Kansas State has suspended women’s soccer head coach Colleen Corbin for two weeks following the use of a racial slur — even though her use of the term was objecting to its use — The Mercury confirmed Tuesday.

According to sources with knowledge of the situation, Corbin had asked players not to play pregame music that included some swear words, including the N-word, before K-State’s exhibition versus Arkansas on March 7, in Kansas City. In a conversation about the music, she reportedly said the N-word, and players complained to the university.

Corbin later used the word again when relaying the situation during a staff meeting, which led assistant coach and goalkeepers coach Maddie Dobyns, who was hired by Corbin this past offseason, to resign from the team.

Following that incident, Corbin was suspended from the team for two weeks after a meeting with athletics director Gene Taylor on March 23.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Colleen Corbin, the 2022 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year who spent the 2024 season as the associate head coach at Saint Louis, was announced Monday as the K-State women’s soccer head coach by K-State Director of Athletics Gene Taylor.

Corbin agreed to a 5-year contract, which was approved by the K-State Athletics, Inc., Board of Directors and President Richard Linton.

Corbin will be formally introduced to the public during a news conference on Thursday, December 5, at 11 a.m., in the Steel and Pipe Team Theatre at the Vanier Football Complex. A live stream of the news conference can be viewed on the K-State Sports Facebook page.

“We are thrilled to welcome Colleen to K-State as the new leader of our soccer program,” Taylor said. “She has a proven track record of building and leading a championship program as evidenced by her time at Wyoming, and her most recent tenure at Saint Louis allowed her the opportunity to grow even more as a coach and put her stamp on an already established and high-level program. We look forward to welcoming Colleen and her husband, Nick, to Manhattan.”

“I am honored and thrilled to have the privilege of being named the next head coach of the Kansas State women’s soccer team,” stated Corbin. “I want to personally thank Gene Taylor, Jill Shields and Matt Thomason for their commitment and intention throughout the hiring process, as well as their trust in me and their belief in the K-State soccer program. It is evident that there are resources in place to help K-State women’s soccer be successful, as well as an incredibly supportive community who is excited about our team and the opportunity for continued growth and success.

“My husband, Nick, and I are looking forward to making Manhattan our home and joining the Wildcat family. We can’t wait to immerse ourselves into the community and experience all that the Little Apple has to offer. Go Cats!”

Corbin takes the reins of the K-State program following a season as the associate head coach at Saint Louis. During her time with the Billikens, Corbin helped the program to a 15-2-6 overall record, which included a 7-0-3 record in the Atlantic 10 Conference and the regular season and conference tournament titles and the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Billikens reached the second round of the tournament following a 1-0 win over Kansas.

Corbin was responsible for the Billikens’ goalkeepers and defensive backline, overseeing a defensive effort that registered 14 shutouts in the 23 matches. For the season, Saint Louis goalkeepers registered a save percentage of .835 while allowing 14 total goals for a 0.61 goals against average. She helped mentor the 2024 Atlantic 10 Defender of the Year, Lyndsey Heckel.

Prior to her time at Saint Louis, Corbin guided Wyoming to a Mountain West Conference regular-season co-championship and was named the league’s Coach of the Year in 2022 and coached the 2022 Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, Jamie Tatum.

In her first season in Laramie in 2021, she led the Cowgirls to eight victories, equaling the most wins by a first-year head coach in program history.

Prior to her stint at Wyoming, Corbin served as associate head coach at James Madison (2018-20) and was an assistant coach at Arizona State (2016) and Cal State Northridge (2014-15). She helped James Madison win the 2018 Colonial Athletic Association regular-season title, coaching the Dukes’ goalkeepers to the top of the league in shutouts (7).

Corbin played collegiately at Oregon State, where she was a two-time NSCAA All-America honors as a goalkeeper and set school career and single-season records for goals against average and shutouts. She helped lead the Beavers to three NCAA Tournament appearances including a round of 16 in 2009. Corbin is a 2012 graduate of Oregon State with a bachelor’s degree in education.

The La Cañada, California, native went on to play two seasons of professional soccer. She was part of a Western New York Flash team that captured a Women’s Premier Soccer League title, and she played for the Boston Breakers of the National Women’s Soccer League.

