Texas Tech Notes - NCAA Championship First Round

TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

TEXAS TECH SOCCER

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Quarterfinals November 28 & 29

Second/Third Round November 21 & 23

*Florida St. (18-1-1)

First Round November 14, 15 or 16

NATIONAL CHAMPION

*Washington St. (10-4-4) *Colorado (13-6-1) BYU (13-4-3) South Dakota St. (10-7-2)

*Arizona St. (11-5-4)

*Rutgers (12-5-1)

La Salle (14-5-2)

High Point (12-4-4)

*Kansas (15-5-0) *Oklahoma (10-8-4) Arkansas (8-6-6) Cal St. Fullerton (10-7-4)

*Texas (10-7-4)

*Oklahoma St. (10-9-1)

Arizona (10-7-2)

Houston Baptist (10-6-5)

*Host institution for preliminary round games.

All game times are Eastern standard time.

Order of semifinal games will be determined after quarterfinal round games are completed.

Second semifinal game will begin play 45 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

*Stanford (17-1-2)

Missouri (11-6-3)

Rice (14-3-3)

1 *Texas A&M (18-2-2)

Rider (12-5-3)

*Washington (12-6-2)

4 *Notre Dame (12-5-2)

Valparaiso (14-1-4)

*Texas Tech (14-3-2)

Auburn (11-6-3)

Dayton (12-8-2)

Prairie View (11-8-1)

*FGCU (17-3-0)

*Virginia Tech (14-5-0)

Georgetown (11-4-5)

*California (13-5-2)

3 *West Virginia (16-2-3)

San Diego St. (15-4-2)

*UConn (13-4-5)

Mercer (14-5-2)

*Florida (14-4-1)

New Hampshire (8-8-4)

Buffalo (16-2-3)

2 *Penn St. (17-3-0)

*North Carolina (12-3-2)

Seattle (14-4-2)

2 *Virginia (18-2-0)

Clemson (13-3-2)

Northern Ariz. (12-5-4)

*South Carolina (13-5-3)

SIUE (13-6-1)

*Wisconsin (18-2-2)

DePaul (16-0-4)

Georgia (10-7-2)

*UCF (16-4-0)

*Boston U. (14-4-3)

3 *Kentucky (15-6-0)

Semifinal FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida 7:30 p.m.

ESPNU

Semifinals December 5

4 *Pepperdine (15-2-3)

Southern California (12-6-2)

Illinois St. (15-5-0)

*South Fla. (13-6-2)

*Harvard (10-4-2)

Semifinal FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida 5 p.m.

ESPNU

Final FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida 1 p.m.

ESPNU

Final December 7

Northeastern (14-4-3)

Semifinals December 5

South Ala. (19-2-1)

Quarterfinals November 28 & 29

Central Conn. St. (11-5-4)

Second/Third Round November 21 & 23

San Diego (10-7-2)

1 *UCLA (18-0-2)

First Round November 14, 15 or 16

SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP

2014 NCAA Division I Women's

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2014 RED RAIDER SOCCER 2014 SCHEDULE / RESULTS AUGUST 16 ~ at #25 Denver W, 2-1 22 NEW MEXICO Canceled 24 ORAL ROBERTS W, 5-0 29 % at #11 Notre Dame W, 2-1 31 % vs. Eastern Michigan W, 2-1 (OT) SEPTEMBER 5 SAM HOUSTON STATE W, 3-1 7 PORTLAND STATE W, 1-0 (2OT) 12 at #11 California (Pac-12 Net.) W, 1-0 (2OT) 14 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 2-0 19 + vs. Tulsa W, 3-1 21 + vs. Memphis W, 1-0 26 * at Texas (LHN) L, 0-1 (OT) 28 UC RIVERSIDE W, 3-2 OCTOBER 3 * OKLAHOMA L, 0-1 (2OT) 5 * OKLAHOMA STATE T, 1-1 (2OT) 10 * at #17 West Virginia (NSCAATV) L, 2-4 17 * at #9 Kansas W, 1-0 19 * at TCU W, 1-0 24 * BAYLOR W, 1-0 26 * IOWA STATE W, 6-1 NOVEMBER 5 ! vs. Texas T, 1-1 (2OT) 14 ^ PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 5 p.m.

21-23 NCAA Second/Third Rounds TBA 28-30 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA DECEMBER 5-7 NCAA College Cup TBA ~ Exhibition match • % Notre Dame Invitational • + Oklahoma State Invitational • * Big 12 Conference match ! Big 12 Championship • ^ NCAA Championship All times listed are Central and subject to change.

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Matt Dowdy Cell: 806-928-5190 | Office: 806-834-4529 matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu @Matt_Dowdy

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#16 TEXAS TECH (14-3-2; 4-3-1) VS. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (10-7-2; 4-4-0) Nov. 14 • 5 p.m. CT • Lubbock, Texas • John Walker Soccer Complex (2,000) Live Stream: TexasTech.TV • Radio: KTXT 88.1 FM

RED RAIDERS HOST PVAMU IN NCAA OPENING ROUND MATCH No. 16 Texas Tech returns to the NCAA Championship for a third-straight season Friday evening when the Red Raiders open the first round against Prairie View A&M. Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m. at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

For fans unable to attend the match, the entire contest will be shown for free on TexasTech.TV. Tickets are still on sale for the opening round match as prices are set at $7 for adults and $3 for youth (ages 2-12) as well as Texas Tech students.

Tickets can be purchased from the Tech Ticket Office.

14-3-2; 4-3-1 BIG 12

11-8-1; 8-1-1 SWAC

TEXAS TECH IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP • This will be Texas Tech’s third-straight season to be selected to the NCAA Championship.

• Texas Tech is the No. 3 seed in its regional, marking the first time the Red Raiders have ever earned a national seed for the NCAA Championship.

• Texas Tech is 2-1-1 all-time in the NCAA Championship, including a perfect 2-0 in opening round matches.

• Texas Tech will be hosting the opening round match at the John Walker Soccer Complex for a thirdstraight season. The Red Raiders previously defeated North Texas in 2012 and Minnesota a year ago.

• The Red Raiders have not allowed a goal in either of their two previous opening round matches as Texas Tech defeated North Texas, 2-0, in 2012 and then routed Minnesota, 3-0, last season.

• Texas Tech has averaged 1,430 fans in its two previous stints hosting an NCAA opening round match at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

• Friday night will mark Texas Tech’s first ever postseason match against a member of the SWAC Conference.

• Texas Tech has scored at least two goals in all four of its previous NCAA Championship matches.

WHO TO WATCH

JANINE BECKIE

5-8 • F • JR Beckie, the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, is Texas Tech’s all-time leader in both goals and points in NCAA play. The junior has netted five goals during her career, including two a year ago in the tournament opener over Minnesota. She has 14 career points in NCAA play as well.

JAELENE HINKLE

5-4 • D • SR Hinkle was one of three unanimous selections to the All-Big 12 first team that was announced a week ago. Hinkle, a MAC Hermann Award candidate along with Beckie, is the only Red Raider in school history to be named to the All-Big 12 first or second team in all four seasons.

MEAGAN MCCULLOUGH

5-5 • D • SO McCullough connected on her second career goal last week in the Big 12 quarterfinal match against Texas. Her goal, which came in the 53rd minute, tied the match at 1-1 early in the second half.

McCullough has played in all 19 games this year for Tech while making 16 starts.

ALLI MURPHY

5-3 • MF • JR In addition to already being Texas Tech’s single-season leader for assists, Murphy is also the school record holder for most assists in NCAA Championship play. The junior, who has a Big 12-leading 12 assists this year, has three career assists so far during NCAA action.

MATCH BREAKDOWN NO. 16 TEXAS TECH Record_____________________ 14-3-2; 4-3-1 Big 12 Streak________________________________ Tied 1 Home Record___________________________ 7-1-1 Away Record____________________________ 4-2-0 Neutral Record__________________________ 3-0-1 Ranking (NSCAA)_______________________ No. 16 Last Match_____________________ Tied Texas, 1-1 Head Coach_______________________ Tom Stone Career Record___________________92-53-16 (8th) Record at Tech_________________________Same vs. Prairie View__________________ First Meeting

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Record_____________________ 11-8-1; 8-1-1 SWAC Streak________________________________ Lost 1 Home Record___________________________ 4-3-1 Away Record____________________________ 5-4-0 Neutral Record__________________________ 2-1-0 Ranking (NSCAA)________________________ None Last Match_________________ Lost to Howard, 2-1 Head Coach_______________________ Abe Garcia Career Record____________________49-83-8 (7th) Record at Prairie View____________________Same vs. Texas Tech___________________ First Meeting

2014 TEXAS TECH SOCCER

2014 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location_______________________ Lubbock, Texas Founded_______________________________ 1923 Enrollment____________________________ 35,134 Nickname_________________________Red Raiders Colors_________________________ Scarlet & Black Mascot_______________Masked Rider / Raider Red Affiliation_____________________ NCAA Division I Conference____________________________ Big 12 Chancellor______________________Robert Duncan President_________________ M. Duane Nellis, Ph.D. Athletics Director__________________ Kirby Hocutt Sr. Associate AD/SWA______________Dr. Judi Henry Department Main Number________ (806) 742-3355 HISTORY Season of Soccer_________________________ 21st First Season_____________________________ 1994 All-Time Record____________________ 158-203-24 NCAA Tournament Appearances____ Two (2012-13) FACILITY INFORMATION Name______________ John Walker Soccer Complex Capacity_______________________________ 2,000 Opened________________________________ 2008 Dimensions____________________ 76 yds x 120 yds Surface_____________________________ FieldTurf All-Time Record__________________ 43-14-2 (.729) COACHING STAFF Head Coach_______________________ Tom Stone Alma Mater__________________________ Duke ‘87 Record at Tech____________ 92-53-16 (8th Season) Career Record___________________________Same Best time to reach___________________Contact SID Assoc. Head Coach___________ Todd Shulenberger Alma Mater____________________ Robert Moris ‘94 Assistant Coach__________________ Gibbs Keeton Alma Mater______________________ Texas Tech ‘06 Vol. Assistant Coach__________________ Bri Young Alma Mater______________________Texas A&M ‘11 Office Number__________________ (806) 742-3355 TEAM INFORMATION 2013 Record___________________________ 18-2-3 Big 12 Record___________________________ 6-0-2 Home Record__________________________ 10-1-0 Away Record____________________________ 4-0-2 Neutral Site Record_______________________ 4-1-1 Postseason________________ NCAA Second Round Final Ranking___________________No. 17 (NSCAA) Letterwinners Returning/Lost_______________20/9 Starters Returning/Lost_____________________7/4 Redshirts Returning_________________________ 2 Newcomers________________________________ 9 Top Returning Players_____________ Jaelen Hinkle ___________________ Janine Beckie, Paige Strahan Top Newcomers_________________ Sara Summers ____________ Natalie Schmutz, Carissa Christensen ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Associate AD/Communications________ Blayne Beal E-mail____________________ blayne.beal@ttu.edu Assistant Director (Soccer)___________ Matt Dowdy Office__________________________ (806) 834-4529 Cell___________________________ (806) 928-5190 Fax____________________________ (806) 742-1970 Twitter_________________________ @Matt_Dowdy E-mail________________ matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu Website___________________ www.texastech.com Twitter___________@TechAthletics, @TechGameday Mailing Address___________________ 2526 6th St. ___________________________Lubbock, TX 79409

TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

Matt Dowdy Assistant Director

Blayne Beal Associate AD

Matt Dowdy - Soccer Contact Office................................................................................................ (806) 742-2770 Cell.................................................................................................... (806) 928-5190 Email........................................................................... matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu Twitter............................................................................................. @Matt_Dowdy Website.................................................................................www.texastech.com Twitter.............................................................................................@TechAthletics ......................................................................................................... @TechGameday Facebook...............................................................facebook.com/TTUAthletics

The Texas Tech Athletics Communications office is here to serve the media throughout the 2014 Red Raider soccer season. Media members in need of assistance can contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office at (806) 742-2770.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS Media members covering the Texas Tech soccer program at the John Walker Soccer Complex during the 2014 season must be issued a credential from the Texas Tech Athletics Communications office.

• All requests for both media and photo credentials must be made either in writing or via e-mail at least a day in advance to Matt Dowdy, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications. (Fax: (806) 742-1970; e-mail: matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu) • Requests are honored from sports editors of daily and weekly newspapers, editors of sports periodicals, and sports directors of radio and television stations who broadcast regularly scheduled daily sports reports and talk shows.

• Credentials can be picked up in the Athletics Communications office (south end of Jones AT&T Stadium) or at will call, which is located at the ticket booth outside the stadium’s front gate.

PRESS BOX SERVICES A complete NCAA box score and pertinent game facts will be distributed to members of the working media following the conclusion of the match. Game notes, statistics, lineups, and rosters are provided prior to kickoff. A pregame meal is also served in the press box around 45 minutes prior to kickoff.

HEAD COACH TOM STONE INTERVIEWS Head coach Tom Stone can be reached best either immediately after practice or in the early afternoon.

Stone’s office is located in the south end of Jones AT&T Stadium. To arrange an interview, please contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office.

PLAYER INTERVIEWS Student-athletes and coaches are available for interviews every day following the conclusion of practice.

Student-athletes are also available following a brief cooling off perior after each home match.

POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Texas Tech student-athletes and head coach Tom Stone will be made available to the media near the home bench following a brief cooling off period. The Texas Tech locker room will remain closed.

WWW.TEXASTECH.COM This is the official site of the Texas Tech Athletics Department. Texas Tech Soccer releases as well as a variety of athletics department information can be found on the web. Texas Tech also offers live video and audio (home matches only) streaming of all Red Raider matches.

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2014 TEXAS TECH SOCCER TEXAS TECH IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS Texas Tech remained at No. 16 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire top-25 poll for the second-straight week on Tuesday. The Red Raiders, who enter the NCAA Championship riding a five-match unbeaten streak, have been ranked in the poll all season, appearing as high as No. 6 in the rankings on Sept. 16. The No. 6 ranking, a spot Tech held for two full weeks, was the highest in school history. Tech has now been in the NSCAA top-25 poll for a school-record 23-consecutive weeks dating back to the 2013 season. The Red Raiders are also 16th in the latest poll by Top Drawer Soccer and 18th in the rankings compiled by Soccer America.

INSIDE THE PRAIRIE VIEW A&M SERIES Texas Tech will be facing Prairie View A&M for the second time in school history on Friday afternoon as the two schools previously met in 2006. The Red Raiders won the only other previous contest in a 10-0 rout at Prairie View, tying the Texas Tech single-match record for goals in the process. Chessa Purser also snapped the Tech single-match record for individual goals and points as she found the back of the net five times while also adding an assist. Friday will mark Prairie View’s first ever trip to Lubbock.

TEXAS TECH ALL-TIME AGAINST THE SWAC The Red Raiders are 3-0 all-time against members against current members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Texas Tech has faced Prairie View A&M (2006), Alabama A&M (2008) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2013) previously where the Red Raiders have combined to win by a margin of 23-0. Tech has scored at least five goals in all three previous contest, including eight a year ago when facing Arkansas-Pine Bluff. This will be the first time Tech has ever faced a SWAC member in the NCAA Championship.

TEXAS TECH ALL-TIME AGAINST THE SWAC

Date Opponent Score Site

Sept. 8, 2006 Prairie View A&M W, 10-0 Away

Sept. 7, 2008 Alabama A&M W, 5-0 Neutral

Oct. 6, 2013 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 8-0 Home RED RAIDERS BACK IN THE POSTSEASON ONCE AGAIN Over the span of the past three seasons, the Texas Tech soccer program has established a new tradition advancing to the NCAA Championship. Prior to 2012, the Red Raiders had not previously been selected to tournament in the history of the program. Texas Tech is one of two Big 12 programs to advance to the postseason in each of the past three seasons (West Virginia is the other).

RED RAIDERS SCORE BIG CROWDS IN THE POSTSEASON Over the past five seasons, the John Walker Soccer Complex has transformed into one of the top spots in the country to watch a collegiate soccer match. With crowds averaging over 1,000 fans per match, the Red Raiders have ranked among the top 25 teams nationally in attendance each of the past four seasons and will more than likely add to that figure again this year. As great as Red Raider fans have been during the regular season, they have also flocked to the complex in the postseason, averaging 1,430 fans in Tech’s two previous NCAA opening round matches. Texas Tech boasted the second-highest attendance for a first round match in 2012 when 1,738 fans, the sixth-largest crowd in school history, attended the tournament opener against North Texas. #BIG12STRONG A total of six Big 12 squads were selected this season for the NCAA Championship, the conference’s most since 2008. All six Big 12 schools will host first-round contests, the second-highest total among all conferences. The six NCAA bids by the Big 12 this season are tied for third among all conferences as the league finished as the No. 2 rated conference in the nation.

RED RAIDERS WELL RESTED After the wear and tear of an 18-match regular season, Texas Tech will enter the NCAA Championship well rested as Friday evening’s tournament opener will be only the second contest for the Red Raiders since the Oct. 26 regular season finale against Iowa State. Tech previously faced Texas on Nov. 5 after waiting over a week before opening the Big 12 Championship in Kansas City. Since facing Iowa State on Oct. 26, the Red Raiders have waited 19 total days with just one match during that span prior to Friday night’s contest against Prairie View A&M. BECKIE, MURPHY HIGHLIGHT TEXAS TECH’S SUCCESS IN POSTSEASON PLAY Janine Beckie and Alli Murphy have been Texas Tech’s most likely scoring options during its previous trips to the postseason. Beckie, the reigning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, has scored five goals in four career NCAA Championship matches which leads all Red Raiders. Murphy, meanwhile, is the Tech career leader for postseason assists as she has dished out three during that same span. The two will be looked on again this Friday as Tech enters having scored at least two goals in each of its four previous NCAA contests.

QUALITY SCHEDULE HAS RED RAIDERS PREPARED FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP There is no doubt that Texas Tech is well prepared for the NCAA Championship after facing a tough non-conference schedule and then the annual journey through Big 12 play. Even with what head coach Tom Stone describes as “the most difficult schedule we have put together in my eight seasons,” the Red Raiders managed to win 14 contests in another successful regular season. Tech was ranked 12th in the final NCAA RPI poll that factors in strength of schedule and road wins among other aspects. The Red Raiders were ultimately rewarded with a No. 3 seed, marking the first time in program history where Tech has received a regional seed. The Red Raiders were the ONLY school in the country with three true road victories over an opponent currently ranked in the top 25 of the RPI (Notre Dame, California, Kansas).

BIG 12 STANDINGS TEAM West Virginia Oklahoma State Kansas TEXAS TECH Texas Oklahoma Baylor TCU Iowa State

POINTS BIG 12 OVERALL 22 7-0-1 14-2-2 16 5-2-1 10-8-1 15 5-3-0 15-4-0 13 4-3-1 14-3-1 12 4-4-0 10-7-2 10 3-4-1 9-7-3 7 2-5-1 8-8-2 6 1-4-3 8-7-3 3 1-7 7-11-0

2014 PLAYER HONORS JANINE BECKIE • MAC Hermann Trophy Candidate • Preseason All-Big 12 • No. 44 rated player in the country (Top Drawer) • No. 4 rated player in the Big 12 (Top Drawer) • Preseason Second Team All-American (CSM) • Preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of Year (CSM) • Preseason All-Big 12 first team (CSM) • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16) • Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Sept. 16) • ESPNW National Player of the Week (Sept. 17) • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28) • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year • All-Big 12 First Team CASSIE CONARTY • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 9) MADDY CRABTREE • Capital One Academic All-District Second Team HANNAH DEVINE • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 9) • All-Big 12 Second Team JAELENE HINKLE • MAC Hermann Trophy Candidate • Unanimous Preseason All-Big 12 selection • No. 9 rated player in the country (Top Drawer) • No. 2 rated player in the Big 12 (Top Drawer) • Preseason All-America Team (Soccer America) • Preseason Second Team All-American (CSM) • Preseason All-Big 12 first team (CSM) • CollegeSoccer.360 Honor Roll (Sept. 16) • Capital One Academic All-District First Team • All-Big 12 First Team ALEX MARMUREANU • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 21) ALLI MURPHY • Capital One Academic All-District Second Team PAIGE STRAHAN • Preseason All-Big 12 second team (CSM) • All-Big 12 First Team LAUREN WATSON • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16) • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 23) • All-Big 12 Second Team CSM stands for the website, CollegeSportsMadness.com

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2014 TEXAS TECH SOCCER

TOM STONE

Head Coach Eighth Season Duke ‘87 92-53-16 at Texas Tech @TomStone9 THE STONE FILE Hometown: Irving, Texas High School: MacArthur Education: Duke ‘97 (History) Wife: Lindsey Sons: Leyton, Landry Daughter: Lily CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Winningest soccer coach in Texas Tech history.

