The first period saw strong play by the Hornets and the flu stricken Matadors struggled to find their legs.Tyler Hinz got the scoring started for Sacramento at 3:14 of the 1st period, followed quickly by Malachi Mahan at 1:43. The Matadors found themselves in the hole and fighting to get some momentum going.

Chris Gale quickly got the ball rolling in the 2nd period, with a goal at 19:34. Jack Avetissian made a statement of his own four minutes later with a goal at 15:34. Despite the momentum shift, the Hornets would not back down and popped another two quick goals from Matt Price and Ray Gsell. The back and forth action continued and at 6:13 of the 2nd Chris Gale put a wrist shot past Tim Kesner to make the score 4-3. The Matadors looked to be on the attack, but again the Hornets countered by Gsell at 5:16. 

The Matadors headed into the locker room down 5-3 and came out flying in the 3rd period. Jack Avetissian scored his second of the night at 16:27, but Malachi Mahan of the Hornets sunk his second of the night and it looked like the Matadors were going to be out for the count with a 2 goal defecit and a little over ten minutes left to play. Jack Avetissian again answered the call for a rally and netted his third of the night at 8:09 on the powerplay. With 2:56 left in the 3rd, Matador Captain JP Gale launched a rocket from the point and beat Tim Kesner high and off the cross bar to tie the game 6-6. 

In overtime the Matadors took a holding penalty and went down, 4 on 3 to the Hornets. Northridge controlled the Sacramento power play and allowed 1 shot in the over time period. At 1:43 of overtime the Hornets took a tripping penalty and put the Matadors on the power play. Jack Avetissian let a shot go from the top of the circle and Chris Gale was there to put home the rebound for the hat trick and the win. It was a hard fought come back for the Matadors and a tough loss for the Hornets who battled all game.The Matadors will be taking on UC Davis tonight at Vacaville Ice Sports at 8:30 pm.