ISU to Host No. 6 TTU in Regular Season Finale

AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 regular season is set to wrap on Monday, as Iowa State welcomes No. 6 Texas Tech to the Cyclone Soccer Complex for a matchup with postseason implications. Monday's match is set to kick off at 7 p.m. and the action will be streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

The Cyclones (6-10-1, 3-6 Big 12) have recorded their most wins in a single season since 2016 and are looking to earn a spot in the Big 12 Championships. The No. 6 Red Raiders (13-0-4, 7-0-2 Big 12) are currently the top-ranked team in the conference, and a win guarantees that they clinch a regular season title.

An ISU win plus a loss from one of Baylor, Oklahoma, or Cincinnati would vault the Cyclones into the Big 12 Championships and would be the team's first postseason visit since 2021, when it lost to top-seeded TCU in penalties. A win would also give the Cyclones their biggest win in program history as they've never beaten a top ten team.

The Matchup: Iowa State (6-10-1, 3-6 Big 12) vs. #6 Texas Tech (13-0-4, 7-0-2 Big 12)
Where: Cyclone Soccer Complex // Ames, Iowa
When: October 23 – 7 p.m.
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Live Stats: cyclones.com

Leading the Cyclones
Iowa State enters Monday night's contest having won two straight and putting itself squarely in the postseason picture.

Seniors Salomé Prat had a monster match against Kansas State in the last outing, as the Tarbes, France, native notched her fourth career brace and second in the last four contests. Her two scores pushed ISU past K-State, 2-1.

Prat now leads the team in points (15), surpassing Mira Emma. Emma has 14 points and a team-high four assists. Prat has tallied seven goals on the season, a single-season best for her, and is one score away from entering the top ten single-season goal scorers in Iowa State history.

Abigail Miller joins Prat and Emma as the only other Cyclones to have multiple goals on the season while Lauren Hernandez is the only Cyclone outside of Emma to have multiple assists.

Goalkeeper Avery Gillahan has tallied 55 saves and has faced over 230 shots through 17 contests. Gillahan recorded her third career shutout against Kansas and was rewarded with a Big 12 weekly honor.

Scouting Texas Tech
The undefeated Red Raiders began the year unranked and have since climbed to their highest United Soccer Coaches rank, six, heading into the homestretch of the regular season.

Texas Tech has five players with over ten points scored on the season, spearheaded by junior forward Ashleigh Williams. Williams has 32 points on the season, placing her third in the conference behind a pair of Texas Longhorns. Williams has a team-high 13 goals, while Macy Blackburn leads the team in assists with 11. Blackburn will miss the rest of the season however due to injury.

Flanking Williams on the attack is Alex Kerr, a graduate transfer forward from Vanderbilt. Kerr adds in 10 scores, the second most on the team, with four assists for 24 points.

Madison White has manned the net for TTU, playing all 1,530 possible minutes this season. White has allowed just eight goals and boasts an 85.7 save percentage. White has recorded ten shutouts on the year and allows just 0.47 goals per match.

TTU has used the same starting lineup in all but two contests, as Blackburn missed two matches. Texas Tech's last regular season loss came 24 matches ago to Texas last September in Lubbock. Currently, the Red Raiders are riding a 17-match unbeaten streak.

From the Notebook

Iowa State leads the Big 12 in shot accuracy, placing 52% of its attempts on goal. That's good enough for the 48th-highest ranking in the country.
Two Big 12 programs are ranked in the Coaches Poll this week: Texas Tech is sixth, and BYU is seventh.
Senior Mira Emma ranks in the top ten in ISU history in points, goals, game-winning goals and assists.
- If Emma plays on Monday, she'll hold the all-time games appeared in record, tallying her 83rd contest as a Cyclone.
Avery Gillahan earned Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors this week, marking the second time this season she's earned the award.
- She first earned the honor on August 23rd for her performances during the first week of the season.
Teammates Salomé Prat and Mira Emma became the first teammates since 2014 to tally double-digit points on the year.
Not only does ISU have its most wins since 2016, but the team also has its most Big 12 wins since the same 2016.
- A win over TTU would give the Cyclones their most Big 12 wins since 2007.

Series History
Iowa State and Texas Tech will meet for the 28th time on Monday evening in a series that dates back to 1996. The Red Raiders hold the series edge, owning a 15-11-1 record, and TTU hasn't lost to ISU since 2011. The Cyclones hold a 7-5-1 advantage in matches played in Ames.

Up Next
With a win and a loss from either Baylor, Oklahoma or Cincinnati, Iowa State will advance to the Big 12 Championships later this week in Round Rock, Texas. The action in Round Rock gets underway on Saturday, Oct. 28. A loss or a tie would end the Cyclones' season.

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