STEPHENVILLE, Texas - Tarleton State returns home this weekend to begin their five-game homestand, starting with Incarnate Word on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 1 p.m at the Tarleton State Soccer Complex. This will be the second time the Cardinals and the Texans face off in program history. 

Sunday'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 fell to UTEP 0-1 in a hard-fought battle late Thursday evening at University Field after a weather delay halted the game for nearly two hours. UTEP put the only score on the board with 20 minutes left in the match. Emma Barnes had a standout game, recording nine saves against 18 shots faced. The Texans totaled five shots for the game and Reegan Wagg led the team with both of her shots being on goal. 

Senior Stevie Reynolds has been a key asset for the Texans so far in the 2025 season. During their game against Texas Southern, Reynolds set the new single game shot record with seven shots and tied the single game shot on goal record of five shots on goal. She has scored five of the seven goals for the Texans this season and was one of 12 players in the country to have scored five goals in the 2025 season as of Aug. 27. Reynolds was recently named the WAC Offensive Player of the Week for week one. She was the only player in the WAC to score multiple goals in one game through week one and was one of 35 athletes to score at least three goals in the first week. She led the conference in game-winning goals, goals per game, points per game, total goals, and total points during week one and moved to second in program history for total goals scored in her Tarleton State career. 

Emma Barnes has been a defensive standout for Tarleton State this season. In her third straight starting appearance, Barnes set a new personal record during her Tarleton State career with nine saves and 18 shots faced against UTEP. The goalkeeper has appeared in four of the five games for the Texans, recording 14 saves and allowing only one goal. Prior to this season, Barnes had only started one match, occurring as a freshman back in September of 2023. 

Mikayla Kendall, a senior goalkeeper from Orange, California, is in 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. 

Tarleton State Women's Soccer was recently ranked ninth in the Pacific Region by the United Soccer Coaches. This came just after the Texans shut out Texas Southern 4-0 last Sunday, their third shutout of the season. The Purple and White are currently leading the WAC conference in six different categories: assists per game, goal differential, shutout percentage, total assists, total goals, and total points. 

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 189 career wins, securing 21 of those with the Texans. 

11 new athletes 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. 

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. 

The Texans will continue their homestand with Thursday's Purple Rally game against Texas A&M - Corpus Christi at 7 p.m. Tarleton State will then host their Bounce Back Brunch on Sunday, Sept. 7 for their matchup with McNeese.