Sacramento State (1-9-1), played three games last week and received a shutout sandwich, losing to California State University, Stanislaus 1-0 on Wednesday, Northern Arizona University on Friday 3-2, and Wake Forest University 3-0 on Sunday.

With temperatures reaching 97 degrees, and humidity at 56-percent, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons received a warm, sweaty welcome from the Hornets.

Within the first 50 seconds, Jaymie Kocer broke through a group of Deacon defenders, and sent a cross to Lisa Wrightsman who narrowly missed on a sliding kick.

The Demons retaliated with an attack of their own, with the only difference being that they scored.

In the 33rd minute, the Demon Deacons’ Ann Bradley Robbins broke away from her defender and blasted in a header off a corner kick.

Wake Forest dominated the second half of play.

In the 72nd minute, Demon Deacon Joline Charlton knocked in an 8-yard chip, stretching the lead to 2-0.

Wake Forest’s Meagan Mullins’ long distance 25-yard bomb in the 87th minute proved to be the final goal for both sides.

Wrightsman led Sac State in shots, with two, followed by Linda Sanchez, Mandi Siller, Jessica Needham, and Kocer who each had a shot apiece.

“I felt better about this game than against NAU,” Wrightsman said. “We didn’t except to win, but we didn’t want to go down easy either. It was a good experience to play against such a good team.”

Wake Forest massively outshot the Hornets, 17-6. Michelle Balzouman was in the net for the Hornets, recording seven saves.

She also gave up three goals while Wake Forest’s Erin Regan had four saves and went 90 minutes for the shutout victory.

“We wanted to use the sides of the field. It’s a great field. It’s nice and long, and we wanted to spread Sac State out,” Decon coach Tony Daluz said. “We got a lot of good crosses in the first half, but their goalkeeper had some great saves.”

For No. 7 ranked Wake Forest, the win marked their fourth shutout of this season, and their tenth win.

“(The Hornets’) record doesn’t show what this team is capable of. They’ve been losing by only one point each game,” Daluz said.