The No. 7 Texas Tech soccer team lost 3-2 to No. 18 Kansas on Thursday night at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas. Tech is now 12-2-4 overall and 8-2-1 in the Big 12. Kansas is 13-4-2 overall and 7-2-2 in conference play.
Kansas scored first in the 20th minute. Tech tied the game seven minutes later on a goal by Taylor Zdrojewski, her 13th of the season and the most in the league. Kansas took a 2-1 lead into halftime. Alana Harry scored for Tech in the 70th minute, but Kansas's Kate Langfelder scored the game-winner in the 79th minute.
According to the team, a win would have given Tech an outright Big 12 title and the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament. Tech will open the tournament on Monday. Its seeding depends on the results of the BYU-Arizona State and Baylor-Houston games.