• Only coach in school history to lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Tournament.

• Led the Red Raiders to their highest Big 12 finish in school history in 2013 (second place).

• Recorded most wins among Big 12 coaches the past two seasons (2012-13).

• Coached a pair of All-Americans in Janine Beckie and Jaelene Hinkle, the first players to ever receive the honor in Texas Tech history.

• Tutored 28 All-Big 12 selections during his tenure.

• Led Texas Tech back to the Big 12 Championship in only his first season, marking first time Tech had made the leauge tournament since 1999.

• Assistant Coach on 2008 U.S. U-20 National Team that won the FIFA World Cup. • Former head coach of the Atlanta Beat in the WUSA (former professional league).

• Wrapped his career with the Atlanta Beat as the winningest coach in the league’s existence.

COACHING EXPERIENCE 1991-00: Colorado Rush (Director of Coaching) 1996: University of Denver (Volunteer Assistant) 1997: Duke (Volunteer Assistant Coach) 2001-03: Atlanta Beat Head Coach (WUSA) 2004-06: TopHat Soccer Club (Technical Director) 2006: Clemson (Assistant Coach) 2007-Present: Texas Tech (Head Coach) STONE YEAR-BY-YEAR YEAR SCHOOL 2007 Texas Tech 2008 Texas Tech 2009 Texas Tech 2010 Texas Tech 2011 Texas Tech 2012 Texas Tech 2013 Texas Tech 2014 Texas Tech Record

OVERALL 7-8-2 8-10-1 8-8-4 11-8-1 10-8-1 16-6-1 18-2-3 14-3-2 92-53-16

THE STONE EFFECT AT TEXAS TECH

BEFORE AFTER

(2000-06) (2007-13) Overall Record 24-104-3 78-50-14 Winning Percentage .195 .599 Conference Record 6-63-1 29-26-9 NCAA Appearances 0 2 Big 12 Champ. Appearances 0 7 All-Big 12 Selections 2 28 Player of the Week Recepients 3 21

RED RAIDERS IN THE BIG 12 / NCAA STATS TEAM STATISTICS Assists Goals Against Average Points Save Percentage Saves Scoring Offense Shutout Percentage Total Assists Total Goals Total Points Won-Lost-Tied Percentage

NCAA Big 12 66th 2nd 36th 3rd 57th 2nd 99th 4th 283rd 7th 54th 2nd 69th 4th 74th 2nd 61st 2nd 67th 2nd 17th 2nd

INDIVIDUALS Janine Beckie Game Winning Goals Points Per Game Goals Per Game Total Goals Total Points Alli Murphy Assists Per Game Total Assists Lauren Watson Goalie Minutes Played Goals Against Average Save Percentage

NCAA

BIG 12

23rd 46th 35th 33rd 50th

1st 1st 1st 1st 1st

11th 11th

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63rd 46th 118th

5th 3rd 4th

BECKIE NEARING ALL-TIME CAREER GOALS RECORD Janine Beckie will enter the NCAA Championship chasing history as the junior is two goals shy of matching Texas Tech career record of 41 that was set by Kristy Frantz (1996-99). Beckie, who leads the Big 12 with 13 goals already this season, has scored in 10 different matches this season, including five of the past nine contests. She recorded her third multiple-goal performance of the year in the regular season finale against Iowa State where Beckie found the back of the net twice and also added an assist. The junior moved into the top five in school history for career goals early this season, passing the likes of Jessica Fuston (2010-13), Amy Rustein (1995-98) and Kristi Patterson (1994-96). Beckie is the only player in school history to record 10 or more goals in at least three seasons as she totaled 14 as a freshman in 2012 and 12 a year ago.

TEXAS TECH CAREER GOAL SCORED LEADERS

1. Kristy Frantz (1996-99).............................................41

2. Janine Beckie (2012-Present)........................... 39

3. Kristi Patterson (1994-96).......................................30

4. Amy Rustein (1995-98)............................................28

5. Jessica Fuston (2010-13).........................................27

6. Dawn Ward (2009-12)..............................................24

Brittney Harrison (2006-09)....................................24 MURPHY SNAPS TEXAS TECH SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS RECORD Alli Murphy placed her named atop the Texas Tech record book in the season finale against Iowa State as the junior recorded a pair of assists in the 6-1 rout, giving her 12 now for the season. Her 12 assists break the previous single-season school record of 11 that was set by former Red Raider great Taylor Lytle during the 2009 season. Murphy is among the national leaders for assists this season as she ranks 11th for total assists and assists per match.

TEXAS TECH SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS LEADERS

1. Alli Murphy (2014)........................................................... 12

2. Taylor Lytle (2009)........................................................... 11

3. Kristi Patterson (1994) / Kristy Frantz (1996).............9 WATSON CLOSING IN ON ONE OF BEST SEASONS FOR A RED RAIDER GOALKEEPER With three shutouts in the final four matches of the regular season, Lauren Watson is now among the elite goalkeepers in Texas Tech history as the sophomore has eight shutouts already this year which is tied for second all-time in single-season school history. Watson’s eight shutouts, two of which that have come against ranked opponents, are tied with Stephanie Carter’s total from the 1995 season. Even if Tech were to reach the title game of the NCAA Championship, Watson would not be able to catch record holder Victoria Esson, who posted 15 shutouts a year ago which ranked among the national leaders.

TEXAS TECH SINGLE-SEASON SHUTOUT LEADERS

1. Victoria Esson (2013)...................................................... 15

2. Stephanie Carter (1995)...................................................8 Lauren Watson (2014)...............................................8

3. Victoria Esson (2011-12)...................................................7 STRAHAN MOVES INTO TOP 10 ALL-TIME FOR GOALS SCORED Paige Strahan’s goal in just the fourth minute at West Virginia moved the senior into the top-10 in Texas Tech history as she connected on the 15th of her career against the Mountaineers. She added her 16th career goal late in the first half against TCU which proved to be the game-winner in Tech’s 1-0 victory. Strahan, a former walk-on who quickly turned into one of Tech’s leaders in the midfield, is tied for ninth all-time in program history with Julie Clement (1994-96) and Melanie Brosnahan (2000-01). The goal against TCU was the fourth of the season for Strahan, who also ranks sixth for game-winning goals and 10th for career assists.

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2014 TEXAS TECH SOCCER BECKIE HIGHLIGHTS TEXAS TECH’S SIX ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS Texas Tech junior Janine Beckie was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, highlighting six total selections to the All-Big 12 teams that were determined in a vote of the conference coaches. In addition to being named as the league’s top offensive performer, Beckie was also an All-Big 12 honoree as she joined fellow teammates Jaelene Hinkle and Paige Strahan on the first team. Tech’s three first team selections were tied with Kansas and West Virginia for the conference high. Hannah Devine and Lauren Watson made up Tech’s two selections on the second team while Cassie Conarty rounded out the group as a member of the all-newcomer team. The six total selections marked the third-straight season where the Red Raiders have at least five honorees.

TEXAS TECH ALL-BIG 12 NOTES

- Beckie is the first Red Raider in school history to be named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.

- Beckie and Hinkle were both named to the first team for the third-consecutive season, the longest streak in school history.

- Hinkle is the only Red Raider in school history to be named to one of the All-Big 12 teams in each of her four seasons (2011 second team; first team in 2012-14).

- The trio of Beckie, Hinkle and Strahan represent three of just five players in school history who have earned a mention on either the first or second team three times in a career, joining the likes of Kristy Frantz and Taylor Lytle.

- Devine and Watson were both honored for the first time in their respective careers, giving Tech five total first or second team selections which tied West Virginia for the most in the conference.

- Conarty is the 12th Red Raider to be recognized on the newcomer team since the 2007 season, Stone’s first year guiding the Red Raiders. Only Texas has garnered more honorees during that span as the Longhorns have combined for 13 overall.

RED RAIDERS ARE SAFE WHEN BECKIE SCORES Texas Tech is usually safe when Janine Beckie scores a goal in the match as the Red Raiders are 26-3-2 when the junior finds the back of the net during her career. Since the start of the 2013 season, Tech is 17-1-2 when Beckie scores, including a 8-1-1 mark so far this season. West Virginia is lone opponent to defeat the Red Raiders during that span as Beckie scored late in a 4-2 loss to the Mountaineers.

SECOND HALF BELONGS TO THE RED RAIDERS Through 19 matches so far this season, Texas Tech has made it a point to dominate the second half. The Red Raiders, behind leading goal scorer Janine Beckie, have totaled 18 second half goals so far this season while allowing just three, one of which that came Sept. 28 against UC Riverside. West Virginia connected on the other two second-half goal in a 4-2 victory in Morgantown. Dating back to the start of the 2012 season, Tech is outscoring opponents 68-21 in the second half.

RED RAIDERS LEAD THE BIG 12 FOR VICTORIES OVER LAST TWO SEASONS Winning has pretty much become contagious for the Red Raiders the past two-plus seasons under Tom Stone. During that stretch, Texas Tech has recorded 48 victories and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championship in each of the last two seasons. This is the winningest stretch for the Red Raiders in school history as Tech won 16 matches in 2012 and then followed up with a school-record 18 victories a year ago. That success has made Tech the winningest Big 12 program the past two-plus seasons as the Red Raiders lead all league opponents in victories as West Virginia has totaled 41 victories while Baylor has recorded 38 during that span.

TOTAL VICTORIES AMONG BIG 12 PROGRAMS (2012-PRESENT)

Team Total Victories

Texas Tech 48

West Virginia 43 Baylor 39 Texas 35 Kansas 32

Oklahoma State 29

Iowa State 26 TCU 21

Oklahoma 21 RED RAIDERS RANK AMONG NCAA LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE Since the John Walker Soccer Complex opened in 2008, Red Raider fans have flocked to the complex, setting numerous attendance records during that span. Texas Tech had another capacity crowd on Oct. 3 when the Red Raiders hosted Oklahoma in front of 1,753 fans, the fifth-largest crowd in complex history. Tech currently ranks 20th in the country, averaging 1,106 fans per match which puts the Red Raiders on pace to finish in the top-25 in attendance for the fifth-consecutive season. Behind the support from Red Raider fans, Tech is 5015-3 all-time at the John Walker Soccer Complex, including a near-perfect 7-1-1 mark this season.

THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE The John Walker Soccer Complex has become quite the home-field advantage for the Red Raiders the past few seasons. Texas Tech, behind its normal raucous crowd, is an impressive 26-3-1 at home since 2012 with victories over in-state rival Texas and Big 12 regular season champion West Virginia during that stretch. The Red Raiders snapped the single-season school record with 10 home victories in 2013, breaking the previous mark of nine set just the year before.

NSCAA TOP-25 NO. SCHOOL 1.

UCLA (32) 2.

Florida State (1) 3.

Stanford 4.

Virginia 5.

Texas A&M 6.

North Carolina 7.

West Virginia 8.

Penn State 9.

Wisconsin 10. Florida 11. Pepperdine 12. Notre Dame 13. DePaul 14. Virginia Tech 15. BYU 16. Texas Tech 17. Kentucky 18. South Carolina 19. Kansas 20. California 21. Central Florida 22. Clemson 23. Washington State 24. Washington 25. Rutgers

PTS 824 792 748 724 688 658 608 590 550 522 496 473 418 374 335 306 288 270 222 183 164 135 89 68 51

LW 1 2 3 4 7 5 9 6 11 8 12 10 13 14 15 16 20 17 18 22 19 21 24 RV 23

Others receiving votes: Connecticut (29), Michigan (21), Florida Gulf Coast (15), Northeastern (15), Santa Clara (14), Buffalo (12), Arizona State (10), Iowa (7), Oklahoma (6), USC (6), Georgetown (3), Texas (3), Boston (3), La Salle (2), Colgate (2), San Diego (1).

SOCCER AMERICA TOP-25 NO. SCHOOL 1.

UCLA 2.

Florida State 3. Stanford 4.

Virginia 5.

Texas A&M 6.

North Carolina 7.

DePaul 8. Wisconsin 9.

West Virginia 10. Penn State 11. Notre Dame 12. Pepperdine 13. Florida 14. Kentucky 15. Georgetown 16. Central Florida 17. Virginia Tech 18. Texas Tech 19. BYU 20. Clemson 21. Rutgers 22. Southern California 23. California 24. South Carolina 25. Connecticut

RECORD 18-0-2 18-1-1 17-1-2 18-2-0 18-2-2 12-3-2 16-0-4 18-2-2 16-2-3 17-3-0 12-5-2 15-2-3 14-4-1 15-6-0 11-4-5 16-4-0 14-5-0 14-3-2 13-4-3 13-3-2 12-5-1 13-5-2 13-5-2 13-5-3 13-4-5

LW 1 2 3 4 9 5 7 12 11 6 8 13 10 17 20 14 15 15 18 21 19 22 23 24 NR

BOLD indicates 2014 opponents.

BECKIE AGAIN NAMED BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Texas Tech junior forward Janine Beckie was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 28 after her three goal performance in wins over Baylor and Iowa State. This is the second time this season where

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TEXAS TECH IN THE TOP-25 DATE Preseason Aug. 26 Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11

NSCAA 17 16 10 7 6 6 10 15 22 19 18 16 16

SA TDS RPI 22 15 12 14 8 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 9 13 9 9 22 15 19 NR 19 19 19 15 12 16 14 10 16 13 10 18 16 12

MISCELLANEOUS RANKING RECORDS: Consecutive weeks in top-25.........................................23 Highest Ranking (NSCAA)....................No. 6 (Sept. 23)* Highest Ranking (Soccer America)....No. 7 (Sept. 23)* Highest Ranking (Top Drawer)...........No. 7 (Sept. 23)* * indicates most recent

TOP DRAWER SOCCER TOP-25 NO. SCHOOL 1.

UCLA 2.

Florida State 3. Stanford 4.

Virginia 5.

Texas A&M 6.

North Carolina 7.

West Virginia 8.

Penn State 9. Wisconsin 10. Florida 11. Pepperdine 12. Notre Dame 13. DePaul 14. Virginia Tech 15. BYU 16. Texas Tech 17. Kentucky 18. South Carolina 19. Kentucky 20. California 21. Central Florida 22. Clemson 23. Washington State 24. Washington 25. Rutgers

RECORD 18-0-2 18-1-1 17-1-2 18-2-0 18-2-2 12-3-2 16-2-3 17-3-0 18-2-2 14-4-1 15-2-3 12-5-2 16-0-4 14-5-0 13-4-3 14-3-2 15-6-0 13-5-3 15-5-0 13-5-2 16-4-0 13-3-2 10-4-4 12-6-2 12-5-1

Beckie has been named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week as she also earned the honor on Sept.

16. It is the sixth time in her career where she has received a Big 12 weekly award. Beckie was the driving force for a Red Raider attack that totaled seven goals in two matches, three of which that came off the foot of Beckie. She scored the game-winner in Tech’s 1-0 victory over Baylor and then followed up with a pair of goals and an assist in a 6-1 rout of Iowa State.

MARMUREANU NAMED BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK Texas Tech freshman forward Alex Marmureanu was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Oct. 21 after she scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at No. 9 Kansas. Marmureanu connected on her first career goal with less than a minute remaining before the half as she took advantage of a Kansas miscue in the box as the Jayhawks failed to clear a Tech cross from the left side. The Los Angeles native was waiting towards the top of the box where she fired to the upper right post, giving the Red Raiders a 1-0 lead at the break they would not relinquish. The goal came just 27 seconds after Marmureanu entered the match late in the half. Marmureanu is the first Red Raider to be named the Big 12’s Newcomer of the Week since teammate Janine Beckie earned the honor on Sept. 18, 2012. She is the fourth Red Raider to earn a Big 12 weekly award this season, joining Beckie, Hannah Devine and Lauren Watson.

ALL STREAKS EVENTUALLY COME TO AN END Texas Tech’s 24-match unbeaten streak finally came to an end Sept. 26 when Texas handed the Red Raiders a 1-0 overtime loss in Austin. The setback marked Tech’s first regular season loss since falling 3-2 to Long Beach State on Sept. 1 of last year following a last-second goal that shocked the then-No. 23 Red Raiders at home.

Since that night, Tech was previously 21-0-2 in regular season matches, marking the longest unbeaten streak in regular season matches in school history.

WATSON REPEATS AS BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Texas Tech sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Watson earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second-consecutive week on Sept. 23, the conference office announced. Watson recorded her fifth shutout already this season in a 1-0 victory over Memphis at the Oklahoma State Invitational. She recorded a career-high eight saves in the win that continued Tech’s undefeated 9-0 start to the season. The Woodlands, Texas native faced 29 shots combined last weekend against both Tulsa and Memphis as she surrendered just one goal during that time. It was just the fourth goal allowed by the Tech defense so far this season. Watson currently leads the Big 12 and ranks 12th nationally in goals-against average (0.42). Her five shutouts are tied for the conference high as well as Tech has boosted one of the league’s top defenses through the first month of the season.

RED RAIDERS KNOCK OFF ANOTHER RANKED OPPONENT IN NO. 11 CAL Texas Tech defeated its second ranked opponent of the season when the Red Raiders traveled to down No. 11 California, 1-0, on Sept. 12 in Berkeley. Janine Beckie connected on the game-winning goal against the Golden Bears, heading in an Alli Murphy corner kick with just 32 seconds remaining in double overtime. Tech previously topped then-No. 11 Notre Dame, 2-1, on Aug. 29 this year, marking the highest-ranked opponent the Red Raiders have ever defeated on the road. Tech is now 4-2 all-time against ranked non-conference opponents under eighth-year head coach Tom Stone.

TEXAS TECH AGAINST RANKED NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS UNDER TOM STONE Date Opponent Result

Sept. 11, 2009 No. 25 Vanderbilt W, 3-1

Sept, 4, 2010 at No. 3 Notre Dame L, 0-2

Sept. 2, 2011 at No. 13 Florida L, 0-3

Sept. 14, 2012 at No. 20 Long Beach State W, 3-2 (2OT)

Aug. 29, 2014 at No. 11 Notre Dame W, 2-1

Sept. 12, 2014 at No. 11 California W, 1-0 (2OT) BECKIE NAMED ESPNW NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Texas Tech junior forward Janine Beckie added yet another honor to her collection on Sept. 16 as she was named the ESPNW National Player of the Week following her two goal performance against California and Abilene Christian. Beckie connected on the game-winning goal in both victories which improved the Red Raiders to 7-0 on the year, their best start to a season in school history. Tech is one of just seven teams nationally with a perfect record. This is the second national honor for Beckie so far in her career as she was named the NSCAA National Player of the Week as a freshman on Oct. 31, 2012. She is the only Red Raider in school history to garner a national player of the week award.

BECKIE, WATSON EARN BIG 12 WEEKLY AWARDS Following a pair of victories against No. 11 California and Abilene Christian, Texas Tech junior forward Janine Beckie was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16 while sophomore goalkeeper Lauren

WEEKLY SCHEDULE THURSDAY 13

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Watson is tied for the Big 12 lead in shutouts so far this year and also leads the conference in goals against average as well, ranking 14th nationally in the latest NCAA rankings that were released Monday.

DEVINE NAMED BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Texas Tech junior midfielder Hannah Devine was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept.

9 following her three goal performance in wins over Sam Houston State and Portland State. This is the first weekly honor of Devine’s career and the first for a Red Raider this season. Tech had not previously garnered Offensive Player of the Week honors since Oct. 29 last year when Janine Beckie received the accolade. Devine was crucial in keeping the Red Raiders undefeated, scoring a pair of goals in a 3-1 victory over Sam Houston State before nailing the lone goal in a 1-0 double-overtime win over Portland State.

BECKIE BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD FOR CAREER GAME-WINNING GOALS Janine Beckie’s goal with 32 seconds remaining in double overtime at Cal broke the Texas Tech career record for game-winners as it was her 12th in just two-plus seasons as a Red Raider. Beckie added another game-winner in the final game of the weekend against Abilene Christian, marking the 13th of her career.

She broke the previous record of 11 set by Kristi Patterson (1994-96) and former teammate Jessica Fuston (2010-13). Her goal against ACU also moved her into a tie for second all-time in total goals as Beckie now has 30 in just over two seasons.

