The Diablo Valley College women’s soccer team lost their first game of the season 2-1 against Santa Rosa Junior College Bear Cubs on Oct. 14 and won the next game 1-0 against Cosumnes River College Hawks on Oct. 18.

The Vikings were undefeated their first 13 games of the season and it came to an end at an away game in Santa Rosa.

Amanda Galbraith scored twice for Santa Rosa in the 12^th and 43^rd minutes of the game giving them the lead.

Noelle Lemos scored for DVC in the 36^th minute of the game with an assist from Cameron Chan, but the Vikings were not able to catch up and lost the game 2-1.

The Vikings were home for their next game after their devastating loss to Santa Rosa to find their soccer field was not dry enough to play on. DVC and CRC took their battle to the Vikings football stadium.

Playing on the football field challenged the players, “The ball ran more than it does on a grass field,” Midfielder Megan Melara said. “It was hard to get the through balls.”

“It wasn’t the surface we prefer to be on, but we made it work at the end of the day,” coach Cailin Mullins said.

The difficulty of playing on a different surface was not enough to stop the Vikings, “adaptability and flexibility,” was a messaged passed on by coach Mullins to the team after the game.

“It took us a while to be able to expose them,” coach Mullins said.

The game remained scoreless until the very last minute. Karla Ramos scored in the 90^th minute giving DVC a 1-0 win against CRC.

“It was an intense game,” forward Karla Ramos said. “It felt good to win”