RV/No. 17 Tech downs San Diego State 2-1

Sunday, September 6

Lubbock, Texas

7 p.m.

Texas Tech Athletics

3-0-3, 0-0-0

San Diego State

3-2-1, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
San Diego St.	0	1	1
Texas Tech	2	0	2

RV/No. 17 Tech downs San Diego State 2-1

September 07, 2026 | Women's Soccer

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The Red Raiders scored twice in the first 20 minutes of play to win for the 125th time at John Walker

By: Andrew Stern

LUBBOCK, Texas – On a night of milestones including the 125th all-time win at the John Walker Soccer Complex as well as the much anticipated debut of the new Black Gladiator Patrick Mahomes Uniforms, RV/No. 17 Texas Tech downed San Diego State, 2-1 in front of another crowd of 2800-plus at Ft. Walker.

Looking to return to form, it was a trio of seniors that set the tone for Texas Tech (3-0-3) who scored twice for just the second time this season through the first six matches to improve to 49-0-1 over its last 50 instances when scoring twice.

The Red Raiders also improved to 48-9-15 (.771) overall since the start of the 2023 season, moving Tech into a tie with TCU for the most wins in the Big 12 over the span.

Tech also improved to 29-2-6 (.865) at Walker since the installation of the natural grass surface and to 26-1-5 (.891) in the regular season at Ft. Walker. The lone two losses were to UNC (2023; Round of 16) and to BYU (2024) in the regular season finale.

After a flying start that featured a textbook set piece goal from a perfect service from Eleanor Hays that found her backline teammate Kylie Bahr wide open on the doorstep, Tech quickly struck again at the 17:17 mark. The goals were the two fastest goals of the season.

Wide open and with nothing but net in front of her, Bahr redirected a header into the left-hand corner of the net for her first career goal.

Playing in her 65th career match (all starts) Bahr went the full 90 minutes just a mere 72 hours after playing 82 minutes in Tech's 1-1 draw at SMU Thursday. The goal came on her 11th career shot-on-goal, as the defender eclipsed five thousand minutes for her career.

After putting her squad up 1-0, Bahr played a pivotal role in the Red Raiders ever-important second strike when she blew past the San Diego State (3-2-1) defense, turned the corner and delivered a strong ball to sixth-year Kaitlyn Giametta whose shot was blocked by the Aztecs backline.

The rebound from the deflection fell to the ever-dangerous Taylor Zdrojewski whose first shot attempt was saved by SDSUs Kailey Carlen before the striker buried her second attempt for career goal 30.

Zdrojewski became just the six all-time Red Raider to reach 30 goals and moved into a tie for fifth with Kristi Patterson for fifth on the all-time goal list. Zdrojewski needs just one more shot to tie Patterson for sixth on the all-time shot list and needs 10 points to reach Patterson's 78 career points.

Up 2-0 at the break, the Red Raiders nearly made it 3-0 in the 66th minute when a rising Raleigh Greason rocket eluded Carlen before clanging off the crossbar.

In control and less than 20 minutes away from a clean sheet, the match turned upside down just four seconds into the 71st minute when SDSUs Emma Fuller was yanked down by Bahr.

Originally called no foul, match referee Jake Joyce went to the VAR monitor and awarded a PK to SDSU. The PK was the first time an opponent has been awarded a PK against Tech since Oct. 17, 2024 at WVU when former GK Faith Nguyen stopped a penalty in the 1-0 win over the Mountaineers.

The attempt was buried down the middle by SDSUs Katie Senn.

With the momentum, SDSU continued to surge forward forcing Tech goalkeeper Addie Todd to make a pair of comfortable saves.

In the 85th minute Tech reserve Sophie Neves tallied the 18th and final shot of the game when she nearly clipped the upper corner of the net on a header.

Still holding onto the one-goal lead, Tech nearly conceded its second penalty kick of the game when Joyce went back to the monitor for another VAR review this time for a potential Lauren Alvarez challenge on SDSUs Alannah Gonzales was taken to video review before the replay showed Alvarez clipping a piece of the ball before contacting Gonzales.

The potential chance for the Aztecs was the final by either side as the match went final at 2-1.

With the win, Tech improved to 12-0-5 in the State of Texas since the 2024 loss to BYU and to 13-0-1 when following a loss or tie. Tech also ran its unbeaten streak overall to 5-0-6 and the home unbeaten streak to 14 (10-0-4).

UP NEXT:
Tech will close out non-conference play on Friday night when the Golden Flashes of Kent State will pay a visit to the John Walker Soccer Complex. First touch is set for 7 p.m.