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SOCCER PREVIEW: at UC San Diego
August 20, 2021 | Women's Soccer
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech soccer team will play its first road game of the season against UC San Diego at 1 p.m. (CST) on Sunday at the Triton Soccer Stadium in La Jolla, California. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and is the first meeting between the two programs.
Texas Tech (1-0-0) opened its season with a 1-0 win over UTEP on Thursday with Kirsten Davis scoring the goal and the defense not allowing a single shot from the Miners. Goalkeeper Madison White was credited with the 10th shutout of her career, while Davis now has 32 goals which ranks third in program history. Davis was assisted by freshman Macy Blackburn in the 37th minute of play in a game where the Red Raiders finished with 12 total shots, including six shots on goal. Tech's defense held two opponents with zero shots on goal last season against Iowa State and Alabama.
UC San Diego (0-1-0) is coming off a 3-0 loss to Cal on Thursday in their season opener and first game as a Division I member. The Tritons, who are transitioning from NCAA Division II to play in the Big West Conference, had a 32-game winning streak at home in the regular season end with the loss to Cal. Held to only three shots in the first half and one in the second, UC San Diego was playing for the first time in 636 days after having its season canceled completely last season. The Tritons had not played since the 2019 NCAA Division II Tournament on Nov. 23, 2019 which resulted in a 1-0 loss to Point Loma to end a season that saw them compile a 16-2-1 overall record.
TEAM CAPTAINS: Kirsten Davis and Cassie Hiatt are serving at team captains for the second straight season. A defender from Parker, Colorado, Hiatt has been a dominate player for the Red Raider defense for three seasons beginning with a Big 12 All-Freshman campaign to get started. Hiatt earned All-America honors as a sophomore along with All-Big 12 First Team. Davis, who was selected No. 13 in the NWSL College Draft, decided to return to school to play her fifth season at Texas Tech. She had 16 goals as a junior to earn Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and All-America honors. Davis is currently third all-time at Tech with 32 career goals behind Kristy Frantz (41) and Janine Beckie (57).
THE TEAM: Texas Tech has 33 players on its roster with 20 returners and 13 newcomers. The Red Raiders have 11 freshman on the roster along with adding transfers in Eva Hurm (Notre Dame) and Sierra Castles (Long Beach State).
OUR LEADER: Tom Stone picked up his 160th win with the season-opening victory over UTEP. A Dallas native who graduated from Duke, Stone is in his 15th season leading the program after roles at Denver, Duke and Clemson. He has led the Red Raiders to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including to the Sweet 16 in 2014. Tech won the 2015 Big 12 Tournament and has had eight double-digit win seasons under Stone's leadership.
OUR GOLD MEDALIST: Texas Tech welcomed Janine Beckie back to Lubbock last weekend after the former Red Raider helped lead Canada to the gold medal in Tokyo. Beckie, who is the all-time leading goal scorer in Tech history with 57, is currently playing professionally with Manchester City FC.
UP NEXT: The Red Raiders will return from California to begin a four-game home stand beginning next Thursday at 7 p.m. against Hartford at the Walker Soccer Complex. Tech has 89 wins all-time on its home field and will also host Abilene Christian (Aug. 29), Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 2) and UTSA (Sept. 5) during the home stand.
Texas Tech (1-0-0) opened its season with a 1-0 win over UTEP on Thursday with Kirsten Davis scoring the goal and the defense not allowing a single shot from the Miners. Goalkeeper Madison White was credited with the 10th shutout of her career, while Davis now has 32 goals which ranks third in program history. Davis was assisted by freshman Macy Blackburn in the 37th minute of play in a game where the Red Raiders finished with 12 total shots, including six shots on goal. Tech's defense held two opponents with zero shots on goal last season against Iowa State and Alabama.
UC San Diego (0-1-0) is coming off a 3-0 loss to Cal on Thursday in their season opener and first game as a Division I member. The Tritons, who are transitioning from NCAA Division II to play in the Big West Conference, had a 32-game winning streak at home in the regular season end with the loss to Cal. Held to only three shots in the first half and one in the second, UC San Diego was playing for the first time in 636 days after having its season canceled completely last season. The Tritons had not played since the 2019 NCAA Division II Tournament on Nov. 23, 2019 which resulted in a 1-0 loss to Point Loma to end a season that saw them compile a 16-2-1 overall record.
TEAM CAPTAINS: Kirsten Davis and Cassie Hiatt are serving at team captains for the second straight season. A defender from Parker, Colorado, Hiatt has been a dominate player for the Red Raider defense for three seasons beginning with a Big 12 All-Freshman campaign to get started. Hiatt earned All-America honors as a sophomore along with All-Big 12 First Team. Davis, who was selected No. 13 in the NWSL College Draft, decided to return to school to play her fifth season at Texas Tech. She had 16 goals as a junior to earn Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and All-America honors. Davis is currently third all-time at Tech with 32 career goals behind Kristy Frantz (41) and Janine Beckie (57).
THE TEAM: Texas Tech has 33 players on its roster with 20 returners and 13 newcomers. The Red Raiders have 11 freshman on the roster along with adding transfers in Eva Hurm (Notre Dame) and Sierra Castles (Long Beach State).
OUR LEADER: Tom Stone picked up his 160th win with the season-opening victory over UTEP. A Dallas native who graduated from Duke, Stone is in his 15th season leading the program after roles at Denver, Duke and Clemson. He has led the Red Raiders to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including to the Sweet 16 in 2014. Tech won the 2015 Big 12 Tournament and has had eight double-digit win seasons under Stone's leadership.
OUR GOLD MEDALIST: Texas Tech welcomed Janine Beckie back to Lubbock last weekend after the former Red Raider helped lead Canada to the gold medal in Tokyo. Beckie, who is the all-time leading goal scorer in Tech history with 57, is currently playing professionally with Manchester City FC.
UP NEXT: The Red Raiders will return from California to begin a four-game home stand beginning next Thursday at 7 p.m. against Hartford at the Walker Soccer Complex. Tech has 89 wins all-time on its home field and will also host Abilene Christian (Aug. 29), Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 2) and UTSA (Sept. 5) during the home stand.
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