Box Score SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — It was an eventful day for Dominican University of California sophomore Kaitlynn Baptista and her sign-carting fan club in the stands at Forest Meadows Field.

Baptista scored the game-tying goal with 4:29 remaining in regulation time but with 2:52 to go in a second 10-minute overtime period she incurred a second yellow card and Dominican had to play the rest of the game a player down. End result: Baptista helped the Lady Penguins to a well-earned 1-1 tie with Academy of Art University on San Francisco but has to sit out the next game against Notre Dame de Namur University on Tuesday afternoon in Belmont.

“There were two ends to this day,” said Baptista. “When I'm in a good mood, I'll be thinking about the goal. But, on the low key, I got a red card and I'm not happy about that.”

The game featured 33 fouls and nine yellow cards between Dominican (3-8-1/1-5-1) and AAU (3-6-2/1-4-2) but the Lady Penguins, after a slow start, were somewhat satisfied with the comeback.

“It's not what you want but I don't think our work rate was consistent enough on the last road trip [to Dixie State College and Grand Canyon University] so you've got to start somewhere,” said Dominican Director of Soccer Jon Delano. “We got back to doing what makes us successful. It's a starting block as we go into this next week.”

The Lady Penguins, who were deeply disappointed with a 1-0 loss to AAU on Sept. 10 in a non-conference game at Treasure Island, came out flat in the rematch and paid for it. Dominican goalkeeper Megan Herring needed to make a diving leg save to prevent a goal in the opening minutes then, after hand-ball call against Dominican in the 18-yard box, the Urban Knights' Erica Wheeler-Dubin booted the ensuing penalty kick over the net.

But, a little more than seven minutes into the contest, AAU cashed in. A Wheeler-Dubin corner kick was headed into the goal by teammate Hannah Emmett for a 1-0 Urban Knights' lead.

From that point, the Lady Penguins played much more competitively and with a sense of urgency.

“We've got to be a little sharper but we created a lot of really good scoring opportunities today, not half chances,” said Delano.

The best one came early in the second half. Freshman defender Megan Hanson made a hard diagonal pass to the right that teammate Julianna Bratsberg chased down before AAU goalkeeper Jessica Bibby could get to as she wandered from the net. Bratsberg played the ball back to freshman Kendra Corsberg, whose kick from about 28 yards went wide left of the open goal as Bibby was retreating to the goal mouth.

However, the Lady Penguins kept pressing and with time running down toward a defeat Bratsberg headed a side thrown-in by Corsberg back toward the goal. The loose ball found Baptista and she buried it for the game-tieing score.

“It was great. It was fast,” said Baptista. “I felt like it lifted the team, that we had a chance."