IOWA CITY -- No. 3 turned out to be better than No. 1 -- barely -- Thursday afternoon in girls soccer.

Iowa City West, ranked third in Class 3A, beat Class 2A No. 1 Xavier, 1-0, in a penalty kick shootout.

Iowa City West (13-1, 11-1) moved into first place in the MVC Valley Division with one league game remaining. Xavier (13-2, 11-2) is in second place.