STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State rolled its conference opponent on a beautiful day in Stephenville, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, solidifying its best conference season in program history with three matches to play.
The Texans (6-3-7, 4-1-2 UAC) shut out West Georgia (0-12-2, 0-7-0) 4-0 at the Tarleton State Soccer Complex on their Pink Out day. The winning result was never in question for the Texans, who scored a pair of goals in each half and recorded back-to-back shutouts on the week against the UAC's top and bottom teams in the standings.
Tarleton State now has four conference wins in seven matches with just one loss, the Texans' most conference wins in a season in program history, surpassing their three in 2024 (3-4). Since Aug. 30, the Texans have suffered just one loss, going 6-1-5 over the 12-match stretch.
The Texans remained in second in the Red Division of the UAC standings with 14 points, a point behind Abilene Christian (15). It's a tight Red Division, with the other two teams not far behind with Central Arkansas at 13 points and Little Rock at 10 points. The Blue Division, meanwhile, is far less competitive, with EKU at 14 points, North Alabama at eight points, Austin Peay at three points and West Georgia at zero points.
The Texans pressured the Wolves throughout the contest on Sunday, attempting 23 shots, with 12 on goal, compared to West Georgia's five shots, two on goal. Tarleton State had an 8-1 corner kick advantage.
Tarleton State had four different goal scorers.
Adelaide Wyrzynski scored the match's opening goal in the 14th minute, her third of the year, assist to
Isa Bergeron-Prejean.
Zahra Friess scored in the 26th minute, assists to
Jessica Baires and
Zoe Daly, Friess' seventh goal of the year. Baires earned her team-leading eighth goal of the year in the 49th minute, assist to
Grace Berry. Then Berry scored herself in the 76th minute to make it 4-0 Texans, her fourth of the season.
The Texans had two goalkeepers see action, with
Rylie Bloomfield starting and earning one save and no goals allowed in 67 minutes.
Emma Barnes played the next 23 minutes, her second appearance of the year and her first since the season opener, Aug. 12 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Baires and Berry each had three points in the match. Baires now has 25 points, eight goals and nine assists on the year, recording at least a point in nine of the past 10 matches (24 over
the span). Wyrzynski had a team-high six shots on Sunday, with three on goal. Berry also had three shots on goal.
Zoe Daly,
Zoe Ballard, Wyrzynski,
Peyton Bryant and Berry played all 90 minutes for the Purple and White.
Tarleton State will wrap up its three-match homestand on Sunday, Oct. 25, against Little Rock at 1 p.m.
