Women's Soccer

Women’s Soccer Home Opener Moved to Brook Hill
September 3, 2008

The University of Texas at Tyler women’s soccer team’s home opener on Friday, Sept. 5, has been moved from the UT Tyler campus to The Brook Hill School in Bullard due to field conditions.More>>>

Fraser Nets ASC Women’s Soccer Honors
September 2, 2008

RICHARDSON, Texas – Junior Sam Fraser of The University of Texas at Tyler was named Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week by the American Southwest Conference on Tuesday. More>>>

Women’s Soccer Sweeps in Shreveport
September 2, 2008

SHREVEPORT, La., - The University of Texas at Tyler women’s soccer team picked up a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon in Shreveport. The Patriots won both matches in the 2008 LSU-Shreveport Invitational. More>>>

Thomas Leads Women’s Soccer to First Victory
August 30, 2008

SHREVEPORT, La., – Sophomore Lauren Thomas led The University of Texas at Tyler women’s soccer team in shots and scored its lone goal in the Patriots’ 1-0 season opening victory over Oklahoma Christian.

Thomas’ goal was set up by a cross from senior Jessica Pierce that caught the OCU goalkeeper moving in the wrong direction. More>>>

Women's Soccer's Buchanan Receives ASC Honor; Patriots Picked No. 2
August 27, 2008

RICHARDSON, Texas -- Senior defender Kelly Buchanan (Houston, Texas) was named American Southwest Conference Women's Soccer Preseason Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday by a vote of the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.

Buchanan was an integral part of a Patriot defense last season that allowed only 17 goals and notched 11 shutouts. More>>>

2008 UT Tyler Women’s Soccer Preview
August 13, 2008

In 2007, The University of Texas at Tyler women’s soccer team came within one game of winning the American Southwest Conference championship and advancing to their first-ever NCAA tournament. All of this was accomplished in the Patriots’ first year of post-season eligibility and with a team comprised mainly of freshmen and sophomores.

Not only was last year’s squad composed of mostly underclassmen, due to UT Tyler spending four years as provisional member of the NCAA, no members of the 2007 team had any post-season experience. More>>>

WPSL Provides Summer Play for Patriots
July 17, 2008

This summer, three members of The University of Texas at Tyler women’s soccer team are spending their break playing in the Women’s Premier Soccer League. Sophomore Ashley Crawford (Colleyville, Texas) and freshman Emily Bechdol (Cedar Hill, Texas) are playing for Vitesse Dallas, while their UT Tyler teammate, sophomore Kasey Kemp (Colleyville, Texas), is playing for Fort Worth FC.

Despite the growing popularity of soccer in America, there remain very few opportunities for players to compete outside of soccer clubs and school teams. More>>>

Fourteen All-ASC Soccer Spots Go to Patriots
November 8, 2007

The UT Tyler men’s and women’s soccer teams have placed a total of 14 players on the All-American Southwest Conference squads to cap off historic seasons, it was announced this week.

Seven players from the ASC runner-up women’s soccer team were named to the All-ASC women’s team, including three first-team selections in Jorden Reed, Amanda Thomas and Kelly Buchanan. The Patriots advanced to the championship game of the ASC tournament in their first year eligible, falling to Hardin-Simmons, 2-0.

Reed, a senior forward, scored a team-leading seven goals on the season. To that she added four assists to top the team in total points with 18. She led all Patriots with 39 shots taken during the season. More>>>

Women's Soccer Falls in ASC Title Game
November 4, 2007

ABILENE - The University of Texas at Tyler women's soccer team fell in the American Southwest Championship game by a score of 2-0 to Hardin-Simmons University on Sunday afternoon in Abilene. More>>>

Women's Soccer to Play for ASC Title
November 3, 2007

ABILENE - Brenda Salinas scored in the 44th minute and the UT Tyler Patriots outlasted UT Dallas to advance to the championship game of the American Southwest Conference women's soccer tournament at the Hardin-Simmons Soccer Complex.

UT Tyler took the 1-0 just before halftime when Salinas found the back of the net on an assist by Taylor Estes. The goal was Salinas' first of the year.

The Patriots finished the game with 11 total shots and limited UTD, the tournaments' second seeded team, to seven. Lauren Daily led all Patriots with four shots. More>>>

Women's Soccer Moves to Semifinals with 4-0 Victory
November 2, 2007

ABILENE - The UT Tyler women’s soccer team scored a convincing, 4-0 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor to advance to the semifinal round of the American Southwest Conference soccer tournament.

Friday’s win means UT Tyler will face UT Dallas at 2 p.m. Saturday in Abilene. The Patriots are the No. 3 seed while UT Dallas holds the No. 2 seed.

UT Tyler followed the game plan it has used all year, using a balanced offensive attack in which four different Patriots scored in the shutout victory. Box Score. More>>>

Women’s Soccer Ready for First ASC Appearance
October 30, 2007

The University of Texas at Tyler’s women’s soccer team will play in its first-ever American Southwest Conference championship tournament this weekend in Abilene.

The tournament, hosted by Hardin-Simmons, begins at 11 a.m. Friday with No. 4 Mississippi College taking on No. 5 Texas Lutheran. Hardin-Simmons, ranked sixth nationally, is favored to repeat as ASC champions as they enter the tournament on a 98-game ASC win streak.

