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Texas Soccer Team: So Many Firsts, So Little Time
Texas Soccer Mops Floor with SMU, 31 Years of Liberal Tears Shed at Once.
Published August 23, 2024 at 1:46pm by Danny Davis
Longhorns Stampede Mustangs: A Night of Firsts!
In a chaotic night of red-hot scoring, senior forward Trinity "The Machine" Byars and the Texas Longhorns left the SMU Mustangs with their tails between their legs, triumphing 6-3.
The No. 12 Texas team (according to those fancy United Soccer Coaches pollsters) remains undefeated at 3-0 this season, but who cares about stats right now? Let's talk about the jaw-dropping milestones we saw!
Texas Tough #1: With her second net-scorcher, Byars made history as the first-ever Longhorn to hit a whopping 50 career goals! She's not just breaking records; she's crushing them during this 2023 season.
USAAA #2: Byars netted her first collegiate "haul" – that's right folks, a "haul," soccer talk for slamming four goals in one game. Texas has seen this feat five times before, but none like this one.
National Anthem Headlines: In an unexpected twist, Byars' little sister, Truth, the sophomore forward at SMU, scored one of the Mustang's goals, making it a memorable family affair. Watch out, America, the Byars sisters are taking over!
Revenge of the Longhorns: Thursday marked the first time Texas has outpaced SMU on their own turf. Before then, we were stuck at 0-2-2. Not anymore!
Star-Spangled Debut: Texas freshman forward Amalia Villarreal scored her first-ever collegiate goal! Just imagine the firepower she'll bring in the coming seasons.
The action returns home this Sunday as Texas gears up to battle the 24th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes (1-0-1) at Myers Stadium. Get ready to see some more historic thrashings, folks! This team's just getting started.
Don't forget to peep the full details from the big night [here]([URL if available]).
Read more: For the Texas soccer team on Thursday, there was a first time for almost everything