STRAHAN COMES IN CLUTCH WHEN NEEDED During her four seasons as a Red Raider, Paige Strahan has found a way to be at the right place at the right time. That habit occurred once again on Aug. 31 when she tapped in the game-winning goal in Texas Tech’s 2-1 overtime victory over Eastern Washington. It was the 13th goal of Strahan’s career and seventh that went for a game-winner. Her seven career game-winning goals now rank fourth all-time at Texas Tech.

RED RAIDERS OPEN 2014 WITH 5-0 ROUT OF ORAL ROBERTS Texas Tech opened its season with a victory for the seventh-straight year on Aug. 24 with a 5-0 rout over Oral Roberts at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Five different Red Raiders scored in the rout, beginning with Megan McCullough in just the eighth minute. Janine Beckie (12th minute) and Hannah Devine (21st minute) both added first-half goals to give Tech a 3-0 lead at the half before Caity Heap and Cassie Conarty connected on goals of their own over the final 45 minutes. The shutout victory was Tech’s sixth in its last seven season openers as the Red Raiders out-scoring opponents by an impressive 21-1 margin during that stretch. The 5-0 rout also matched the largest margin of victory for Tech all-time in a season opener.

MURPHY SETS TEXAS TECH ASSISTS RECORD IN SEASON OPENER Alli Murphy etched her name into the Texas Tech record book in the season-opening rout of Oral Roberts where the junior midfielder dished out a single-match record four assists. Murphy contributed to Tech’s final four goals in its 5-0 victory as she found four different Red Raiders for goals. Her four assists broke the previous Tech single-match record of three that was set by former Red Raider great Taylor Lytle on Sept. 4, 2009, at TCU. Murphy, despite just playing one match during the first weekend of the season, ended the week as the Big 12 leader for assists and among the conference leaders for points.

MCCULLOUGH, CONARTY CONNECT ON FIRST CAREER GOALS AGAINST ORU The Oral Roberts victory was a special one for sophomore defender Meaghan McCullough and freshman defender Cassie Conarty who both scored their first career goal in the rout. McCullough connected on the first of five goals for the Red Raiders, taking a failed clear attempt by Oral Roberts and firing a liner from 24 yards out that sailed up and over ORU goalkeeper Maddie Rhodes. Conarty, meanwhile, added Tech’s final goal as she knocked in an Alli Murphy corner kick in the 7th minute. She was the first Red Raider freshman to score in a season opener since Janine Beckie did so in 2012 against Idaho.

BECKIE, HINKLE NAMED TO MAC HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST Janine Beckie and Jaelene Hinkle received the highest preseason honor in college soccer earlier this summer when the two Red Raiders were named to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list. Tech was one of just six programs nationally with multiple players on the watch list that totaled 35 women’s players overall, three of which that came from the Big 12 Conference. This is the second-straight season where Beckie has been named to the watch list. Hinkle, meanwhile, is a candidate for the first time in her career. The 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy, which is presented annually to the top player in the country, will be presented Jan. 9 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.

WATSON GARNERS FIRST CAREER START, SHUTOUT AGAINST ORAL ROBERTS Texas Tech sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Watson earned her first career start in front of the net against Oral Roberts where she played all 90 minutes in the 5-0 victory. The shutout was the first in Watson’s career as she collected two saves in the rout. Watson joined former Tech goalkeeper Victoria Esson (2011-13) as the only Red Raiders to record a shutout in their first career start during the Tom Stone era (2007-present).

FEARLESS FANS PACK JOHN WALKER SOCCER COMPLEX FOR SEASON OPENER Since the John Walker Complex opened in 2008, large crowds have become quite normal as Texas Tech has averaged roughly 1,000 fans each of the past four seasons. That statement was true again this past Sun-

TEXAS TECH RECORD WHEN...

Overall............................................................................14-3-2 Big 12................................................................................ 4-3-1 Non-Conference.........................................................10-0-0 Postseason...................................................................... 0-0-1 at John Walker Soccer Complex.............................. 7-1-1 on the Road.................................................................... 4-2-0 at a Neutral Site............................................................. 3-0-1 Night matches............................................................... 7-3-0 Day matches................................................................... 7-0-2 on Friday evenings....................................................... 6-3-0 on Friday evenings at home..................................... 2-1-0 on Friday evenings on the road.............................. 3-2-0 on Friday evenings at neutral site.......................... 1-0-0 on Sundays..................................................................... 8-0-1 on Sundays at home.................................................... 5-0-1 on Sundays on the road............................................. 1-0-0 on Sundays at a neutral site..................................... 2-0-0 August.............................................................................. 3-0-0 September...................................................................... 7-1-0 October............................................................................ 4-2-1 November....................................................................... 0-0-1 Wearing Red Uniforms............................................... 3-1-0 Wearing Black Uniforms............................................. 4-1-0 Wearing Gray Uniforms.............................................. 2-0-1 Wearing Lone Star Pride Uniforms (White)......... 5-1-1 Against Top-25 Teams................................................. 3-1-0 Against Top-15 Teams................................................. 3-0-0 Against Top-10 Teams................................................. 1-0-0 Against Top-5 Teams................................................... 0-0-0 Leading at Halftime..................................................... 6-0-0 Tied at Halftime............................................................. 6-2-0 Trailing at Halftime...................................................... 2-1-2 In Overtime matches................................................... 1-1-0 In Double-Overtime matches.................................. 2-1-2 Forced to Penalty Kicks (postseason only).......... 0-0-0 Scoring no goals........................................................... 0-2-0 Scoring only one goal................................................. 6-0-2 Scoring two or fewer goals....................................... 3-1-0 Scoring three or fewer goals.................................... 3-0-0 Scoring four or more goals....................................... 2-0-0 Allowing no goals........................................................ 8-0-0 Allowing only one goal.............................................. 5-2-2 Allowing two goals...................................................... 1-0-0 Allowing three goals................................................... 0-0-0 Allowing four or more goals..................................... 0-1-0 Attempting More Shots...........................................11-2-1 Attempting Fewer Shots............................................ 3-1-1 Tied for Total Shots...................................................... 0-0-0 Attempting More Corner Kicks..............................10-1-2 Attempting Fewer Corner Kicks.............................. 3-1-0 Tied for Corner Kicks................................................... 1-1-0 Recording More Saves................................................ 5-1-1 Recording Fewer Saves.............................................. 9-2-1 Tied for Saves................................................................. 0-0-0

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HOME OPENER ATTENDANCE (LAST FOUR SEASONS) Year Opponent Attendance

2014 Oral Roberts 1,811

2013 Colorado State 1,584

2012 Idaho 1,117

2011 Rice 1,215

2010 TCU 1,356 BECKIE SHINES AT FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP Janine Beckie made what she described as a “trip of a lifetime” this past summer. Beckie, arguably one of the top forwards in the collegiate game, shined on the international stage as she helped lead Canada to the quarterfinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup behind a pair of goals in the pool play stage. Beckie led all Canada players with two goals in the tournament, the first coming in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Finland that all but kept Canada’s chances of advancing alive. She also provided the game-winning assist in the Finland victory.

Beckie provided the game-winning goal herself in her next outing, a 1-0 victory over North Korea that advanced Canada past the pool play round and into the knockout stage. Germany ended Canada’s tournament run in the quarterfinals, though, with a 2-0 victory. Beckie was able to play in front of several friends and family throughout the tournament as Canada was the host country for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. BECKIE, HINKLE GARNER PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 HONORS In addition to being named to the prestigious MAC Hermann Trophy watch list, Janine Beckie and Jalene Hinkle were both honored as preseason All-Big 12 selections by the conference coaches. Hinkle, who has received numerous preseason accolades this summer, was a unanimous selection to the team for the second-straight season after leading the Red Raiders with a team-high six assists a year ago. She and Beckie were both preseason All-Big 12 selections a year ago as well before eventually earning All-Big 12 first team honors at the end of the year.

STRAHAN GOES FROM FRESHMAN WALK-ON TO SENIOR CAPTAIN When Paige Strahan began preseason practice as a freshman in 2011, she was a walk-on out of Odessa Permian High School who was looking to not just make the team but instead earn a starting spot right away. Strahan, a relatively unknown at the time, earned that start in the 2011 season opener against Rice.

Since then, she has been a regular on the field for the Red Raiders, totaling 12 goals and seven assists during that span. Her efforts were rewarded prior to this season as she and fellow senior Jaelene Hinkle were elected captains, a high honor for a Red Raider playing under Tom Stone.

HINKLE RATED NO. 9 PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY BY TOP DRAWER SOCCER Jaelene Hinkle was rated as the ninth-best player in the country prior to the season by the soccer website TopDrawerSoccer.com. Hinkle, who was also honored on Soccer America’s Preseason All-America squad, was the third-highest ranked defender on Top Drawer’s list of the top-100 players in the country. Tech was one of just 10 programs nationally and the only one from the Big 12 Conference to have two players ranked in the top 50 as Janine Beckie also made the list at No. 44 overall.

RED RAIDERS PICKED SECOND IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL Following the best season in school history, Texas Tech was picked to once again finish second in the Big 12 Preseason Poll released earlier this summer. This is the second-straight season where the Red Raiders have been slotted in second place by the conference coaches. Tech followed through with its 2013 preseason prediction as the Red Raiders finished 6-0-2 in Big 12 play, ending the year a point back of preseason favorite West Virginia for the Big 12 regular season title.

BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL Rank Team Points

1.

West Virginia 64

2.

Texas Tech 56

3.

Oklahoma State 49

4.

Baylor 40 5.

Texas 39 6.

Kansas 25 7.

TCU 21

8.

Iowa State 16

9.

Oklahoma 14

RED RAIDERS RETURNERS BY THE NUMBERS Texas Tech returns the bulk of its roster from a year ago, including its top scorers in Janine Beckie, Alli Murphy, Caity Heap and Briana Rohmer. Below are the percentages per statistical group of returning Red Raiders:

PERCENTAGE OF STATS RETURNING (OFFENSIVE)

Statistic Percentage Returning Goals 79 Assists 78 Points 79 Shots 76 Shots-on-Goal 75

Game-Winning Goals 72 DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE While the Red Raiders have become known for their offense the past several years, it was their effort on the defensive end last season that boosted the Red Raiders to an 18-2-3 season and another trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Red Raiders posted a school-record 17 shutouts in 2013, ranking second nationally for shutout percentage and third for goals-against average after allowing only nine goals all season. Tech shut out 17 of its 23 opponents on the year for a .739 shutout percentage. Tech’s nine goals allowed matched the Big 12 record for fewest in a season that previously belonged to Oklahoma State from 2011.

NARVAIZ RETURNS FROM KNEE INJURY Lubbock native Taylor Narvaiz will return to the field this fall after missing the entire 2013 season due to a preseason knee injury. Narvaiz, who redshirted the 2013 season, will have two years of eligibility remaining. She combined to play 36 matches while making 18 starts during the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

TEXAS TECH SET FOR PAIR OF ROAD MATCHES AT NOTRE DAME, CAL The Red Raiders will face a pair of challenging road tests early in the season with trips to California and Notre Dame both on the docket. The two road matches should benefit Texas Tech late in the year when the ratings percentage index (RPI) rankings are released by the NCAA. Both Cal and Notre Dame regularly rank among the top women’s programs in the country with Notre Dame debuting at No. 16 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire rankings while Cal is receiving votes in the poll as well. The Notre Dame match will mark the first time the Red Raiders have battled a ranked opponent on the road since topping No. 20 Long Beach State on Sept. 14, 2012.

TEXAS TECH, WEST VIRGINIA SELECTED TO APPEAR ON NSCAATV Texas Tech’s match at West Virginia on Oct. 10 was selected this summer to appear on NSCAATV.com, marking one of just five women’s contests nationally to be selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and the only one to feature a pair of Big 12 programs. This is the third time in the past four seasons where the NSCAA has selected a Texas Tech match for its television schedule. The Red Raiders previously faced Oklahoma State during both the 2011 and 2012 seasons as the NSCAA Game of the Week.

RED RAIDERS WELCOME NINE NEWCOMERS TO 2014 ROSTER Texas Tech welcomed nine newcomers to its roster this fall, another talented recruiting class from Tom Stone, who has landed several of the nation’s top recruits in recent years. The class of newcomers features eight freshmen and one transfer in Makenzie Kahan, who arrives at Tech as a junior following two seasons at Oklahoma State. Several freshmen are expected to contribute right away, notably Sara Summers, a native of University Park, Texas, who was a consistent scoring threat during preseason practices. The true freshmen class also includes goalkeepers Carissa Christensen and Marissa Torres, forwards Natalie Schmutz and Alex Marmureanu, midfielder Haleigh Fancher as well as defenders Rebekah O’Brien and Cassie Conarty.

TEXAS TECH TOPS DENVER IN LONE EXHIBITION MATCH No. 17 Texas Tech overcame an early first-half deficit with goals from Paige Strahan and Alli Murphy on Aug. 16 to top No. 25 Denver, 2-1, in the lone exhibition match of the preseason. The victory marked the second-straight year where the Red Raiders have defeated a talented Denver squad in preseason action. Denver got on the board first in just the third minute, but Tech responded shortly after with Strahan finding the back of the net in the 18th minute. Tech had to wait until midway through the second half for Murphy to connect on the game-winner in the 71st minute of play. Denver wrapped the 2013 season with 18 victories en route to advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY YEAR SEED 2012

1 2013

4

OPPONENT North Texas Florida State Minnesota Texas A&M

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS RESULT W, 2-0 L, 2-3 (OT) W, 3-0 T, 2-2

SITE Lubbock, Texas Tallahassee, Fla. Lubbock, Texas Chapel Hill, N.C.

TEAM RECORDS Most Goals Scored...........................................................................3, twice, vs. Minnesota (2013), vs. Texas A&M (2013) First Half Goals........................................................................................................................................... 2, vs. Minnesota (2013) Second Half Goals..........................................................................2, twice, vs. North Texas (2012), vs. Texas A&M (2013) Most Assists................................................................................... 2, twice, vs. North Texas (2012), at Florida State (2012) First Half Assists.......................................................................................................................................1, at Florida State (2012) Second Half Assists................................................................................................................................2, vs. North Texas (2012) Most Points................................................................................................................................................. 7, vs. Minnesota (2013) First Half Points.......................................................................................................................................... 4, vs. Minnesota (2013) Second Half Points.................................................................................................................................6, vs. North Texas (2012) Largest Margin of Victory...................................................................................................................... 3, vs. Minnesota (2013) Largest Margin of Defeat.....................................................................................................................1, at Florida State (2012) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Goals................................................................................................................................................................................2, three times ............................... Janine Beckie vs. Minnesota (2013), Florida State (2012) & Dawn Ward vs. North Texas (2012) Assists.......................................................................................................................................................................... 1, several times Points...............................................................................................................................................................................4, three times ............................... Janine Beckie vs. Minnesota (2013), Florida State (2012) & Dawn Ward vs. North Texas (2012) Shots............................................................................................................................. 7, Janine Beckie vs. Florida State (2012) Shots on goal...................................................................................................................5, Dawn Ward vs. North Texas (2012) Saves..............................................................................................................................10, Victoria Esson vs. Texas A&M (2013) CAREER LEADERS GOALS Janine Beckie......................................................................... 5 Dawn Ward............................................................................. 2 Kansas Bayly........................................................................... 1 Briana Rohmer....................................................................... 1 ASSISTS Alli Murphy............................................................................. 3 Janine Beckie......................................................................... 1 Jessica Fuston........................................................................ 1 Jaelene Hinkle....................................................................... 1 POINTS Janine Beckie.......................................................................14 Dawn Ward............................................................................. 4 Alli Murphy............................................................................. 3 Briana Rohmer....................................................................... 2 Kansas Bayly........................................................................... 2

SHOTS TAKEN Janine Beckie.......................................................................18 Briana Rohmer....................................................................... 6 Dawn Ward............................................................................. 5 Hannah Devine..................................................................... 4 Jessica Disabella................................................................... 4 Jessica Fuston........................................................................ 4

RECORD BASED OFF SITE At Home.....................................................................................2-0-0 Road Matches.........................................................................0-1-0 Neutral Sites.............................................................................0-0-1 RECORD BASED OFF SITE LOCATION Lubbock, Texas.......................................................................2-0-0 Chapel Hill, N.C.......................................................................0-0-1 Tallahassee, Fla........................................................................0-1-0 RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS Florida State.............................................................................0-1-0 Minnesota.................................................................................1-0-0 North Texas...............................................................................1-0-0 Texas A&M................................................................................0-0-1 RECORD BY CONFERENCE Atlantic Coast (ACC).............................................................0-1-0 Big Ten........................................................................................1-0-0 Conference USA.....................................................................1-0-0 Southeastern (SEC)...............................................................0-0-1 RECORD AGAINST REGIONAL SEEDS No. 1.............................................................................................0-1-0 No. 2.............................................................................................0-0-0 No. 3.............................................................................................0-0-0 No. 4.............................................................................................0-0-1 RECORD BY HEAD COACH Tom Stone.................................................................................2-1-1 JOHN WALKER COMPLEX NCAA ATTENDANCE North Texas (2012)............................................................... 1,738 Minnesota (2013)................................................................. 1,123

SHOTS ON GOAL Janine Beckie.......................................................................10 Dawn Ward............................................................................. 5 Hannah Devine..................................................................... 3 Jessica Fuston........................................................................ 3 Briana Rohmer....................................................................... 3

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2014 RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE OVERALL CONF ATT. Aug 24, 2014 ORAL ROBERTS W 5-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1811

Aug 29, 2014 at #11 Notre Dame W 2-1 2-0-0 0-0-0 2603

Aug 31, 2014 vs Eastern Michigan W OT 2-1 3-0-0 0-0-0 0

Sep 05, 2014 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 3-1 4-0-0 0-0-0 802

Sep 07, 2014 PORTLAND STATE W O2 1-0 5-0-0 0-0-0 630 Sep 12, 2014 at #11 California W O2 1-0 6-0-0 0-0-0 0 Sep 14, 2014 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W 2-0 7-0-0 0-0-0 824

Sep 19, 2014 vs Tulsa W 3-1 8-0-0 0-0-0 111

Sep 21, 2014 vs Memphis W 1-0 9-0-0 0-0-0 77 Sep 26, 2014 at Texas* L OT 0-1 9-1-0 0-1-0 1472 Sep 28, 2014 UC RIVERSIDE W 3-2 10-1-0 0-1-0 1002

Oct 03, 2014 OKLAHOMA* L O2 0-1 10-2-0 0-2-0 1753 Oct 05, 2014 OKLAHOMA STATE* T O2 1-1 10-2-1 0-2-1 843 Oct 10, 2014 at #17 West Virginia* L 2-4 10-3-1 0-3-1 700 Oct 17, 2014 at #9 Kansas* W 1-0 11-3-1 1-3-1 1453 Oct 19, 2014 at TCU* W 1-0 12-3-1 2-3-1 1690 Oct 24, 2014 BAYLOR* W 1-0 13-3-1 3-3-1 1468 Oct 26, 2014 IOWA STATE* W 6-1 14-3-1 4-3-1 822

Nov 05, 2014 vs Texas T O2 1-1 14-3-2 4-3-1 892 TEAM RECORD W-L-T Overall: 14-3-2 Conference: 4-3-1 Home: 7-1-1 Away: 4-2-0 Neutral: 3-0-1 Overtime: 3-2-2

ATTENDANCE Total: Home: Away: Neutral:

GOALS SCORED McCullough, Meagan (unassisted) [#0] Beckie, Janine (Murphy, Alli) Devine, Hannah (Murphy, Alli) Heap, Caity (Murphy, Alli) Conarty, Cassie (Murphy, Alli) Devine, Hannah (Hinkle, Jaelene) Beckie, Janine (unassisted) Rohmer, Briana (unassisted) Strahan, Paige (McCullough, Meagan) Devine, Hannah (Murphy, Alli) Devine, Hannah (Murphy, Alli) Murphy, Alli (Beckie, Janine) Devine, Hannah (Murphy, Alli) Beckie, Janine (Murphy, Alli) Beckie, Janine (Murphy, Alli) Strahan, Paige (McCullough, Meagan) Beckie, Janine (penalty kick) Heap, Caity (Murphy, Alli) Beckie, Janine (Crabtree, Maddy) Murphy, Alli (Strahan, Paige) Beckie, Janine (Heap, Caity;Strahan, Paige) Heap, Caity (Strahan, Paige) Beckie, Janine (Hinkle, Jaelene;Heap, Caity) Beckie, Janine (McCullough, Meagan) Strahan, Paige (Devine, Hannah) Marmureanu, Alex (unassisted) Strahan, Paige (Beckie, Janine) Beckie, Janine (unassisted) Beckie, Janine (McCullough, Meagan) Casey, Ashley (Beckie, Janine) Murphy, Alli (unassisted) Summers, Sara (Hinkle, Jaelene) Beckie, Janine (Murphy, Alli) Devine, Hannah (Murphy, Alli) McCullough, Meagan (unassisted)

