Hoops season has returned, with Tarleton State Basketball beginning the 2025-26 campaigns on Monday night. There will be six home games in Stephenville this week; three Texan Women's Basketball games, two Texan Volleyball games, and one Texan Men's Basketball contest. Plus, Texan Tennis will be competing at the ITA Conference Masters Championships in San Diego this week.
TEXAN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL will play the first regular season game ever at the EECU Center on Monday night, as the Texans host Schreiner. Tarleton State Women's Basketball will host three home games this week, also facing Arkansas State on Friday at 11 a.m., then Houston Christian on Sunday at 2 p.m. Friday will be Education Day, as local school students will attend the game to make it a fun environment for all involved. On Sunday, the Texans will host their first "Students' Study Break" in which Tarleton State students are encouraged to attend the game and receive free food – full details will be announced later this week. Tarleton State is coming off a 20-14 season in 2024-25.
TEXAN MEN'S BASKETBALL also begins this week, although the Texans start on the road at SMU on Monday at 7 p.m. The Texans will then head to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to face off against LSU for the Tigers' season opener on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT. On Saturday, Tarleton State Men's Basketball will host its first regular season game at the EECU Center, set to take on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 7 p.m. The Texans will have 19 players on their roster with seven returning from last season and 12 newcomers.
TEXAN VOLLEYBALL will wrap up its impressive first regular season under head coach Jazmyne Johnson this week with its final pair of home matches at Wisdom Gym; Thursday vs. Utah Valley at 6 p.m. and Saturday vs. Abilene Christian at 1 p.m. Thursday's match will be Throwback Thursday, as the Texans take it back it a couple decades to celebrate a unique era. Thursday will also be Residence Life Night, with Texas students set to receive a free giveaway, courtesy of Tarleton State Residence Life. On Saturday, the Texans will celebrate several special alumni and their four outgoing student-athletes; Victoria Fontenot, Morgan Carter, Megan Hodges and Emma Burke. On the court, the Texans are third in the WAC standings at 6-2, just a half-match behind No. 2 Utah Tech.
TEXAN TENNIS took home the first Western Athletic Conference championship crowns of the 2025-26 season, sweeping the singles and doubles titles of the WAC Fall Tennis Invitational that concluded Oct. 19. Sophomore Maria Castano took home the singles crown after defeating Abilene Christian's Masha Vrsalovic in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. The No. 1 seed's title marks back-to-back years that Tarleton State took home the WAC Fall Invitational singles crown, with Noelia Lorca taking the title in the event's first year last fall. Freshman Aya Ishii took home the doubles title with Castano, defeating Vrsalovic and Alice Klinteby from Abilene Christian 6-3, 7-6(9). This was the first WAC Fall Invitational doubles title for the Texans in program history.
Castano and Ishii punched their ticket to the ITA Conference Masters Championships Nov. 6-9 in San Diego for a chance to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. Castano will play both singles and doubles while Ishii will compete in doubles.
THE TODD WHITTEN SHOW will have a week off due to Tarleton State's second bye week of the season. The Todd Whitten Show will return on Nov. 13 at 12 p.m., live at Triple Crowd Ford, with free pizza provided by Cicis for all in attendance.
FOLLOW THE ACTION with links to live stats, live video, and live audio (when available) for every specific game on the schedule page at TarletonSports.com and within the match day preview stories each week.
TICKETS are available for all of the upcoming home events online at TarletonSports.com/tickets. The ticket office is open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Student tickets are available for free to Tarleton State students from any campus with a valid university ID number but must be ordered in advance at TarletonSports.com/tickets.
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