CEDAR CITY, UTAH -- The SUU Women's Soccer team is coming off an impressive 1-0 victory over the Wildcats of Abilene Christian on Thursday, and will look to make a season sweep over Tarleton State on Sunday, October 19, at 1:00 p.m.

Head Coach Kai Edwards said

"We are looking for a Sunday battle vs a very competitive team. We must win the aerial battle to be successful"

Match Information

Who: Southern Utah (3-9-2, 2-4-0) vs Tarleton State (7-6-3, 1-4-1)

When: Sunday, October 19, at 1:00 p.m.

Where: The Thunderbird Soccer Field in Cedar City, Utah

Watch: ESPN+

Live Stats: HERE

Versus The Texans (Oct. 2)

The Thunderbirds started on the attack early. Whitney Garder rocketed a shot nine minutes into the match from just outside the 18 that the TSU goalie had to dive for to keep out of the back of the net. Gardner made another quality move past a defender and had her shot blocked just a few minutes later. 

Tarleton State did not register a shot on goal in the first half. And after 45 minutes, the teams were deadlocked at 0-0.

In the 57th minute, the stars for Southern Utah broke through. Sarah Assumma raced past her defender towards the left side of the box and played an astounding ball back across the field that Whitney Gardner hammered into the back of the net, and the Thunderbirds snatched the 1-0 lead.

Not even 60 seconds later, the T-Birds were again on the attack, this time Assumma played a cross that found freshman Hallee Cowan, who dribbled towards the endline and served a ball back into the box that bounced through a Tarleton State defender, and Sarah Assumma scored her third goal of the season and gave the Thunderbirds a 2-0 lead.

Jazmyn Brass and the Thunderbirds' back line played phenomenally for the remainder of the game, and the T-Birds shut out the high-powered Texans and secured their first conference win of the season.

Last Time Out

The Thunderbirds started the game aggressively on offense, with Sarah Assumma registering three shots in the first seven minutes of play.

SUU earned its second corner-kick of the game in the 20th minute, and Carly Radke played a ball over the box that Assumma was able to head out to Nao Yasuda, who then fired another cross into the box, and freshman Dakota Hansen battled to get her head on the ball and past the ACU goalkeeper. It was Hansen's second goal of her young career, both goals coming off headers.

The Thunderbirds dominated for the rest of the second half, recording 13 shots. 

The second half was a battle, with both teams creating quality chances. Jazmyn Brass stepped up big for SUU, collecting six saves in her second career shutout.

The Thunderbirds' back line was phenomenal once again and forced the first home shutout this season.

The Texans

Tarleton State lost its last match down in St. George, 1-0, to the Utah Tech Trailblazers. Before that, they earned a 2-2 tie against Abilene Christian, and on Oct. 5, they beat Utah Tech in a 4-3 offensive shootout.

The win over Utah Tech is the Texans' only conference win.

Stevie Reynolds leads the team with 23 points on the year, scoring nine goals and recording five assists. Gabrielle Williams and Jaycie Bass have 13 and 11 points.

Mikayla Kendall and Emma Barnes are pretty close in total minutes played in goal for the Texans. Kendall has 40 saves with 15 goals allowed, while Barnes has 28 saves and just five goals allowed.

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