COMMERCE – Four unanswered goals helped the East Texas A&M University soccer team starts its season with 1-0 record for the second straight year after a 4-1 win at the Lion Soccer Field over Little Rock on Thursday night.
 
The Lions fell behind 1-0 in the 15^th minute but entered halftime with a 2-1 lead and tacked on two more in the second half for the season-opening win.
 
Last season, the Lions also started the year with a 4-1 win, that one coming at home against Oral Roberts. East Texas A&M has started 1-0 in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
 
The four goals scored on Thursday night are tied for most goals scored in a match in the Division I era.
 
The first score of the night came from the Trojan's Maggie Turner in the 15^th minute, scoring off an assist from Amaya Arias, who had the first shot, which was blocked, and Turner was there to kick in the rebound.
 
In the 27^th minute, Mya Mitchell (Dallas – Mesquite Horn) scored her first goal of the young season with a long shot, which was assisted by Hannah Bell (Duncanville) and Reneta Vargas (Coppell).

LIONS GOAL! Mya Mitchell gets this one tied with her first goal of the season! #HailET pic.twitter.com/7llArCWXcR

— East Texas A&M Soccer (@Lion_WSOC) August 15, 2025

MYA MITCHELL FIRST GOAL HIGHLIGHT
 
Mitchell tallied her second goal of the night in the 41^st minute and it was from the penalty spot.

LION GOAL! She's done it again! Mya Mitchell converts the PK to put the Lions up front! #HailET pic.twitter.com/TI6TqbL4qs

— East Texas A&M Soccer (@Lion_WSOC) August 15, 2025

MYA MITCHELL SECOND GOAL HIGHLIGHT
 
To begin the scoring in the second half, Kristen Sueltz (The Colony) headed in a corner kick from Mitchell and put the Lions ahead 3-1.

LION GOAL! Kristen Sueltz heads in a service from Mya Mitchell and the Lions are up by two! #HailET pic.twitter.com/Qt7Uty2YJz

— East Texas A&M Soccer (@Lion_WSOC) August 15, 2025

KRISTEN SUELTZ GOAL HIGHLIGHT
 
The last goal of the match came in the 67^th minute and it was Bell scoring a long goal off assists from Kelsey Lefever (Princeton) and Alana Lawless-Felarca (Dallas – Richardson).

LION GOAL! Hannah Bell scores her first of the year and it is 4-1 Lions! #HailET pic.twitter.com/1FJF98Kkty

— East Texas A&M Soccer (@Lion_WSOC) August 15, 2025

HANNAH BELL GOAL HIGHLIGHT

Mitchell totaled five points in the match, with three of her four shots landing on goal. Little Rock did have a 19-12 shot advantage, though only shot was on goal, which was Turner's goal.
 
Veronica Pacione (Birdville) and Gillian McKenzie (Mesquite Horn) played a half each in goal for the Lions.
 
Thursday marked the Lion debut in the starting lineup for Alyssa Cox (Plano Senior) and Payton Joost (Wylie), while Grace Robertson (Fulshear – Jordan), Malaya Ring (Dana Point, Calif.) and Lefever came off the bench for their first appearances as Lions.

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The Lions head on a two-match road swing next week at Oklahoma on Thursday at 7 p.m. and at Oral Roberts on August 23 at 7 p.m.