“We are very excited to be eligible for the playoffs and we have been working for this since I first arrived in Tyler,” said UT Tyler head coach Stefani Webb. “The University has done a tremendous job of providing our student-athletes with such an unbelievable opportunity and we are excited to be able to represent UT Tyler in the postseason." More>>>

Women's Soccer Wins Finale, 4-0
October 27, 2007

The UT Tyler women’s soccer team will go into the American Southwest Conference tournament as the No. 3 seed after beating Concordia, 4-0, in Saturday’s regular season finale in Austin.

The Patriots are set to face sixth seed Mary Hardin-Baylor Friday at 2 p.m. in Abilene.

Overall, the UT Tyler defense prevented Concordia from taking a single shot while the Patriots’ offense fired off 28 attempts. More>>>

D3Kicks.com Names Patriot Pair to Team of the Week
October 26, 2007

University of Texas at Tyler junior midfielder Michael Kendall (Houston, Texas) and freshman forward  Leah Solomon (Schertz, Texas) have been named to the D3Kicks.com Team of the Week for games played between October 15 and October 21. More>>>

Women’s Soccer Takes Down ETBU
October 20, 2007

The University of Texas at Tyler scored a 5-2 victory over East Texas Baptist Saturday night in American Southwest Conference women’s soccer, winning their final home game and ensuring themselves at least a third-place finish in the final ASC standings.

The Patriots got started early when junior Kelly Buchanan (Houston, Texas) bent a corner kick right past ETBU keeper Jordyn Perry at 5:25 to put UT Tyler up, 1-0. More>>>

Women's Soccer in Second Place After 5-1 Win
October 18, 2007

The University of Texas at Tyler women's soccer team scored five second-half goals to down LeTourneau, 5-1, Thursday night in American Southwest Conference soccer action.

The win moves the Patriots (9-3-3, 7-1-3 ASC) into second place in the ASC with two games left in the regular season. UT Tyler trails only undefeated Hardin-Smmons in the league standings. More>>>

Women's Soccer Ties with TLU
October 13, 2007

The UT Tyler women's soccer team battled Texas Lutheran to a 1-1 tie Saturday afternoon in Seguin.

The tie was UT Tyler's third in an American Southwest Conference game this season and brings their league record to 6-1-3. The Patriots are 8-3-3 overall. More>>>

Seven is Lucky Number for Women's Soccer
October 12, 2007

KERRVILLE - Seven different UT Tyler players scored on Friday as the Patriots picked up a 7-0 American Southwest Conference women's soccer win against Schreiner.

The win moves UT Tyler to 6-1-2 in the ASC and 8-3-2 overall. At 21:53, Lauren Thomas found the back of the net off an assist from Summer Werner to put UT Tyler on the board and ignite the Patriots' offense. More>>>

Reed, Fraser Earn ASC Nods for Women’s Soccer
October 9, 2007

UT Tyler Senior Jorden Reed and sophomore Sam Fraser were named the women’s soccer Players of the Week in the American Southwest Conference, the league announced today.

Reed, a forward from Keller, Texas (Keller HS), earned the conference’s offensive honor after contributing to three of the four goals scored by the Patriots last week. Reed assisted on the first and scored the second goal in a 2-1 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Thursday, then provided a key assist in Saturday’s 2-0 win against Howard Payne. More>>>

Women’s Soccer Splits Weekend Matches
September 29, 2007

ABILENE - The UT Tyler women’s soccer team went 1-1 during its weekend trip to Abilene, downing McMurry before falling to the American Southwest Conference’s lone undefeated team, Hardin-Simmons.

The Patriots (4-3-2, 3-1-2 ASC) will play at home this week, hosting Mary Hardin-Baylor on Thursday and Howard Payne on Saturday.

Two first-half goals led UT Tyler by McMurry on Thursday, in route to the 3-0 win for the Patriots.  Amanda Thomas scored first for UT Tyler, hitting the back of the net in the seventh minute for the Patriots on a set up from Lauren Dailey. More>>>

Women's Soccer Wins Thriller over MC
September 22, 2007

It took an extra 13 minutes, but the UT Tyler women's soccer team earned their second American Southwest Conference victory in as many games, winning a 2-1 overtime thriller over Mississippi College at the Citizens 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex Saturday.

Kendall Kramer tapped in an assist from Amanda Thomas in the 104th minute to break a 1-1 stalemate and move UT Tyler to 2-0-2 in ASC play. The Patriots are 4-2-2 overall. More>>>

Women's Soccer Ends Curse of Ties
September 20, 2007

Four first-half goals from four different Patriots propelled UT Tyler to a 5-0 win over Louisiana College in the American Southwest Conference home opener for the Patriots at the Citizens 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex Thursday night.

UT Tyler completely dominated the game, taking 39 shots while preventing Louisiana College from making a single attempt offensively. More>>>

Two Games In, Women's Soccer All Tied Up
September 16, 2007

The UT Tyler women's soccer team played American Southwest Conference rival UT Dallas to a 0-0 tie Sunday afternoon, marking the Patriots' second straight tie.

UT Tyler tied Ozarks 1-1 on Friday to open ASC play, so two games into conference action, the Patriots are still winless...and undefeated. More>>>