Texas Lutheran University

SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran women's soccer defeated University of Dallas in the regular season finale, 4-1, at Gustafson Field on Friday night. The victory ensured an unbeaten conference record for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) champion Bulldogs, who finished the regular season with a 14-3 overall and 8-0 SCAC record.

With the win, the Bulldogs extended their winning streak to eight games, matched the single season record for wins, joining the 2004 and 2006 teams with 14 wins, and setting a new single-season conference winning percentage record (1.000).

TLU took an early advantage with a goal from three-time SCAC Offensive Player of the Week Natalia Cortez (Edinburg/Robert Vela) just 2:22 into Friday's contest. Cortez followed up 21 minutes later to complete her third brace of the season and second in as many games to increase the Bulldogs lead to 2-0.

Five minutes later, Aliyah Fonseca (Harlingen/Harlingen) found Emma Alvarado (Austin/Johnson) for her third goal of the season in the 28th minute, giving TLU a comfortable 3-0 lead that they would carry into halftime.

Following an early second half corner kick, freshman Jocelyn Lugo (San Antonio/Lee) tacked on another goal to move the TLU lead to 4-0.

Dallas threatened more aggressively in the second half, totaling four shots and forcing TLU goalkeeper Skylar LeBlanc (League City/Clear Falls) into four saves but would avoid the shutout with a 51st minute goal off a corner kick. Senior Alysa Marquez (Miami, FL/Dr. Michael Krop) got the start and made one save on her lone shot faced in the opening half.

Prior to Friday's match, TLU women's soccer recognized its seven seniors: Marquez, Cortez, Brooklyn Keily (Round Rock/McNeil), Mikayla Greer (New Braunfels/Davenport), Kristina Cromwell (Spring/Klein Collins), Caitlin Roach (Houston/Manvel), and Tila Hendrus (New Braunfels/Canyon) in a pregame ceremony. Hendrus, who had to medically retire last season following multiple knee injuries over her career, took the field one final time as a Bulldog in a ceremonial opening kickoff that allowed her to suit up one last time and be celebrated by her teammates.

By finishing atop the SCAC standings, Texas Lutheran earned a first-round bye in the SCAC Championship and will return to action on Friday, November 6 when it meets the winner of Concordia (TX) versus Austin College at Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock. 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).