Texas Southern scored a goal in each half as they won an intense and physical match against Jackson State on Friday night inside Durley Stadium.
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TSU had its chances early with four shots but finally broke the ice in the 36th minute as Isabella Dillow took a pass from Lucy Smith and outran the defender for a goal to the left lower corner. In the 56th minute of the second half, Dillow had a hand in the team's next goal as she found Rayal Henderson on the 25-yard line and Henderson raced past the goalie and connected on a clean shot to back of the goal.
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From that point, the TSU defense rose to the occasion as JSU had eight shot attempts in the second half but goalie Alessandra Bastidas came up with three big saves.
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Dillow, Victoria Pucci, Henderson, Alyssa Taylor and Liliane Clase Baez all had two shot attempts while Bastidas had four saves.
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TSU is back in action on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Southern.