What They Are Saying About Coach Corbin

Saint Louis Women’s Soccer Head Coach Katie Shields

“K-State made a tremendous decision in hiring Colleen. I am grateful for the time we spent together here at SLU. She is an elite recruiter that brings passion and intensity to helping student-athletes fulfill their potential. Her diversity of experience and expertise will be a tremendous asset to the K-State program and I look forward to watching her build something special in Manhattan.”

James Madison Women’s Soccer Head Coach Joshua Walters, Sr.

“I am excited for Colleen & Nick along with the players at Kansas State. Colleen is a very passionate and caring coach that seeks to develop the culture of the program along with the competitiveness on the field. She will pour herself into this project and impact everyone around her. What I also love for the players is that Colleen has done everything as a player they dream about doing at the collegiate and professional level. As a coach she is a winner and knows how to win championships. This is a fantastic hire for K-State.”

Utah State Women’s Soccer Head Coach Manny Martins

“Colleen Corbin is an outstanding hire for Kansas State University. She seamlessly combines high energy with a genuine passion for creating a positive and empowering environment for her student-athletes. Colleen’s ability to inspire and maximize the potential of her athletes will undoubtedly be reflected both on the field and throughout the community from day one.”

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State soccer head coach Mike Dibbini has decided to step down from the soccer program to focus on his health. A national search for a new head coach will begin immediately.

“Due to some health concerns that I have dealt with over the last 18-24 months, I have decided to step away from K-State soccer to focus on my health,” said Dibbini. “It has been an honor to be the first soccer head coach at K-State. I am proud of what we were able to accomplish during the building process of this program over the last 10-plus years. The current and former players that have been here will always have a special place in my heart.”

The K-State soccer program was announced in October of 2014 with the first season slated for the fall of 2016. In late December of 2014, Dibbini was hired as the program’s inaugural head coach.

“We appreciate Coach Dibbini and all he has done to help build our soccer program,” Taylor said. “Starting a program from scratch is demanding and difficult and he and his staff have made strides over the past nine years. I think the world of Mike Dibbini. We wish Mike and his terrific family nothing but the best.”

During his nine seasons at the helm of K-State soccer, Dibbini tallied an overall record of 38-98-21 (.309) and made the program’s first and only appearance to date at the Big 12 Championship in the 2022 season.

Under Dibbini’s guidance, K-State achieved 100 Academic All-Big 12 selections, 24 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team honorees, three All-Big 12 selections and two Big 12 All-Freshman Team recipients.

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Hour 1:

Seg. 1 – K-State lands UIC transfer wing CJ Jones

Seg. 2 – Chris Klieman has last presser of spring ball

Seg. 3 – More spring ball presser highlights

Seg. 4 – Three-peat for the Classy Cats

Hour 2:

Seg. 1 – Ton of potential for the K-State backcourt this season

Seg. 2 – Avery Johnson being in charge and earning team respect

Seg. 3 – Baseball swept by OU

Seg. 4 – Soccer announces 2024 schedule

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MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State soccer head coach Mike Dibbini has added Mario Felix, an experienced collegiate coach, as an assistant coach on his staff for the 2024 season.

Prior to joining the K-State coaching staff, Felix served as the Kansas Rush Soccer Club girls academy director during the 2023 season.

Felix also brings collegiate coaching experience, as he served as a volunteer assistant at Missouri for the 2022 season and was the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Southern Utah for two seasons from 2020 to 2022. In his first season in Cedar City, Utah, he helped the Thunderbirds to the program’s second winning season in program history and the highest winning percentage in school history (.611).

Before making his way to Southern Utah, Felix was an assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara for two seasons in 2018 and 2019. He helped the program to a seven-win improvement from the 2017 to 2018 seasons and aided in coaching the goalkeepers. While in Santa Barbara, Felix coached 10 All-Big West Conference selections.

Prior to his time with the Gauchos, Felix was an assistant coach with Westmont College in Santa Barbara in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) at the NAIA level. During his one season in 2016, Felix helped the program to an NAIA final ranking of sixth in the nation and the GSAC Tournament final. He mentored three United Soccer Coaches All-Region recipients and four All-GSAC first team selections.

Preceding his coaching stops in California, Felix was the head coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, for the 2015 season. He guided the squad to a 5-7-2 overall record and improved the team’s record by four wins from the 2014 campaign. He oversaw two All-Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference honorable mention recipients and five All-KCAC Academic Team selections.

