Texas Tech Inline Hockey Club

Austin -- The Texas Tech Inline Hockey Club finished the 2009-2010 season with a big victory against Nationals hopeful Sam Houston State University. Trailing 2-0, Tech battled back with 2 goals by Tech veteran  Eric Hahn. With 2:40 remaining, Senior  Chris Rubio sniped the game winning goal sending Tech to its 5th win of the season.

Also to wrap up play, the Raiders dropped 13-10 and 9-4 decisions to University of Texas Dallas. Finally, the Raiders surrendered their final loss of the season to the University of Texas 5-3.

The Red Raiders wrap up a tough and challenging hockey season. The future is bright for the club as many young players such as freshman standouts  Kyle Roberts,  Kyle Fogarty and Philip Lawson emerged as solid players for the team. 

Go Tech!

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Denton -- The Texas Tech Inline Hockey Club resumed play for the 2010 year with 2 victories. The Red Raiders took a close 5-4 win over rival Texas A&M University on Saturday night. Trailing 4-3 with 7:56 remaining, freshman Philip Lawson chipped in a rebound to draw the Raiders even. With under 2 minutes to play, veteran  Kirk Anderson scored the game winning goal to earn Tech its fourth victory of the season. 

Texas Tech dropped three games in the weekend as well including losses to powerhouses University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana State University and University of North Texas being outscored by a combined 32-5. 

Tech continues action in Austin, Texas at Austin Sports Arena the weekend of February 20th-21st.

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Denton -- The Texas Tech Inline Hockey Club came away with split during their four game weekend at Faceoff Hockey Center in Denton, Texas. 

Opening the weekend against SCHL defending champion University of Louisiana-Lafayette, the Raiders were unable to keep up with the speed and finesse of ULL and were stomped 11-2.  Kirk Anderson notched 1 goal and 1 assist in the loss.

Tech picked up their first win of the season against the University of New Orleans by a 8-2 schooling of the privateers. Leading the way for Tech was  Eric Hahn who finished with a career high 5 assists. Kirk Anderson notched his first hat trick of the season while  Chris MacDonald  finished with 2 goals.

Finishing the weekend, the Raiders faced Sam Houston State University who made quick work of the Raiders with a 9-1 demolishing.  Chris Rubio finished with 37 saves on 46 shots on goal.

The Red Raiders return to action next year on January 23rd, 2010. 

GOOOOO TECH!

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Denton -- The Texas Tech Inline Hockey Club suffered four straight losses to begin the 2009-2010 campaign. In the first game against the University of North Texas, the Red Raiders failed to register a goal and eventually finished the game behind 12-0. Netminder  Chris Rubio completed the game with 34 saves on 46 shots on goal.

In the second game of the day, the Raiders dropped an 8-4 decision against The University of Texas Dallas.  Eric Hahn finished with 2 goals and 1 assist. The third game brought about a goaltender battle between University of Texas veteran goalie Craig Ettleman and Red Raider goaltender Chris Rubio. Ettleman finished with 41 saves on 42 shots while Rubio finished with 35 saves on 37 shots on goal. Ultimately, the Raiders dropped the game to UT with a score of 2-1. Rapping up the weekend against Texas A&M University, the Raiders were dealt a 7-3 loss as  Eric Hahn tallied 1 goal and 1 assist.

The Red Raiders return to action with 4 games to play the weekend of November 14th-15th in Denton, Texas at Faceoff Hockey Center.

GO RAIDERS!

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Lubbock -- The Texas Tech Inline Hockey Team is set to open up the 2009-2010 season on the road during the weekend of October 31st-November 1st. Texas Tech will open the new campaign with matchup against the University of North Texas on halloween day.

With the season beginning, the Texas Tech Inline Hockey team will be lead by veterans  Kirk Anderson ,  Eric Hahn  and  Chris Rubio .

Stepping up for the team will feature returners Frankie Mazzei,  Chris MacDonald and  Joshua Hinojos . Newcomers to the team this year include freshman Philip Lawson and Kyle Roberts.

Check back soon for game updates and results for the upcoming season!

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Fort Worth -- The Texas Tech Inline Hockey Club has announced the dates for the 2009-2010 team tryouts for the upcoming season. The tryouts will begin on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 8:00 P.M. The tryout sessions will be held at Southwest Sportsplex located in Lubbock, Texas.

The 2009-2010 Tech Inline hockey season is set to officially begin in October 2009. More details to follow regarding tryout and regular season information.

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2009 Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships

Feasterville, PA -- This was supposed to be the game that Florida should win, and in fact they did. However, not before being given a major scare by Texas Tech University in what could have been the biggest upset of the tournament to date.

Florida controlled things early, building a 4-1 lead after two periods of play. Jesse Meyer (Bradenton, FL) scored a pair of goals in the first period while Morgan Hayes (Gainesville, FL) chipped in with one to give the Gators a three goal advantage before Texas Tech got on the board.  Kirk Anderson got things going for the Red Raiders with his goal in the closing minutes of the first period.

Things tightened up in the second period with Florida playing solid defense and prevented Texas Tech from getting on the boar. In close contests, special teams usually provide a spark and on cue they did in this one. Steven Meyer (Bradenton, FL) intercepted a pass shorthanded and raced the length of the rink before putting the puck in the net and Florida up 4-1.

Florida and Texas Tech exchanged goals in the early stages of the third period before the game became a stalemate until the final two minutes of the third. Trailing 5-2, Texas Tech scored two goals in a 19 second span, both by Nick Potter to cut the lead to 5-4 with 53 seconds on the clock. The Red Raiders had the perfect chance to send the game into overtime in the final minutes, sadly the puck just missed the wide open net seconds before time expired.

With the win, Florida advances to the Sweet 16 where they will face off against the #4 seed Ohio State.

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