Texas Tech University Athletics
Thursday, October 8
Stillwater, Okla.
7 p.m.
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Oklahoma State
No. 12/14 Tech opens three-match roadswing at OSU Thursday
October 07, 2026 | Women's Soccer
The Red Raiders seek their fourth-straight win over the Cowgirls
STILLWATER, Okla. โ Riding a Power Four leading 16-match (9-0-7) unbeaten streak, and fresh off a perfect 3-0-0 homestand, No. 12/14 Texas Tech opens a three-match road swing Thursday night in Stillwater at Oklahoma State. First touch Neal Patterson Stadium is set for 7 p.m.
The fixture in Stillwater for the Red Raiders opens a key stretch of three-straight away matches and a span of four of the next five away from home. The only home match for Tech in that stretch will come in two weeks (Oct. 22) against No. 15/16 West Virginia.
Tech's three-match trip takes the Red Raiders to Fort Worth/TCU on Sunday (Oct. 11) and to No. 20 BYU next Friday (Oct. 16).
The Red Raiders 16-match unbeaten streak is the second longest active streak in the country behind UNCWs 22-match streak.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: No. 12/14 Texas Tech (7-0-4, 3-0-1 Big 12) at Oklahoma State (5-4-3, 1-2-1 Big 12)
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Stillwater, Okla. (Neal Patterson Stadium)
BY THE NUMBERS:
52: One of the best and most consistent programs in the country the last four seasons, Tech enters the seventh week of the 2026 season sitting at 52-9-16 (.789) over the programs last 76 matches (since the start of the 2023 season). Only three schools nationally have more wins than Tech over that span: Stanford (62), Florida State (58), North Carolina (56). Tech leads the Big 12 over that span.
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31: Over the past four conference seasons (2022-26), Tech is second in the Big 12 Conference in total wins (31), notching four more wins than third-place WVU (27) and one more than TCU (30). The Red Raiders 31-3-11 (.833) in Big 12 play over that span (45 matches) and are the only team in the Big 12 with three straight seven-plus win seasons. Tech's three losses in league play are also the fewest in the league, three clear of TCUs six losses. Only one school in the country has more wins: Michigan State (34); Tech is tied with Arkansas, TCU and FSU at 31.
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53: While putting the ball in the back of the net is the name of the game, scoring twice has been critical for the Red Raiders success as since the start of the 2022 season, the Red Raiders are now 53-0-2 when scoring two goals. When you expand that mark out to the beginning of the 2021 season, Tech is 62-2-2 when scoring twice in a match.
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LAST TIME:
Freshman Lauren Alvarez scored her first career goal and Kaitlyn Giametta scored from the spot, to push No. 14/16 Texas Tech to a 2-0 win Friday night over Arizona State at the John Walker Soccer Complex.
Seeking win No. 52 overall since the start of the 2023 season and their Big 12 leading 31st conference win over the same span, Texas Tech (7-0-4, 3-0-1) got off to a fast start Friday night using 14 first half shots and an astounding 80 percent possession rate to take a 1-0 lead into the break. The 31 wins in league play since 23, tie Tech with Arkansas for the second-most wins by a P4 team in the nation.
Tech's first half goal came just four minutes and 10 seconds before the break, when Alana Harry capped a strong run down the left side with a rocketed shot on goal that was saved by Arizona State's (7-3-2, 2-2-0 Big 12) Kennedy Zorn.
With the ball bouncing in the Sun Devils box, a failed clearance attempt fell to Alvarez, who ripped a knuckling left-footed shot that split the ASU backline before whizzing past a stunned Zorn.
Up by a goal at the break and after taking all 14 shots in the opening 45 minutes, Tech saw ASU come out flying in the second half, as the Sun Devils nearly equalized twice in both the 58th and 68th minutes but a pair of diving Addie Todd saves kept the Sun Devils off the board.
