Kansas Falls to Texas Tech 2-1 – Kansas Jayhawks

LAWRENCE, Kan. — On Sunday afternoon at Rock Chalk Park, the Texas Tech Red Raiders defeated the Kansas Jayhawks 2-1. Texas Tech’s Ashleigh Williams had a pair of goals to lead Texas Tech. “It’s disappointing,” Head Coach Mark Francis said. “The game was back and forth, and to be fair it could have gone either way. It was disappointing after we scored to let them come back so quickly. That was really frustrating. On the second goal, their kid hit a good shot and Hayven (Harrison) makes a good save, but we didn’t react to it very quickly and their kid got to it first. That ended up being the difference in the game.” Both offenses came out and scored quickly. In the fifth minute, junior midfielder Kate Dreyer sent a ball down the left side of the field for junior forward Shira Elinav. Elinav was able to race down the ball and get behind the defense to finish it off into the right corner of the net to give KU a 1-0 lead. The goal was Elinav’s team-high eighth of the season. Less than a minute later, Texas Tech was able to respond. A cross into the box went…
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