DATES TOTAL AVERAGE 19 18953 998 9 9955 1106 6 7918 1320 4 1080 270

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2014 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ## 12 8 9 24 10 14 15 25 26 20 11 7 23 5 29 22 16 13

PLAYER Beckie, Janine Murphy, Alli Devine, Hannah Strahan, Paige Heap, Caity McCullough, Meagan Hinkle, Jaelene Summers, Sara Casey, Ashley Conarty, Cassie Rohmer, Briana Marmureanu, Alex Crabtree, Maddy Inman, Erin Dapaah, Jade O’Brien, Rebekah Jenkins, Bridgett Sorrells, Stephanie

4 3 33 27 21 19 18 6

Schmutz, Natalie Fancher, Haleigh Schunk, Hattie Pirkey, Kendyl Hale, Bethany Narvaiz, Taylor Romanelli, Alex Jacobs, Alyssa Total Opponents

GP-GS 19-19 19-19 19-19 18-18 18-18 19-16 19-19 11-0 16-5 15-7 8-6 12-0 19-7 19-5 8-8 15-6 17-16 9-0

MIN 1526 1626 1718 1434 1421 1404 1678 242 464 840 363 160 912 890 628 624 1330 179

G A PTS 13 3 29 3 12 18 6 1 13 4 3 11 3 3 9 2 4 8 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3-0 4-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 13-2 1-0 2-0 19 19

26 34 9 27 48 299 8 48 19748 -

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 30 15 12

SH SHOT% SOG SOG% YC-RC 106 .123 50 .472 0-0 27 .111 10 .370 0-0 25 .240 12 .480 1-0 31 .129 10 .323 2-0 48 .062 19 .396 2-1 8 .250 2 .250 0-0 12 .000 2 .167 0-0 6 .167 3 .500 0-0 5 .200 3 .600 0-0 5 .200 2 .400 0-0 5 .200 2 .400 0-0 3 .333 2 .667 0-0 18 .000 5 .278 0-0 11 .000 5 .455 0-0 6 .000 4 .667 0-0 6 .000 0 .000 0-0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 1 .000 1 1.000 0-0

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 326 42 205

.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .110 .073

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 76

.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .405 .371

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 10-1 14-1

GW PK-ATT FG 5 1-1 4 1 0-0 1 2 0-0 2 2 0-0 2 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8

OT HAT GTG FOUL 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 226

2014 GOALKEEPER STATISTICS ## 0 TM

PLAYER GP-GS Watson, Lauren 19-19 TEAM Total 19 Opponents 19

MINUTES 1809:17 0:00 1809:17 1809:17

GA 15 0 15 36

GAAVG 0.75 0.00 0.75 1.79

SAVES 59 2 61 96

SAVE% .797 1.000 .803 .727

W 14 0 14 3

L 3 0 3 14

T 2 0 2 2

SHUTOUTS 8.0 0.0 8 2

SHOTS FACED 203 0 203 323

2014 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS GOALS BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 15 10

2nd 18 3

OT 1 1

OT2 2 1

Total 36 15

CORNER KICKS BY PRIODD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 37 24

2nd 61 23

OT 3 4

OT2 3 1

Total 104 52

SHOTS BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 143 90

2nd 163 97

OT 14 10

OT2 6 8

Total 326 205

FOULS BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 82 107

2nd 106 108

OT 4 4

OT2 4 7

Total 196 226

SAVES BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 23 44

2nd 35 48

OT 1 4

OT2 2 0

Total 61 96

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2014 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (BIG 12 ONLY) ## 12 24 8 9 26 7 25 14 10 15 23 22 5 20 16 13 3 27

PLAYER Beckie, Janine Strahan, Paige Murphy, Alli Devine, Hannah Casey, Ashley Marmureanu, Alex Summers, Sara McCullough, Meagan Heap, Caity Hinkle, Jaelene Crabtree, Maddy O’Brien, Rebekah Inman, Erin Conarty, Cassie Jenkins, Bridgett Sorrells, Stephanie Fancher, Haleigh Pirkey, Kendyl

21 19 18 6 4

Hale, Bethany Narvaiz, Taylor Romanelli, Alex Jacobs, Alyssa Schmutz, Natalie Total Opponents

GP-GS 8-8 7-7 8-8 8-8 8-3 5-0 5-0 8-8 8-8 8-8 8-4 8-3 8-3 5-4 8-8 4-0 1-0 1-0

MIN 676 528 751 744 288 87 119 637 656 711 362 377 340 322 662 74 15 20

G A PTS 5 2 12 2 0 4 1 2 4 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SH SHOT% SOG SOG% YC-RC 51 .098 24 .471 0-0 9 .222 2 .222 2-0 11 .091 4 .364 0-0 9 .111 4 .444 0-0 4 .250 3 .750 0-0 3 .333 2 .667 0-0 2 .500 2 1.000 0-0 4 .000 0 .000 0-0 20 .000 9 .450 0-0 5 .000 2 .400 0-0 9 .000 2 .222 0-0 5 .000 0 .000 0-0 4 .000 2 .500 0-0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 1 .000 1 1.000 0-0 1 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 .000 0 .000 0-0

1-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 8 8

23 71 8 45 4 8279 -

0 0 0 0 0 12 8

0 0 0 0 0 140 82

0 0 0 0 0 9 7

0 0 0 0 0 33 23

.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .086 .098

0 0 0 0 0 57 33

.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .407 .402

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 4-1

GW PK-ATT FG 1 0-0 2 1 0-0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

OT HAT GTG FOUL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0 0 5 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

T 1 0 1 1

SHUTOUTS 3.0 0.0 3 2

0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 75 93

2014 GOALKEEPER STATISTICS (BIG 12 ONLY) ## 0 TM

PLAYER GP-GS Watson, Lauren 8-8 TEAM Total 8 Opponents 8

MINUTES 758:43 0:00 758:43 758:43

GA 8 0 8 12

GAAVG 0.95 0.00 0.95 1.42

SAVES 23 2 25 45

SAVE% .742 1.000 .758 .789

W 4 0 4 3

L 3 0 3 4

SHOTS FACED 80 0 80 140

2014 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS (BIG 12 ONLY) GOALS BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 7 4

2nd 5 2

OT 0 1

OT2 0 1

Total 12 8

CORNER KICKS BY PRIODD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 11 14

2nd 23 11

OT 2 1

OT2 0 0

Total 36 26

SHOTS BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 69 39

2nd 64 40

OT 5 2

OT2 2 1

Total 140 82

FOULS BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 2nd OT OT2 Total 33 39 2 1 75 52 38 1 2 93

SAVES BY PERIOD Texas Tech Opponents

1st 9 20

2nd 16 22

OT 0 3

OT2 0 0

Total 25 45

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2014 MATCH BY MATCH GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS

0 3 4 5 OPPONENT DATE SCORE W-L WATSON FANCHER SCHMUTZ INMAN ORAL ROBERTS Aug 24 5-0 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Notre Dame Aug 29 2-1 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 vs Eastern Michigan Aug 31 2-1 W 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 SAM HOUSTON STATE Sep 05 3-1 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 PORTLAND STATE Sep 07 1-0 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 at California Sep 12 1-0 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 ABILENE CHRISTIAN Sep 14 2-0 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 vs Tulsa Sep 19 3-1 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 vs Memphis Sep 21 1-0 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 at Texas Sep 26 0-1 L 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 UC RIVERSIDE Sep 28 3-2 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 OKLAHOMA Oct 03 0-1 L 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 OKLAHOMA STATE Oct 05 1-1 T 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 at West Virginia Oct 10 2-4 L 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 at Kansas Oct 17 1-0 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 at TCU Oct 19 1-0 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 BAYLOR Oct 24 1-0 W 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 IOWA STATE Oct 26 6-1 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 vs Texas Nov 05 1-1 T 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0

6 7 8 JACOBS MARMUREANU MURPHY 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-4-4 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-2-4 DNP DNP 0-1-1 DNP DNP 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 1-0-2 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-2 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-2-4 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0

9 DEVINE 1-0-2 1-0-2 0-0-0 2-0-4 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 0-0-0

10 HEAP 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 DNP 0-0-0 1-2-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

11 12 13 14 15 16 OPPONENT DATE SCORE WL ROHMER BECKIE SORRELLS MCCULLOUGH HINKLE JENKINS ORAL ROBERTS Aug 24 5-0 W 0-0-0 1-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Notre Dame Aug 29 2-1 W 0-0-0 1-0-2 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 vs Eastern Michigan Aug 31 2-1 W 1-0-2 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 SAM HOUSTON STATE Sep 05 3-1 W 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 PORTLAND STATE Sep 07 1-0 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at California Sep 12 1-0 W 0-0-0 1-0-2 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 ABILENE CHRISTIAN Sep 14 2-0 W 0-0-0 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 vs Tulsa Sep 19 3-1 W 0-0-0 2-0-4 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 vs Memphis Sep 21 1-0 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP at Texas Sep 26 0-1 L DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 UC RIVERSIDE Sep 28 3-2 W DNP 2-0-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 OKLAHOMA Oct 03 0-1 L DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 OKLAHOMA STATE Oct 05 1-1 T DNP 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 at West Virginia Oct 10 2-4 L DNP 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Kansas Oct 17 1-0 W DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at TCU Oct 19 1-0 W DNP 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 BAYLOR Oct 24 1-0 W DNP 1-0-2 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 IOWA STATE Oct 26 6-1 W DNP 2-1-5 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 vs Texas Nov 05 1-1 T DNP 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-2 0-0-0 DNP

18 19 20 ROMANELLI NARVAIZ CONARTY DNP 0-0-0 1-0-2 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0

21 22 23 24 OPPONENT DATE SCORE WL HALE O’BRIEN CRABTREE STRAHAN ORAL ROBERTS Aug 24 5-0 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Notre Dame Aug 29 2-1 W DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 vs Eastern Michigan Aug 31 2-1 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 SAM HOUSTON STATE Sep 05 3-1 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 PORTLAND STATE Sep 07 1-0 W DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 at California Sep 12 1-0 W DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 ABILENE CHRISTIAN Sep 14 2-0 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 vs Tulsa Sep 19 3-1 W DNP DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 vs Memphis Sep 21 1-0 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 at Texas Sep 26 0-1 L DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 UC RIVERSIDE Sep 28 3-2 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 OKLAHOMA Oct 03 0-1 L DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 OKLAHOMA STATE Oct 05 1-1 T DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at West Virginia Oct 10 2-4 L DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 at Kansas Oct 17 1-0 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 at TCU Oct 19 1-0 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 BAYLOR Oct 24 1-0 W DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 IOWA STATE Oct 26 6-1 W 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP vs Texas Nov 05 1-1 T DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

27 PIRKEY 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP

25 26 SUMMERS CASEY 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0

29 33 DAPAAH SCHUNK 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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2014 MATCH HIGHS

2014 MATCH LOWS

POINTS..................................................17...............................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ................................................................14..........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) GOALS...................................................6................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................5...........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) ASSISTS.................................................5................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................5...........................................vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) SHOTS...................................................31..........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) ................................................................28.......................................vs Portland State (Sep 07) SHOTS ON GOAL...............................14...............................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ................................................................12..........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) SAVES.....................................................8..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................8................................................. vs Memphis (Sep 21) CORNER KICKS...................................13.............................vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) .................................................................8.........................................................vs Texas (Nov 05) .................................................................8..................................vs Abilene Christian (Sep 14) .................................................................8...........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) FOULS...................................................18....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) ................................................................18......................................................... vs Tulsa (Sep 19)

POINTS...................................................0..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................0................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) GOALS...................................................0..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................0................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) ASSISTS.................................................0..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................0................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) .................................................................0....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................0........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) .................................................................0.........................................................vs Texas (Nov 05) SHOTS....................................................7................................................. vs Memphis (Sep 21) .................................................................9........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) SHOTS ON GOAL................................3................................................. at California (Sep 12) .................................................................3....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) SAVES.....................................................0..................................vs Abilene Christian (Sep 14) .................................................................1..............................vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) .................................................................1...........................................vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) .................................................................1........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) CORNER KICKS....................................2................................................. vs Memphis (Sep 21) .................................................................2..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) FOULS....................................................4................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................5..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................5.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19)

Opponent - MATCH HIGHS POINTS..................................................10.......................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................5...........................................vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) GOALS...................................................4........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................2...........................................vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) ASSISTS.................................................2........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................2..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) SHOTS...................................................21........................................................vs Texas (Nov 05) ................................................................20................................................ vs Memphis (Sep 21) SHOTS ON GOAL................................9..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................8................................................. vs Memphis (Sep 21) .................................................................8........................................... at Notre Dame (Aug 29) SAVES....................................................10.......................................vs Portland State (Sep 07) .................................................................8................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................8.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) CORNER KICKS....................................5..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................5........................................... at Notre Dame (Aug 29) FOULS...................................................20....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) ................................................................17...............................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) ................................................................17......................................................... vs Tulsa (Sep 19)

Opponent - MATCH LOWS POINTS...................................................0................................................................. Eight Games GOALS...................................................0................................................................. Eight Games ASSISTS.................................................0.................................................................. Nine Games SHOTS....................................................2...........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) .................................................................2..................................vs Abilene Christian (Sep 14) SHOTS ON GOAL................................0..................................vs Abilene Christian (Sep 14) .................................................................2...........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) .................................................................2..............................vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) .................................................................2.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) .................................................................2........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) SAVES.....................................................1.......................................................... vs Tulsa (Sep 19) .................................................................2................................................. at California (Sep 12) .................................................................2........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................2....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) CORNER KICKS....................................0...........................................vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) .................................................................0..............................vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) .................................................................0..................................vs Abilene Christian (Sep 14) FOULS....................................................6....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................7..............................vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) .................................................................7........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................7................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26)

2014 INDIVIDUAL MATCH HIGHS POINTS.................................5.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................4.........................................Murphy, Alli vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................4..................................... Heap, Caity vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) ...............................................4................................Beckie, Janine vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) ...............................................4............................................... Beckie, Janine vs Tulsa (Sep 19) ...............................................4...............Devine, Hannah vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) ...............................................4.......................Murphy, Alli vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) ...............................................4....................................Murphy, Alli vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) GOALS.................................2.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................2................................Beckie, Janine vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) ...............................................2............................................... Beckie, Janine vs Tulsa (Sep 19) ...............................................2...............Devine, Hannah vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05)

ASSISTS...............................4....................................Murphy, Alli vs Oral Roberts (Aug 24) ...............................................2.........................................Murphy, Alli vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................2............................... Strahan, Paige vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) ...............................................2..................................... Heap, Caity vs UC Riverside (Sep 28) ...............................................2.......................Murphy, Alli vs Sam Houston State (Sep 05) SHOTS................................ 10..............................................Beckie, Janine at Texas (Sep 26) ...............................................9.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) ...............................................9.............................Beckie, Janine vs Portland State (Sep 07) SHOTS ON GOAL..............6...............................................Beckie, Janine at Texas (Sep 26) ...............................................5.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) SAVES...................................8................................... Watson, Lauren vs Memphis (Sep 21) ...............................................7............................. Watson, Lauren at Notre Dame (Aug 29)

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2014 MATCH HIGHS (BIG 12 ONLY)

2014 MATCH LOWS (BIG 12 ONLY)

POINTS..................................................17...............................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................6........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) GOALS...................................................6................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................2........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) ASSISTS.................................................5................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................2........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) SHOTS...................................................24....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) ................................................................23...............................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) SHOTS ON GOAL...............................14...............................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................9.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) SAVES.....................................................8..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................4................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) CORNER KICKS....................................6........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) .................................................................6....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................6.....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) .................................................................6................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) FOULS...................................................18....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) ................................................................12.......................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) ................................................................12...............................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03)

POINTS...................................................0..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................0................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) GOALS...................................................0..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................0................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) ASSISTS.................................................0..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................0................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) .................................................................0....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................0........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) SHOTS....................................................9........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) ................................................................15...............................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) ................................................................15...................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) SHOTS ON GOAL................................3....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................4........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) SAVES.....................................................1........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................2.....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) .................................................................2.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) .................................................................2........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) CORNER KICKS....................................2..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................3........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................3.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) FOULS....................................................4................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................5..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................5.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19)

Opponent - MATCH HIGHS POINTS..................................................10.......................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................4..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) GOALS...................................................4........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................1................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................1.....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) .................................................................1................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) .................................................................1..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) ASSISTS.................................................2........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................2..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) SHOTS...................................................16.........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) ................................................................15.......................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) SHOTS ON GOAL................................9..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................5........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................5................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) SAVES.....................................................8................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26) .................................................................8.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) CORNER KICKS....................................5..........................................................at Texas (Sep 26) .................................................................4....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................4................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) FOULS...................................................20....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) ................................................................17...............................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 03)

Opponent - MATCH LOWS POINTS...................................................0....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................0.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) .................................................................0........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) GOALS...................................................0....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................0.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) .................................................................0........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) ASSISTS.................................................0....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................0.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) .................................................................0........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) SHOTS....................................................6........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) .................................................................7.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) SHOTS ON GOAL................................2.............................................................at TCU (Oct 19) .................................................................2........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) SAVES.....................................................2........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................2....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) CORNER KICKS....................................2.....................................vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) .................................................................2........................................................ vs Baylor (Oct 24) FOULS....................................................6....................................................... at Kansas (Oct 17) .................................................................7........................................... at West Virginia (Oct 10) .................................................................7................................................vs Iowa State (Oct 26)

2014 INDIVIDUAL MATCH HIGHS (BIG 12 ONLY) POINTS.................................5.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................4.........................................Murphy, Alli vs Iowa State (Oct 26) GOALS.................................2.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1.........................................Murphy, Alli vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1......................................Casey, Ashley vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1................................... Summers, Sara vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1.................................Devine, Hannah vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1.............................................Beckie, Janine vs Baylor (Oct 24) ...............................................1................................................. Strahan, Paige at TCU (Oct 19) ...............................................1................................... Marmureanu, Alex at Kansas (Oct 17) ...............................................1................................Strahan, Paige at West Virginia (Oct 10) ...............................................1................................ Beckie, Janine at West Virginia (Oct 10) ...............................................1......................... Beckie, Janine vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05)

ASSISTS...............................2.........................................Murphy, Alli vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1......................McCullough, Meagan vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1...................................Hinkle, Jaelene vs Iowa State (Oct 26) ...............................................1..................................................Beckie, Janine at TCU (Oct 19) ...............................................1............................ Devine, Hannah at West Virginia (Oct 10) ...............................................1..................................... Heap, Caity at West Virginia (Oct 10) ...............................................1...........McCullough, Meagan vs Oklahoma State (Oct 05) SHOTS................................ 10..............................................Beckie, Janine at Texas (Sep 26) ...............................................9.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) SHOTS ON GOAL..............6...............................................Beckie, Janine at Texas (Sep 26) ...............................................5.....................................Beckie, Janine vs Oklahoma (Oct 03) SAVES...................................6............................................Watson, Lauren at Texas (Sep 26) ...............................................4..................................Watson, Lauren vs Oklahoma (Oct 03)

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ATTENDANCE RECORDS Each fall, the John Walker Soccer Complex is home to one of the top collegiate soccer atmospheres in the country. Since it’s opening in 2008, Red Raider fans have packed the complex on Friday evenings, creating one of the most unique home-field advantages nationally.

Texas Tech has ranked among the national leaders in attendance each of the past four seasons, averaging roughly 1,000 fans per game during that span.

