Rachel Snow and Maddy Traylor scored in the first 12 minutes, but Soka came back for a 2-2 draw with The Master's University women's soccer team on Thursday afternoon in Aliso Viejo.
The Lady Mustangs are now 13-1-3 overall and remain unbeaten in Golden State Athletic Conference play at 11-0-2. Soka is 8-5-4 overall and 7-4-2 in the GSAC.
TMU outshot the Sea Lions 22-11, put nine shots on goal to Soka's seven and had a 4-1 edge in corner kicks.
The Lady Mustangs struck early. In the sixth minute, Taya Pickup set up Rachel Snow for the opening goal. Traylor doubled the lead at 11:59 for a 2-0 advantage.
Soka got one back just before halftime. Jeanna Ceja scored at 44:45 to cut the TMU lead to 2-1 at the break.
TMU kept the pressure on after halftime. Soka goalkeeper Jazlynn Camacho turned away Siennah Nelson at 52:09, Breanna Fajardo at 61:18 and 70:51, and Bryanna Elias at 62:18. Ceja then struck again at 74:18, finishing an assist from Analise Rocha to tie the match. Neither team scored the rest of the way.
Traylor led TMU with eight shots, two of them on goal. Fajardo put all four of her shots on frame, Nelson had four shots and Rachel Snow finished with three. Pickup's assist was her contribution to the scoring.
Katie Snow played all 90 minutes in goal and made five saves. She stopped headers from Kaylee Broome and Marissa Jordan in the first half and turned away Jonalynn Valles, Alanna Cabras and Anahi Aranda in the second.
Ceja scored both Soka goals off the bench, the only two shots she took. Camacho made seven saves for the Sea Lions.
TMU will await the winner of the quater-final game between Hope International and Soka and will host the winner next Friday at 1 p.m. in the GSAC semi-finals.