Felix’s first stop in the collegiate ranks came at Kansas, as the director of soccer operations during the 2014 season.

Felix holds his United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National “B” License and is currently working on his “A” License. He also holds his National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) goalkeeping level 1 and 2 certification. He is also a US Soccer Youth National Team Scout and is the National Vice-Chair of the Black Soccer Coaches Community.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State soccer completed its seventh season of action and its sixth in Big 12 play in 2022.

• The Wildcats (6-10-3, 2-5-2 Big 12) tied the school record for wins in a season and collected eight points in the league standings to secure eighth place in the Big 12 standings and qualified for the 2022 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship for the first time in program history.
• K-State’s points leaders for the 2022 season were senior forward Kyler Goins with a career-high 12 points (5 goals, two assists), senior forward Caylee Thornhill with a career-high seven points (two goals and three assists) and sophomore Adah Anderson with six (one goal, four assists). Goins led the squad in goals scored and game-winning goals (2), while Anderson paced the team in assists.
• Freshman defender Jazmin Brown became the second Wildcat to claim Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors.
• In the classroom, K-State tallied a school record six College Sports Communicators Academic All-District VII honors as Aliyah El-Naggar, Bailey Nemechek, Caylee Thornhill, Maddie Weichel, Marisa Weichel and Alaina Werremeyer earned the honor.

Odds and Ends from the 2022 Season
• The Wildcats tied the school record for draws in a season (three), equaling the mark set in the 2016 season.
• K-State tied the school records for wins in the months of September (three) and October (two).
• The Wildcats tied the school record for road wins in a season (three).
• Kansas State collected two wins over NCAA RPI top-100 opponents – Yale (63) and Oklahoma (86).
• K-State set the school record for consecutive matches with a goal – eight.
• Kansas State tied the school record for goals from players entering a match off the bench with five.
• K-State reached the 100-goal mark as a program on September 1, 2022, at Weber State. Senior Marisa Weichel scored the 100th goal pushing the Wildcats to the mark in the 107th match in program history.
• Four Wildcats notched five or more total points this season, which is tied for second in program history for players with five or more points in a season (2017; 5).
• The 11 goals allowed in Big 12 play set the school record for the fewest goals surrendered in a Big 12 schedule.
• Defensively, K-State allowed 238 total shots which were the fewest in an 18-game season in program history.
• K-State allowed the lowest shot per game total, 12.5, in the program’s seven-season history. The Wildcats lowered their opponent shots per game average from 2021 by 1.6 shots (14.1 to 12.5).
• The Wildcats also set the school record for the fewest shots on goal per game allowed (5.5)
• Wildcat goalkeepers allowed 24 goals in 2022, the tied for the second-fewest goals allowed in a season since K-State played a full 18-match schedule in 2017.
• K-State tied for the second-most shutouts in a season with five. The Wildcats set the school record for scoreless halves in a season with 22.
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer set a number of school records during the 2022 season including: career matches played in goal (42), career starts in goal (41), career minutes in goal (3,794:31), career wins (11), career saves (207), career shutouts (10) and tying the school record for wins in a season (6).
• Goins was the third player in program history to score five or more goals in a season and tied for third for goals in a single-season in school history.
• With her 12 points, Goins was the fourth player in school history to record 10 or more points in a season.
• Brown set the school record for minutes played in a freshman season with 1,476.
• Sophomore Riley Baker scored the latest regulation goal in program history, notching a penalty kick game-winner at 89:42 at Baylor on Oct. 9. Baker was just the second Wildcat to ever score on a penalty kick in program history.

Firing Range
• While setting the school record for consecutive games with a goal at eight, Kansas State pummelled the opposing net with shots – notching 236 attempts (12.4 shots per game).
• The 236 shots this season ranks tied for third in program history for a season. K-State’s 12.4 shots per game is fourth in school history for a season.
• K-State recorded 20 or more shots in a match three times this season, including 27 against Northern Colorado on Aug. 21.
• Kansas State set the school record for shots on goal in a Big 12 match, as the Wildcats registered 10 shots on goal at Iowa State on Sept. 22, 2022.
• The school record for total shots in a season is 276 set in 2019, while the shots per game mark stands at 15.3 also in 2019.

