DENTON, Texas (Sept. 28, 2016) – Texas Woman's University capitalized on a free kick, a corner and a penalty kick against 11^th-ranked Texas A&M-Commerce to knock off the highest-ranked opponent in program history in a 3-0 victory Wednesday night at TWU Soccer Field.
 
The win also gave TWU (5-3, 1-2 LSC) its first conference victory of the season and snapped a three-game skid. The loss for TAMUC (5-3, 2-1 LSC) ended a four-game win streak and handed the Lions their first league loss on the year.
 
Maddie Nolton tallied her first goal in a Pioneer uniform in the 22^nd minute on a free kick after Nancy Chavez was taken down and fouled. Nolton set up 20 yards out and sent a strong, direct shot to the goal for the first score of the contest.
 
In the 74^th minute, Nolton teamed up with Lucero Chavez and handed her an assist off of a corner kick where Chavez headed in a goal to also join the Pioneer scoring club for the first time and put TWU up 2-0. After a shot attempt by a Lion was saved by Samantha Jimenez one minute later, frustration mounted for TAMUC as a yellow card was assessed.
 
The Lions sent a shot wide and Jimenez stopped an attempt with less than four minutes on the clock to keep the Pioneers up by a pair. With two minutes remaining in the contest, Chelsea Martin secured the win on a penalty kick to the back left corner of the goal.
 
Commerce outshot the Pioneers 19-to-13 while each team took eight shots on goal and seven corner kicks. Jimenez finished the contest with eight saves in her 90 minutes of play.
 
The Pioneers travel to Midwestern State Friday for a 7 p.m. matchup.