Soccer Opens Home-Stand With Two Matches This Week.
September 12, 2000 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 12, 2000
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The Red Raiders open the home slate this Thursday, September 14, against West Texas A&M in a 4 p.m. match at R.P. Fuller Stadium. Tech also plays at home Sunday, September 17, versus Tulsa at 1 p.m.
The matches this week are Tech's final tuneups before opening conference play at Texas A&M and Texas the following weekend.
Tulsa comes into this weekend 3-1-1 overall after defeating Southwest Missouri State in its only match this past weekend. The Hurricanes have wins over their in-state rivals Oklahoma and Oklahoma State on the slate, as well.
The Red Raiders own a 1-0 all-time match record against West Texas A&M, winning 3-2 last season at home. Tech is 1-1 versus Tulsa, with each squad winning on its home turf. Tulsa picked up a 4-0 win in 1995, but the Raiders returned the favor 3-0 in 1996 in Lubbock.
The two home matches mark the first of seven to be played on the Tech campus this season. The Red Raiders also host conference foes Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor,IOwa State and Nebraska.
Tech soccer gets first victory at Portland State
Three goals in six minutes leads Raiders to win
The Texas Tech soccer team posted its first victory of the season Friday evening, September 8, with a 5-1 victory over homestanding Portland State.
The Red Raiders scored three goals in a six-minute span during the middle of the match to take control against the Vikings. Lindsay Wile scored on an assist from Ellen McNamara with just over a minute left in the first half, giving Tech a 2-0 edge at intermission.
Portland native Ali Jepson scored Tech's third goal on an assist from senior Carrie Graham. McNamara picked up her second assist of the match on the fourth Red Raider goal, scored by Lindsay Thompson.
Graham put the Raiders ahead 1-0 with her second goal of the season in the ninth minute. Marie Valdez posted Tech's final tally in the 73rd minute for the 5-1 victory. Portland State got its only goal in the 60th minute from Nicole Fagg.
Brittney Peese picked up the win in goal for the Red Raiders, making one save during the match. Tech forced PSU keepers to make 10 saves during the match.
Red Raiders fall at Portland
Pilots take care of Tech in second half
The Texas Tech soccer team played a tough first half, but eventually could not overcome a great match played by the homestanding Portland University Pilots in a 6-0 loss Sunday afternoon.
The defeat ends a season-opening six-match road stretch for Tech (1-5).
The Red Raiders played well in the first half and went into the intermission trailing 2-0. But Portland continued with its strong play in the second half, adding four goals for the final margin of victory.
"They are a very good team, one of the perennial powerhouses in the country," Tech head coach Felix Oskam said after the match. "They combine well with each other and are very athletic. It's just another level.
"We played well in the first half and fought to the end. We have to learn from this match. It was a great experience in a great stadium for our kids."
Portland moved to 5-0 on the season with five shutouts, the first Pilots squad to begin a season with five consecutive shutouts in school history.
Head Coach Felix Oskam
Felix Oskam enters the 2000 season with a three-year record of 22-29-4. Previously, Oskam had served as an assistant coach for the team during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
Prior to coming to Tech in 1995, Oskam served for three years as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's programs at the University of Tulsa. During the 1993 season, the Tulsa women's program finished ranked 18th in the nation. In 1991, the Tulsa men's team achieved a national ranking of 17th. Oskam is currently a staff coach and instructor for the North Texas Soccer Association and the Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP). He also worked as a staff coach for the ODP in Oklahoma and coached the Blackwatch `80 girls select team in Tulsa.
Oskam played 12 years of club soccer in the Netherlands before attending the University of North Texas. While at North Texas, he helped guide the Eagles to their first national ranking and was twice chosen as a Texas Collegiate Soccer League All-Star.
Oskam holds a United States Soccer Federation "A" license and is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Series Records
Texas Tech holds a 1-0 all-time record against West Texas A&M, winning 3-2 at home on September 3, 1999. The Red Raiders and Tulsa are tied 1-1 all-time, with each winning at home. The Hurricanes took a 4-0 victory on September 17, 1995, but Tech returned the favor the following year with a 3-0 win on September 2, 1996.
Home Opener
The Red Raiders will open their home schedule Thursday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. against West Texas A&M. Tech will then host Tulsa on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. All home games are played at R.P. Fuller Stadium.