DATE Oct. 14, 2011 Oct. 7, 2011 Aug. 24, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 Oct. 3, 2014 Nov. 10, 2012 Oct. 16, 2009 Oct. 4, 2013 Oct. 1, 2010 Aug. 25, 2013 Sept. 10, 2010 Oct. 24, 2014 Oct. 15, 2010 Oct. 5, 2012 Sept. 23, 2011 Aug. 20, 2010 Aug. 22, 2010 Aug. 26, 2011 Oct. 2, 2009 Aug. 21, 2011 Oct. 26, 2012 Oct. 16, 2011 Aug. 19, 2011 Aug. 31, 2012 Oct. 24, 2010 Nov. 15, 2013 Aug. 17, 2012 Sept. 18, 2009 Sept. 28, 2014

OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Kansas 2,288 Texas A&M 2,176 ORAL ROBERTS 1,811 Texas 1,782 OKLAHOMA 1,753 North Texas* 1,738 Oklahoma State 1,728 TCU 1,692 Colorado 1,643 Colorado State 1,584 North Texas 1,558 BAYLOR 1,468 Kansas 1,462 #25 Baylor 1,426 Missouri 1,426 TCU 1,356 Texas State 1,285 Mississippi 1,275 Baylor 1,256 New Mexico State 1,252 Oklahoma State 1,244 Texas 1,232 Rice 1,215 Nevada 1,189 Missouri 1,138 Minnesota* 1,123 Idaho 1,117 Alabama 1,048 UC RIVERSIDE 1,002

BOLD indicates 2014 matches * NCAA Championship matches

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Janine Beckie Carissa Christensen Cassie Conarty Maddy Crabtree Jade Dapaah Hannah Devine Caity Heap Jaelene Hinkle Alex Marmureanu Taylor Narvaiz Kendyl Pirkey Briana Rohmer Alex Romanelli Hattie Schunk Stephanie Sorrells

juh-NEEN BECK-ee kuh-RIS-ah con-NUR-tee Crab-TREE duh-PAW duh-VINE KATE-ee heep JAY-leen HINK-ull mar-MUR-ran-new nar-VIE-iz KEN-dull PER-kee bree-AH-nuh ROE-mer roe-muh-NELL-ee Shunk sore-ELLS

THE LAST TIME TEXAS TECH...

Defeated a ranked opponent____________________________________ at No. 9 Kansas, 1-0 (Oct. 17, 2014) Defeated a ranked opponent at home________________________vs. No. 9 West Virginia, 2-0 (Oct. 27, 2013) Defeated a ranked opponent on the road__________________________ at No. 9 Kansas, 1-0 (Oct. 17, 2014) Defeated a ranked opponent at a neutral site_____________________________________ Never Happened Defeated an opponent in overtime____________________________ at No. 11 California, 1-0 (Sept. 12, 2014) Defeated an opponent in double overtime_____________________ at No. 11 California, 1-0 (Sept. 12, 2014) Lost to an opponent in overtime_______________________________________ at Texas, 1-0 (Sept. 26, 2014) Lost to an opponent in double overtime_____________________________ vs. Oklahoma, 1-0 (Oct. 3, 2014) Ended a match in a tie____________________________________________________vs. Texas (Nov. 5, 2014) Ended a match in a scoreless tie___________________________________________at Baylor (Oct. 13, 2013) Ended a match in penalty kicks_____________________________________________vs. Texas (Nov. 5, 2014) Shut out an opponent_______________________________________________ vs. Baylor, 1-0 (Oct. 24, 2014) Shut out an opponent at home________________________________________ vs. Baylor, 1-0 (Oct. 24, 2014) Shut out an opponent on the road_______________________________________ at TCU, 1-0 (Oct. 19, 2014) Shut out an opponent at a neutral site______________________________ vs. Memphis, 1-0 (Sept. 21, 2014) Shut out by an opponent__________________________________________ vs. Oklahoma, 1-0 (Oct. 3, 2014) Shut out by an opponent at home__________________________________ vs. Oklahoma, 1-0 (Oct. 3, 2014) Shut out by an opponent on the road___________________________________ at Texas, 1-0 (Sept. 26, 2014) Shut out by an opponent at a neutral site_______________________ vs. Oklahoma State, 0-1 (Nov. 8, 2013) Scored 4 or more goals__________________________________________ vs. Iowa State, 6-1 (Oct. 26, 2014) Scored 5 or more goals__________________________________________ vs. Iowa State, 6-1 (Oct. 26, 2014) Scored 6 or more goals__________________________________________ vs. Iowa State, 6-1 (Oct. 26, 2014) Scored 7 or more goals____________________________________ vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 8-0 (Oct. 6, 2013) Scored 8 or more goals____________________________________ vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 8-0 (Oct. 6, 2013) Scored 9 or more goals____________________________________ vs. Prairie View A&M, 10-0 (Sept. 8, 2006) Scored 10 goals in a game__________________________________ vs. Prairie View A&M, 10-0 (Sept. 8, 2006) Allowed 5 or more goals___________________________________________ vs. Nebraska, 4-5 (Oct. 3, 2010) Allowed 6 or more goals____________________________________ at No. 14 Texas A&M, 0-7 (Oct. 23, 2005) Allowed 7 or more goals____________________________________ at No. 14 Texas A&M, 0-7 (Oct. 23, 2005) Allowed 8 or more goals_________________________________________ at Texas A&M, 0-8 (Oct. 10, 2003) Allowed 9 or more goals__________________________________________ vs. Nebraska, 1-10 (Nov. 3, 1999) Allowed 10 goals________________________________________________ vs. Nebraska, 1-10 (Nov. 3, 1999) Won five-consecutive matches_________________________________ 9 wins (Aug. 22, 2014-Sept. 21, 2014) Won seven-consecutive matches_______________________________ 9 wins (Aug. 22, 2014-Sept. 21, 2014) Lost five-consecutive matches_____________________________________ 16 losses (Sept. 2-Oct. 30, 2005)

THE LAST TIME A RED RAIDER...

Scored two goals in a match____________________________ 2, Janine Beckie vs. Iowa State (Oct. 26, 2014) Scored three goals in a match (hat trick)___________________ 3, Jessica Fuston vs. Montana (Aug. 26, 2012) Recorded three points in a match__________ Janine Beckie (5), Alli Murphy (4) vs. Iowa State (Oct. 26, 2014) Recorded four points in a match___________ Janine Beckie (5), Alli Murphy (4) vs. Iowa State (Oct. 26, 2014) Recorded five points in a match_________________________ 5, Janine Beckie vs. Iowa State (Oct. 26, 2014) Recorded six points in a match__________________________ 6, Jessica Fuston vs. Montana (Aug. 26, 2012) Scored a goal in three-consecutive matches_______________________ 3, Janine Beckie (Sept. 12-19, 2014) Scored a goal in five-consecutive matches_________________________ 5, Paige Strahan (Sept. 16-30, 2012) Recorded two or more assists in a match____________________ 2, Alli Murphy vs. Iowa State (Oct. 26, 2014) Recorded three or more assists in a match_________________4, Alli Murphy vs. Oral Roberts (Aug. 24, 2014) Recorded four assists in a match_________________________4, Alli Murphy vs. Oral Roberts (Aug. 24, 2014) Collected eight or more saves in match______________________ 8, Lauren Watson at Texas (Sept. 26, 2014) Collected nine or more saves in match__________________ 10, Victoria Esson vs. Texas A&M (Nov. 22, 2013) Collected 10 or more saves in match____________________ 10, Victoria Esson vs. Texas A&M (Nov. 22, 2013) Collected 11 or more saves in match______________________ 12, Megan Knauss vs. Missouri (Oct. 16, 2005) Goalkeeper recorded three consecutive shutouts____________________ 3, Lauren Watson (Oct. 7-24, 2014) Goalkeeper recorded five consecutive shutouts__________________ 5, Victoria Esson (Oct. 13-Nov. 6, 2013)

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2014 TEXAS TECH SOCCER POINTS 1. Kristy Frantz (1996-99)..........................................108 2. Janine Beckie (2012-Present)........................... 90 3. Kristi Patterson (1994-96)....................................... 78 4. Amy Rustein (1995-98)............................................ 63 5. Jessica Fuston (2010-13)......................................... 59 6. Brittney Harrison (2006-09)................................... 57 7. Taylor Lytle (2008-11).............................................. 55 8. Dawn Ward (2009-12).............................................. 53 9. Amaris Smith (1996-97).......................................... 46 10. Julie Clement (1994-97).......................................... 44 Approaching:

Paige Strahan (2011-Present)............................... 42

Alli Murphy (2012-Present).................................... 37

GAME-WINNING GOALS 1. Janine Beckie (2012-Present)........................... 15 2. Kristi Patterson (1994-96)....................................... 11

Jessica Fuston (2010-13)......................................... 11 4. Kristy Frantz (1996-99)............................................ 10 Brittney Harrison (2006-09)................................... 10 6. Paige Strahan (2011-Present).............................8 7. Dawn Ward (2009-12).................................................6

Taylor Lytle (2008-11).................................................6 9. Amy Rutsein (1995-98)...............................................5 Carrie Graham (1999-01)...........................................5 Zhaleh Rezaie (2006-09)............................................5 Jessica Disabella (2010-13).......................................5 Approaching:

Hannah Devine (2012-Present)...............................4

Alli Murphy (2012-Present).......................................4

GOALS 1. Kristy Frantz (1996-99)............................................ 41 2. Janine Beckie (2012-Present)........................... 39 3. Kristi Patterson (1994-96)....................................... 30 4. Amy Rustein (1995-98)............................................ 28 5. Jessica Fuston (2010-13)......................................... 27 6. Dawn Ward (2009-12).............................................. 24

Brittney Harrison (2006-09)................................... 24 8. Carrie Graham (1999-01)........................................ 18 9. Paige Strahan (2011-Present)............................... 16 10. Julie Clement (1994-96).......................................... 15 Melanie Brosnahan (2000-01) ............................. 15 12. Taylor Lytle (2008-11).............................................. 14

Jennifer Benat (1995-98)........................................ 14

SHOT ATTEMPTS 1. Janine Beckie (2012-Present)......................... 315 2 Taylor Lytle (2008-11)............................................250 3. Kristy Frantz (1996-99)..........................................248 4. Zhaleh Rezaie (2006-09).......................................172 5. Kristi Patterson (1994-96).....................................169 6. Jessica Fuston (2010-13).......................................163 7. Carre Graham (1999-01).......................................158 8. Jennifer Hamm (1998-99)....................................136 9. Julie Clement (1994-97)........................................134 10. Priscilla Esquivel (2004-07)..................................133 Brittney Harrison (2006-09).................................133

CAREER RECORDS

ASSISTS 1. Taylor Lytle (2008-11).............................................. 27 2. Kristy Frantz (1996-99)............................................ 26 3. Alli Murphy (2012-Present)............................... 19 4. Jaelene Hinkle (2011-Present)......................... 18 Kristi Patterson (1994-96)....................................... 18 6. Julie Clement (1994-97).......................................... 14 7. Janine Beckie (2012-Present)........................... 12 8. Jennifer Benat (1995-98)........................................ 11 Kerri Campbell (2000-03)....................................... 11 10. Jessica Disabella (2010-13).................................... 10

Paige Strahan (2011-Present).......................... 10 12. Lindsay Thompson (1997-00)..................................9 Brittney Harrison (2006-09)......................................9

Conner Williams (2009-13).......................................9

CAREER SHUTOUTS 1. Victoria Esson (2011-13)......................................... 29 2. Tina Rincon (2004-08)............................................. 13 3. Stephanie Carter (1994-95)................................... 11 4. Brittney Peese (1998-01).....................................10.5 5. Colleen Pitts (2006-10)...............................................9 6. Lauren Watson (2013-Present)...........................8 7. Lizzie Pruitt (1996-97).................................................6 8. Erin Wikelius (2009-10, 2012)...................................4 CAREER GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE (Must have 600 career total minutes) 1. Victoria Esson (2011-13)......................................0.76 2. Melissa Keys (1994)...............................................0.91 3. Colleen Pitts (2006-10).........................................1.20 4. Stephanie Carter (1994-95)................................1.51 5. Tina Rincon (2004-08)..........................................1.67

Erin Wikelius (2009-10, 2012).............................1.67 7. Lizzie Pruitt (1996-97)...........................................1.83 8. Kellie McCallister (1997-99)................................2.11 9. Brittney Peese (1998-01).....................................2.56 10. Megan Knauss (2002-05).....................................2.97

CAREER SAVES 1. Brittney Peese (1998-01)......................................329 2. Tina Rincon (2004-08)...........................................305 3. Megan Knauss (2002-05)......................................266 4. Victoria Esson (2011-13).......................................213 5. Beth Lippert (2003-05)..........................................175 6. Stephanie Carter (1994-95).................................141 7 Lizzie Pruitt (1996).................................................... 97 8. Colleen Pitts (2006-10)............................................ 89 9. Kellie McCallister (1997-99)................................... 82 10. Erin Wikelius (2009-10, 2012)................................ 80

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SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS POINTS 1. Kristy Frantz (1996)................................................ 44 2. Janine Beckie (2012).............................................. 33

Kristy Frantz (1997)................................................ 33 4. Janine Beckie (2014)....................................... 29 5. Amy Rutstein (1998).............................................. 28

Janine Beckie (2013).............................................. 28 7. Kristi Patterson (1994)........................................... 27 Amaris Smith (1996).............................................. 27

Dawn Ward (2009).................................................. 27 10. Kristi Patterson (1995)........................................... 24

Jessica Fuston (2010.............................................. 24 12. Jennifer Benat (1995)............................................ 23 Approaching:

Alli Murphy............................................................... 18 GOALS 1. Kristy Frantz (1996)................................................ 18 2. Janine Beckie (2012).............................................. 14

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Kristy Frantz (1997)................................................ 14 Amy Rutstein (1998).............................................. 13 Dawn Ward (2009).................................................. 13 Janine Beckie (2014)....................................... 13 Janine Beckie (2013).............................................. 12 Kristi Patterson (1996)........................................... 11 Amaris Smith (1996).............................................. 11 Jessica Fuston (2010)............................................. 11 Kristi Patterson (1995)........................................... 10 Amy Rutstein (1995).............................................. 10

ASSISTS 1. Alli Murphy (2014)........................................... 12 2. Taylor Lytle (2009).................................................. 11 3. Kristi Patterson (1994)..............................................9 Kristy Frantz (1998)...................................................9 5. Kristy Frantz (1996)...................................................8 Taylor Lytle (2008).....................................................8 7. Jennifer Benat (1995)...............................................7 8. Shannon Brooks (1995)...........................................6 Lauren Yelinek (2008)...............................................6

Conner Williams (2009)............................................6

Jessica Disabella (2010)...........................................6

Jaelene Hinkle (2013)...............................................6 Approaching:

Meagan McCullough................................................4

GAME-WINNING GOALS 1. Janine Beckie (2012).................................................5

Janine Beckie (2013).................................................5

Janine Beckie (2014)..........................................5

Paige Strahan (2012)................................................5

Kristi Patterson (1995)..............................................5 Kristi Frantz (1996)....................................................5 6. Kristi Patterson (1996)..............................................4 Amy Rutstein (1998).................................................4 Carrie Graham (1999)...............................................4

Brittney Harrison (2009)..........................................4

Jessica Fuston (2010)................................................4 12. Jessica Fuston (2011)................................................3

Zhaleh Rezaie (2007)................................................3 Brittney Harrison (2008)..........................................3

Dawn Ward (2009).....................................................3 SHOT ATTEMPTS 1. Janine Beckie (2012)............................................122 2. Janine Beckie (2014)..................................... 106 3. Taylor Lytle (2009).................................................. 91 4. Janine Beckie (2013).............................................. 87 5. Jennifer Hamm (1999).......................................... 78 6. Zhaleh Rezaie (2007)............................................. 73 7. Kristy Frantz (1996)................................................ 72 8. Carrie Graham (2000)............................................ 69 9. Kristy Frantz (1997)................................................ 67 10. Kristi Patterson (1995)........................................... 65 11. Taylor Lytle (2011).................................................. 63

Carrie Graha (1999)................................................ 63 Taylor Lytle (2008).................................................. 63 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE (Must have 300 total minutes over season) 1. Victoria Esson (2013)..........................................0.40 2. Gabby Kaufman (2011)......................................0.86 3. Victoria Esson (2011)..........................................0.89 4. Melissa Keys (1994).............................................0.91 5. Victoria Esson (2012)..........................................1.02 6. Colleen Pitts (2010).............................................1.10 7. Colleen Pitts (2009).............................................1.22 8. Stephanie Carter (1994)....................................1.33 9. Erin Wikelius (2010).............................................1.46 10. Tina Rincon (2006)...............................................1.48 Tina Rincon (2008)...............................................1.48 Approaching:

Lauren Watson......................................................0.75

SAVES 1. Stephanie Carter (1995).....................................141 2. Brittney Peese (2001)..........................................104 3. Lizzie Pruitt (1996).................................................. 97 4. Tina Rincon (2007).................................................. 96 5. Megan Knauss (2003)............................................ 93 6. Victoria Esson (2012)............................................. 88

Tina Rincon (2008).................................................. 88 8. Tina Rincon (2006).................................................. 86 9. Brittney Peese (2000)............................................ 84

Megan Knauss (2005)............................................ 84 11. Brittney Peese (1999)............................................ 76 Approaching:

Lauren Watson......................................................... 59 SHUTOUTS 1. Victoria Esson (2013)............................................. 15 2. Stephanie Carter (1995)..........................................8

Lauren Watson (2014)........................................8 3. Victoria Esson (2011)................................................7

Victoria Esson (2012)................................................7 6. Colleen Pitts (2010)...................................................6 7. Tina Rincon (2007).....................................................5 Tina Rincon (2008).....................................................5 Brittney Peese (1999)...............................................5 Lizzie Pruitt (1996).....................................................5 11. Brittney Peese (1998)...............................................4 Melissa Keys (1994)...................................................4

Erin Wikelius (2010)...................................................4 CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS 1. Colleen Pitts (2010)...................................................5

Victoria Esson (2013)................................................5 3. Victoria Esson (2013)................................................4 4. Victoria Esson (2011)................................................3

Melissa Keys (1994)...................................................3

Lauren Watson (2014)........................................3

Lauren Watson (2014)........................................3 8. Several Tied..................................................................2

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TEXAS TECH SOCCER 2014 CLIPS HINKLE BRINGS U-23 EXPERIENCE BACK TO TECH

By Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal July 27, 2014 Jaelene Hinkle’s cycle with the U.S. under-23 national team is over.

Now, she brings her experience back to Texas Tech.

The Tech senior defender recently returned from a training camp with the U-23 team in Seattle.

“It was an awesome camp that I was excited to go to since I was out for a little bit in the spring,” Hinkle said. “It was a great experience, I mean, going and playing with the best players on their teams in college. It’s pretty big. It’s a step forward and I loved it. I enjoyed being there.”

She previously traveled with the squad for the Six Nations Tournament held in Spain this past March. The U.S. claimed the tournament title with Hinkle starting in two of the three victories during the event.

“Obviously it’s a higher level than college, so a lot of times when you go in, you’re not sure what to expect,” Hinkle said. “But I think the most that I’ve learned is that there’s such a different speed of play almost. The ball just moves around so fast.

The girls on that team are just of a higher caliber of soccer. You just learn so much just from being in the environment, even if you aren’t playing much.”

The biggest thing she picked up on during her time with the U-23 team was the speed at which the game was played. Hinkle felt like Texas Tech tends to get into that rhythm, but it takes until the end of the season.

“It’s like a two-touch rhythm throughout the game,” she said. “The ball never stops moving. It would be awesome if (Tech) could start off with a bang like that.

I hope I can be a part of that.”

Hinkle has already been a part of history for Texas Tech soccer. Last season, she was part of a Tech back line that collected a school-record 17 shutouts and ranked No. 2 nationally for shutout percentage and third for goals-against average.

The three-time all-Big 12 defender, Hinkle recorded more than 1,500 minutes of action on the Red Raider backline last year while making 17 starts in 23 matches.

She led Tech with six assists and helped the Red Raiders advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season. Her 15 assists in three seasons at Tech ranks No. 4 in program history.

BECKIE SELECTED TO CANADIAN ROSTER FOR U-20 WORLD CUP

By Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal July 27, 2014 Six months ago, Janine Beckie never imagined she would be so close to playing in the 2014 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. But she is.

The Texas Tech junior forward was selected by Canada July 16 after several training camps and a solid performance earlier this year against the Canadian senior women’s national team where she scored the U-20 team’s only goal in a 4-1 loss.

“I was really excited (when I got the call),” Beckie said. “The team was excited as well, which was nice. All the support from everyone is unbelievable.”

A native of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Beckie has trained with both the U.S. and Canadian soccer programs throughout her career and is eligible to play for either squad at the youth national team level since both her parents had Canadian citizenship.

