Ultimately, they hope it becomes a full fuel upgrade.

Schlosser totaled 10 goals and nine assists in 51 games as a Wildcat, with last year’s title-game shootout loss to Montana her bitter career sendoff until the NCAA’s decision to grant five years of athletic eligibility opened the door for her 2026 return.

Amid the national turmoil and litigation over the NCAA’s decision to exclude only the high school class of 2022 from that fifth year — the argument being that everyone before it got an extra year or years from COVID or junior college rulings, and everyone after gets the five-year framework — Schlosser logged one goal in three games to start the season before being pulled due to the ongoing legal back-and-forth.

That changed on Oct. 2 when Judge Jason Nelson of Utah’s Second District Court granted Schlosser a temporary restraining order (the acronym TRO has become as common as any sports term these days) against the NCAA, allowing her to play and restraining the NCAA from issuing any sanctions to her or WSU for her participation (past, present or future), no matter the ultimate outcome of her eligibility.

In her first action in six weeks, Schlosser came off the bench Sunday in a 3-2 win over Eastern Washington, assisting what proved to be the game-winning goal to Mina Nydegger for a 3-0 lead.

Schlosser sent a free kick from the corner to the top of the box instead of into a scrum at the front of the goal, and Nydegger got a running start and a clear path to slam it home.

They’re glad to have Schlosser back.

“She’s worked hard on her own, and the group knows how valuable she is to the team,” second-year head coach Kyle Christensen said. “She’s such an elite attacker; she creates and she can score.”

“It’s great,” senior forward Lily Blum said. “I’ve played with Sayler since I was in ninth grade, so it’s been really fun to have someone I’ve played with for a long time back on the field. But it’s great for the mentality that we have from last year, to bring back that drive and that motivation and grit — that it really sucked losing and we want to do everything we can to do to win this year.”

But, as the name of the order says, it could be temporary. It’s the team’s understanding that the TRO lasts for two weeks, which means Schlosser can be on the field this week as WSU takes on Utah Tech and Southern Utah at home, and can play the first match of next week’s road trip at Portland State.

For the game after that, and to return to the same bitter-end field at Montana on Oct. 18, Schlosser and her representation need to successfully argue for a permanent injunction.

“I love having Sayler back, but the players we have, we 100% can get a championship,” Blum said. “She brings a lot to the table in terms of her talent, so it’s a plus-one to have her back and play because it adds that much more to our team. But I also have full faith that, if it turns out she’s not able to play, like she hasn’t most of the season, we can still obtain our goals.”

Christensen isn’t worried either way.

“The team’s got her back. The culture this year of caring about each other has been great,” he said. “We’re performing better, a more cohesive effort, and they’ve loved having her around.”