Despite trailing twice on the scoreboard, the women’s soccer team managed to get a 2-2 draw in Tuesday’s game against the Sierra College Wolverines.

In a matchup where all the action came in the first half, the Hawks were able to extend their undefeated streak in conference play.

“Nobody deserved to win this game, so it was a good thing we tied,” said Head coach Cesar Plasencia. “The intensity was high so it was a little bit erratic.”

Plasencia said all the goals came from “bad errors” and none of them were well-worked goals.

The Wolverines opened up the scoresheet in the 10th minute of the match after the Hawks were unable to clear a low-driven cross. The ball found its way to a Sierra player, who redirected the ball into the back of the net.

Ten minutes later, freshman forward Mia Buijten put the Hawks level by scoring off a bad defensive giveaway. Buijten took the ball around the goalkeeper and shot into the empty goal.

“I saw the net wide open and said to myself ‘if I miss this I don’t know what I will do,’” Buijten said, who scored her second goal of the season. “I tried to keep it low and on the floor and just pass it in.”

The 1-1 was short-lived for the Hawks as they conceded a penalty kick four minutes later. The Wolverines converted their penalty despite freshman goalkeeper Kylee Chapman diving the right way.

Sophomore defender Ellie DePaco equalized for the Hawks in the 37th minute after her shot was mishandled by Sierra’s goalkeeper. Like Buijten, this was DePaco’s second goal of the season.

Gwendolyn Seifert, a sophomore midfielder, said the second half was intense and foul-heavy but is proud of her team for not letting a goal in.

The biggest chance of the second half fell Sierra’s way with a one-on-one opportunity. Chapman, however, pulled off the save and kept the 2-2 score.

“We panicked a little too much, didn’t have composure on the ball and it cost us to find any kind of groove or any kind of rhythm in the game,” Plasencia said.

Steifert agreed confidence on the ball is something the team can improve upon.

“Sometimes we know what to do but when we are in the game we make silly mistakes because we don’t want to mess up,” Seifert said. “We need to be confident and know how good we really are.”

Plasencia said the team could still improve on consistency but he recognizes that there is still time in the season to sort things out.

The Hawks continued their season on Friday with a 1-1 draw away to the American River College Beavers.