Beckie spent last week in Mexico with the Canadian team for training camp and a pair of friendly matches against Mexico. The first ended in a scoreless draw, and the Canadian team dropped the second 3-0.

“We didn’t get quite the results we wanted, but we’re definitely moving in the right direction,” Beckie said. “We have some tidy-ups to fix before we play our first game on August 5. We’ll go in on July 28 and have a pre-World Cup camp and one friendly against England. Hopefully, we can practice one more time what we’re wanting to do in the tournament, and then we’ll go into it.”

Canada will join Ghana, Finland and North Korea in Group A for the pool play portion of the tournament where the top two teams advance to the knockout stage.

Those two teams could face either the U.S. or Germany, which have combined to win five of the previous six tournaments.

The World Cup is scheduled from Aug. 5-24 in Canada.

Canada opens the competition Aug. 5 in Toronto against Ghana before facing Finland on Aug. 8 and then North Korea on Aug. 12 in Montreal.

In Beckie’s short time with the team, she realizes how much hard work it takes to play at the international level.

“If anything else isn’t going well, that’s the only thing that will always go well,” Beckie said. “You control how hard you work.”

Beckie hopes to bring that mindset back to Lubbock when her time with the U-20 Canadian team ends.

“I want to introduce that to everyone here,” she said. “I’ll come back and get re-acclimated to how we play, but (I’ll) also bring back some of the different things that most of our team hasn’t seen. I’m really excited to play in this tournament and get back to the season.”

In two seasons as a Red Raider, Beckie has already become one of the top forwards in Tech history. She has recorded 26 goals and 61 points, both among the top-five career leaders at Tech.

“Janine has been on a path towards this high level of international soccer for quite some time,” Tech coach Tom Stone said. “She has been very determined and focused on developing her game since she arrived at Texas Tech two years ago, and we could not be happier that she has been named to the final roster to compete in the U-20 World Cup. The experience she will gain will be a valuable part of her growth, and we are excited to have ‘Neener’ represent all Red Raiders on the international stage.”

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room who almost always has a smile on her face, yet she’s feisty on the field and “one of the toughest kids I’ve ever had.”

STRAHAN POISED FOR STRONG SENIOR SEASON AT TEXAS TECH

By Adam Zuvanich, Odessa American Aug. 19, 2014

Stone also called Strahan a “tremendous two-way player” who is equally adept at creating scoring chances and limiting them for opponents.

Tom Stone said “half of Odessa” invaded the John Walker Soccer Complex on Aug. 19, 2011, where one of the town’s own planned to make her family and friends proud.

“She’s going to be very involved in not only what goes on on the field but off the field,” Stone said. “She’s a terrific role model and a great student. It’s every dad’s dream to have a daughter like her.”

It was the college soccer debut for Permian High School graduate Paige Strahan, who as a true freshman earned a starting nod in Texas Tech’s season opener against Rice. And to commemorate the occasion, and a new chapter in her life, she had gotten a new piercing near the top of her right ear.

Strahan said she plans to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies, and then wants to attend nursing school. She also hasn’t ruled out continuing her soccer career at the professional level.

Unfortunately for Strahan, jewelry is prohibited in NCAA athletic contests, and an official took notice of her new earring about 13 minutes after the opening kickoff. So she had to leave the field and have it removed — which Stone described as a drawn-out ordeal because the piercing so was fresh — and then she reported to her head coach so she could get back in the game.

Unfortunately for Strahan, there was another college rule she hadn’t yet learned: Starters who leave the game in the first half aren’t allowed to return until the second half.

“She runs up and says, “OK, Coach, I’m ready,’ ” Stone recalled. “I said, ‘Paige, you can’t do that. When you come out in the first half, you’re out.’ So she slumped down and went and sat on the bench.

“She wanted to do something cool for college and got that piercing,” Stone added, “and she didn’t realize it would cost her that first game. We laughed about it then and even more now.”

That’s because Strahan’s freshman mistakes didn’t hurt herself or the team too badly. She played the entire second half that day, recording a shot and a yellow card in 68 minutes of action, and the Red Raiders won 1-0.

Then Strahan, a 5-foot-2 attacking midfielder who was lightly recruited but caught Stone by surprise when she first arrived on campus, continued to develop into one of Texas Tech’s best players. She was a fixture on each of the Red Raiders’ last two teams, which reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, and is now a senior team captain.

For now, though, Strahan is focused on her final season with the Red Raiders.

She’s determined to make it the best yet, both for herself and the team.

“We’re so hungry,” Strahan said. “Before all of our training and stuff even began, everybody was already jumping out of their shoes. So I think it’s going to be a really good year.”

SOCCER PREVIEW: TECH READY TO SET MORE RECORDS

By Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Aug. 20, 2014 Tech is ready to set more records Texas Tech soccer has set single-season win records the past two seasons and looks to continue that trend in 2014 with 70 percent of its scoring back for more.

Yet, the Red Raiders aren’t feeling any added pressure.

“We just don’t have as much external pressure that can compare with what we talk about inside,” coach Tom Stone said. “Our culture of getting better every day and all that stuff seems to have really sunk in on these guys. I don’t really think that they feel any expectations as much as in-house we put a lot of heat on ourselves to be great and perform at a high level.”

Tech was recently picked to finish No. 2 in the preseason Big 12 poll behind defending champion West Virginia.

Strahan’s final campaign with the Red Raiders starts at 7 p.m. Sunday with a home game against Oral Roberts at the John Walker Soccer Complex. And she knows not to wear any jewelry this time.

Key Players Janine Beckie Beckie is coming off her stint with the Canadian National Team in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. She returns to Texas Tech as Canada’s top scorer with a pair of goals as well as an assist.

“It’s been so amazing,” she said of her college career. “I tell everyone I wish I could go back and do it all over again. I totally would. It’s been the best four years of my life, and I’ve been able to grow not just soccer-wise, but grow as a person and a leader.”

Jaelene Hinkle Hinkle was a unanimous selection to the Preseason-All Big 12 team for the second-straight season. She was part of one of the nation’s top defenses last year and added a team-high six assists.

Strahan is sharing the captain role with senior defender Jaelene Hinkle, another three-year letterwinner. Hinkle and junior forward Janine Beckie were first-team All-Big 12 Conference selections for last year’s Texas Tech team, which went undefeated in conference play and set a program record for wins during an 18-2-3 campaign.

Key Questions Who starts in place of departed senior Victoria Esson?

Sophomore Lauren Watson started in goal in Tech’s exhibition win against Denver Aug. 16. She has been competing with freshmen Carissa Christensen and Marissa Torres throughout the preseason for the starting goalkeeper position.

Strahan said the Red Raiders are hungry to reach even greater heights this season, and she hopes to be as much of a producer as a leader. She was a first-team all-conference selection as a sophomore — ranking second on the team with eight goals while tying Beckie for the conference lead with five game-winning goals — but managed only three goals last season while earning second-team All-Big 12 honors.

Can Tech soccer keep up the success?

For the past two seasons, the Red Raiders have set program records for wins in a single season while advancing to the postseason. This doesn’t look like a team that takes any steps backward from previous seasons.

Stone said Texas Tech needs Strahan to be a leading scorer who rarely comes off the field, and Strahan said she spent much of the offseason working on her touch around the net.

How many wins can the Red Raiders pull out of a tough nonconference slate?

Texas Tech wanted to improve its RPI and it did with challenging nonconference opponents as well as a rigorous Big 12 schedule.

“I hope to have a really good year with the whole scoring thing,” Strahan said.

“I’ve been working on it a lot more, so I’m hoping that I can provide for the team in that way again.”

Stone said some of Strahan’s other contributions to the Red Raiders are immeasurable and no less important. He described her as a lively presence in the locker

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But she’s trying not to focus on the end drawing near.

DREAM DESTINATION: STRAHAN WAS DETERMINED TO PLAY COLLEGE SOCCER NOWHERE BUT TECH

By Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Aug. 20, 2014

“It’s hit me that it’s my last season,” she said. “But I don’t want that to be my mentality because I don’t want to constantly be in that sadness. But I do want to embrace that moment. I think that I have. It’s weird to think that four years have gone by so fast.”

It was Texas Tech or nothing.

Since her first game, Texas Tech soccer has set school records in wins per season as well as advanced to the NCAA tournament the past two years and Strahan has been a big part of that.

Four years ago, Paige Strahan’s sights were set on playing soccer for the Red Raiders and no one else, despite the offers coming in from Division II schools.

As Stone put it, Strahan’s not an unknown anymore.

But nothing came from Tech.

So, the midfielder called Red Raiders coach Tom Stone herself.

He told her to come to an overnight camp.

“I remember that I was super nervous,” said Strahan, who is now a senior. “I guess he saw a little spark in me. It was kind of a struggle for me, but I knew I wanted to be something more.”

Only 137 miles from her hometown of Odessa, Strahan applied to Texas Tech once the soccer team accepted her as a walk-on.

However, as she entered preseason workouts, Strahan wasn’t sure how her new teammates were going react to her determination. She didn’t care if she was a walk-on.

She was going to start.

MURPHY HAS FOUR ASSISTS IN TECH’S 5-0 WIN AGAINST ORAL ROBERTS

By Bryan Navarette, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Aug. 25, 2014 Alli Murphy looked like she was kicking darts.

Her coach, Tom Stone, thought the Texas Tech junior midfielder looked like Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning — only on the soccer field.

“When Alli gets in a passing zone, she can just close her eyes and hit people in stride,” Stone said, “and tonight she was extraordinary.”

Behind Murphy’s four assists, the No. 17 Texas Tech women’s soccer team defeated Oral Roberts 5-0 in their 21st season opener Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex. Her four assists set the record for most assists by a Red Raider in one game.

“I kind of like that challenge of being the underdog, the girl from West Texas who didn’t have the national championship background,” Strahan said. “So, I really came in with a chip on my shoulder. It was definitely hard, especially during the preseason and the upperclassmen for me to come in and say I want to be a starter. That was a little difficult for me, but it was a challenge and I liked it. I continue to challenge myself in that way.”

“It always feels good, but none of that happens unless (my teammates) finish their job,” Murphy said. “So I give a huge thanks to all my teammates because obviously I couldn’t have done it without the whole team.”

Stone said Strahan earned her spot on the team during the second week of preseason that first year, but she’s not sure it was her skills that caught his attention.

The third largest crowd in Tech soccer history (1,811) saw the Red Raider defense keep Oral Roberts from passing midfield for the majority of the first half and in turn gave their offense plenty of opportunities to get on the board.

“I don’t think they were at all where they should have been,” Strahan said. “But my attitude was, ‘I’m not going down without a fight. I want to be on this team, and I want to start.’ I think that’s really what set me over the edge and made me different from other walk-ons at that time.”

Tech’s Meagan McCullough scored her first career goal in the seventh minute on a shot from 24 yards out.

She started the first game of her freshman season against Rice. Less than a month later, Strahan recorded her first goal at Arizona State.

Once her sophomore year rolled around, Strahan had earned a partial scholarship.

“I got a little bit of it each year starting then,” she said. “It was good for my family.

I knew they really liked it, and it made me feel like a different part of the team in a way.”

That season, Strahan played like a scholarship player as she led the Big 12, alongside teammate Janine Beckie, with five game-winning goals. She added to her success last year as she received all-Big 12 second team honors after logging the second-most minutes for the Red Raiders.

“Paige is one of those players we won’t forget around here,” Stone said. “Her picture will be up in the facility hopefully forever. She’s a franchise player as they would say in the pros. (She’s) somebody we couldn’t do without the past four years.”

And Strahan couldn’t have done it without her coach.

“I think Tom continues to believe in me, and he continues to believe there’s so much more than I can even really see,” Strahan said. “He’s always pushing me. At times, I didn’t even believe in myself as much as he believed in me.”

The senior human development and family studies major plans on going to nursing school after her final season with Texas Tech.

The Red Raiders (1-0) have now won seven straight season openers, where they have managed to outscore their opponents 21-1 combined.

One of the few times Oral Roberts was able to mount an offensive attack, Tech sophomore goalie Lauren Watson saved an open kick.

Janine Beckie scored the Raider’s second goal in the 11th minute off a long pass from Murphy, punching it into the right side of the goal for a 2-0 Tech lead.

Once the Golden Eagles did manage to get the ball back downfield, Kayla Keller’s shot was stopped again by Tech’s Watson for her second save of the night.

Hannah Devine scored Tech’s third goal in the 20th minute with a header, after a free kick by Murphy, and the Red Raiders led 3-0 at the half.

“It always takes a little bit to get going in the first, but I think we came out fast and just got on top of things and took care of business,” Murphy said.

Much like the first half, Tech came out fast in the second and controlled the momentum of the game. Caity Heap scored the Lady Raider’s fourth goal on a big shot — assisted once again by Murphy — up the center of the field, sailing it by the goalie, to make the score 4-0.

The Golden Eagles never got a third shot on goal, while Tech peppered them with 31 total shots and had eight corner kicks.

Freshman Cassie Conarty capped off the scoring, knocking the ball in off of a corner kick from Murphy.

“We were all ready to go and in sync with each other,” Murphy said, “which makes my job easier. We feel like we were comfortable with each other.”

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TEXAS TECH SOCCER 2014 CLIPS ESPNW SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK: TEXAS TECH’S JANINE BECKIE

By Graham Hays, ESPNW.com Sept. 16, 2014 That scene in desert-themed movies in which the exhausted character struggles to the top of a dune, only to peer over the crest and see the soul-crushing sight of more sand stretching off toward infinity?

That’s about what it must feel like to hold Texas Tech’s Janine Beckie without a goal for 90 minutes, only to watch the clock reset for the first of two overtime periods. Weary and beaten, you realize this probably isn’t going to end well.

It didn’t end well for her opponents this past week. It did end well for espnW’s national player of the week, who helped keep the Red Raiders unbeaten and climbing toward the top of the national polls.

Janine Beckie, a double-digit goal scorer in each of her first two seasons at Texas Tech, wasn’t just in the right place at the right time on a set piece against Cal. She was a presence throughout the game.

Janine Beckie, a double-digit goal scorer in each of her first two seasons at Texas Tech, wasn’t just in the right place at the right time on a set piece against Cal. She was a presence throughout the game.

Playing on its home field Friday, California successfully kept Beckie from putting the ball in the back of the net for 90 minutes in a game between unbeaten ranked teams. With the score stuck on 0-0, Cal then kept Beckie at bay for 10 more minutes in the first overtime period. The Bears held the line for more than nine minutes in the second overtime.

But with barely 30 seconds to play, Beckie snuck behind a ball-watching defender on Alli Murphy’s corner kick, propelled herself above the outstretched arm of the goalkeeper eight yards from goal and snapped a header under the bar.

Game over. Texas Tech’s perfect season rolled on.

Beckie also helped push the Red Raiders’ record to 7-0-0 with what proved to be the winning goal in a 2-0 win against Abilene Christian on Sunday, breaking a scoreless game with a goal just 24 seconds into the second half, but it was the goal against Cal that made the weekend.

Three consecutive winning seasons and back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, the latter the first in program history, speak for themselves when it comes to Texas Tech’s growth as a program. But most of that progress came at home in Lubbock, especially out of conference, and much of it against programs with limited national credentials. Winning and playing a composed counterattacking game on the road at Cal, which turned around two days later and beat Santa Clara for the second time this season, is a new step.

And Beckie, a double-digit goal scorer in each of her first two seasons and the leading scorer for Canada in this summer’s Under-20 World Cup, wasn’t just in the right place at the right time on a set piece against Cal. She was a presence throughout the game, making good runs, testing Cal on a couple of shots and holding up her end of the field. She played like the striker on a College Cup contender should.

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TEXAS TECH SOCCER 2014 CLIPS TECH SOCCER MOVES UP TO NO. 6 IN NSCAA RANKINGS

By Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sept. 16, 2014 Texas Tech soccer (7-0) is off to the best start in program history and is now No. 6 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire poll.

The Red Raiders were No. 7 in the poll last week before defeating No. 11 Cal on the road 1-0 in double overtime and shutting out Abilene Christian at home 2-0.

Tech has moved up 11 spots in the NSCAA poll since the start of the season, and this is the third-straight week where it has surpassed the previous highest ranking in program history.

Texas Tech trails No. 1 UCLA, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Stanford and Florida State.

Of that group, only Virginia Tech and Virginia are unbeaten to this point in the season.

In the Big 12, Tech is the highest-ranked team and Kansas, Oklahoma and West Virginia check in at No. 16, No. 19 and No. 21 respectively.

The Red Raiders have now been ranked for 15-straight weeks, the longest stretch in school history.

BECKIE EARNS SECOND NATIONAL AWARD

By Dawit Haile, The Daily Toreador Sept. 17, 2014 Tech junior forward Janine Beckie was named the ESPNW National Player of the Week Wednesday for her performances from the past weekend, according to a Texas Tech news release.

The recognition from ESPNW is the second national honor Beckie has received in her career. She was previously named the NSCAA National Player of the Week as a freshman on Oct. 31, 2012.

During the last tournament, Beckie scored a goal against Abilene Christian and a game-winner against then-No. 11 California. Those goals helped secure two wins to improve Tech’s record to 7-0, which is the best start to a season in program history.

The weekend began against California in Berkley, California, with a 1-0 victory for Tech, followed by a 2-0 victory over Abilene Christian.

Beckie now ranks in the top five for goals in the Big 12 Conference with four goals, according to the release. She is also tied for the conference high in game-winning goals with three. Those three game-winning goals place her fifth nationally.

Her performance against California and Abilene Christian earned her Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and Top Drawer Soccer’s National Team of the Week, too.

Janine Beckie graced the front page of ESPNW earlier this year after she was named the National Soccer Player of the Week.

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TEXAS TECH SOCCER 2014 CLIPS BECKIE, RED RAIDERS NOW 8-0, BEAT TULSA

By Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sept. 20, 2014 Janine Beckie was at it again Friday.

Beckie recorded the sixth multiple-goal performance of her career as No. 6 Texas Tech opened the Oklahoma State Invitational in Stillwater with a 3-1 victory over Tulsa at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex.

Beckie scored in the 19th and 65th minutes, while Caity Heap connected on the game-winner in the 32nd minute to help the Red Raiders (8-0) remain undefeated following their 14th-consecutive victory over a non-conference opponent.

“We’re certainly happy with the result,” Tech coach Tom Stone said in a Tech news release. “We’re not really happy with the way the game started as we spotted them one early.

TECH PRIMED FOR LONGHORNS MATCH

By Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sept. 26, 2014 Last year, Texas Tech soccer went undefeated in Big 12 play but finished second in the conference.

This year, the No. 6 Red Raiders (9-0) are poised to take home the title as conference play kicks off today against Texas.

“We’re just going to go at every game with everything we’ve got,” coach Tom Stone said. “It’s all in Friday for us. ... Texas is always a tough game. A lot of one goal games with Texas over the last four or five years, and we expect this one to be super tight.”

Since Stone’s arrival at Tech in 2007, the Red Raiders are 3-3-2 against the Longhorns.

Texas Tech has won the past two regular season matches 1-0.

“I thought (the early goal) really ignited us, and I was glad to see the way we responded with several great kicks and a perfectly executed penalty kick from Janine (Beckie).”

“Just the name ‘Texas’ is just like something that we want to go and pound,” senior Paige Strahan said. “I know it’s the same for them. It’s an intense game for us and it takes a lot of preparation.”

Beckie tied the match at 1-1 when she scored off a penalty kick, following a Tulsa (6-2-1) foul inside the box.

Texas enters tonight’s game with a 5-3-2 record thus far.

The two goals give Beckie a team-leading six this season and 32 for her career, moving her into sole possession of second all-time.

Heap scored the game-winner off a long cross pass by Alli Murphy. Heap fired to far post, scoring her second goal of the season and the sixth of her career.

Murphy’s 10 assists easily lead the Big 12 Conference and move her one shy of Taylor Lytle’s single-season school record from 2009.

“The winning goal was a combination of several brilliant passes from three players and (Caity) Heap connected on a great shot,” Stone said in the news release.

“We really tried to slow it down a bit in the second half and get a few players in off the bench. Janine and Caity stayed aggressive all match, especially Janine on crosses, and she really sealed it with that third goal.”

Tulsa’s Rachel Thun, who scored her sixth goal already this season, took a Roman Edwards free kick into the box and scored from 6 yards out to beat Tech goalkeeper Lauren Watson.

The Red Raiders close the Oklahoma State Invitational with a 1 p.m. kickoff Sunday against Memphis.

