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SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
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Team
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Winner Southern Utah SUU (2-6-2, 1-1-0)
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Tarleton St. TAR (6-5-2, 0-3-0)
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Southern Utah SUU
(2-6-2, 1-1-0)
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Tarleton St. TAR
(6-5-2, 0-3-0)
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Southern Utah SUU 0 2 2
Tarleton St. TAR 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Parker Haynie- Assistant Director of Communications

Thunderbirds Shutout Texans and Pick Up Big Conference Win

STEPHENSVILLE, TEXAS -- The Thunderbirds pitched their first shutout of the 2025 season and earned a massive win on the road. Whitney Gardner and Sarah Assumma scored one goal each to give SUU the 2-0 victory.

The Thunderbirds improve to 2-6-2 on the year and are 1-1-0 in WAC play.

Head Coach Kai Edwards said

"A typical competitive game with them. Scoring two goals and earning the shutout on the road was great. Back line and goalie did great. The bench was electric today and all week at training. The Team got it done today."

HIGHLIGHTS

Match Recap

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.

Statistical Recap

The Thunderbirds registered 15 shots in the game, tying their season-high, which was set against Eastern Washington. Eight of the 15 shots were on target, which is their second-highest of the season.

Six different T-Birds registered a shot; Gardner led the way with six, including four landing on target. Assumma had three shots with two on target.

Jazmyn Brass earned her first career shutout, making two saves on six total shots faced.

Aubrie Labno, Dakota Hansen, and Brooklyn Bradley all played the full 90 minutes, and Nao Yasuda and Aubrey Murray were both over 85 minutes played for the match.

The Texans are averaging over two goals per game and more than 12 shots per game. The Thunderbirds held them to just six total shots and two shots on target.

Up Next

SUU will stay in Texas for its next match, heading to Abilene, Texas, to take on the Wildcats of Abilene Christian on Sunday, October 5. Kick off will be at 12:00 p.m.

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