It’s official: the Ashland women’s basketball team is on a tear. After losing 83-80 to Tiffin on the first day of February, the Eagles have won seven straight games. With one game left in the regular season, they have clinched at least a share of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Division title.

Last weekend, AU (17-8, 15-6 GLIAC) had its winning streak threatened by a stingy Ohio Dominican team and exacted revenge on Tiffin.

At Ohio Dominican (10-13, 7-12)

For 45 minutes, Ohio Dominican frustrated, harassed and disrupted Ashland. In the end, the Eagles overcame poor shooting and 13 Panther offensive rebounds to come away with a 53-50 overtime win.

Ashland shot just 33 percent (20 of 61) from the field and 20 percent (2 of 10) from the field, but refused to let it affect the rest of the game.

“If we had played that type of game a month ago, we probably would have come up on the losing end of it,” AU head coach Sue Ramsey said. “It just speaks to the growth of our players and their ability to make plays down the stretch when we needed to.”

Junior guard Taylor Woods had 14 points and seven rebounds, including 12 points on 5 of 8 shooting in the second half.

She and senior guard Alyssa Miller scored the Eagles’ last 11 points in regulation. Miller finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

With 2:59 to play, ODU’s Madi Rittinger mad a jump shot to give the Panthers a six-point lead at 44-38.

From there, Woods scored the next five points to pull AU within one with 1:39 left.

After a made free throw by Melissa Scherpenberg, Alyssa Miller was fouled with 39 seconds remaining. She drained both free throws to tie the game at 45.

ODU had a chance to win it at the buzzer, but Scherpenberg’s shot missed, sending the game into overtime.

Ashland won the overtime period 8-5. Four of the points came from sophomore guard McKenzie Miller finding junior forward Melanie Poorman in the lane.

“We took the momentum into the overtime and finished it off,” Ramsey said.

At Tiffin (7-16, 4-15)

As far as wins go, Saturday’s 108-65 blowout of Tiffin was about the furthest thing from Thursday’s overtime win at ODU. The Eagles were on fire as they slayed the Dragons, and there was no putting them out.

“It was just a real explosion,” Ramsey said.

In the first half, Ashland shot an incredible 82 percent (22 of 27) from the field and made 9 of 9 attempts from behind the arc on the way to a 66-31 lead at halftime.

Alyssa Miller and Woods combined to score 38 points in the opening 20 minutes. Miller was 5 of 6 from the field, 4 of 4 on 3-pointers and 8 of 8 from the free throw line, and Woods was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field.

For the game, AU shot 64 percent (35 of 55) from the field, 73 percent (11 of 15) from deep and 93 percent (27 of 29) from the foul line.

The Eagles also outrebounded Tiffin 42-21.

“We’ve gotten better and better on the boards,” Ramsey said. “That has allowed us to run.”

Alyssa Miller had a game-high 26 points, five rebounds and six assists and Woods was close behind with 22 points.

When the Dragons decided to faceguard Miller in the second half, other Ashland players scored with nearly the same efficiency. Poorman tied her career-high 18 with 18 points on 8 of 9 shooting. Sophomore guard Jamie Sobczak added 10 points and 10 rebounds and freshman guard Rachelle Morrison had 10 points.

The win ensured that the Eagles beat every team from the GLIAC South at least once this season, and maintained the one game lead that they hold over Malone.