That record currently has the Longhorns No. 8 out of the nine conference teams, but that doesn’t mean this game is going to be easy. “(Texas) is one of the top three or four teams for sure,” Stone said. “I think the interesting thing about this Big 12 season is it’s hard to differentiate from No. 1 though No. 8 to get to the No. 1 to No. 4. Any of the eight can be in that four.

The teams that have been in the bottom the last three or four years are having great seasons. I think what you’re going to see is the tightest Big 12 race since I’ve been at Texas Tech.”

And the Red Raiders believe their tough nonconference schedule should help them fight their way to the top of the conference this season.

Despite games on the road against top-15 teams in Notre Dame and California, Texas Tech is one of just four teams in the nation (Virginia, Virginia Tech and UALR) that is unbeaten and untied.

“We really didn’t have an easy game, I didn’t think,” Strahan said. “Each game had its own trials we had to overcome, and each team we played was really good.

Even if we didn’t know they were going to be really good, they came out and gave us their best game.”

This 9-0 start has shown the Red Raiders what kind of team they are.

Especially after getting a win against Tulsa, and then fighting through against Memphis down five players who started the game before due to injury with only three subs.

“We’re going to be relentless when we play,” senior Jaelene Hinkle said. “I think we’ve definitely demonstrated that.”

Overall, the tough nonconference schedule did more than help Tech’s RPI when looking forward to the postseason possibility.

Stone said it helped his team with its ability to reach a high level of play and allowed the Red Raiders to notice some weaknesses and adjust.

“The third thing it showed us is we can win ugly,” he said. “A team that likes to pass like we do, sometimes they don’t want to win ugly. Sometimes, believe me, we’ve won pretty and we’ve won ugly. I think our girls embrace the fact that, at the end of the game, the result is what matters, and we’ll take it any way we can.”

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goals for the postseason are not going to be there.”

TECH SOCCER REBOUNDS FOR WIN OVER UC-RIVERSIDE

By Bryan Navarette, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sept. 29, 2014

The Raiders came out strong against the Cowgirls with 11 shots on Oklahoma State in the first period but could not hit the net.

Janine Beckie feels the Red Raiders were tested Sunday, and will continue to be in conference play.

“Riverside probably played the best game that they have ever played against us, and that’s just the nature of this situation,” the Texas Tech forward said. “We are in the top 10 in the nation, and everybody is going to give us their best game and we know that.”

Tech’s soccer team defeated UC-Riverside 3-2 at the John Walker Soccer Complex on Sunday.

Tech’s Caity Heap and Alli Murphy came out strong early in the first half but could not punch it in on the Highlanders.

UC-Riverside goalkeeper Elizabeth Silas, four saves total, assisted the Highlander defense in keeping the Red Raiders (10-1) from scoring and giving the offense a chance to strike.

Following Tech’s two missed opportunities, UC-Riverside’s Brianna Thomasson, unassisted, put the Highlanders (5-3-2) ahead in the eighth minute, on a long shot from 30 yards out.

Tech answered the goal, with 15 minutes left in the half, on a shot from Beckie, who had six shots and two goals, assisted by Paige Strahan, to the left corner of the box to tie the game, 1-1.

In the second half, the Red Raiders offense came to life.

In the 20th minute, Texas Tech’s Heap, assisted by Strahan, put Tech ahead 2-1 with a shot to the left post.

Less than a minute later, the Highlander’s Alina Cunningham, assisted by Tyler Cunningham, hit the upper far post to tie the game, 2-2.

“Riverside is a high pressing team and they hit two of the most ridiculous goals that I have seen against us in a long time,” Tech coach Tom Stone said. “They stuck two in the upper corner. Nothing you can do about it. They were both great shots and it gave them life.

“The best part for us is we rebounded each and every time, and even though we thought we had them down twice, it took a third goal to put them away,” he added. “And it’s nice when your team has the character to go ahead and put them away. We didn’t want it to go into overtime, and we made sure it didn’t.”

The Red Raiders sealed their victory with a long cross from Jaelene Hinkle to Heap to Beckie for the score with eight minutes left in the match.

“I thought we were really ready to play. I thought there was definitely some things that we can learn from tonight and we learned a lot from Friday,” Beckie said. “When you lose, it gives you that much more fire to win the next game.”

TECH-OSU SOCCER GAME ENDS IN DRAW

By Bryan Navarette, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Oct. 5, 2014 Janine Beckie felt good about her goal, but disappointed in the outcome of the match.

“When you score and don’t win, it doesn’t really feel right,” the Texas Tech forward said. “To win, we have to do what we need to do, and we are not doing that.

So, we are going to have to figure out how to get there.”

Cowgirl goalie Rosa Medina made seven saves total, and the OSU defense fought to keep the Raiders off the board.

Tech’s Caity Heap had six shots, Janine Beckie four shots and Paige Strahan two shots. Several other Raiders pressured Oklahoma State’s defense but struggled to punch it in.

“To be completely honest, the deciding factor has been the metal that stops our goals, because that is seven crossbars and posts in three games,” Raider coach Tom Stone said. “I haven’t seen anything like it. Can’t fault our effort. Can’t fault our attitude. Can’t fault our style or dominance. We out shot them 24 to eight today.”

Although limited in shots, the Cowgirls found a way to make what little they had work.

In the 23rd minute, OSU forward Courtney Dike, four shots total, received a long pass from teammate Natalie Calhoun and beat Tech goalie Lauren Watson, two saves, on a shot to the right post to put the Cowgirls ahead 1-0.

“That shot could have been worrisome if we did not keep attacking so well,” Stone said.

The first half ended with Oklahoma State in the lead and Tech unable to answer the score.

Despite struggles with depth and injuries, Tech came out ready to play in the second period and scored early.

Four minutes into the half, Beckie, assisted by Meagan McCullough, received a long cross from the right side of the field and sailed the ball over the head of Medina to tie the game. ““Given the looks we’ve had and the chances that were denied, it was good to see one go in,” Stone said, “and it was no surprise that it was Beckie that got it for us.”

The Raiders attempted to put the game away, but the Cowgirl defense would not let Tech pull ahead.

In return, Tech’s defense limited Oklahoma State’s offense to eight shots the entire match.

“This was a game that we could not lose,” Stone said. “We absolutely had to tie or win, and of course as you can tell, we were going for the win.”

Both teams failed to score and the match went into 10 minutes of overtime.

Still struggling to get in the net, the Raiders were successful in marching down field but came up short.

The game advanced into a second 10-minute overtime period with neither team scoring and the game ending in a draw.

A tie on their record, Tech’s Bridgett Jenkins said the Raiders will press on and improve in what’s left of conference play.

“We’ve got six games left. We have to keep fighting and keep pushing. We can’t let off the gas pedal now,” she said. “We’ve got to keep fighting harder and harder and get those wins.”

Tech will face West Virginia at 6 p.m. Friday at West Virginia.

Tech’s soccer team (10-2-1) tied Oklahoma State (6-7-1) 1-1 in their third conference match in the Big 12 at the John Walker Soccer Complex Sunday.

“Today, obviously a tie is better than a loss, but we’re still not satisfied,” Beckie said. “The fact that we haven’t won a Big 12 game is frustrating, but we have three more weekends of games. And we need to get the job done, or else our

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By Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Oct. 10, 2014 During her time with the Canadian U-20 national team, junior forward Janine Beckie played alongside three student-athletes from West Virginia — freshman forward Amandine Pierre-Louis, sophomore forward Ashley Lawrence and sophomore defender Kadeisha Buchanan.

Friday, she plays against them.

“It’s going to be really weird playing against them now after playing with them,” Beckie said. “But it’s really awesome to play at that level in a big tournament with people, and then get to come back to college and play against them. It’ll be really fun, and I’m excited to see them. It’s been since the World Cup, so it’ll be good.”

All four players have been successful this season after their U-20 run. Lawrence and Buchanan each have three goals, while Pierre-Louis has one goal and a pair of assists. Beckie leads the Red Raiders, and is tied for No. 23 in the country, with nine goals on the season.

“It’s an advantage knowing people, but they also know me,” Beckie said. “We have to be good about knowing their personnel. They’re all three good players.

We definitely have them on our radar.”

However, Texas Tech has yet to win a Big 12 game, falling to Texas and Oklahoma and it tied Oklahoma State.

“It’s always a good match-up with the Mountaineers for sure,” Beckie said. “My freshman year we went up there. It was a great game. We lost 3-2. Last year they had to come down here, and we beat them. It’s always back-and-forth. They’re a very talented, well-rounded team. I think you could say the same for us. We’re definitely really excited. Probably the game I’ve been the most excited for up to this point.”

TECH SOCCER STILL LOOKING FOR CONFERENCE WIN

By Dawit Haile, The Daily Toreador Oct. 12, 2014 No. 15 Texas Tech soccer (10-2-1; 0-2-1) has readied itself for another top-20 matchup 6 p.m. Friday against No. 17 West Virginia (8-2-2; 1-0-1) in Morgantown, W. Va. Tech has already had two other top-20 matchups this season against Notre Dame and California. Both happened to occur when they were ranked No. 11, and both ended in wins for Tech.

However, wins have not been so easy to come by since Tech began conference. It started the season a perfect 10-0. Then it faced Texas. A golden goal was allowed to give Tech its first loss. Then it faced Oklahoma. Another golden goal was allowed for another loss.

And then it face Oklahoma State, but this one did not end in defeat for Tech. It was able to salvage a 1-1 draw.

In West Virginia’s inaugural season in the conference, Tech flew to Morgantown for the contest. It resulted in a 2-3 loss for Tech, its third loss of the 2012-2013 season at the time.

These two teams met in competition again the next season. However, that time around it was at home for Tech in John Walker Soccer Complex. The setting was not the only thing to change. Tech ended up winning the match 2-0.

If this trend continues, West Virginia could give Tech its third loss of the season again. West Virginia is good enough to do so as it is a two-time regular season Big 12 champion in its two years in the conference, and it is going for its third.

Tech coach Tom Stone said those conference championships make West Virginia the team everyone is chasing, despite Tech possessing the higher ranking. And to chase West Virginia down in this match, Tech will need to be at its best. “(The Mountaineer’s) system creates chances on the counter,” he said. “They have got some really talented forwards and one of the best center backs in country, and so we’ve got to match up well in those areas.”

Playing against an opponent of West Virginia’s caliber though may help Tech perform at its best, Stone said. Tech seems to feel the pressure sometimes when facing inferior opponents because it knows the result everyone is expecting. But in these matches where either side can win, the team possesses an ability to rise to the occasion.

Beckie said it is also an advantage to personally know three of the athletes on the opposing squad. She played alongside West Virginia’s sophomore defender Kadeisha Buchanan, sophomore forward Ashley Lawrence and redshirt freshman forward Amandine Pierre-Louis as a part of the U-20 Canadian national women’s soccer team.

The Canadian trio is responsible for seven goals and five assists this season, according to West Virginia Athletics.

Beckie has talked about these three amongst her teammates here and there, she said. Nevertheless, it is important to gain an understanding of the entire roster because those three are probably telling their teammates all about her too.

Scoring is not an issue for the Mountaineers’ roster. Nine of the Mountaineers have scored at least two goals, including Buchanan and Lawrence with three each, which has produced 27 goals.

They accomplished this by launching 260 shots with 42.3 percent on goal.

Tech is not far behind with 23 goals. Five of its player have scored at least two goals. However, the majority of the scoring is limited to just two players, Beckie with nine goals and junior midfielder Hannah Devine with five.

Not to mention, only 39.5 percent of Tech 233 shot have been on goal.

Nonetheless, redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Watson said she sees this as a favorable matchup for Tech.

Defense and confidence will be vital, she said. The Red Raiders cannot allow the Mountaineers to push them around and reach all their sweet spots.

“If we come strong and we come playing our game,“ Watson said, “I think we can come out with a win.”

Junior forward Janine Beckie said pressure is building to earn a win against West Virginia. If Tech does not come out with a victory, it will make it more difficult than it already is to accomplish the goals the team has its sight on.

“At the same time, this team is really good with pressure,” she said. “We have changed it into a positive thing.”

Tech is using these lumps as a learning experience, Beckie said. Following the first three games of Big 12 Conference play, Tech has taken inventory of weaknesses and mistakes. She hopes this helps the team cure what has been ailing it and earns Tech a win.

Going to Morgantown will not make earning this win any easier. Ever since West Virginia joined the Big 12, the win has gone to the home team when these two teams meet, according to Tech Athletics.

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By Sarah McDowell, Texas Tech Athletics Communications Oct. 15, 2014 Just for fun. That’s why Jaelene Hinkle started playing soccer. When she started at the age of four, she had no idea where it would take her.

Like most athletes, as a child, the Denver, Colorado native would watch the U.S. national team on TV and wish to be just like them. Little did she know, Hinkle would have multiple opportunities to play for and train with national teams as well as become an NCAA All-American.

“It’s so awesome just because you’re playing with the best players in the country,” Hinkle said about her time working with the U-17, U-20 and U-23 national programs. “You’re getting so much better by even just being there for a week and training even if you’re not playing games. I love whenever I get the opportunity to go into a camp and get better.”

a first team Academic All-Big 12 last season as she ended the year as one of only three Red Raiders with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.

Hinkle’s presence on the team will be missed next year, according to Beckie, but she said Hinkle and fellow senior captain Paige Strahan have set a lasting example for what is expected of the program.

Whether it’s landing that dream job or continuing to play soccer, Hinkle seems to have numerous doors open for her after graduation because of her dedication on and off the field.

Stone believes Hinkle will be drafted in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) as well as have international opportunities with the U.S. national team program, so there is a chance that Texas Tech soccer fans will be able to continue to follow the senior defender and captain after this season.

“When she gets on the field, it’s just the team, the field and the game,” Beckie said about Hinkle. “Nothing else matters.”

She was finally seeing all of her hard work pay off when she got to college, but she had so much more room to grow through the Texas Tech program.

RED RAIDER SOCCER TEAM STICKING TOGETHER THROUGH ADVERSITY

By Dawit Haile, The Daily Toreador Oct. 15, 2014

Head coach Tom Stone said she has improved in just about every aspect of soccer. He said Hinkle went from having “bright moments” in the beginning of her collegiate career to now putting together complete games.

No. 22 Texas Tech (10-3-1; 0-3-1) continues to search for its first win in the Big 12 Conference following its 2-4 loss to No. 16 West Virginia on Oct. 10.

According to Stone, Hinkle became both a shut down defender as well as a dynamic attacking force.

Tech is scheduled to face No. 9 Kansas (14-1-0; 4-0-0) 7 p.m. Friday in Lawrence, Kansas, and Texas Christian (7-5-3; 0-2-3) 1 p.m. Sunday in Fort Worth.

Hinkle credits her progression as an athlete to Stone. She said there was a dramatic change between her freshman year and now.

Senior defender Jaelene Hinkle said spirits remain high amongst the Tech soccer program.

“I think Tom has really helped to develop me as a person and in my game,” Hinkle said. “Going professional is definitely a goal. Going national team is a goal, so I think having a coach that fully supports you and a team that’s fully behind you has dramatically improved my game.”

The team is just having to endure an extended run of bad luck, she said, but expects it to end soon after a hard week of training.

Hinkle’s skills aren’t the only aspects that have been apparent throughout her time at Texas Tech. Many of her teammates and coaches would consider Hinkle as one of the leaders on the team.

Junior forward Janine Beckie said Hinkle is an all-around great leader on the team and is something she inspires younger players on the team to emulate.

According to Hinkle, she tries to lead by example, similar to how previous seniors and captains led her.

“My leadership is just to push everyone to be the best they can be,” Hinkle said.

“If that means just working on their game a little early before practice or going full-out in a training session, then that’s what has to be done.”

Beckie describes Hinkle’s attitude as relentless. Hinkle is known to give 100 percent effort every practice and every game regardless of anything else going on in her life.

That’s Hinkle’s best quality, Beckie said, because not very many athletes are able to forget about their personal problems when they step on the field.

That relentless attitude is driven by her competitive nature, according to Stone.

He said Hinkle’s high standard is contagious to everyone else.

The senior defender said her goal for this season has nothing to do with the potential of becoming a two-time All-American. Hinkle’s main concern is the team and getting the team as far as possible in the postseason.

By putting the team first, Hinkle displays those leadership qualities in which everyone speaks so highly.

“Everyone has come out really hard,” Hinkle said, “knowing that if we get our two wins this weekend that we are right back where we want to be.”

Tech is able to stay confident in its ability to make it into the NCAA Division I tournament because of its Rating Percentage Index, or RPI. Tech currently possesses an RPI ranking of 19th in the country, according to the NCAA. This means Tech has had a tough schedule in which it has competed favorably, according to CollegeRPI.com. Wins against teams previously ranked No. 11, California and Notre Dame, plus wins against other solid teams have afforded Tech with the opportunity to go through a rough patch.

Tech coach Tom Stone said he understands the Red Raiders are still in a position to find their way out of these difficulties with an entire second half of conference play remaining.

That only means as much as what they can make of it, so the Red Raiders need to come away with as many wins as they can in their last four games of the season, he said. To help in this effort, priorities have been focused on maintaining health and preparing the younger players to contribute.

“What rattled their cages a little bit is it has been a long time, like two years, since they faced (the adversity) they have faced recently,” Stone said. “And some of these players, the sophomores specifically, have never faced this. The sophomores know of one loss in their entire career here until we took some injuries and dropped a couple games.”

There is comfort in seeing each of the Red Raiders support one another, while also maintaining a feeling of displeasure in the way they have played in the first four conference games, he said. If they were only like this when winning, he would have learned this group of Red Raiders was never a team to begin with.

“It’s in the back of your mind because it was such a cool experience,” Hinkle says about the potential of being named an All-American again. “Of course my goal is just to get this team as far as we can go this year, and if All-American happens again, it happens again.”

Junior midfielder Hannah Devine said what allows Tech to sustain this attitude, through good and bad, is the confidence it has in its collective talent.

Not only does Hinkle work hard on the field, but she also puts in the same amount of effort in the classroom. The senior human sciences major was named

“(Junior forward) Caity Heap hit the crossbar three times,” Devine said. “She is going to start scoring. (Junior forward) Janine (Beckie) is going to start scoring.

Opponents can only hold Tech back for so long, she said.

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That time may come Sunday against TCU. It is in the same boat as Tech. Both teams have yet to earn their first wins.

TECH SOCCER AIMS TO FINISH SEASON STRONG

By Dawit Haile, The Daily Toreador Oct. 22, 2014 No. 19 Texas Tech (12-3-1; 2-3-1) concludes the regular season with its last two Big 12 Conference games against Baylor (8-5-2; 2-2-1) 7 p.m. Friday and Iowa State (6-9-0; 0-5-0) 1 p.m. Sunday at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

Defensively, they are difficult to score against. Tech has allowed only 13 goals through 13 games, while TCU has allowed just 14 goals through 15 games.

Tech goes into this week different from the rest because of two conference wins.

Last week, Tech earned its first two conference wins against formerly No. 9 Kansas and TCU.

Where Tech could capitalize, however, is in shot opportunities. TCU may not allow many goals, but it let opponents release 218 shots, 22 shots more than it has been able to take itself, according to TCU Athletics.

Senior midfielder Paige Strahan said it felt nice to have that winning feeling return.

Somehow, TCU currently possesses a five-goal advantage on its opponents with 19 goals. This changes to a seven-goal disadvantage when compared to Tech’s 26 goals on the season, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech returned to being Tech, Strahan said. After a run of injuries, the team began pressing to make up for the losses. The initial attempt to replace junior forward Briana Rohmer and junior defender Jade Dapaah caused the tie and three losses.

Before Tech faces TCU, it will need to compete against the best team in the Big 12. The Jayhawks are statistically better than the Red Raiders in goals scored and goals allowed.

Now with a couple of wins under the team’s belt, everything feels all right.

They already have 31 goals under their belt with only 191 shots, according to Kansas Athletics. They are able to accomplish this feat with 41.4 percent of their shots on goal.

This is coupled with senior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Stroud and her Jayhawk backline allowing just seven goals.

“Those two wins were huge for us,” she said. “They gave us confidence. They put us back in the run (for the Big 12 Conference regular season title). Like I said, we just feel like ourselves again.”

Currently, the Red Raiders are tied for fourth place in the conference with the Bears and Sooners, according to the conference website. The week before the Red Raiders were second to last.

