Harr Nets Two, No. 19 Tech Downs New Mexico, 2-1

Friday, August 19

Lubbock, Texas

8:40 P.M.

Texas Tech Athletics

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New Mexico

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New Mexico

Texas Tech

Harr Nets Two, No. 19 Tech Downs New Mexico, 2-1

August 20, 2016 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

The Red Raiders opened the season with a 2-1 win over New Mexico on Friday night.

Box Score

LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 19 Texas Tech soccer team kicked off the 2016 season with a 2-1 victory over New Mexico on Friday night at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

The win kept head coach Tom Stone's undefeated streak in home openers intact, improving to 10-0. It also broke the all-time series mark with the Lobos, giving Tech a 5-4-1 lead.

The Red Raiders' two scores came from freshman midfielder Jordie Harr, who found the back of the goal in the 59th and 65th minutes of the match. Her two goals tie for the most by a Red Raider in a single match in each over the last two years.

"I think New Mexico came out and did a great job of trying to keep us from coming out of the backfield," Stone said. "Everyone knows we like to play that way and it was obvious that they spent a considerable amount of time getting that organized. Heather (Dyche) is a great coach and made it difficult on us."

After an hour and 40 minute weather delay, the Red Raiders took the field and immediately went on the offensive, as Tech earned a corner kick and freshman forward Jade King registered the first shot of the match all within the first three minutes. New Mexico would log three scoring opportunities from the eighth to the 18^th minute in the first half, as senior goalkeeper Lauren Watson grabbed one of her two saves during that span.

Other than a shot in the 36^th minute, that would end the offense for the Lobos in the first half. The Red Raiders put up six more shots before halftime, which were spread between King (two), Jordie Harr, Sarah Norman, Cassie Conarty and Tatum Barton.

The Red Raiders came out firing in the second half, racking up three shots from King and Gwennie Puente before finally breaking through in the 59^th minute. Freshman midfielder Jordie Harr buried a free kick from 20 yards out to give Tech its first goal of the 2016 season.

Six minutes later, Harr did it again, sending the ball to the back of the net from nearly the same spot on the field to put the Red Raiders up 2-0.

"This was an unbelievable experience," Harr said. "To score two games in our first game at home was unbelievable. Our whole team worked hard in the spring and we could see it pay off tonight. In the first half, we struggled a little bit, but after our talk at halftime, we all picked it up and we got the result we wanted."

The Lobos would answer in the 70^th minute as New Mexico midfielder Maddie Irwin squeaked one in to cut Tech's lead to 2-1. The Lobos would have a couple other opportunities late in the match, but couldn't get them to materialize, giving the Red Raiders their first win of the 2016 season.

"We are going to work to play much better as the season goes on," Stone added. "When you have so many new personalities on the field and they all need to find their way, you still have to win. We can say all day that we didn't play that great, but we still scored two goals and held on to win, 2-1. We are extremely excited to be off and running at 1-0."

The Red Raiders return to action on Sunday, Aug. 21, when they take on Missouri State for the first meeting ever between the two programs at 7 p.m. at the John Walker Soccer Complex.