STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State's Jessica Baires has been one of the top players in the nation all season, and she earned a spot on the Top Drawer Soccer national team of the week on Tuesday.
 
Baires was one of our four midfielders recognized on the national team. She had five points in Tarleton State's lone match on the week as she helped the Texans clinch a spot in the UAC Women's Soccer Championship. Baires had two goals and an assist, with two shots on goal, in the Texans' shutout win on Sunday at home. The Texans improved to 7-3-7 overall and 5-1-2 in UAC play.
 
Baires had the tied-most points and the tied-most goals by a UAC player this week, along with teammate Zahra Friess. Baires did it all in the first half, playing 67 minutes total in the match.
 
Across all of NCAA Division I soccer this season, Baires is tied-fourth in total assists at 10, tied-eighth in assists per match at 0.59, tied-12th in total points at 30, tied-22nd in points per match at 1.76, tied-30th in total goals at 10, and tied-49th in shot accuracy at .583.
 
Tarleton State has two regular season matches remaining. Next up is a rematch at Abilene Christian on Thursday at 7 p.m.