ROHNERT PARK – A tight match turned into a valuable learning experience for the Chico State women's soccer team Sunday in a 4-0 loss at Sonoma State.
 
The Wildcats trailed just 1-0 for much of the day after giving up an own-goal just 3:05 into the match. Chico State nearly equalized, dominating play in the early going of the second stanza, and getting four shots (two on goal) in the first 20 minutes.
 
But it was the Seawolves that suddenly broke through in the 69^th minute to make it 2-0. And it was all Sonoma State after that. They made it 3-0 in the 76^th minute and added another score in the 86^th minute.
 
The loss snapped Chico State's four-match winning streak, dropping the Wildcats to 5-2-1 overall and 1-1-0 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.
 
Sonoma State improved to 5-1-2 overall and 3-0-1 in the CCAA. Lindsey Dias and Carlie Reader paced the Wildcats with two three shots apiece and Shelby Lanksbury had two.
 
The Wildcats open the home portion of their CCAA schedule next weekend against Cal State East Bay Friday at 4:30 and Stanislaus State Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Friday night is Faculty/Staff night, meaning that Chico State staff and faculty can stop by the athletics department main office (Acker 135) and pick up as many as four free tickets to the doubleheader. The men will play immediately after the women.