Texas Tech Volleyball
The ladies get off to a 2-0 start yesterday, defeating Northwestern State and North Dakota (TexasTech) 3-0 for each match. The next match is Rice set for today at 12:00 p.m.
Texas Tech Soccer
The ladies defeated San Diego State last night, 2-1, with goals from Jade King at the 2′ mark in the first half and a second goal from Kirsten Davis at the 35′ (TexasTech). Head coach Tom Stone after the match:
“Because we dominated for 44 minutes and only had about 30 seconds where we were taken advantage of, we focused on all the positives at halftime and all the things we were doing to own the game,” Stone said. “We focused on ‘here’s how you were the better team, and here’s what we need to repeat to stay on top of these guys.'”
The Red Raiders have Abilene Christian on Sunday night at 7:00 p.m.
Texas Tech Football
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A-J Media’s Don Williams had a football notebook where he writes that running back Da’Leon Ward is back with the team head coach Kliff Kingsbury said that Ward’s biggest on-field issue is that Ward must be a more patient runner:
“There’s a feel to running the football and knowing your proper steps and your proper reads, and I think we’ve made some progress with that,” Kingsbury said. “I think coach (Clay) McGuire’s done a tremendous job of slowing him down, letting him see things better.
“It’s just, he’s very anxious to get the ball and get going. I just think the finer nuances of playing the position is something, once he starts figuring that out, the whole game will slow down for him.”
Yahoo! Sports’ Terez Paylor writes about why Patrick Mahomes’ arm is stuch a big deal:
Reid is a teacher, a man entering his 20th season as an NFL head coach, but he has seemingly smiled, laughed and been more animated during his training camp pressers than he has at any point in the five years I covered him. It’s because he has found a kindred football spirit in the spirited Mahomes, who possesses a je ne sais quoi — about 65 percent of which is related to the gun — that enchants football men and fans alike.
Reid, by the way, surely understands the importance of the deep pass in today’s game. It’s why he pushed veteran Alex Smith to throw the ball downfield for five full years, a prodding that ultimately led to Smith’s career year in 2017, when he was the best statistical deep-ball thrower in the NFL.