STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State Soccer looks to finish their WAC-opening road trip with its second win on Sunday afternoon at Grand Canyon at the GCU Soccer Stadium at 3 pm CT.
 
The game will be streamed on ESPN+. Live stats will be provided by StatBroadcast available on tarletonsports.com. Follow @tarletonsoccer on Instagram, X and Facebook for live updates, highlights and content.
 
The Texans picked up their program record seventh win this season with a 2-1 victory at 2023 WAC regular season runner-up California Baptist. The game started 30 minutes later than originally scheduled due to poor air quality. Freshman Sam Liaty notched her third goal of the season with a header in the first half to give the Texans a 1-0 lead at the break. After the Lancers responded with an early goal, the Texan defense stood out. Keeper Mikayla Kendall notched 12 saves and freshman Julia Bell kick saved the would-be go-ahead goal registering as a team save. Speedster Victoria Cameron sped past a Lancer in the 83^rd minute and netted her first goal of the season to propel the Texans to their first WAC road win of the season, 2-1.
 
Tarleton snapped numerous streaks for the Lancers that fell in defeat after the game on Thursday night. The Texans knocked off the Lancers for the first time in program history. The CBU loss snapped an 11-match WAC regular season unbeaten streak, dating back to Oct. 29, 2022. Tarleton is the first non-nationally ranked opponent to defeat the Lancers in Riverside this season and since Aug. 27 of last season snapping a 13-match unbeaten streak. TSU scored multiple goals against the Lancers for the first time this season and the most since Sept. 28, 2023.
 
Goalkeeper Mikayla Kendall has totaled 70 saves, the most in the conference and ranks 13th in the NCAA. She is second among WAC goalies with 1100 minutes played and ranks 28^th in the nation. Kendall is second in the league with four shutouts. She also has two combined shutouts with fellow keeper Rylie Bloomfield. She touts a 0.899 GAA which is fourth in the league. The junior is ranks seventh among active D1 goalies with 5.33 career saves per game.
 
The Purple and White lead the WAC with a +12 goal differential, and a .511 shot accuracy. TSU ranks second in the WAC in total goals (25), points (69), and fouls (7.14), goals per game (1.79) and points per points (4.93). Tarleton is third in the WAC in total assists with 19. The Texan goalkeepers rank 24^th in the nation and second in the WAC with a .862 save percentage and 5.79 saves per game.
 
The Texans are one of six teams in the nation to have at least 12 different goal scorers. Tarleton has the most goal scorers in the WAC. Last season, the Purple and White had 10 different scorers throughout the season.  In 2022, the Texans recorded 12 different goal scorers across the span of the entire year. Arkansas leads the nation with 17 different scores trailed by Iowa with 13. Tarleton State joins, Fairfield, Auburn and Duke with 12.

Head coach Pete Cuadrado is in his 21st season as a collegiate head coach with Tarleton his third stop on his journey. He started his career at North Dakota State before spending time at Wyoming. During his career, he has amassed 184 wins, with 14 of those coming in the first three seasons of the Tarleton program.
 
Cuadrado retained both of his assistants from the previous two seasons and added a new face to the staff ahead of the 2024 campaign. Assistant coaches Rex Carrell and Delaney Castor  will be on the sidelines for their third season, while Carrell was also a part of the building of the team in 2021, marking 2024 his fourth year with the program. Cuadrado added Stephenville native and retired professional soccer player Bailey Chaviers ahead of the season. Chaviers spent three years at The U, before heading overseas to play two seasons in Iceland. She then returned to the United State for the 2023 season but was injured during the preseason for the Chicago Red Stars.
 
Tarleton State will head back to Stephenville for a six-day break before returning to the west coast for its final road tilt of the season against Seattle U on Saturday October 12, at 3 p.m. CT.