In her sixth clean sheet of the season, Todd made four key stops including the highlight reel 58th minute sprawling save on a rising shot from Sierra Bergen as well as a low skipping shot from Ella Kettles. The six career shutouts tie
Todd for 10th on the all-time shutouts list and brings the GK to within one of tying Victoria Esson for 10th-most shutouts in a season.
Looking for the knockout punch, the Red Raiders ultimately delivered it deep in the 77th minute when a perfect Kylie Bahr service found a streaking Taylor Zdrojewski.
As the match crossed into the 78th, Zdrojewski outran ASUs Natalie Drotzmann who chopped "Z" down in the box for a well earned penalty kick. Despite failing to score for the first time in four Big 12 matches, Zdrojewski played all 90 minutes and tallied six shots in the win.
The full-90 for Taylor was her first since Oct. 17, 2024, when she went to the distance in Tech's 1-0 win at WVU.
Armed with the ever-important second goal and more importantly a 2-0 lead, Tech closed out its third-straight Big 12 win and vaulted itself into a tie with Baylor and BYU atop the Big 12 table through four matches.
The Red Raiders also improved to 9-0-7 dating back to a 2025 loss at No. 22/7 Colorado (Oct. 23) and is now 22-0-7 in their last 29 games when scoring at least once.
Tech is also 53-0-2 in their last 55 matchups when scoring twice and are now 52-9-16 (.779) since the start of the 2023 season. Tech trails just Stanford (62), Florida State (57) and UNC (56) for the most wins in the country over that span.
In addition to running their unbeaten streak to a Power Four-leading 16 matches, the Red Raiders also improve to 14-0-4 at Ft. Walker since a 2024 loss to BYU in the regular season finale and to 16-0-5 in their last 21 matches in the State of Texas.
The win on Friday night closed out a perfect 3-0-0 homestand for the Red Raiders, who have now won four-of-five overall (lone non-win was the tie at UCF) and five-straight home games following a 1-1 draw to Pepperdine.
QUICK KICKS:
โขย Fresh off a strong 2-0 win over Arizona State, Texas Tech climbed two spots in both polls, reaching No. 12 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and to No. 14 in the TopDrawer Soccer Poll.
โขย Tech entersย the week at No. 11 in the RPI following its top-50 home win against ASU.
โขย Freshman Lauren Alvarez, who scored her first career goal in the win over the Sun Devils Friday night, was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year this week in a vote of the leagues coaches.
โขย Alvarez's strike, a wicked left-footed finish from the top of the 18-yard box, was also the game-winning goal. Tech enters the week unbeaten in 16-straight matches (9-0-7) dating back to an Oct. 23 loss at No. 22/7 Colorado.
โขย Tech's 16-match unbeaten streak is the longest in the Power Four and is second in the country behind UNCW (21).
โขย Tech also enters the week riding a 29-match unbeaten streak when scoring (22-0-7) in a game (.879) and are now 73-4-16 when finding the back of the net in a contest since 2021 (.871). Tech's last loss when scoring in a match came in the Big 12 Semifinals back in 2024 against Kansas (2-1).
โขย The Red Raiders enter Thursday's contest against OSU having won three-straight overall against the Cowgirls and have now outscored OSU 7-0 in those three matchups.
โขย After winning a tight 1-0 contest in Lubbock in 2023, the Red Raiders downed the No. 12 ranked Cowgirls in Stillwater in 2024 before winning 4-0 at home a season ago. Tech enters Thursday's action as one of four teams nationally that are unbeaten as the Red Raiders are joined by No. 3 Vanderbilt (11-0-1), UNCW (7-0-6) and Villanova (8-0-4).
โขย In addition to being unbeaten, the Red Raiders have trailed for just 13 minutes and 55 seconds this season, 10:19 against Colorado and three minutes and 36 seconds against Pepperdine. Including Alvarez's heroics on Friday, the Red Raiders have now had seven different players score in a contest, as the Freshman became the fifth different player to record a game-winning goal.
