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HSU Women's Soccer Regional 
Hardin-Simmons' Cowgirl soccer team will face off with the Trinity Tigers on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the first game of the 2025 NCAA Division III women's soccer championship tournament, with the regional rounds hosted by Trinity this weekend.
 
Head coach Rusty Oglesby assisted by Talin Rizo and graduate assistant Grace Bales piloted the Cowgirls to another American Southwest Conference championship win, taking down UMHB 1-0 last weekend.
 
The Cowgirls had a heartbreaking loss 1-0 to McDaniel College in the final minute of double-overtime in 2024 to end the year in the first game of the NCAA Tournament hosted by NYU. The Cowgirls draw the SAA champion Trinity Tigers for their opener opponent in 2025.
 
The Cowgirls and the Tigers played in September of this year, with the Tigers coming back to win 2-1 over Hardin-Simmons. The team is led on offense by Tatum Barnett with eight goals as a freshman. She was named to the ASC all-tournament team in her first year at HSU.
 
Lexi Templin joined the ASC all-tournament team for the Cowgirls with the golden goal to beat UMHB in the ASC championship 1-0. Presleigh Thiessen was also named ASC all-tournament and has four goals and leads the Cowgirls with five assists on the season.
 
Abigail Medlin was named the ASC championship tournament MVP for the Cowgirls. The senior goalkeeper has just six goals allowed in 16 starts with 60 saves and six shutouts for Hardin-Simmons.
 
The Cowgirls will face Trinity at 11 a.m. in San Antonio. The winner will play the winner of the following game between McMurry and Cal Lutheran at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The second-round match is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. hosted by Trinity.

HSU Men's Soccer Regional
Hardin-Simmons' Cowboy soccer team led by head coach Brad Bankhead and assistant Austin Wills will take a trip to San Antonio on Saturday to play the Trinity Tigers at 4 p.m. in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
 
The Cowboys took home the 2025 ASC championship with a win in penalty kicks 5-3 after a 1-1 draw with the UMHB Crusaders. HSU has now won the ASC championship two years straight and will head back to the NCAA Tournament with the automatic bid.
 
Last season, the Cowboys had a first-round NCAA match against the Bowdoin College Polar Bears, who won 3-0 over Hardin-Simmons. This year, HSU will match up with host school Trinity in the first game on Saturday at 4 p.m.
 
The Cowboys played the Tigers to a 2-0 defeat earlier this season in September and look forward to another shot against Trinity. Hardin-Simmons battled back from some tough losses early in the season and have gone 3-0-2 over the last month of play, including a tie in the ASC championship which the Cowboys won in PKs.
 
James Webb has eight goals to lead the team and Benny Lube has eight assists, leading the team and the American Southwest Conference. Carson Null was named the ASC championship tournament MVP at goalkeeper for the Cowboys as a senior.
 
Hardin-Simmons will play Trinity at 4 p.m. on Saturday in the opening-round match in San Antonio. The winner of the HSU/Trinity game will play the winner of Texas Lutheran and Whitman, scheduled to play at 6 p.m. Saturday night. The second round of the NCAA Tournament at Trinity will take place on Sunday at 6 p.m.
 
Tickets for the NCAA Tournament games hosted by Trinity will be available at the gate for $6 general admission, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children ages 3-12. Parking will be free and available at and around the Trinity University campus.