Texas State’s volleyball team beat UTSA 3-1 Saturday in San Antonio. – photo by Joe AlexanderTexas State beat UTSA 3-1 (25-17, 34-32, 23-25, 25-23) in a volleyball opening weekend match on Saturday at the Convocation Center.
Samantha Wunsch, a junior from Austin, led Texas State with 23 kills.
Ally Tribe, a sophomore from Columbus, Texas, had 17 kills for UTSA. Caroline Tredwell, a sophomore from Flower Mound, Texas, had 16 kills and seven blocks and Taylor Gaines, a freshman from Liberty Hill, Texas, had 11 kills.
UTSA (0-2) plays its next three matches on the road Friday and Saturday at the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational in Springfield, Mo. The Roadrunners’ next home match is Sept. 11 against Kent State.
Texas State (1-1) plays in the Southwest Showdown in Edinburg on Friday and Saturday. The Bobcats host the Texas State Invitational on Sept. 11-13.
UTSA’s Caroline Tredwell had six kills in the Roadrunners’ season opener against Stephen F. Austin on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the Convocation Center. – photo by Joe AlexanderStephen F. Austin beat UTSA 3-0 (25-17, 25-12, 25-16) in the volleyball season opener for both teams on Friday at the Convocation Center.
Katherine Holtman led the Lumberjacks with 11 kills and Ilana De Assis had 10.
Caroline Tredwell and Ally Tribe led UTSA with six kills each, Megan Hawkins had 13 assists and Tribe had three blocks.
The Roadrunners are at home again on Saturday. UTSA plays Texas State at 6 p.m. at the Convocation Center.
Miranda Putnicki – UTSA volleyball
Caroline Krueger – UTSA volleyball
Brooke Elliott – UTSA volleyball
Giada Obregon – UTSA volleyball
Megan Hawkins – UTSA volleyball
Gigi Mason – UTSA volleyball
Makenna Wiepert – UTSA volleyball
Peyton Turner – UTSA volleyball
Ilaria Durante – UTSA volleyball
Taylor Gaines – UTSA volleyball
Carol Price-Tolok – UTSA volleyball
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UTSA’s Ally Tribe had six kills in the Roadrunners’ season opener against Stephen F. Austin on Friday at the Convocation Center.
UTSA’s Jasmine Kessler, playing against Lamar on Sunday, was named the American Athletic Conference women’s soccer goalkeeper of the week. – photo by Joe AlexanderThe UTSA women’s soccer team beat Lamar 1-0 on Sunday at Park West Athletics Complex.
UTSA goaltender Jasmine Kessler made a save on a penalty kick with one second left on the game clock in the Roadrunners’ 1-0 victory over Lamar on Sunday at Park West Athletics Complex. – photo by Joe Alexander
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Jasmine Kessler
Jasmine Kessler
Jasmine Kessler
Jasmine Kessler
Sunday night’s game came down to two moments – one at each end of the field. Both went UTSA’s way.
The Roadrunners’ Zoe May scored Sunday night’s only goal on a penalty kick in the 81st minute. May’s goal was set up when UTSA’s Brooke Viccars went on the attack and was fouled.
UTSA goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler provided a dramatic conclusion to the game when she stopped a Lamar penalty kick with exactly one second left on the game clock.
The plays added up to UTSA women’s soccer’s 1-0 victory over Lamar at Park West Athletics Complex.
Zoe May scored the only goal on a penalty kick in UTSA women’s soccer’s 1-0 victory over Lamar on Sunday night at Park West Athletic Complex.
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Zoe May
UTSA’s Brooke Viccars was fouled in the 81st minute to set up a penalty kick and the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Lamar on Sunday at Park West Athletics Complex.
Brooke Viccars
Brooke Viccars
Brooke Viccars
UTSA (2-1-1) now has a two-game win streak in the still young season. The Roadrunner have recorded three shutouts and allowed only one goal in their four games.
Next on the UTSA schedule is the Roadrunners’ first two road games of the season. UTSA plays Colorado State in Fort Collins on Thursday. UTSA plays Colorado College in Colorado Springs on Sunday.
From Zoe May
On the penalty kick
“Honestly there I just went with my gut and where I wanted to put it,” the senior midfielder from Canada said. “Right now I’m 2-for-2 in games (on penalty kicks). In my freshmen year when I was at Memphis, in the semifinals of the conference I had to take one. That was pretty high pressure.
On the UTSA defense
“I think our defense is a really strong unit. I think that’s one of the strong parts of our game. We work really hard. We’re a gritty team. I think that showed tonight and in all the clean sheets we’ve been getting.”
From Jasmine Kessler
“I’m not going to let this ruin my clean sheet so I just had to lock in, listen to my coaches, rely on my previous training and just do my best to read the player. Ultimately I went the right way and made the save.
