Albion Women were forced to share the points with Loughborough Foxes after a 3-3 draw at the Loughborough University Stadium.
Keeley Davies, Bethan Jewitt and an own goal put the Baggies three up, but the hosts fought back to level the scoring before Leigh Dugmore had a header controversially ruled out for offside in the final stages.
Louis Sowe’s side came firing out of the blocks and took the lead after five minutes with Davies latching onto a long ball and hooking the ball past Alex Stephens in the Loughborough goal.
After 11 minutes Jewitt doubled Albion’s lead, she finished her surging run from left back by cutting inside and beating Stephens at the near post.