PREVIEW: Texas Tech closes out road swing against Saint Mary’s

Sunday, September 4

Moraga, CA

1:00 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

Saint Mary's

PREVIEW: Texas Tech closes out road swing against Saint Mary’s

September 03, 2022 | Women's Soccer

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By: Hanna Cooper

MORAGA, Calif. – Texas Tech closes out its three-game road swing against Saint Mary's Sunday at Saint Mary's Stadium.

Due to the threat of high heat in the Bay Area, the match originally slated for 2 p.m. (12 p.m. PT) has been moved to 1 p.m. (11 a.m. PT) as the Saint Mary's men's soccer team will play directly following the women's match.

Texas Tech (1-2-2) looks to bounce back after a 1-0 loss Thursday against Washington. In the loss, keeper Madison White recorded a season-high seven saves.

Scouting the Gaels
After a tough 2-0 defeat to the Cal Bears at home, Saint Mary's bounced back by beating San Jose State 3-0 in their first away game of the season.

Emily Jensen paced the way in the Gaels win over San Jose State, notching two goals and an assist.

Quick Hitters

Texas Tech has taken 36 more shots than its opponents. On average, Tech is holding opponents to 6.0 shot per contest while firing off 13.2 shots.
Macy Blackburn was the Red Raiders lone Preseason All-Big 12 selection. The defender led the squad with nine assists last season and racked up Big 12 All-Freshman Team, Midwest All-Region Second Team and the TopDrawerSoccer.com All-Freshman Second Team honors.
After leading the team with nine assists a year ago, Blackburn picked up right where she left off, tallying two against Troy in the opener and one against New Mexico. She has all three assists on Tech's three goals.
While Macy Blackburn has tallied the helper in all three of Tech's goals, the goal has been scored by three different Red Raiders. Charlotte Teeter, Ashleigh Williams and Macy Schultz all have a goal on the season.
The Red Raiders lost the team's leading scorer from a year ago in Kirsten Davis. However, the team does return its second leading scorer (Ashleigh Williams), assists leader (Blackburn) and saves leader (Madison White).
White enters the season ranked fifth in Tech's career goals against record (0.93), fourth in career shutouts (19) and seventh in career saves (152).
The Red Raiders boast a young roster with the addition of 10 freshmen. Freshman Kylie Bahr is the only freshmen to have started every games so far this season. Freshman Peyton Parsons has now made back-to-back starts against New Mexico and Cal State Fullerton.
Bahr also etched her name into the Texas Tech Soccer beep test record. The freshman broke a 15-year-old fitness test record.
This season's captains are super senior Charlotte Teeter and fourth-year senior Hannah Anderson. Teeter opened up her last season as a Red Raider with a goal in the opener against Troy.
The Red Raider backline and goalie Madison White have been the highlight of the season thus far. Tech has allowed just three goals this season and recorded a pair of shutouts.