Zdrojewski's brace powers Tech to 2-0 win over Boise

Sunday, August 23

Lubbock, Texas

7 p.m.

Texas Tech Athletics

2-0-1, 0-0-0

Boise State

2-1-1, 0-0-0

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Texas Tech	1	1	2

Zdrojewski's brace powers Tech to 2-0 win over Boise

August 23, 2026 | Women's Soccer

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The forward scored twice for the seventh time and scored career goals 27 and 28 to help Tech snap Boise’s nation’s-best 17 match unbeaten streak

By: Andrew Stern

LUBBOCK, Texas – Silenced no more.

After a frustrating first two games that saw the forward take just one shot, fifth-year Taylor Zdrojewski exploded for her seventh career brace to power NR/No. 23 Texas Tech to a dominate 2-0 win over Boise State Sunday night at a rocking John Walker Soccer Complex.

The goals for Zdrojewski were the 27th and 28th of her storied Texas Tech (2-0-1) career and moved the striker into a tie for sixth place on all-time scoring list.

In front of an electric sellout crowd of nearly 1900, the Red Raiders snapped Boise State's (2-1-1) nations-leading unbeaten streak at 17 in a physical contest that featured five yellow cards and 30 combined fouls.

With the two-goal win, Tech ran its unbeaten streak to 49-straight (48-0-1) when scoring twice in a contest and are now 57-2-1 in their last 60 contests when finding the back of the net twice.

From the very start it was all Tech, as the Red Raiders outshot the previously unbeaten Broncos 15-7 and took five of the games seven corners.

In another strong performance between the sticks, goalkeeper Addie Todd made four saves to record her third-straight clean sheet.

After being limited to just one shot during the Red Raiders two matches in Hawaii, Zdrojewski came out firing from the start, recording the matches first shot just 67 into the game.

On her Birthday, Sophomore Emma Torres also shined for Tech recording three shots in 65 minutes of action. The second of her three shots came just four seconds into the fifth minute when she nearly recorded an olimpico when her strong corner-kick service was punched high by BSU goalie Ava de Leest.

After a strong save from Todd just 62 seconds later kept the match all squared it was a foul drawn by Torres near midfield that provided the opportunity for the icebreaking goal.

Preseason All-Big 12 defender Eleanor Hays' driving ball found Freshman Reese Liner who played it to Kylie Bahr.

Bahr slipped the powerful Zdrojewski who slotted home a low line drive shot for the Red Raiders second goal of the season.

The goal was the lone by either side as the match went to the break with Tech up 1-0.

After a physical first half, the physicality ratcheted up a few levels in the second half as all five yellow cards were called in the second half.

Seeking the knockout punch, the Red Raiders found it midway through the 62nd minute when Zdrojewski broke midfield and closed a 40-plus yard run by outmuscling the Broncos defense and slotting home another rocket that gave Tech a 2-0 lead.

The goal came after a blocked shot from Hays fell to senior Skylar Haase who sent a beautiful ball that Zdrojewski was able to run down and head past the BSU backline.

Armed with the two-goal lead, the Red Raiders closed out their 16th-straight non-conference home victory and now run their overall unbeaten streak to eight (4-0-4) since last season's 3-0 setback at Colorado.

HEAD COACH TOM STONE:
"It was overdue for us to have a response like we did tonight. We've had the extra weeks of training in the preseason and put in the work. We came back from Hawaii and weren't satisfied with the way we had played. Our team is close and we train hard. And I had no complaints about effort, but we hadn't put together a good performance. And our team absolutely needed a performance like tonight. Boise was the right team for us to face needing a performance like this because they put you in all sorts of pressure. They're very direct and fouling you all the time. They're physical and really well coached. The whole matchup was a problem, and it was the perfect antidote to what we had been struggling with. If it was a really easy game I don't think we would have felt good about ourselves. So to play well, score two good goals and for Z to come out and have that kind of performance was great to see. We started Reese Liner for the first time and Addie Todd was great in goal. Our team just needed to feel this way. And when 1800 people show up and we break our home opener attendance record and entertain those guys was great to see. Our players were like wow what an atmosphere because this was their first home game at Walker. So, to give them that feeling and the home feeling. To have a 2-0 win and have a shutout was excellent. We now need to get ready for Pepperdine, so nothing gets easier."

UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders close out the two-match homestand on Thursday night when the Pepperdine Wave come to town. First touch from the John Walker Soccer Complex is set for 7 p.m.