Oct. 4, 2008

HOUSTON -- Louisiana Tech scored early and often as the Lady Techsters defeated Prairie View A&M 8-0 Saturday morning in collegiate soccer action.

With the win Tech improves to 9-2-1 on the season heading into a non-conference contest against Houston Baptist on Sunday at noon.

The Lady Techsters wasted little time in jumping out on top of Prairie View A&M as Denise Wilson scored in the first 30 seconds of the contest on an assist from Olivia Lukasewich. The goal set a program record for the fastest ever scored in a game, surpassing the old record of 41 seconds set earlier this year against Southern.

Hikari Kurokawa gave Tech a 2-0 lead in the sixth minute of the game as she scored her first career goal on an assist by Scotti Culton.

The lead increased to 3-0 when Lukasewich scored a goal in the 13th minute on an assist by Rachel King.

Thirteen minutes later, Brooke Laney scored her first goal of the season -- one of two on the day -- on an assist by Emily Cleaveland as Tech increased its advantage to 4-0.

Chelsea White scored her first career goal in the 40th minute of the game on a penalty kick making the score 5-0 before Laney scored her second goal of the game right before halftime on an assist by Lukasewich, giving the Lady Techsters a 6-0 halftime advantage.

"Since we play another game in 24 hours, I used a lot of people," said Tech head coach Kevin Sherry. "I was pleased with everyone. I wanted to see if we could treat this game like a WAC game and we did. Everyone played with intensity."

Kurokawa scored Tech's first goal of the second half in the 68th minute on an assist by Laney and then Brittany Coffinbargar scored her first career goal in the 78th minute on an assist by Kurokawa giving Tech the 8-0 victory.

Tech outshot Prairie View A&M 40-1 in the game, including 23-0 on shots on goal.

With the seven assists in the game, the Lady Techsters broke the program record for assists in a season with 35.

(No box score available for this game at this time)