The Teams: Tarleton State Texans (1-2-5, 0-0-0 UAC) vs. Texas Southern Tigers (1-6-1, 0-0-0 SWAC)
Where: Stephenville, Texas
Stadium: Tarleton State Soccer Complex (500)
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Streaming Platform: ESPN+
ABOUT THE MATCHUP
- This is the second meeting. Tarleton State won last year’s match 4-0 on the road on Aug. 24, scoring a pair of goals in each half. The Texans outshot the Tigers 20-4 across the 90 minutes.
- Texas Southern has lost four straight matches, and hasn’t won since its season opener on Aug. 13 at UTRGV (2-0).
- Texas Southern has been shutout in two straight matches and has one goal over its last four contests, outscored 14-1.
QUICK HITS
- The Texans will host Greek Life Night on Thursday, with couches lining the length of the field to seat Tarleton State’s Greek Life members. There will also be $1 hot dogs available for purchase for all fans at the match.
- With a win Thursday, the Texans will improve to .500 on the year (2-2-5). This is their final non-conference regular season match, and they would finish .500+ in non-conference play for the fourth time in five years.
- In Tarleton State’s last match, head coach Erik Solberg earned his first win with the Purple and White.
- The Texans have earned back-to-back UAC Player of the Week awards. Jessica Baires earned the title on Monday after a four-point match at Prairie View A&M. Baires had the most points and assists in the UAC last week.
- Baires leads the UAC in assists on the season with six, logging five over her past two matches. She has the tied-eighth most assists in the nation (six) and is ranked tied-10th with 0.75 assists per match.
- In two of their past three matches, the Texans haven’t allowed a corner kick. That’s their fourth and fifth such instances in program history.
- Peyton Bryant has yet to sub out, playing all 720 minutes through eight matches this season.
- Adelaide Wyrzynski is tied-33rd in the nation in shot accuracy (.647). She leads the team in SOG (11).
- The Texans have scored eight goals over their past two matches after five goals over their first six matches.
- Tareton State has drawn 75 fouls this season compared to 51 committed. The Texans commit 6.38 fouls per game, tied-29th fewest in the nation out of 344 programs.
UP NEXT
Tarleton State will start conference play, the Texans’ first in the United Athletic Conference, on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. CT at Central Arkansas.
