SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — The Dominican University of California women's soccer team battled to a 0-0 draw on Friday versus Fresno Pacific in PacWest action.

With the tie, FPU (5-3-1/3-1-1 PacWest) moves into a three-way tie for first place while Dominican (2-4-4/1-2-2) moves ahead of California Baptist in the standings.

The Penguins held the Sunbirds scoreless despite 14 shots, nine on goal, from nine different players. Dominican's freshman goalkeeper, Alyssa Ramos, made a career-high nine saves and notched her second shutout of the season. Both teams failed to convert eight corner kicks. Five Penguins fired shots but freshman reserve Yvonne Martinez's attempt in the 77th minute was the only Penguins shot on goal. Dominican also had an apparent goal that was waived off and instead resulted in a Penguins foul.

The Penguins showed their commitment to the fight against pediatric cancer as they wore gold laces for Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer®, an initiative of Go4TheGoal. All funds stay in the community where they are raised to support local children, with the funds from this match benefitting UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. To learn more, and to donate, visit go4thegoal.org/laceup.html.

Dominican heads to Oakland on Sunday, Oct. 9 for a 1:30 p.m. match versus Holy Names. The match will be played at T-Bird Stadium on the Merritt College campus. Live video and stats will be provided by the Hawks and will be availalbe at dominicanathletics.com/live.