Sacramento State women’s soccer hosted Cal Poly today in its breast cancer awareness game where the undefeated Mustangs won 4-1, which gave the Hornets their first loss of the season.

Both teams had 13 shots at goal throughout the game and played the starting goalies the entire 90 minutes. Sac State sophomore goalie Kimberly Mata had four saves compared to Cal Poly freshman goalkeeper Alyssa Giannetti’s seven.

Both teams played the whole field the first 15 minutes of the game with the Hornets deep in Mustang territory, but Cal Poly turned it around and pressured Sac State offensively to move the game over to the Hornets’ side.

“In the beginning of the game we dominated them, but then they were in our territory after that,” said Sac State women’s soccer head coach Randy Dedini. “I think we were just too reactionary. We weren’t anticipating and we reacted to whatever they did.”

Less than 10 minutes in to the game, midfielder Cristina Farrington of the Mustangs used a header for a shot at goal, but the ball went just left of the net as the score remained 0-0. Farrington did not stop there as the junior scored two of the Mustangs four goals by the end of the game.

“We just really need to work on getting our marks and following them,” said Sac State veteran defender Gabriela Trenton. “After the ball was playing, we were reacting instead of knowing where to be at the right time.”

A yellow card was called on Sac State midfielder Megan Burg midway through the first half, which is when Sac State began making substitutions.

The Hornets utilized 20 of their 30-player roster on the field at some point during today’s game, all of which got over 20 minutes of playing time.

“It’s still early in our season so we’re still looking at players to see who can step up and do things,” Dedini said. “We’ve got a lot of good players.”

Sac State had control with less than three minutes left in half, but Cal Poly hustled back for a goal from the top left corner of the box by substituted forward Sara Epps.

The Mustangs led 1-0 at halftime, but the Hornets came back strong to score less than seven minutes in to the second half, tying the score 1-1.

“Offensively I thought we did some good things occasionally, but we were just too reactionary and too loose in the back defensively,” Dedini said.

Sac State’s only goal was made by the junior transfer out of Nevada, Raylene Larot, with the assist from forward Jordan Carlberg. This marks Larot’s first goal of the season and as a Hornet.

“We came out strong and I think once we got scored (on) we just kind of put our heads down,” Larot said. “We should have been more positive.”

The Mustangs did not let the tie last long as they widened the lead, scoring three goals in a row in only seven minutes to put them at the final score of 4-1. Farrington made the second and fourth goals and the third goal came from center-back Braelyn Fetsch.

“The goals were really fast on top of each other,” Trenton said. “This is our wake up call. We can look at the film and now work on these things and get better from it.”

Sac State now has one loss on the board 1-1-1 and will head in to its fourth game of the season playing for a win against the University of San Francisco Friday at 7 p.m. in at Negoesco Stadium.

Jillian Kweller can be reached at [email protected]