โขย Striker Taylor Zdrojewski leads the Red Raiders with three game-winners this season amongst her seven strikes. Zdrojewski has scored 33 times and needs just four more goals to tie Ashleigh Williams (2021-24) for fourth all-time on the goals list. "Z" is also fourth all-time in game-winners with 11.
UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders continue on the road for a Sunday night matchup at TCU. First touch from Ft Worth is set for 1 p.m. live on ESPNU
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The fixture in Stillwater for the Red Raiders opens a key stretch of three-straight away matches and a span of four of the next five away from home. The only home match for Tech in that stretch will come in two weeks (Oct. 22) against No. 15/16 West Virginia.
Tech's three-match trip takes the Red Raiders to Fort Worth/TCU on Sunday (Oct. 11) and to No. 20 BYU next Friday (Oct. 16).
The Red Raiders 16-match unbeaten streak is the second longest active streak in the country behind UNCWs 22-match streak.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: No. 12/14 Texas Tech (7-0-4, 3-0-1 Big 12) at Oklahoma State (5-4-3, 1-2-1 Big 12)
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Stillwater, Okla. (Neal Patterson Stadium)
BY THE NUMBERS:
52: One of the best and most consistent programs in the country the last four seasons, Tech enters the seventh week of the 2026 season sitting at 52-9-16 (.789) over the programs last 76 matches (since the start of the 2023 season). Only three schools nationally have more wins than Tech over that span: Stanford (62), Florida State (58), North Carolina (56). Tech leads the Big 12 over that span.
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31: Over the past four conference seasons (2022-26), Tech is second in the Big 12 Conference in total wins (31), notching four more wins than third-place WVU (27) and one more than TCU (30). The Red Raiders 31-3-11 (.833) in Big 12 play over that span (45 matches) and are the only team in the Big 12 with three straight seven-plus win seasons. Tech's three losses in league play are also the fewest in the league, three clear of TCUs six losses. Only one school in the country has more wins: Michigan State (34); Tech is tied with Arkansas, TCU and FSU at 31.
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53: While putting the ball in the back of the net is the name of the game, scoring twice has been critical for the Red Raiders success as since the start of the 2022 season, the Red Raiders are now 53-0-2 when scoring two goals. When you expand that mark out to the beginning of the 2021 season, Tech is 62-2-2 when scoring twice in a match.
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LAST TIME:
Freshman Lauren Alvarez scored her first career goal and Kaitlyn Giametta scored from the spot, to push No. 14/16 Texas Tech to a 2-0 win Friday night over Arizona State at the John Walker Soccer Complex.
Seeking win No. 52 overall since the start of the 2023 season and their Big 12 leading 31st conference win over the same span, Texas Tech (7-0-4, 3-0-1) got off to a fast start Friday night using 14 first half shots and an astounding 80 percent possession rate to take a 1-0 lead into the break. The 31 wins in league play since 23, tie Tech with Arkansas for the second-most wins by a P4 team in the nation.
Tech's first half goal came just four minutes and 10 seconds before the break, when Alana Harry capped a strong run down the left side with a rocketed shot on goal that was saved by Arizona State's (7-3-2, 2-2-0 Big 12) Kennedy Zorn.
With the ball bouncing in the Sun Devils box, a failed clearance attempt fell to Alvarez, who ripped a knuckling left-footed shot that split the ASU backline before whizzing past a stunned Zorn.
Up by a goal at the break and after taking all 14 shots in the opening 45 minutes, Tech saw ASU come out flying in the second half, as the Sun Devils nearly equalized twice in both the 58th and 68th minutes but a pair of diving Addie Todd saves kept the Sun Devils off the board.
In her sixth clean sheet of the season, Todd made four key stops including the highlight reel 58th minute sprawling save on a rising shot from Sierra Bergen as well as a low skipping shot from Ella Kettles. The six career shutouts tie
Todd for 10th on the all-time shutouts list and brings the GK to within one of tying Victoria Esson for 10th-most shutouts in a season.
Looking for the knockout punch, the Red Raiders ultimately delivered it deep in the 77th minute when a perfect Kylie Bahr service found a streaking Taylor Zdrojewski.
