A record setting day!

Saturday morning we got on a bus and headed to Lubbock, Texas for our annual battle with Big XII opponent Texas Tech. The trip was another opportunity for us to continue in our growth as a team as we were again facing a great opponent on the road in another in state rivalry match.

After a relaxing trip out to Lubbock, a good training session Saturday night, and a restful night in the hotel, we were ready to do battle with the Red Raiders. Tech's stadium field is field turf, and that along with the 30 mph winds provided another challenge for us. The game started off well for us as even though we were facing the wind, we were able to keep the ball and move it pretty well keeping Tech off balance. Late in the first half Tech was able to score off a free kick from just outside the box which deflected off the wall and found the foot of a Tech player. We went into the half down 1-0. Early in the second half Tech again was able to get a goal putting us down 2-0 just a bit over two minutes into the half. Down 2-0 in the second half, on the road, and in tough conditions, we rose up and fought back. Off a Katie Taylor free kick, Alex Mechalske got a hold of the ball and brought us back to 2-1 with 41 minutes remaining in the game. It was Alex's first goal of her career at TCU. Only two minutes later a great sequence of passes got us deep in the Texas Tech end and Jordan Calhoun jumped on the end of a Lizzy Karoly rebound to tie up the game. It was Jordan's 14th goal of her freshman year, putting here in a tie for the most goals scored in a single season in TCU history. With the game tied, we continued to keep going at Tech. Just under 30 minutes left in the game, we sent the ball in off a corner kick and as everyone was battling for the ball, Nikki Wilbur was able to get a hold of it finding Kaylie Garcia who put the ball through to Lizzy Karoly. Lizzy fought off her defender and slotted the ball past the Tech keeper putting us up 3-2. With the goal Lizzy moved into 4th on the all time scoring list at TCU. From there we kept fighting and had a couple of other chances one from Jackie Torda who fired a shot the Tech keeper was just able to get a hand on and then Jordan Calhoun almost broke the single season scoring mark but her shot rang off the post. But unfortunately, we didn't get another. The team did a great job staying focused and the backline of Courtney Johnson, Cheryl Martin, Katie Taylor and Chelsey Wilgenburg along with goalkeeper Kelsey Walters kept the Red Raiders off the board and we left Lubbock with a hard fought 3-2 win.

What a comeback for us...what a great game. The team showed a lot of heart, desire and character in their play. They fought for each other and with each other to get this win. A win that made history for this team. With this win, the team has recorded the most wins in a single season in program history. Well done Frogs! But we aren't done with the season yet. We have a number of goals we still have sitting in front of us that we are still striving for. Now we start preparation for our last conference game of the season at San Diego State on Friday.