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UTSA women’s soccer got a second-half goal from Leah Varela on a penalty kick to rally for a 1-1 tie with Tulsa on Thursday at Park West.

The Roadrunners (7-3-4 overall, 2-2-2 in American Conference) are 2-0-1 on their last three games. UTSA next plays on the road Thursday, Oct. 22, against Memphis. The Roadrunners are back home at Park West on Sunday, Oct. 25, against Temple.

Tulsa took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Brooklyn Bumgardner with the 42nd minute.

UTSA gained a 11-on-10 advantage in the second half in the 68th minute when Tulsa’s Addison Castleberry was given a red card. Varela’s second goal of the season came in the 70th minute.

Leah Varela’s goal

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UTSA moved up to the sixth spot in the American Conference women’s soccer standings with a 2-1 victory over UAB on Sunday at Park West.

UTSA women’s soccer beat UAB 2-1 Sunday at Park West, with the Roadrunners recording both goals in the first half.

Sofia Peters scored the first goal on a long line-drive kick. It was her third goal of the season. Sadie Paul got the assist.

Caroline Pelkofski scored the second goal on a break with Isabel Peters recording the assist. It was Pelkofski’s first goal of the season

UAB’s goal came on a second-half penalty kick by Lauren Lucero.

Jasmine Kessler played the whole game in goal for UTSA and made six assists to earn the win.

UTSA, which has won two straight American Conference games, is 6-3-4 on the season and 2-2-1 in conference. The Roadrunners are back at home on Thursday night at 7 p.m. against Tulsa.

Sofia Peters’ goal

Caroline Pelkofski’s goal

UTSA women’s soccer had a big scoring night on Thursday to capture its first American Conference victory of the season.

UTSA beat South Florida 3-0 and also recorded the program’s first victory on South Florida’s home field.

The Roadrunners (4-3-4 overall, 1-2-1 conference) had scored only one goal in their four previous games combined. They play their next game at home at Park West on Sunday at 1 p.m. against UAB.

Addi O’Kelley got UTSA off to a fast start with a goal in the 2nd minute. It was her second goal of the season. Kacey Grahmann crossed the ball from the left side to Ava Jackson in front of the goal, who touched it out to O’Kelley.

Sadie Paul made it 2-0 with her second goal of the season. Leah Varela set it up on a corner kick in the 64th minute. It was the team-high ninth assist of the season for Varela.

Sabrina Taber scored the final goal of the night in the 80th minute. It was Taber’s first goal of the season.

UTSA goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler made four saves and picked up her second shutout of the season.

UTSA lost to Rice 3-0 in American Conference women’s soccer on Friday at Park West.

The Roadrunners are 0-3-1 in their last four games and have scored only one goal in that stretch.

Eileen Albers, Sloane Popov and Lauren Pickup scored for Rice and Owls goalkeeper Kirsten Ruf recorded the shutout.

UTSA is now 0-2-1 in conference and 4-3-4 on the season.

The Roadrunners continue conference play on Thursday in Tampa against South Florida (2-5-3, 0-1-2), which lost to Florida Atlantic 3-0 on Thursday.

Rice is 4-5-3 on the season and 2-2-0 in conference.

The UTSA women’s soccer team will try to bounce back from its only loss of the season when the Roadrunners open American Conference play this week.

UTSA lost to two-time NCAA champion Santa Clara 1-0 last week.

“I’m really happy with where we are at this point in time,” UTSA coach Derrick Pittman said in his weekly news conference on ESPN+. “I thought it’s been a really strong stretch of eight games, 10 games if we include the exhibitions.

“I think we’ve learned something as a team each and every time out on the field. I think we’ve continued to improve each and every week. I thought our performance against Santa Clara was really positive – the outcome wasn’t quite what we had hoped.”

UTSA’s (4-1-3) first conference match is on the road against East Carolina on Thursday at 6 p.m. (Central). TV is on ESPN+

The Roadrunners play on the road again Sunday against Charlotte at noon (Central). TV is on ESPN+

“I think the energy and enthusiasm of the group ready to start conference play this week is exciting, refreshing,” Pittman said. “I know our kids are ready to get after it.

“It’s definitely not going to be an easy task going on the road for these two in North Carolina. East Carolina is a very talented group and so is Charlotte. We know we have our hands full and we’ve got to prepare to be our best so we can go out and perform to our best each and every league game.”

UTSA has outscored its opponents 16-9 on the season. Ava Jackson and Brooklyn Bailey lead the Roadrunners with three goals each and Sofia Peters, Dulci Binns and Lilli Denhardt have two each. Leah Varela leads UTSA in points with nine on seven assists and one goal.

Jasmine Kessler has started every game in goal for UTSA and has one shutout.

East Carolina is 1-2-6 on the season (0-1-3 at home, 0-0-1 in conference). The Pirates opened conference play last week with a 1-1 tie on the road against Tulsa. Caitlen-Star Dolan Boodram scored East Central’s goal.

Charlotte is 4-4 on the season and 0-1 in conference. The 49ers are coming off a 3-2 road loss to Florida Atlantic in their conference opener. Evie Craven scored both Charlotte goals. Charlotte has a home game Thursday against North Texas before its meeting with UTSA.

UTSA women’s soccer opens its American Conference schedule on the road this week.

The Roadrunners (4-1-3) start conference on Thursday at 6 p.m. against East Carolina in Greenville, N.C.

UTSA follows on Sunday at noon against Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C.

Last season UTSA lost to East Carolina 2-1 at Park West with Michelle Polo scoring UTSA’s goal. UTSA tied Charlotte 1-1 at Park West with Zoe May scoring for UTSA.

The Roadrunners went on to win the 2025 American Conference Tournament and earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Two-time NCAA champion Santa Clara beat UTSA 1-0 in non-conference women’s soccer on Thursday at Park West.

Kennedy Schoennauer scored the only goal of the night for Santa Clara (4-2-3).

It was the first loss of the season for the Roadrunners (4-1-3), who open American Conference play next week with a Thursday, Sept. 24, road game against East Carolina. UTSA continues the conference road trip on Sunday, Sept. 27, against Charlotte.

UTSA remained undefeated in women’s soccer with a 3-1 victory over Incarnate Word on Thursday at Park West. The Roadrunners are 4-0-1 in their last five outings.

Sofia Peters scored her first two goals of the season to carry UTSA to a 3-1 victory over Incarnate Word in non-conference women’s soccer on Thursday at Park West.

Peters scored once in each half – the first on a header and the second punching in a rebound from a blocked shot.

Leah Varela scored UTSA’s other goal on a penalty kick after Amelia Clark was taken down in the box. Varela also assisted on both of Peters’ goals.

Peri Olmo scored for Incarnate Word.

The Roadrunners remained undefeated a 4-0-3. UTSA plays again at home on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. against Santa Clara.

Sofia Peters’ first goal

Leah Varela’s penalty kick

Sofia Peters’ second goal