As the match crossed into the 78th, Zdrojewski outran ASUs Natalie Drotzmann who chopped "Z" down in the box for a well earned penalty kick. Despite failing to score for the first time in four Big 12 matches, Zdrojewski played all 90 minutes and tallied six shots in the win.
The full-90 for Taylor was her first since Oct. 17, 2024, when she went to the distance in Tech's 1-0 win at WVU.
Armed with the ever-important second goal and more importantly a 2-0 lead, Tech closed out its third-straight Big 12 win and vaulted itself into a tie with Baylor and BYU atop the Big 12 table through four matches.
The Red Raiders also improved to 9-0-7 dating back to a 2025 loss at No. 22/7 Colorado (Oct. 23) and is now 22-0-7 in their last 29 games when scoring at least once.
Tech is also 53-0-2 in their last 55 matchups when scoring twice and are now 52-9-16 (.779) since the start of the 2023 season. Tech trails just Stanford (62), Florida State (57) and UNC (56) for the most wins in the country over that span.
In addition to running their unbeaten streak to a Power Four-leading 16 matches, the Red Raiders also improve to 14-0-4 at Ft. Walker since a 2024 loss to BYU in the regular season finale and to 16-0-5 in their last 21 matches in the State of Texas.
The win on Friday night closed out a perfect 3-0-0 homestand for the Red Raiders, who have now won four-of-five overall (lone non-win was the tie at UCF) and five-straight home games following a 1-1 draw to Pepperdine.
QUICK KICKS:
โขย Fresh off a strong 2-0 win over Arizona State, Texas Tech climbed two spots in both polls, reaching No. 12 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and to No. 14 in the TopDrawer Soccer Poll.
โขย Tech entersย the week at No. 11 in the RPI following its top-50 home win against ASU.
โขย Freshman Lauren Alvarez, who scored her first career goal in the win over the Sun Devils Friday night, was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year this week in a vote of the leagues coaches.
โขย Alvarez's strike, a wicked left-footed finish from the top of the 18-yard box, was also the game-winning goal. Tech enters the week unbeaten in 16-straight matches (9-0-7) dating back to an Oct. 23 loss at No. 22/7 Colorado.
โขย Tech's 16-match unbeaten streak is the longest in the Power Four and is second in the country behind UNCW (21).
โขย Tech also enters the week riding a 29-match unbeaten streak when scoring (22-0-7) in a game (.879) and are now 73-4-16 when finding the back of the net in a contest since 2021 (.871). Tech's last loss when scoring in a match came in the Big 12 Semifinals back in 2024 against Kansas (2-1).
โขย The Red Raiders enter Thursday's contest against OSU having won three-straight overall against the Cowgirls and have now outscored OSU 7-0 in those three matchups.
โขย After winning a tight 1-0 contest in Lubbock in 2023, the Red Raiders downed the No. 12 ranked Cowgirls in Stillwater in 2024 before winning 4-0 at home a season ago. Tech enters Thursday's action as one of four teams nationally that are unbeaten as the Red Raiders are joined by No. 3 Vanderbilt (11-0-1), UNCW (7-0-6) and Villanova (8-0-4).
โขย In addition to being unbeaten, the Red Raiders have trailed for just 13 minutes and 55 seconds this season, 10:19 against Colorado and three minutes and 36 seconds against Pepperdine. Including Alvarez's heroics on Friday, the Red Raiders have now had seven different players score in a contest, as the Freshman became the fifth different player to record a game-winning goal.
โขย Striker Taylor Zdrojewski leads the Red Raiders with three game-winners this season amongst her seven strikes. Zdrojewski has scored 33 times and needs just four more goals to tie Ashleigh Williams (2021-24) for fourth all-time on the goals list. "Z" is also fourth all-time in game-winners with 11.
UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders continue on the road for a Sunday night matchup at TCU. First touch from Ft Worth is set for 1 p.m. live on ESPNU
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