Texas State soccer defeats Houston for historic win

Texas State delivered one of their biggest wins of the season as the Bobcats knocked off the previously undefeated Houston Cougars, 1-0.

The win was the program’s second-ever victory over a Power 5 program, with the last coming in 2002 against Texas Tech.

“This was a really big win for us. Houston is a very talented team who’s been scoring a lot of goals, so keeping a clean sheet was a big challenge,” head coach Steve Holeman said. “The team showed tremendous effort today and this was a great way to finish up our non-conference.”

Victoria Meza scored the lone goal for the Bobcats in the 75th minute.

Texas State starts conference play this Sunday against Louisiana.

San Marcos XC compete at home course.

The San Marcos Rattlers Cross Country team competed at the Runnin' Rattler Invitational early last Saturday.

In the Varsity Girls Division, junior Alexandria Juarez placed fifth with a time of 18:52.29, followed by freshman Eleanor Smith who placed 6th overall with a time of 18:52.41.

Rounding out the top three for the Rattlers was sophomore Aaralyn Julian who placed 35th overall with a time of 20:41.41.

In the Varsity Boys Division, junior Connor McGlothlin placed 17th overall with a time of 16:26.45.

Behind McGlothlin was freshman Tucker Jones who placed 19th overall with a time of 16:28.22 Freshman Adrian Rangel placed 29th overall with a time of 16:47.00.

The Rattlers continue their season this Saturday at the Hays CISD Invitational.

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