STEPHENVILLE, Texas - Tarleton State will remain home this week to host its Back 2 School Bash and will be taking on Northwestern State on Thursday at 7 p.m. The pregame activities in the Tarleton State Soccer Complex parking lot start at 5:30 p.m. Inviting all students in particular back to campus, the Texans will have a DJ on hand, a dunk tank, large sport inflatables and free Grump's burgers to the first 150 people in attendance. 

Thursday's game will be streamed on ESPN+, with stats provided by StatBroadcast. Follow @tarletonsoccer on Instagram, X and Facebook for live updates, highlights and content. 

The Texans opened their 2025 season with a 1-0 win against UTRGV on Thursday night, remaining undefeated against the Vaqueros. UTRGV is currently Tarleton State's most common regular season opponent, as this is their fourth consecutive year to meet. Texan senior Stevie Reynolds scored the first goal of the season for the Texans. Tarleton State then fell 3-2 to Houston Christian in their home opener on Sunday afternoon. Reynolds scored both goals for the Texans within the first 15 minutes of the match. 

Reynolds was recently named the WAC Offensive Player of the Week for week one. Reynolds has scored the only three goals for the Texans this season, all shots being on goal. She is the only player in the WAC to score multiple goals in one game this season and is one of 35 athletes to score at least three goals in the first week. Reynolds is currently leading the conference in game-winning goals, goals per game, points per game, total goals, and total points. At the conclusion of Sunday's game, she moved to second in program history for total goals scored in her Tarleton State career. 

Head coach Pete Cuadrado is in his 22nd season as a collegiate head coach and his fourth season with Tarleton State. He began his career at North Dakota State before moving to Wyoming in 2012, and then to TSU in 2021. Cuadrado currently has 188 career wins, securing 20 of those with the Texans. 

11 new athletes have entered the program for the 2025 season, as well as 16 returning Texans. TSU's 27-woman roster includes seven international players from two different countries: Australia and Canada. 

Eight current Texans have been pillars in building the foundation of the program, competing with Tarleton State Women's Soccer since its beginning in 2022. These athletes include Mikayla Kendall, Rylie Bloomfield, Avery Harr, Kyra Goudzwaard, Kaitlyn Flanagan, Teeghan Dodd, Jaycie Bass and Macy Hellwig. All eight athletes are now academic seniors and will be graduating during the 2025-2026 academic year. 

Mikayla Kendall, a senior goalkeeper from Orange, California, returns for her fourth and final season with the Texans. The nationally ranked senior has been a key player over the past three years, totaling 106 saves in the 2024 season. In a recent release, Kendall was named one of 13 women's Division I goalkeepers to watch ahead of the 2025 season by the United Soccer Coaches. She is the only goalie selected from a university in Texas. Kendall was also named to the 2024 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's All-Pacific Region Second Team. 

The Purple and White welcomed a fresh, new face to their coaching staff ahead of the 2025 season. Former D3 head coach, Lexi Stinson, has joined Tarleton State Women's Soccer as their newest assistant coach. Stinson spent the last eight years as the head coach of the University of Dallas women's soccer program. Assistant coaches Rex Carrell and Bailey Chaviers-Bledsoe also returned with the Texans. Carrell has helped to build the program since its start in 2021 and will be entering his fifth season with the Texans, while Chaviers-Bledsoe will be entering her second year with the program. 

The 2025 WAC conference schedule consists of 10 games, with only six teams being active members in the league this year. The 2025 WAC Tournament will be hosted by Utah Valley and will be held at UCCU Stadium in Orem, Utah from November 5-8. 

Tarleton State will be on the road again this weekend to face Texas Southern on Sunday, Aug. 24 in Houston, Texas at 6 p.m.