After spending last week on the road, Sacramento State?s women?s soccer team returned home with one loss and a tie in non-conference play.

The Hornets? record fell to 3-5-1 having lost against the undefeated St. Mary?s Gaels 4-0 on Tuesday, and ending Friday?s game against University of California, Santa Barbara with a 1-1 tie.

Tuesday?s game against the Gaels added an unfortunate 4-0 shutout to the Hornets? record. However, St. Mary?s is ranked No. 21 in the nation in the NCAA and has a season record of 8-0-1.

Sac State sophomore goal keeper Amy Seely had a career-high 14 saves Tuesday and was named Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week the previous week. Teammate Lisa Wrightsman was the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week that same week after registering an assist and three goals.

Against UC Santa Barbara senior forward, Lori Kerswell had the first goal with an assist by Kristin Hoffman in the 15th minute of the game.

Sac State?s lead was short-lived, as the Gauchos got on the scoreboard one minute later. The score remained 1-1 throughout the second half as the game went into double overtime.

“We played 120 minutes of good soccer,” Hornet head coach Sandra Asimos said. “We were evenly matched, and we stayed consistent throughout the game.”

Asimos was very pleased with the team?s performance. The Hornets lost to Santa Barbara last year.

Sac State is 1-0 in conference after defeating Eastern Washington University on Sept. 21.

The Hornets have a break from the road when they play at home on Friday against Portland State University.

Portland State will begin a five-game streak against Big Sky Conference teams. Friday?s game is scheduled to kickoff at 2 p.m.