SEGUIN, Texas -- Freshman
Alejandra Lopez (El Paso/Eastwood) contributed to two out of the three Bulldog goals as TLU (9-3, 3-0 SCAC) beat Concordia (TX) by a 3-0 count on Friday night at Gustafson Field. Lopez scored two first half goals while
Natalia Cortez (Edinburg/Robert Vela) scored a goal in the second half.
TLU was aggressive from the get-go, battering Concordia (TX) with 11 shots in the first half and 20 total in the game. The Bulldogs earned their first goal at 15:55 as
Makenzie Ivie (Portland/Gregory-Portland) found Lopez for her SCAC-leading fifth assist of the season to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Lopez wasn't done. Less than eight minutes later, Lopez worked a give-and-go withÂ
Jocelyn Lugo (San Antonio/Lee) before poking one past the Tornados keeper for her fourth goal of the season and first career brace. The assist was the first of Lugo's career.
TLU carried a 2-0 lead into halftime, but would add on to it in the second half as
Noelani Ajel (Cibolo/Steele) found
Natalia Cortez for her team-leading ninth goal of the season in the 50th minute, putting TLU ahead 3-0.
Alysa Marquez (Miami,FL/Dr. Michael Krop) and
Alexis Morrison (Cedar Park/Vista Ridge) shared the shutout for the Bulldogs, who have six total shutouts this year to go with a 0.92 goals against average. Both keepers made one save Friday night.
The Bulldogs are back in action on Friday, Oct. 16 as they travel to Houston to face St. Thomas at 7:30 PM. The match will be streamed on FloCollege. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.
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