners this season and it broke their 10-game losing streak which started 43 days ago on Aug. 31, against Ball State.

Kansas jumped out early when forward Jessica Bush scored an unassisted goal from 22-yards out as she sailed the ball over goalkeeper Traci Dickenson during the second minute.

After going into the half down 1-0, OU struck back when forward Whitney Palmer put a deflected ball between the pipes to tie the game midway through the second period to end the team’s 3-game scoreless streak.

Palmer’s sixth goal on the season and her twelfth as a Sooner gave her sole possession for tenth on the OU all-time scoring list.

“[The goal] was good because it kept us in the game,” Palmer said. “I think scoring a goal made us work even harder to keep up the tie and keep working for another goal.”

The second half goal was the Sooners’ first goal since Sept. 28, against No. 7 Texas A&M and its first goal at home since forward Jordan White’s game-winning goal against Ball State.

Neither team could score during the final 26 minutes of regulation or the 20 total overtime minutes which led to the 1-1 tie.

“Baby steps, baby steps,” head coach Nicole Nelson said following the tie. “This team is more consistent with the effort they give. They are completely invested, I feel like, now and they’re taking steps in the right direction.”

Friday evening’s game against the No. 22 Missouri Tigers ended 2-0 loss, which was the Sooners’ third consecutive shutout loss of the season.

Starting forward Lauren Alkek was forced to sit out because she received two yellow cards against Texas A&M, while Nelson elected to start Dickenson instead of usual starter Lisa Jett.

Missouri did not make it easy for the first-time starting goalkeeper, putting up 23 shots — 11 in the first half and 12 in the second.

“[Missouri’s shots] calmed me down more because I got more comfortable with everything coming at me,” Dickenson said. “So, I preferred that.”

The two goals the Sooners gave up came early in the first half as forward Alysha Bonnick put an uncontested shot between the pipes during the eighth minute and midfielder Michelle Collins deflected the ball from one yard out just four minutes later.

Nelson said she was happy with her team’s overall effort this weekend despite not coming out with a victory.

“We’re gonna role with this,” Nelson said following Sunday’s tie. “We still have three home conference games, there’s constantly a lot of upsets right now in the Big 12. So, we’re still in this race.”