BYU women’s soccer stuns No. 14 Texas Tech 2-1 with late goal | News, Sports, Jobs

LUBBOCK, Texas — In their last game of the regular season, the Cougars rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit to defeat No. 14 Texas Tech 2-1, getting the game-winner with less than a minute to play.

In the 89th minute, Allie Fryer was fouled and earned a free kick. Lucy Kesler took the kick and connected with Avery Frischkneckt, who headed the ball into the bottom left of the goal in the final minute of the game, shocking the nearly 2,000 fans in attendance at the John Walker Soccer Complex.

The Cougars managed to hold on to their lead for the last thirty seconds of regulation to hand the Red Raiders their first home loss of the season.

Frischknecht’s now-four goals of the season have all been headers with McKenzee Vance finding her name on the scoresheet for the fifth time this season.

The win secured the No. 4 seed for BYU (8-5-5 overall, 6-2-3 Big 12) in the upcoming Big 12 Tournament. The Cougars will play the winner of No. 5 Oklahoma State-No. 12 Cincinnati on Nov. 2 at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

The Cougars played a physical game against Texas Tech, with six fouls of their own and 11 for the Red Raiders.

BYU had trouble maintaining possession for the first few minutes of the opening half, and Texas Tech took advantage with a corner kick in the second minute and an off-target shot in the third. The Cougars came back in the 10th minute with a shot and corner kick of their own.

The teams traded shots for the next thirty minutes, and the Red Raiders broke the 0-0 tie in the 41st minute with a goal from Taylor Zdrojewski off a free kick. Despite a shot attempt by BYU in the final minute, Texas Tech held its 1-0 lead.

The Cougars ended the first half with six shots, one on goal, two corner kicks and one save.

Texas Tech began the second half with a corner and a near goal, but BYU came back with a shot by Allie Fryer in the 52nd minute. The Cougars gained a free kick near the 18 off a Red Raiders’ foul, and Vance tied the game 1-1 with an arcing shot into the bottom right of the goal.

Texas Tech quickly regained possession and fired off an unsuccessful shot in the 55th minute, and BYU answered with two corners and a shot. The teams fired back-and-forth shots for the next thirty minutes, but the score remained 1-1 until the Kesler-Frischknecht connection in the final minute.

In the second half, BYU totaled 10 shots, three on goal, four corners and two saves.