Texas Lutheran University

CONWAY, AR -- A trio of second half scores helped lift the Texas Lutheran women's soccer team to a 3-0 win over Hendrix at Warrior Soccer Field in Conway, Arkansas, on Friday night.

Senior midfielder Natalia Cortez (Edinburg/Robert Vela) opened the scoring in the 53rd minute and the Bulldogs (12-3,6-0 SCAC) didn't look back from there. TLU went on to add scores in the 84th and 87th minutes off goals from Alyssa Ibanez (San Antonio/Judson) and Makenzie Ivie (Portland/Gregory-Portland).

Cortez's goal was credited as the game-winner the ninth of her career and sixth of the season, scoring on the second half penalty kick. The six game winners tie Cortez's former teammate Alyssa Simien and TLU Hall of Famer Kelli Layden for the second-most in a single-season.

Cortez attempted to score her second goal of the night that was deflected by the Warriors keeper but Ibanez was right there to clean it up, sending the rebound into the net for her first goal of the season to double the TLU lead.

Finally, three minutes later, Ivie capped off the scoring with her second goal of the season after a long distance shot attempt from Emma Alvarado (Austin/Johnson) was knocked off the cross bar Ivie reacted quickly to place it low and away to bring the game to its final score.

Offensively, Texas Lutheran recorded 24 shots, 14 shots on goal and eight corner kicks. Friday's game marked the 11h game this year where TLU has tallied double-digit shots and outshot its opponent. Cortez led the offense once again with four shots and the game-winner.

The Bulldog defense earned their ninth clean sheet this year and sixth in a row, holding the Warriors to five shots with only two being on frame. With the win, goalkeeper Alysa Marquez (Miami, FL/Dr. Michael Krop) joined Katie Kistner as the only Bulldogs in program history with three double-digit win seasons and moved into second in program history with 37 career wins.

Up next, TLU travels to Clarksville, Arkansas, to face University of the Ozarks in their final road contest of the season on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2:30 PM. The match will be streamed on FloCollege. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

For all updates on Texas Lutheran Women's Soccer, follow @tluwsoc on X (Twitter) and Instagram and as always you can find updates on all Texas Lutheran athletics on tlubulldogs.com and all official TLU social media channels (@tluathletics on X (Twitter), @tlu_athletics on Instagram, and @tlubulldogs on Facebook).