Ovalle

In Sunday’s first quarterfinal, Mexico extended its unbeaten streak under coach Pedro López to 23 games behind two scores from Lizbeth Ovalle — one in each half — another from Karen Luna and a strong performance in goal from Esthefanny Barreras.

After Ovalle’s second score in the 69th minute, Rebeca Fernández, whose goal in October’s Pan American Games was the last Mexico had allowed before Sunday, came off the bench to cut the deficit to a goal three minutes later.

Ovalle has five goals in the tournament, tying her with Canada’s Adriana Leon for the tournament lead.

“It’s a historic victory,” midfielder Jacqueline Ovalle, whose goal in the 38th minute put Mexico ahead to stay, said in Spanish.

The first score came after a free kick, with Karla Nieto lobbing a ball forward for Ovalle.