Kansas coach Mark Francis transitioned his team into a mirror image of Tech, at least in terms of formation, Stone said. Both teams play with a 4-3-3 formation.

They cannot become complacent all of a sudden simply because of two wins, Strahan said. Every conference game is tough no matter where the opponents sit in the Big 12.

However, Stone does not see any major advantage coming from Tech competing with this formation longer, he said. Kansas is different in how it likes to defend out of the system and how it shapes up when moving the ball up field.

Senior defender Jaelene Hinkle said Tech is using a bit of motivation to continue its winning streak. Before the Kansas game, Tech made a short-term goal to go on a four-game winning streak.

“It should be a pretty game to watch,” Stone said. “I’ll say that right, and it will be awful. It will be so ugly, and somebody will win 1-0 in the last minute. But it has the makings of really good game.”

“We got two down, two more to go,” Hinkle said.

TECH DEFEATS TCU 1-0 TO PICK UP SECOND-STRAIGHT BIG 12 WIN

By Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Oct. 19, 2014 After opening not picking up a win in its first four Big 12 games, Texas Tech has now won two in a row.

The Red Raiders recorded their second-straight shutout and picked up a key goal from Paige Strahan on Sunday afternoon as they topped TCU 1-0 at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.

No. 22 Tech (12-3-1, 2-3-1) is now 4-2 this season in road matches, all of which have come against opponents currently ranked in the top 50 of the RPI. Tech shut out No. 9 Kansas 1-0 on Friday night.

Strahan’s fourth goal of the season, which came in the 35th minute, was set up

by Janine Beckie, who sent a direct pass to Strahan in the upper right corner of the box. Strahan took one touch and fired with her left foot, deflecting the attempt off the upper far left post and into the back of the net.

The lead was enough for the Red Raider defense, which limited TCU’s chances throughout the day.

The Horned Frogs took only seven shots at goalkeeper Lauren Watson. Watson made two saves, including one in the final 10 minutes of the match that protected the shutout, her seventh of the season.

TCU goalkeeper Vittoria Arnold, meanwhile, was forced to make eight saves, six of which that came in the first half alone. She faced 20 shots altogether as the Red Raiders controlled possession for most of the match.

Those next two games are not easy, she said. Baylor presents a problem because of the clash of styles it brings to the field. The Bears like to kick the ball ahead instead of working the ball down the field with precise passes like Tech. Baylor also possesses a size advantage.

Tech coach Tom Stone said Baylor is also one of the toughest teams to score on.

It pressures opponents all over the field. According to the conference website, Baylor ranks second in goals allowed. Senior goalkeeper Michelle Kloss and her defense have only allowed 11 goals. The only team to do better is Kansas.

In the second game, Tech ends its season against Iowa State, which has yet to win a Big 12 game.

However, there are not going to be any Red Raiders underestimating the Cyclones, Stone said. They are a strong, physical team.

“They’ve always been dangerous. They’re absolutely enormous,” he said. “Wait till you see the walkout. It’s like the land of the giants versus the Alli Murphys of the world.”

Nevertheless, Iowa State is at the bottom of the Big 12 in shots (137), goals (18) and assists (13), according to the conference website, and it is second to last in goals allowed (19).

Stone understands Iowa State coach Tony Minatta is in a transitioning period there, he said. That does not change the fact that Stone is happy to not go to Ames, Iowa, he said. Iowa State always proves to be a difficult out when it is at home.

Last season, Tech came out with a 2-1 victory against Iowa State at the Cyclone Sports Complex in Ames. No matter what though, Tech needs to keep it simple, Stone said.

“We need to be good in all the ways we are good,” he said, “and then make some maybe special allowances for the things those two teams are good at and try to take them away.”

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TEXAS TECH SOCCER 2014 CLIPS LEADERS STICK TOGETHER THROUGH ADVERSITY

By Dawit Haile, The Daily Toreador Oct. 27, 2014 Junior forward Janine Beckie scores the goals, junior midfielder Alli Murphy provides the assists, and sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Watson shuts out opponents.

It comes together, however, with the help of senior defender Jaelene Hinkle and senior midfielder Paige Strahan.

“In ‘Jae,’” Stone said, “there is just a class of an individual that the girls just see.

Unbelievable student, incredibly focused, just great balance, and can play at a level that we all wish we could play at, you know. She is just that special, and I think people are drawn to her humility and they’re drawn to how she cares so much for everybody.”

Texas Tech coach Tom Stone said these two athletes are able to lead the team because of the difference in their personalities.

“In Paige,” he said, “ you can’t get a more hard working blue collar, West Texas, ‘Double T,’ bleeding red and black example of what we want our team to demonstrate on the field.”

This blending of personalities creates a combination perfect for the needs of this year’s team, Stone said. Some players look to Hinkle for guidance, and others look to Strahan, but in the end everyone is taken care of.

Last year, the two captains tasked with leading the team were former Red Raiders Hayley Haagsma and Conner Whitfield, he said. When they graduated, Stone said he did not know how Tech was going to replace them.

Then Hinkle and Strahan stepped forward.

Tech started the season fast, winning its first 10 games for the best start in school history, according to Tech Athletics. This start included wins against two previously No. 11 teams, Notre Dame and California.

Tech rode all these wins to No. 6 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll, but then it all went wrong when Tech began Big 12 Conference play.

Nevertheless, Tech pulled out a 1-0 victory against Kansas. Freshman forward Alex Marmureanu scored her first career goal, and Tech earned its first conference win.

Hinkle said the win against Kansas was a reminder of what Tech was capable of.

The players came together as a team more in this game than it had the previous weeks.

That is not to say Tech could not have won several of the first four conference games, she said.

“I felt like in a couple games we were so unlucky hitting the post and hitting the crossbar,” Hinkle said. “It was just nice to get a win and score the first goal.”

The win changed the Red Raiders’ fortunes because, two days later against TCU, Strahan hammered the ball in for a goal to give them their second-straight 1-0 victory.

Then this past weekend Tech defeated Baylor 1-0 on Friday night and reached its four-win goal Sunday with a 6-1 victory over Iowa State.

Hinkle assisted freshman forward Sara Summers in her first career goal, while also threatening the Iowa State defense with runs at the net from her position at left back.

Strahan, however, did not make it onto the field because of a minor head injury sustained against Baylor, according to Tech Athletics. It was simply a precautionary measure to ensure she is healthy for postseason play.

Tech had found what it was looking for through those first four conference games.

Now, Tech is tied for third in the conference standings with Oklahoma State, and it is waiting to find out its place in the Big 12 Championship tournament.

There is one problem Tech has to figure out no matter how well it does this postseason, Stone said.

Tech had to go through this when Haagsma and Whitfield graduated, he said, and it is going to have to do it again when Hinkle and Strahan graduate.

“How the heck are we going to replace those two?”

A month ago, No. 6 Tech lost 1-0 to Texas in overtime on a golden goal. Then the next week, Tech lost 1-0 to Oklahoma in overtime from another golden goal.

Tech fell once again in the rankings to No. 22 after a 4-2 loss to West Virginia, and with a 0-3-1 conference record the team sat second to last in the Big 12.

Strahan said through those four games it felt like the season was completely lost, because her desire to win is so strong and the belief and expectations she has in the team’s abilities are so high.

“We had to step back and reflect on ourselves,” Strahan said, “and (ask) what can we do on the field and what can we do off the field to make sure that we can get back to (being) ourselves.”

The captains did not go through this process alone, she said. They went to the coaches for some advice in how to help the team regain its confidence as well as its form on the field.

Hinkle said they even sought the advice from Haagsma, a former Tech captain.

“The previous knowledge from past captains has really helped,” Hinkle said, “when we got into this little slump.”

With four games left at that point, the team created a new goal for itself, Hinkle said. It was simple: win the next four games.

The first game for Tech was against previously No. 9 Kansas in this four-game stretch.

Tech had beaten a top 10 team in its history only once before, according Tech Athletics.

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By Dawit Haile, The Daily Toreador Nov. 11, 2014 Texas Tech redshirt sophomore Lauren Watson had her first shutout game in her first career start against Oral Roberts Aug. 24, a 5-0 victory, according to Tech Athletics.

Through the course of the three-person battle, Watson began seeing benefits appear, she said. These benefits didn’t appear on anything specific, but more on how she approached training.

No longer would she put maximum effort for the beginning of training, and then have it peter out toward the end, Watson said. She stayed focused from beginning to end with full effort throughout each day of competition.

When spring training came to an end Stone had to decide who the next starting goalkeeper would be.

The only other Red Raider to accomplish this feat in her career start is former Red Raider goalkeeper Victoria Esson.

Watson earned the job of starting goalkeeper.

Watson’s first career start was a long time coming, and she had to wait behind Esson to earn it.

Watson, Keeton and Stone all said they do not remember when the decision was made, but all thought it was the right one when they heard.

Tech soccer coach Tom Stone said the former goalkeeper Esson was a thinker at the position.

“I waited two years,” she said. “I worked my butt off, and it is awesome to finally know that (I’m) the starting keeper.”

“Very position-oriented, almost a line keeper,” Stone said, “not super athletic, not super tall. She had so much experience at the international level that she was moving to balls before they are even shot.”

With that said, Watson understood her new position came with new responsibilities. She now possessed the responsibility to not just protect the net, but be a leader for the defense as well.

There is virtually nothing she did not have an answer to, he said.

Replacing Esson would not be easy for Watson.

A trial run in this new role came when Tech faced No. 25 Denver in an exhibition match Aug. 16 in Denver, Colorado. This match served as a tune-up before the season.

In 2012, Watson came to Tech as a freshman goalkeeper from The Woodlands, Texas. However, she was not the only goalkeeper on the roster.

It was not perfect, but Watson did enough, finishing the game with one save, one allowed goal and one victory.

At the time, Stone had redshirt junior goalkeeper Erin Wikelius, senior goalkeeper Alexis Braziel and junior goalkeeper Victoria Esson, according to Tech Athletics.

From there Watson hit the ground running. After the Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament, she is ranked second in goals allowed and goals against average in the Big 12, according to the conference website.

Those last three goalkeepers all received some playing time that season with Esson earning the majority as the starter for all 22 games that season.

Watson is also in a three-way tie for second in the conference for shutouts with eight.

Watson did not receive any time in front of the net, so she redshirted.

Now she is preparing to take No. 3-seed Tech into its first matchup of the NCAA Women’s Division I soccer tournament against Prairie View.

She eventually found herself on the field in the 2013-2014 season for two games, but she did not start in either.

Looking back, Stone said there was no other choice besides Watson.

Watson backed up Esson against Colorado State and Arkansas Pine-Bluff. During her 97:48 minutes of play she made one save and allowed no goals, according to Tech Athletics.

She has a tall 5’10’’ frame and athleticism few goalkeepers possess, he said. Plus, she has quick hands. These physical tools allow her to come off the line and dominate crosses, he said, which Esson did not dare to do.

By this time, the only competition Watson had for backup goalkeeper was senior goalkeeper Torie Calhoun.

However, Watson is not just an athlete, Stone said. She also has the mental capabilities to think her way through a game, which allows her to shot block like Esson.

It seemed inevitable for Watson to be the next in line behind Esson to take over the spot at starting goalkeeper with Calhoun and Esson graduating. However, the spot was not just handed to Watson.

“So her upside,” Stone said, “is potentially endless.”

Two new recruits, Marissa Torres from Amarillo and Carissa Christensen from Alta Loma, California, came in the spring to battle for the starting job.

Assistant coach Gibbs Keeton said no doubt crept into his mind about whether or not Watson possessed the ability to handle the position of starting goalkeeper for Tech, but the two freshmen were unknowns for the team and what they could bring to the table needed to be seen.

Christensen and Torres quickly made it obvious they were not going to simply let Watson become the starter because she was an upperclassman, Keeton said.

“They pushed ‘Lo’ like no other,” he said.

Watson said Christensen and Torres were able to test her because they rivaled her in talent and competiveness.

Admittedly, Watson said there were times she wondered if she was doing enough to secure the job, because she has such high expectations for herself.

“I’m always evaluating myself,” Watson said. “I’m always saying ‘Am I working hard enough?’ or ‘Am I pushing them or are they pushing me?’”

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2014 TEXAS TECH SOCCER

NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. 0 00 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 33

NAME Lauren Watson Carissa Christensen Marissa Torres Haleigh Fancher Natalie Schmutz Erin Inman Alyssa Jacobs Alex Marmureanu Alli Murphy Hannah Devine Caity Heap Briana Rohmer Janine Beckie Stephanie Sorrells Meagan McCullough Jaelene Hinkle Bridgett Jenkins Makenzie Kahan Alex Romanelli Taylor Narvaiz Cassie Conarty Bethany Hale Rebekah O’Brien Maddy Crabtree Paige Strahan Sara Summers Ashley Casey Kendyl Pirkey Marissa Lipar Jade Dapaah Hattie Schunk

HT. 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-7 5-2 5-6 5-2 5-9 5-2 5-7 5-4 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-5 5-4 5-7 5-4 5-8 5-9 5-11 5-5 5-6 5-5 5-2 5-7 5-5 5-1 5-9 5-9 5-7

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER POS. GK GK GK F/MF F MF D F MF MF/D F F/MF F MF/F D D D MF D D D/MF D D/MF F/MF MF F F MF/F D D D

CLASS-EX. HOMETOWN / H.S. / PREVIOUS SCHOOL So-1L The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands Fr-HS Alta Loma, Calif. / Los Onos Fr-HS Amarillo, Texas / Tascosa Fr-HS Columbia, Mo. / Rockbridge Fr-HS Flower Mound, Texas / Marcus Sr-3L Austin, Texas / McNeil So-1L San Antonio, Texas / Tom C. Clark Fr-HS Los Angeles, Calif. / Marymount Jr-2L Plano, Texas / Plano Jr-2L Georgetown, Texas / Home School Jr-2L McKinney, Texas / McKinney Boyd Jr-2L Fort Worth, Texas / Fossil Ridge Jr-2L Highlands Ranch, Colo. / Valor Christian So-1L Hurst, Texas / Birdville So-1L Garland, Texas / Rowlett Sr-3L Denver, Colo. / Valor Christian Sr-3L Keller, Texas / Keller Jr-TR Houston, Texas / Clear Brook / Oklahoma State Sr-1L Southlake, Texas / Carroll / Nicholls State Sr-3L Lubbock, Texas / Monterey Fr-HS Allen, Texas / Lovejoy Jr-2L Iowa Park, Texas / Iowa Park Fr-HS Spring, Texas / Home School So-1L Greenville, Texas / Greenville Sr-3L Odessa, Texas / Permian Fr-HS Highland Park, Texas / Highland Park Jr-2L Allen, Texas / Allen So-1L Wylie, Texas / Rockwall Fr-RS The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands Jr-1L Bedford, Texas / Grapevine Fr-RS Albuquerque, N.M. / La Cueva

NO. NAME 12 Janine Beckie 26 Ashley Casey 00 Carissa Christensen 20 Cassie Conarty 23 Maddy Crabtree 29 Jade Dapaah 9 Hannah Devine 3 Haleigh Fancher 21 Bethany Hale 10 Caity Heap 15 Jaelene Hinkle 5 Erin Inman 6 Alyssa Jacobs 16 Bridgett Jenkins 17 Makenzie Kahan 28 Marissa Lipar 7 Alex Marmureanu 14 Meagan McCullough 8 Alli Murphy 19 Taylor Narvaiz 22 Rebekah O’Brien 27 Kendyl Pirkey 11 Briana Rohmer 18 Alex Romanelli 4 Natalie Schmutz 33 Hattie Schunk 13 Stephanie Sorrells 24 Paige Strahan 25 Sara Summers 1 Marissa Torres 0 Lauren Watson

POS. F F GK D F D MF F/MF D MF/F D MF D D MF D F D MF D D/MF MF F D F D MF MF F GK GK

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Tom Stone (8th Season) Associate Head Coach: Todd Shulenberger (2nd Season) Assistant Coach: Gibbs Keeton (6th Season) Volunteer Assistant: Bri Young (2nd Season) Strength and Conditioning: Katie Munger Athletic Trainer: Laura Schnettgoecke

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

BY POSITION Goalkeeper - 3 Christensen, Torres, Watson Forwards - 8 Beckie, Casey, Crabtree, Heap, Rohmer, Schmutz, Summers

Marmureanu,

Midfielders - 12 Conarty, Devine, Fancher, Heap, Inman, Kahan, Murphy, O’Brien, Pirkey, Rohmer Sorrells, Strahan Defenders - 12 Conarty, Dapaah, Hale, Hinkle, Jacobs, Jenkins, Lipar, McCullough, Narvaiz, O’Brien, Romanelli, Schunk

BY HOME STATE California - 2 Christensen, Marmureanu

BY CLASSIFICATION Senior - 5 Hinkle, Inman, Jenkins, Romanelli, Strahan

Colorado - 2 Beckie, Hinkle

Junior - 10 Beckie, Casey, Dapaah, Devine, Hale, Heap, Kahan, Murphy, Narvaiz, Rohmer

New Mexico - 1 Schunk Missouri - 1 Fancher Texas - 25 Casey, Conarty, Crabtree, Dapaah, Devine, Hale, Heap, Inman, Jacobs, Jenkins, Kahan, Lipar, McCullough, Murphy, Narvaiz, O’Brien, Pirkey, Rohmer, Romanelli, Schmutz, Sorrells, Strahan, Summers, Torres, Watson

Sophomore - 6 Crabtree, Jacobs, McCullough, Pirkey, Sorrells, Watson Freshmen - 10 Christensen, Conarty, Fancher, Lipar, Marmureanu, O’Brien, Schmutz, Schunk, Summers, Torres

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0

Lauren Watson 5-10 • GK • SO-1L The Woodlands, Texas

00

Carissa Christensen 5-8 • GK • FR-HS Alta Loma, Calif.

1

Marissa Torres 5-8 • GK • FR-HS Amarillo, Texas

3

Haleigh Fancher 5-7 • F/MF • FR-HS Columbia, Mo.

4

6

Alyssa Jacobs 5-2 • D • SO-1L San Antonio, Texas

12

Natalie Schmutz 5-2 • F • FR-HS Flower Mound, Texas

5

Erin Inman 5-6 • MF • SR-3L Austin, Texas

7

Alex Marmureanu 5-9 • F • FR-HS Los Angeles, Calif.

8

Alli Murphy 5-2 • MF • JR-2L Plano, Texas

9

Hannah Devine 5-7 • MF/D • Jr-2L Georgetown, Texas

10

Caity Heap 5-4 • F • JR-2L McKinney, Texas

11

Briana Rohmer 5-8 • F/MF • JR-2L Fort Worth, Texas

Janine Beckie 5-8 • F • JR-2L Highlands Ranch, Colo.

13

Stephanie Sorrells 5-9 • MF/F • SO-1L Hurst, Texas

14

Meagan McCullough 5-5 • D • SO-1L Garland, Texas

15

Jaelene Hinkle 5-4 • D • SR-3L Denver, Colo.

16

Bridgett Jenkins 5-7 • D • SR-3L Keller, Texas

17

Makenzie Kahan 5-4 • MF • JR-TR Houston, Texas

18

Alex Romanelli 5-8 • D • SR-1L Southlake, Texas

19

Taylor Narvaiz 5-9 • D • JR-2L Lubbock, Texas

20

Cassie Conarty 5-11 • D/MF • FR-HS Allen, Texas

21

Bethany Hale 5-5 • D • JR-2L Iowa Park, Texas

22

Rebekah O’Brien 5-6 • D/MF • FR-HS Spring, Texas

23

Maddy Crabtree 5-5 • F/MF • SO-1L Greenville, Texas

24

Paige Strahan 5-2 • MF • SR-3L Odessa, Texas

25

Sara Summers 5-7 • F • FR-HS Highland Park, Texas

26

Ashley Casey 5-5 • F • JR-2L Allen, Texas

27

Kendyl Pirkey 5-1 • MF/F • SO-1L Wylie, Texas

28

Marissa Lipar 5-9 • D • FR-RS The Woodlands, Texas

29

Jade Dapaah 5-9 • D • JR-1L Bedford, Texas

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Hattie Schunk 5-7 • D • FR-RS Albuquerque, N.M.

HC

Tom Stone Head Coach Eighth Season

AC

Todd Shulenberger Associate Head Coach Second Season

AC

Gibbs Keeton Assistant Coach Sixth Season

VC

Bri Young Volunteer Asst. Coach Second Season

SC

Katie Munger Strength / Conditioning Eleventh Season

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