Game Recap: Texas Tech Defeats Oklahoma, 7-0

Thursday, September 23

Lubbock, Texas

7 p.m.

Texas Tech Athletics

8-1-1, 1-0-0

Oklahoma

4-6-1, 0-1-0

Oklahoma

Texas Tech

Game Recap: Texas Tech Defeats Oklahoma, 7-0

September 23, 2021 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Two Red Raiders have now registered hat tricks this season - Kirsten Davis and Ashleigh Williams

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech soccer team opened Big 12 play in thrilling fashion, shutting out the visiting Oklahoma Sooners, 7-0, Thursday night at the John Walker Soccer Complex in front of over 1,300 fans – the highest attendance of the season.

"It's not too often you put up a score like that in the Big 12," said head coach Tom Stone. "We know how good OU is, we've watched them play plenty to this point and they've been a tough team to get over on. We didn't expect to have that offensive explosion like that, but we did know we had the players for that. Tonight those players all came to play at the same time, and complimented each other. So it was a really fun night to watch, but we're also realistic and realize we gotta come back down to Earth pretty quickly and get ready for Sunday."

Tech (8-1-1, 1-0-0 Big 12) scored four times in the first half to take a 4-0 lead into the intermission over Oklahoma (4-6-1, 0-1-0 Big 12). Macy Schultz opened the scoring in the sixth minute corralling a punt from keeper Madison White over mid field, sprinting past her defender for the finish. Just two minutes later, Kirsten Davis made it a 2-0 affair as she collected a deflection off a Sooner, proceeding to dribble from nearly 40 yards out for the finish into the bottom left corner of the net.

Here is the goal by @macyschultz that gave us the 1-0 lead! pic.twitter.com/Dir7VgFiHV
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) September 24, 2021

Two minutes later, @kirstendavis22 makes it 2-0! pic.twitter.com/ygah0wPUSr
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) September 24, 2021

In the 20^th minute, both captains connected with each other for the 3-0 lead. Cassie Hiatt looped a pass to Davis at the midfield stripe where she then worked past her one-on-one defender and scored from just inside the 18-yard box into the bottom left-corner of the net. In the 33^rd minute, Davis completed her hat trick off an assist from freshman Macy Blackburn, once again, taking a pass from beyond midfield for the solo finish. With the goal, Davis registered her 100^th career point, joining Janine Beckie (2012-15, 130) and Kristy Frantz (1996-99, 108) as the only Red Raiders in the 100-point club. The goal was the 40^th of her career.

Career point number ?? for our 2?2? pic.twitter.com/2kCGvGsHUg
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) September 24, 2021

TTU netted three goals in the second half, beginning in the 49^th minute courtesy of Hannah Anderson – the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week – who headed one home off a free kick from about 15 yards off the foot of Blackburn. Ashleigh Williams joined in on the scoring with a one-timer inside the six-yard line from Elise Anderson who made the run on the left side off a pass from Schultz. The scoring was capped off in the 75^th minute as freshman Hailey Palmer tucked one to the back of the net off a shot that hit the post from Williams. The score was the first of her collegiate career.

.@hannah8anderson with the hops! It's her third goal of the season, assisted by @BlackburnMacy! pic.twitter.com/VH46OauTL8
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) September 24, 2021

70' | @Ashleighw_15 gives us the 6-0 lead, setup by @macyschultz and @__eliseanderson ?? pic.twitter.com/bwkEn0GL3c
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) September 24, 2021

75' | @haileyepalmer slots home her 1st career goal ?? pic.twitter.com/8K0juo6r9A
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) September 24, 2021

TTU outshot OU, 11-5 with seven shots going on frame. Davis led the way with three shots while White secured one save.

Notes

Davis was the last Red Raider with five-plus points in a game since she recorded six against Southwest (3/5/21).
It's the largest win for Tech over Oklahoma and a Big 12 opponent.
It's the first shutout at home over a Big 12 school since the Red Raiders blanked Texas 1-0 (11/6/21).
The hat trick was the first of Davis' career and the second hat trick this season by a Red Raider (Ashleigh Williams vs EWU).
The seven goals are a season-high as TTU defeated ACU earlier in the season, 6-0.

Up Next

Tech is back in action Sunday afternoon taking on Kansas State (5-5-0, 0-1-0 Big 12) at 1 p.m. Kansas State is coming off a 2-0 loss to Texas Thursday night.