Better Late Than Never for K-State
• In its seven seasons of action, K-State has scored 64 of its 110 total goals in the second half or later of matches.
• Sophomore Riley Baker tallied the latest regulation game-winning goal in program history, as she scored on a penalty kick at 89:42 of the second half at Baylor on Oct. 9, 2022. It was the first game-winning goal of Baker’s career.
• Senior Kyler Goins recorded the eighth-latest goal in program history and the fifth-latest regulation goal in K-State soccer history with an 86:15 tally against Purdue on September 4, 2022.
• The Wildcats have scored 11 goals in the 85th minute or later in the history of the program. Of those 11 goals, four were game-winning goals (Brookelynn Entz, Colorado State, Sept. 17, 2017 [ot]; Adah Anderson, vs. North Alabama, Aug. 29, 2021; Caylee Thornhill, at Kansas, Sept. 30, 2021 [ot]; Riley Baker, at Baylor, Oct. 9, 2022) and two were game-tying goals (Aliyah El-Naggar, at Missouri, March 28, 2021; Laramie Hall, at Creighton, Sept. 2, 2016).
• During the 2022 season, K-State scored six of its 15 goals in the second half, including three in the 76th minute or later.

Game-Winning Goals for All
• Through 121 matches in program history, Kansas State has registered 32 victories. In those 32 wins, K-State has had 19 different players register a game-winning goal.
• The most recent addition to the game-winner list was sophomore Riley Baker. Baker is the first Wildcat to score a penalty kick game-winning goal for their first career game-winning goal, as she recorded a PK winner at 89:42 of the second half at Baylor on Oct. 9, 2022.
• Earlier this season, senior Kyler Goins recorded her first game-winner of the season at UTRGV on Aug. 25. Goins added a second game-winner against Colorado State on Sept. 15. She is tied for second in school history for game-winning goals in a season.
• Senior Marisa Weichel tallied the game-winner at Weber State on September 4. Weichel is tied for the K-State career record with Brookelynn Entz, as the pair each have four career game-winning goals. In the 2021 season, Marisa Weichel set a program record three game-winning goals.
• Of the 32 game-winning goals, nine have been scored by freshmen. The latest freshman to score a game-winning goal was Andra Mohler, who scored in the 38th minute against Yale on Sept. 9.
• On the current roster, eight Wildcats own at least one game-winning goal: Marisa Weichel, Goins, Caylee Thornhill, Shae Turner, Jesse Loren, Adah Anderson, Mohler and Baker.
• The first game-winning goal in program history was awarded to Abby Sieperda in the Wildcats’ 6-0 win at Oakland on August 26, 2016.

Cats Reach Century Mark For Goals
• K-State reached the 100-goals scored milestone as a program in its seventh season of action.
• The Wildcats reached the mark at Weber State in a 1-0 win on September 1, 2022, and was scored by Marisa Weichel.
• In its brief history, the Wildcats have seen 33 players register at least one career goal and the overall goal total stands at 110.
• K-State set the single-season record for goals with 20 in the 2021 season.
• In the 2022 season, the Wildcats have notched 15 goals (0.79 gpg). The 15 goals ranks tied for fourth in school history for goals in a season.

Happy Helpers
• K-State was helpful on its goals in 2021 and the Wildcats continued its generosity into the 2022 season.
• This season, K-State dished out 14 assists (0.74 apg) which were the third-most in a season in school history.
• K-State’s 14 assists this season have come from seven different players and are led by Adah Anderson (4) and Caylee Thornhill (3).
• Against Colorado State on September 15, 2022, Kansas State registered the second-highest assist total in a match as the Wildcats tallied five assists.
• In the 2021 season, the Wildcats set the single-season record for assists with 20 on their 20 goals. K-State had just three unassisted goals in the 2021 season.
• In its history, K-State has recorded 97 assists on its 110 goals and are averaging 0.80 per game.

Shot Prevention is Goal Prevention
• K-State’s 2022 version of the defensive backline has been one of the best defensive units in the seven seasons of the program.
• The Wildcats allowed 12.5 shots per game and 5.5 shots on goal per game.
• The 12.5 shots per game are 1.6 shots per game lower than the previous record season of 2021 at 14.1 per game.
• The 5.5 shots on goal allowed per game this season are 1.1 less than the previous record low of 6.6 shots on goal allowed per game in 2018.
• K-State’s 1.26 goals against average this season was the second-lowest in program history.

