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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A tough season came to an end in a tough way for the Portland State women's soccer team Friday, as the Vikings lost, 2-1, on a golden goal in overtime to Sacramento State.
 
The goal came in the 99th minute for the Hornets (7-11-0, 5-5-0 Big Sky), who earned the sixth and final spot in the Big Sky tournament with the win over the Vikings.
 
"This was a close game that could've gone either way," PSU head coach Laura Schott said after the match. "We've had a lot of close games this season and went our way and some did not."
 
The Vikings finish their 2015 season 5-13-0 overall and 3-7-0 in the Big Sky after Friday. Friday's loss marked the fifth time the Vikings have lost on a goal scored in the 80th minute or later this season, with three of those losses coming in Big Sky play. The Vikings also lost two Big Sky matches on goals scored in the final minute of the first half, as late goals accounted for five of the team's seven conference losses in 2015.
 
The Hornets' Kayla Collins scored the late dagger against the Vikings this time around, as she took a ball from teammate Kassidy Kellogg and fired a shot to the bottom left of the goal for the winning score.
 
Collins' goal completed a comeback for the Hornets in the match, as the Vikings went up initially on a 43rd-minute goal from freshman forward Morgan Matthews. Matthews pounced on a loose ball in the box following a Viking corner, putting the Vikings up 1-0 off assists from midfielders Rachel Ross and Katie Forsee.
 
Matthews' goal was the second of the season for the freshman, as well as just the second road goal the Vikings have scored this season, and the first one that wasn't a penalty kick.
 
Ross' assist on the play also marked the first career assist for the freshman, as well as her first career point.
 
The Hornets came out of halftime on the front foot, however, and fired four shots within the first 15 minutes of the second half, including one from Adaurie Dayak that hit the crossbar in the 59th minute.
 
Dayak broke through for the Hornets just over four minutes after her shot hit the crossbar, as she took a pass from teammate Jennifer Lum and slotted a shot inside the far post in the 63rd minute.
 
The Hornets forced PSU goalkeeper Angela Haluska into making three saves after the goal in the second half, too, but didn't break through again until Collins' goal in the 99th minute.
 
Haluska finished the match with 10 saves, the most she's had in a Big Sky match all season, and the most she's had in any match since saving 11 shots against Hawai'i on Sept. 4. Haluska's performance against the Hornets gives her 97 total saves for the season, a total that ranks as the eighth-best single-season mark in school history. Additionally, Haluska finished the season with an average of 5.39 saves per match, an average that ranks sixth-best all-time at Portland State.
 
Haluska was playing in her final game as a Viking, along with Cori Bianchini, Emma Cooney, Tamia Hasan and Whitney Hilde.
 
"I'd like to thank Whitney, Tamia, Angela, Cori and Emma for their efforts over the past four years," Schott said. "They are good people and good teammates and I look forward to seeing what the future holds for them."
 
Match Notes: Friday's loss snaps a four-match winning streak for the Vikings over the Hornets, as the Vikings had not lost to the Hornets since 2010…Friday's match was also the 13th to be decided by a single goal for the Vikings this season, with the Vikings 4-9-0 in those matches…Eight of the Vikings' 10 Big Sky matches were also decided by a single goal, with the Vikings 2-6-0 in those matches.