STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State Athletics has dubbed Thursday a "Purple Rally" at both the Tarleton State Volleyball and Soccer home games, with free purple rally towels at both locations. Game times have changed for each game, the Texans announced on Wednesday.
 
Tarleton State Volleyball will now host New Mexico at 6 p.m. at Wisdom Gym, the Texans' home opener. Previously, the Texans were scheduled to play at 7 p.m. The Texans began this past week on the road and went 2-1 at the tournament in Louisiana. This will be head coach Jazmyne Johnson's first regular season home match at Tarleton State. Tickets can be purchased here.
 
Tarleton State Soccer will now host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 7:30 p.m. at the Tarleton State Soccer Complex. This will be the second game of a five-game homestand for the Texans, who started the stretch with a 4-1 victory against Incarnate Word on Sunday. Thursday's game was previously scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. There are no tickets needed for Texan Soccer home games, they are free to attend.
 
Tarleton State Athletics student, faculty and staff tickets are available for claim ahead of the Texans' first home ticketed events of the season this week. Tarleton State students can claim their free tickets for the Texan Volleyball home match, and the rest of matches for the Tarleton State Invitational, at www.tarletonsports.com/tickets.