2021 Tennessee Tech Soccer News
The Tennessee Tech soccer team made a splash during February’s National Letter of Intent Signing Day, as the Golden Eagles and head coach Steve Springthorpe bolstered an already promising group of newcomers with the additions of four incoming freshmen to join the purple and gold for the 2022 season.
On the pitch, the Tennessee Tech soccer team is coming off a successful 2021 campaign which featured two postseason victories for the third time in program history, a spot in the OVC Tournament semifinals for the fourth time in seven years and an in-season eight-match unbeaten streak for the second-longest unblemished stretch in school history.
The Tennessee Tech soccer team made its mark during the annual National Letter of Intent Signing Day, as the Golden Eagles and head coach Steve Springthorpe announced the additions of three incoming freshmen to join the TTU ranks for the 2022 campaign.
MARTIN, Tenn. – Another dramatic finish with the season hanging in the balance took center stage for the Tennessee Tech soccer team, but the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles fell victim to a late UT Martin goal in a 1-0 loss to the top-seeded Skyhawks in the semifinals of the OVC Tournament.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – A bundle of purple and gold appeared prominently on this year’s Ohio Valley Conference awards list, as the Tennessee Tech soccer team took home a series of all-league accolades, announced by the conference Thursday morning.
Sitting just two wins away from the Tennessee Tech soccer team’s second-ever OVC Tournament title, the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles head to top-seeded UT Martin for a Friday afternoon clash in the semifinals of the postseason tourney.
MURRAY, Ky. – Late-match dramatics with the season on the line was the name of the game Sunday afternoon, as the fifth-seeded Tennessee Tech soccer team used a penalty kick goal in the 89th minute to break a 1-1 deadlock on the way to a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Murray State in the OVC Tournament quarterfinals.
The Tennessee Tech soccer team’s run in the OVC Tournament is set to continue Sunday afternoon, as the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles will hook up with No. 4 Murray State in a quarterfinal battle in Murray, Ky.
MURRAY, Ky. – A Gabby Garcia score early in the second half helped ignite the way for the Tennessee Tech soccer team, as the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles secured a 1-0 win over No. 8 Eastern Illinois in Fridays first round of the OVC Tournament.
The postseason has arrived for the Tennessee Tech soccer team, as the Golden Eagles are set to embark on their playoff run with a first-round OVC Tournament battle against Eastern Illinois on Friday.
Tuesday afternoon featured a piece of hardware of the Tennessee Tech soccer team, as senior Isabelle Austin was honored as the OVC’s co-Goalkeeper of the Week to help tie a ribbon on the end of the regular season.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A defensive battle took center stage in the Tennessee Tech soccer team’s regular-season finale, as the Golden Eagles played Southeast Missouri to a scoreless draw Sunday afternoon.
With playoff positioning up for grabs, the Tennessee Tech soccer team’s 2021 regular season is down to just one match, as the Golden Eagles will head to Southeast Missouri for a Sunday matinee with the Redhawks.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Although injuries have kept her from performing on the pitch, that has not stopped Megan Henry from making her presence felt within the Tennessee Tech soccer program and beyond.
A thriller in every sense of the word went down Thursday night at Tech Soccer Field, as the Tennessee Tech soccer team played Murray State to a 2-2 draw in a back-and-forth sort of tilt in TTU’s home regular-season finale.
Originally slated for a Thursday 7 p.m. meeting with Murray State, the Tennessee Tech soccer team’s final home match of the regular season against the Racers has been pushed up to 5 p.m. CT due to the threat of inclement weather later in the evening.
