Owls Keep Pace With Corsairs

Citrus College had to come from behind twice to grab a 2-2 tie with Santa Monica Tuesday afternoon.

The Owls sit 10-4-4 on the year and 5-2-3 in Western State Conference-South action, while the Corsairs move to 3-7-5, 2-3-4.

Santa Monica capitalized first with a goal in the 12^th minute to put pressure on Citrus to respond.

Ten minutes before halftime, the Owls were awarded a free kick and Ashley Virgen drove a deep ball to Jade Poveda, who sent it past the Corsair goalkeeper to send the two teams tied 1-1 at halftime.

Coming out of the break, the Owls were pushing but couldn't quite seem to find the back of the net.

Santa Monica found another go-ahead goal in the 62^nd minute, but there was still plenty of time left to play.

With just under 10 minutes to go, Abigail Salvador equalized for the Owls. Berenice Mancinas found Salvador making a run to get in behind the Corsair defense with just the goalkeeper to beat. Salvador did just that to even the score, 2-2, before time expired.

The Owls close out the rest of the season at home, hosting College of the Canyons on Tuesday, Nov. 9, and West LA on Friday, Nov. 12.