After suffering through 12 games of winless play, the OU soccer team finally broke that streak Sunday with a 1-0 win against Baylor.

The Sooners’ (2-13-1, 1-5-1) victory was their first since Aug. 31 against Ball State. It was also the squad’s first shutout of the season, and its first win on the road.

OU’s lone goal came off the foot of sophomore forward Whitney Palmer — who leads the team with 7 goals — when she broke away from the Baylor defense at the 19:05 mark.

The goal gave Palmer the 13th of her career, which ties her for eighth on the OU all-time scoring list. Sunday’s goal was the first game winner of her career.

The win was also senior goalkeeper Traci Dickenson’s first career victory and shutout, as she improved her personal record to 1-2-1.

First-year head coach Nicole Nelson recorded her first Big 12 conference victory after spending the past 3 seasons as an assistant coach for both Baylor and Texas.

“It was a solid effort by our defense, and offensively, we created more goal-scoring opportunities than we have in any other game this year,” Nelson said.

The win comes two games after the Sooners broke a ten-game losing streak by tying Kansas 1-1 at home. During the winless streak, the Sooners’ opponents outscored them 34-5.

“I am very proud of this team’s effort today,” Nelson said. “It is very difficult to win on the road in this conference and I commend Baylor for being a team that competed every minute today.”

The Sooners extended their lead in the all-time series against Baylor to 6-4-2, and they are now 5-1-1 in the last 7 meetings between the two squads.

The victory over Baylor came two days after suffering a 4-0 loss to No. 12 Texas — the fourth game during the Sooners’ winless streak in which they lost by four or more goals.

The game against the Longhorns (10-2-3, 3-2-2) marked OU’s fifth loss against ranked opponents on the season, and was the first time the Sooners used both goalies.

Dickenson gave up two goals in her 17 minutes of action while redshirt freshman Lisa Jett gave up the final two goals of the game during the remaining 73 minutes.

Friday’s appearance was Jett’s first since Oct. 5, when she allowed five goals against No. 7 Texas A&M.

The win against Baylor jumped the Sooners from a tie for last place in the Big 12 to a tie with the Bears for ninth with only three games remaining, all of which are at home.

“Our team did a very good job of executing our game plan and this win will give us confidence going into this final home stretch,” Nelson said. “Our focus is on the final three games and qualifying for the Big 12 tournament, and that starts with Nebraska on Friday.”

Only eight teams qualify for the Big 12 tournament, and OU is currently three points behind Texas Tech, which is No. 8.