With the attention given to the new John Walker Soccer Complex at Texas Tech, the possibility of a record-setting performance by one individual may get overshadowed.

Tina Rincon, senior from Carrollton, is commanding attention by the way she plays in net for the Red Raiders.

Rincon is one shutout shy of setting the school record for most career shutouts by a Tech goalie. Tech’s soccer program began in 1994.

Rincon tied the school mark – with her 11th career shutout – last week in Tech’s 5-0 home win against Alabama A&M. She said that while it’s nice tying the mark set by Stephanie Carter (1994-95), Rincon is focused on team success.

“It’s there so it’s brought to my attention,” Rincon said. “The most important thing is winning though. They can score a goal but as long as we win that’s all I care about.”

While Rincon is about to put herself above anyone with one record, it’s not the her lone representation in the Tech soccer recordbooks.

Rincon entered the season third in career saves. With 26 through six games, Rincon trails Megan Knauss by 23 for second. Brittney Peese (1998-2001) is Tech’s all-time saves leader with 329.

“She is a very mature senior and is extremely composed both on and off the field,” Tech head coach Tom Stone said. “She’s a great role model to the younger players because she’s been through the darker days of this program to the good days we are experiencing now.”

After graduating from Carrollton Creekview, Rincon came to Tech in 2004 and started five games. The Red Raiders finished 3-16, 0-10 in the Big 12 Conference in Felix Oskam’s last year as head coach.

Rincon used 2005 as a redshirt season, but began to emerge in 2006 when she started 19 of 21 matches and compiled a 1.48 goals against average.

Last year, with the help of Rincon playing all but 13 minutes during the season, Tech had one of its best campaigns in conference. The Red Raiders’ 5-4-1 record was just the second time in school history that the team finished above .500 in conference play. Rincon, a team captain as a junior, had a 1.55 goals against average.

“She has gotten much better,” Stone said. “She’s not splitting time with anyone anymore, and she has also worked hard with the coaching staff on improving her range and being able to play off the line more. Now she’s able to close out the angles better.”

With the all-time shutout record on the horizon, there is a quiet sense among the team of what this accomplishment means.

“It’s kind of like when a pitcher is throwing a perfect game, you don’t want to talk about it,” Stone said. “Plus, if you are thinking about that then you may lose focus on the game and we have to maintain focus on the goals we have on the field.”

Tech has one more non-conference match Thursday at home against Oral Roberts before beginning Big 12 play Sept. 26 at Oklahoma State.