Rover Oxford picked up a valuable point in the Slazenger England Women's LeagueNational North Division when they drew 2-2 at home to Cambridge City in a hard-fought contest.
Both teams desperately need the points to remain out of the relegation zone.
Rover attacked Cambridge's defence at pace from the start.
Vicky Mankelow was unlucky not to score after two minutes, putting the ball just past the right post.
Wave after wave of Rover attacks put Cambridge constantly under pressure.
But in the 17th minute, Cambridge scored from a fine short-corner strike.
Rover remained on top but went into the break a goal behind.
Within five minutes of the restart they had a short corner which Mankelow converted after a slick pass from Lynn Cockshott.
Rover then produced some fine moves down the left with Bex Strange and Jess Rickman.
However, the hard work didn't pay off and Cambridge regained the lead after another short-corner strike.
But Rover did not give up and Cockshott's fine attacking play lead to a penalty stroke, which Laura Smyth converted to level it up.
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