Stephany Mayor scores a hat-trick in under a quarter of an hour, Tigres thrash Atlante 4-0 and take provisional top spot in Liga MX Femenil

Tigres wrapped up their Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2026 regular season with a 4-0 away win over Atlante in the match that opened matchday 14 on Thursday. Stephany Mayor was the star: the forward scored three goals in under a quarter of an hour and left the Amazonas on 35 points, top of Group A and of the overall table, at least until Rayadas and América play on Friday.

An hour of patience and four goals in a quarter of an hour

The game was tight for more than an hour. Diana Ordóñez broke the deadlock after the 60-minute mark and from there Tigres cut loose. Mayor added the second shortly afterwards, made it 3-0 in the 76th minute and completed her hat-trick around the 80th minute, assisted by Deyna Castellanos. Four goals in little more than a quarter of an hour of the second half were enough for Pedro Martínez Losa's side to provisionally secure first place in their group.

Atlante, meanwhile, finished the matchday on 7 points, at the bottom of Group A and already out of the Liguilla race.

The race for top spot is decided on Friday

On 35 points, Tigres sit one step above Rayadas (34), who travel to Juárez on Friday, and América (34), the Group B leaders, who close the regular season in the clásico against Chivas. Both can overtake Tigres with a win, so the overall lead is still up for grabs.

What is no longer in doubt is qualification: the top four in each group advance to the quarterfinals, and in Group A the tickets belong to Tigres, Rayadas, Juárez (30) and Toluca (27). Toluca, in fact, drew 1-1 with Querétaro in another of Thursday's matches.

Atlas are out

Thursday's bad news was for Atlas, who drew 1-1 with Necaxa and were eliminated from the Liguilla. Necaxa went ahead in the opening minutes and Sanjuana Muñoz equalised almost immediately for the Rojinegras, but the winning goal never came. Atlas needed a victory to stay in the hunt and the draw left them on 17 points, fifth in Group B.

That means the two remaining places in the group will be decided on Friday between Atlético de San Luis (19), Pumas (17) and Pachuca (16). The head-to-head between Pumas and San Luis is the key game, while Pachuca host Puebla needing to win and wait.

What's next

• Friday 6 November: Pachuca vs. Puebla, Pumas vs. Atlético de San Luis, Cruz Azul vs. León, Chivas vs. América and Juárez vs. Rayadas close matchday 14.
• Quarterfinals: the eight qualifiers and the Liguilla pairings will be set once the matchday is complete.

Sources: ABC Noticias, El Tiempo, SDP Noticias, Quadratín, Récord, PSN.