LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 Four different players found the back of the net, including a pair of freshman, as No. 23\/19 Texas Tech downed a feisty New Mexico squad, 4-1, in an exhibition contest at the John Walker Soccer Complex.<\/p>\n
After a quiet first 40 minutes, Texas Tech exploded for a goal with less than 90 seconds to play in the first half and just 27 seconds into the second half to pull away from the game Lobos. \u00a0<\/p>\n
In her 2026 debut, Kylie Bahr<\/a> assisted on the first two goals of the evening and helped anchor a Tech backline that held UNM to just three total shots in the first half and eight for the contest.<\/p>\n It was Bahr’s picture-perfect cross that found senior Skylar Haase<\/a> whose perfect header put the Red Raiders up 1-0 with just 82 seconds to play in the first half.<\/p>\n As has become a staple for the Red Raiders, Tech struck early in the second half, when sophomore Raleigh Greason<\/a> zoomed past the Lobo defense after a strong feed from Bahr.<\/p>\n The Greason strike put Tech up 2-0.<\/p>\n After a screamer from UNMs Alyssa Whelchel cut the Tech lead to 2-1, freshman Diana Asta Gudmundsdottir<\/a> buried a 1v1 chance to put the Red Raiders up by a pair. The opportunity was set Not satisfied, the Red Raiders put the capper on the night when freshman Mattie Neves<\/a> also found the back of the net with less than five minutes to play.<\/p>\n
\nup by a perfect through ball from striker Taylor Zdrojewski<\/a>.<\/p>\n