“I’m a veteran keeper. I’m a veteran player on the team. I’m one of the few players who has been on this team for three years. I’ve been through out ups and our downs. I’ve seen a lot of players come and go. I think this team is at the best point that we have been since I’ve been here.”
Kamryn Watson (17), a freshman from Louisiana, is one of 21 freshmen and sophomores on the 2025 UTSA roster. She had an assist on UTSA’s second goal against St. Mary’s on Thursday. – photo by Joe AlexanderUTSA women’s soccer is at home today at 7 p.m. at Park West Athletics Complex against Lamar.
UTSA (1-1-1) is coming off a 3-0 victory over St. Mary’s on Thursday. Aaliyaiah Durden and Brookly Bailey both scored their first goal in a UTSA uniform The Roadrunners, anchored by goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler, have allowed only one goal in three games.
Lamar (0-2) is coming off a 1-0 road loss to Texas A&M and lost on the road to Louisiana 4-1 in the Cardinals’ season opener.
Tonight’s game will be streamed on ESPN+.
From UTSA coach Derek Pittman:
After the victory over St. Mary’s
“That’s something that we can definitely continue to build on. First off all first goal off a set piece for AD (Durden) to get on the end of it was fantastic.
“The second goal was exactly what we were looking for. That type of play. That type of quality back-post service. BB (Bailey) rises up and it’s a fantastic goal.
“There’s definitely a lot for us to continue cleaning up. Obviously there are signs of us moving in the right direction.
“We got to rest a lot of players. We got to play a lot of young kids. We got some people a lot more minutes even tonight than maybe they got even during some of our exhibition games. It was nice to see different players step up. I thought there were a lot of positives from some of the young freshmen.
“Kam Watson was terrific up top. I thought Kennedy Reed steps in in the back line and did a very good job for us. Maria Reyes, once she settled down, calmed down was much, much better. Those are just three and I could highlight even more. Even getting Brilynn Mueller her first minutes in goal gives us a lot of confidence that we’ve got a good goalkeeper room that’s got a lot of competition going on in there.
“So it was exactly what we hoped it would be was to build some confidence, play some quality football and get a victory in front of a great crowd tonight.”
The 2025 UTSA volleyball players are introduced to fans in Friday night’s scrimmage at the Convocation Center. – photo by Joe AlexanderThe UTSA volleyball team hit its home court with its new roster and new uniforms for the first time on Friday.
The Roadrunners had a public scrimmage at the Convocation Center.
UTSA opens the season at home on Friday, Aug. 29, against Stephen F. Austin.
Raegan Ramirez – UTSA volleyball
Bailey Lechler – UTSA volleyball
Keelea Alexander – UTSA volleyball
Carolina Tredwell – UTSA volleyball
Ally Tribe – UTSA volleyball
Makenna Wiepert – UTSA volleyball
Gigi Mason – UTSA volleyball
Derin Saygi – UTSA volleyball
Ilaria Durante – UTSA volleyball
Megan Hawkins – UTSA volleyball
Miranda Putnicki – UTSA volleyball
Caroline Krueger – UTSA volleyball
Taylor Gaines – UTSA volleyball
Brooklyn Grobb-Prins – UTSA volleyball
Brooke Elliott – UTSA volleyball
UTSA coach Carol Price-Torok talks to her players during a timeout in Friday night’s scrimmage.
Brooklyn Bailey scored her first goal of the season and UTSA’s second. UTSA women’s soccer beat St. Mary’s 3-0 on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at Park West Athletics Complex. – photo by Joe AlexanderUTSA recorded its second shutout of the season with a 3-0 victory over St. Mary’s on Thursday at Park West Athletics Complex.
Aaliyaiah Durden scored UTSA women’s soccer’s first goal of the season in the 33rd minute of a 3-0 victory over St. Mary’s on Thursday at Park West Athletics Complex. – photo by Joe AlexanderAfter UTSA women’s soccer went scoreless the first two games of the season, Aaliyaiah Durden broke the ice.
Durden scored in the first half, Brooklyn Bailey scored in the second half – both on headers – and the Roadrunners made it 3-0 on a late own-goal to beat St. Mary’s on Thursday night at UTSA Park West Athletics Complex.
Durden is a redshirt sophomore midfield who came to UTSA from Seminole State College. Her goal on Thursday night was her first in a UTSA uniform and first Division I goal. Her shot was a header in the 33rd minute off a free kick from Ava Jackson, a redshirt freshman from British Columbia, Canada.
Bailey is a freshman from Klein Collins High School in Spring Texas. She had three goals in a UTSA exhibition game. Thursday marked her first official collegiate goal and it came in the 67th minute off an assist from Kamryn Watson.
