The ISU women’s soccer team dominated Texas Tech in its Big 12 opener in a convincing 6-2 decision on Friday night.

Erin Witte and Leslie Hill had two goals each for the Cyclones (6-2-2, 1-0 Big 12) and helped the team to their largest-ever scoring output in a conference game.

Stephanie Kaphingst started the scoring 12 minutes into the game, and Iowa State took a 3-0 lead before the midway point in the first half.

Coach Rebecca Hornbacher said she was pleased with how her team opened the Big 12 season.

“It was great to see us capitalize on most of our chances tonight,” Hornbacher said. “Most of our shots hit within the framework and it is great to get a win to start off conference play. It was just a solid overall team effort, and we really gained some confidence by scoring a lot tonight.”

The Cyclones had only scored nine times this season coming into the match.

Witte hadn’t scored all season, but recorded two goals in less than a minute.

Amy Flores assisted on her first goal, then Witte drove into the box and scored past the goalkeeper at the 21-minute mark.

Texas Tech (1-8, 0-1) scored just before the half to bring it to 3-1. Hill scored both of her goals in the second half, the first on a pass from Kristina Baumann.

Iowa State outshot the Red Raiders 12-7 in the game.

“Our forwards were really looking to move the ball down the field tonight,” said captain Deb Benakis. “We did a great job of beating their players to the endline.”

The six goals were the most scored by a Cyclone team since defeating in-state rival Iowa, 6-1 last season.

Flores scored her third goal of the season in Friday night’s game to go along with her assist. Kate Kirwan also tallied an assist in the game.

Goalkeeper Joanna Haig had three saves in the game.

Results of the Cyclones’ game against Colorado were not available as of press time.

The Cyclones are back in action Friday and Sunday, hosting Missouri and Kansas, respectively, in Ames.

– ISU media relations contributed to this article