CARSON -- Cal State Dominguez Hills' sophomore midfielder Kaia Mills made her first career goal in cardinal and gold a memorable one, erasing a one-goal deficit deep in the second half to salvage a 1-1 draw against visiting Simon Fraser University on a hot and humid early afternoon on Dignity Health Sports Park's Field 3.

The Toros, although still in search of their first win of 2022, collected a hard-earned point to move to 0-2-2 on the year.

The game was scoreless until the 14th minute when a defensive lapse paved the way for the game's first score.

After a throw in in the Toro half of the field, SFU's Isabella Muzzolini slipped her pass through five Toro defenders to Kate Cartier, who gathered the ball in front of a Toro defender on the right side and took a pair of touches before sending her shot to the left and past CSUDH keeper Alyssa Newsom and hitting the side of the net.

That's where the score remained for the next 65 minutes when Mills equalized.

Taking a feed down the right side, Mills took two steps towards the SFU goal where seven defenders stood between her and the goal.  Stopping on a dime and reversing skate to collect her footing, Mills lofted her shot over the SFU defense and into the upper left V of the net to set off a raucous celebration.

SFU, making its debut with a new nickname in Red Leafs, outshot the Toros 9-8, although just one shot, Mills', was on goal for the hosts.

CSUDH will take to the road on Saturday, traveling to Concordia Irvine for a 3 pm first kick.