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Soccer preview: at No. 14 Texas Tech

Arizona State looks for its first ranked road win since March 2021

Soccer preview: at No. 14 Texas TechSoccer preview: at No. 14 Texas Tech
PETER VANDER STOEP

LUBBOCK, Texas – Looking for its best start to conference play since 2013, Sun Devil Soccer will travel to the Lone Star State for a matchup against No. 14 Texas Tech at John Walker Soccer Complex in Lubbock, Texas at 5 p.m. MST / 7 p.m. CDT on Friday, Oct. 2.

Television:

  • Geoff Haxton (play-by-play) will call Friday night’s action on ESPN+, which will be available to stream on either the Disney+, ESPN or Hulu apps.

Series History:

  • Friday evening’s match will mark the first time Arizona State has faced off against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.
    • Entering this week’s matchup, the two programs have met seven times with five occurring at a neutral site and the additionally two happening in Tempe.
  • Arizona State is looking for its first win over Texas Tech since Sept. 12, 2021, when the Sun Devils beat the Red Raiders, 3-2, in a neutral-site match played in Tucson, Ariz.
    • The 2021 victory for ASU remains the lone win for the Sun Devils throughout the seven-match series history that dates back to Sept. 16, 2011.

Kicking Off:

  • On Friday, Arizona State will be looking for its first win over a ranked opponent since Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, when an unranked Sun Devil squad upset then-No. 10 BYU, 2-1, in Tempe; a span of 22 consecutive matches played.
    • ASU has not beaten a top 25 ranked opponent on the road since Friday, March 26, 2021, when an unranked Sun Devil team upset then-No. 3 UCLA, 2-1, behind a Cori Sullivan game-winning goal in the 99’ of overtime in Los Angeles.
  • A win over Texas Tech would mark the first time Arizona State has won back-to-back conference matches since Friday, Oct. 13 and Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, when the Sun Devils beat Oregon, 2-0, in Eugene then followed with an upset win over then-No. 11 USC, 1-0, in Tempe.
    • The Sun Devils are looking for their first back-to-back road conference matches without dropping a result since Friday, March 12 and Sunday, March 14, 2020, when Arizona State tied Oregon, 1-1, in double overtime in Eugene, before beating Oregon State, 1-0, in overtime in Corvallis.
      • ASU is looking for its first back-to-back conference road wins since Thursday, Oct. 25 and Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, when the Sun Devils beat Oregon, 2-1, in double overtime in Eugene before knocking off Oregon State, 4-0, in Corvallis three days later.
    • A clean sheet win over Texas Tech on Friday night would mark the first back-to-back clean sheet conference wins since Friday, Oct. 13 and Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, when the Sun Devils blanked Oregon, 2-0, in Eugene, before upsetting then-No. 11 USC, 1-0, in Tempe.
  • A victory in Lubbock would move Arizona State’s conference record to 3-1-0, the best under Graham Winkworth during his 10 seasons at the helm of the Sun Devils.
    • The potential 3-1-0 conference record would be the best for ASU through the first four conference matches of a season since 2013, when the Sun Devils beat USC (1-0) in Tempe, lost at then-No. 11 Cal (2-1), beat then-No. 2 Stanford (1-0) in Palo Alto then knocked off Oregon (1-0) in Eugene.

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