UTSA’s defense recorded its second shutout and has allowed only one goal in three games. Starting goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler played most of Thursday’s game and Brilynn Mueller finished off the second half.
UTSA is now 1-1-1 on the season. The Roadrunners are back at home on Sunday at 7 p.m. against Lamar.
From Aaliyaiah Durden
“Ava stepped up to the plate to serve it in. Massive credit to her. That was a great ball. I just happened to be right place at the right time.
“It was definitely a relief to see the ball go into the back of the net. It’s always a good feeling to get a goal at home.”
From Brooklyn Bailey:
“We were all working together and just wanting to get out first in-season win, not just an exhibition match. So it just felt great to be out there and get a W.
“It was going good. I ended up falling on the ground but getting back up and celebrating with my teammates. It was really good.
“I saw it coming off. I had the defender below me so then I was trying to get over her and try to make sure the header went down and not over the goal. I was just glad the ball went where I wanted it to go and the ball was placed perfectly from Kam so it was really good.
“After Aaliyaiah scored and after the half kind of coming together and saying that we need to move forward as a team and go against our standards and not play to their level and just continuing to keep our standards high. We just had to settle down and continue play our game.”
UTSA’s Brooklyn Bailey (23) got past a defender to score her first collegiate goal on a header.
Izzy Lane, playing against ninth-ranked TCU on Sunday, scored UTSA’s only goal in last season’s 1-0 victory over St. Mary’s. – photo by Joe AlexanderUTSA women’s soccer is at home on Thursday at 7 p.m. against St. Mary’s.
Last year, UTSA beat St. Mary’s 1-0 on a goal by Izzy Lane. Jasmine Kessler and Jordan Walker had assists and Kessler made two saves.
UTSA is 0-1-1 coming into this season’s rematch. The Roadrunners, who didn’t score in either of their first two outings, are coming off a 0-0 tie with Houston and a 1-0 loss to ninth-ranked TCU.
St. Mary’s has played one exhibition, a 4-0 loss to Houston. The Rattlers’ schedule also shows Thursday’s meeting with UTSA as an exhibition.
St. Mary’s went 9-7-3 last season and reached the Lone Star Tournament quarterfinals. Rattlers head coach Kevin Driggs has a 46-31-14 record in five season at St. Mary’s.
TCU’s goalkeeper Olivia Geller fends off a shot in the second half of the Frogs’ 1-0 victory over UTSA on Sunday, at Park West Athletics Complex. – photo by Joe AlexanderUTSA faced what the rankings say is the biggest challenge of its 2025 women’s soccer season and nearly claimed a scoreless tie.
Ninth-ranked TCU beat UTSA 1-0 on Sunday night at Park West Athletics Complex.
The Frogs’ Cameron Patton scored the only goal of the night in the 81st minute, coming off assists from Grace Vest and Allyson Brown.
Goaltenders Jasmine Kessler of UTSA and Olivia Geller of TCU made four saves each to keep things tied 0-0 going into the final 10 minutes of the game.
UTSA’s Zoe May, Michelle Polo and Leah Varela all had shots on goal in the first 23 minutes of the first half. Izzy Lane had a shot on goal in the second half, coming in the 58th minute.
UTSA is now 0-1-1 on the season including a 0-0 tie against Houston in the Roadrunners’ season opener. UTSA plays at home again on Thursday at 7 p.m. against St. Mary’s.
TCU, the defending Big 12 regular-season champion, beat Pepperdine 6-1 in its season opener and is now 2-0.
From UTSA coach Derek Pittman
“Against Pepperdine on Thursday night (TCU) completed 88 percent of their passes. We had a choice as a coaching staff. We could sit deep let them have the ball and park the bus. Or we could press them. Our DNA, our mentality is to press. I thought our players did a phenomenal job. We had pretty much 36 hours to work on that coming out of the Houston game. We needed to recover physically and mentally from that game, which was exhausting.
“I thought our players took on the game plan extremely well. I thought we disrupted TCU and made their life as difficult and miserable as possible. We were unfortunate to not pull away with a draw tonight.
“But again, when you have a good team like that, when you make one little error at the back post the team is going to punish you for it.”
On UTSA’s scoring chances:
“We know against a top 10 team in the country, we’re going to get only two, maybe three chances. We know we’re not going to get 15 shots. We’re not going to get seven, eight, nine good chances for goals. We’re going to get two or three.
“Most of all I’m extremely proud of our team for limiting TCU. To limit that team to 13 shots,
I think they had five on target. To be fair they scored six goals against (Pepperdine) the team that’s predicted to win the WCC – hats off to our team in how they went out and executed our plan.”