W for Werremeyer
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer registered a strong 2022 season and stands atop the K-State career wins and shutouts lists.
• At Iowa State on Sept. 22, Werremeyer notched her 10th career shutout and fifth this season.
• The product of Blue Springs, Missouri, owns the program career records career matches played in goal (42), career starts in goal (41) and career minutes (3,794:31) in goal. She also owns the school record for career saves (207), career wins (11) and is tied for the top spot for shutouts (10).
• In the 2022 season, she has 18 starts with a record of 6-10-2 and a career-high five shutouts. Werremeyer collected 77 saves and a career-best save percentage of .770. She owns a goals against average of 1.29 and tallied a career-best streak of 295:34 consecutive shutout minutes from Sept. 4 to 18.

Goins With Goals
• Senior Kyler Goins paced the Wildcat attack in the 2022 season.
• Goins led K-State with five goals including two game-winning goals, 12 points, 52 shots and 21 shots on goal. Her 21 shots on goal are a new school record for shots on goal in a senior season. Goins ranked eighth in the Big 12 in shots.
• Goins was the third Wildcat in program history (Brookelynn Entz & Marisa Weichel) to score five or more goals in a season and tied for third in program history for goals scored in a season.
• Against Colorado State on Sept. 15, Goins achieved her first career multi-goal game and set new career-highs with two goals and five points in the 3-0 win.
• Her two goals against the Rams came in a span of two minutes and 26 seconds to set the school record for fastest consecutive goals by one player.
• During a two-game swing through Texas, Goins scored both of K-State’s goals. Against UTRGV, she tallied her first goal of the season and the first game-winning goal of her career with a 51st minute strike that bounced off the crossbar and into the net.
• At UTSA, Goins scored her second of the season and moved into the team lead for goals scored this season.
• This was the second time in her career in which she scored a goal in consecutive games, also doing so at Kansas on Sept. 30, 2021 and against West Virginia on Oct. 7, 2021.
• Goins added her third goal of the season and first home goal of 2022 with a marker against Purdue on September 4.
• In her K-State career, Goins ranks second in school history for career goals (10) and is second in program history for career goals per game (0.20). She also is second in school history for career points (23) and is second for career points per game (0.46).

Thornhill A Winner
• After a personal scoring drought, senior Caylee Thornhill has scored in consecutive matches for the first time in her career.
• Against Oklahoma on Oct. 16, Thornhill scored in the 81st minute which gave the Wildcats a 2-0 lead before a late Oklahoma goal assigned winning status to Thornhill’s tally. The goal came on her 41st shot of the season and was her second career game-winner.
• Thornhill’s two career game-winning goals have come after the 80th minute, as she scored her first career game-winning goal at Kansas on Sept. 30, 2021, in the 99th minute (98:21). This was the latest goal in school history and the second overtime game-winner in program history.
• Against Kansas on Oct. 21, Thornhill scored in the 22nd minute on her 43rd shot of the season.
• This season, the product of Lenexa, Kansas, is second on the team in total shots with 44 and shots on goal (15). She owns two goals and three assists and is second on the team in points with 7.
• Her three assists are a new career season-high for assists including a career-high two assists against Colorado State on Sept. 15.
• Her three assists this season ranks tied for sixth in school history for a single season.
• In her career, Thornhill has five assists and ranks tied for sixth in school history. Her 13 career points ranks eighth in school history and her 27 shots on goal ranks sixth on the K-State career list.
• After two seasons halted by injury, Thornhill recorded her first two career goals and an assist in 2021 with 18 shots including eight on goal in a career-high 17 matches played.

Harlan Notches Second Goal
• Freshman forward Sophie Harlan closed the book on a solid debut 2022 season.
• Against Oklahoma on Oct. 16, Harlan registered her second goal of the season and her first Big 12 goal with a 43rd minute goal.
• Harlan was the first K-State freshman with two or more goals in their first season since the 2017 season (Brookelynn Entz and Hannah Davis) and the fifth overall.
• For her efforts, Harlan was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Oct. 18. She was the fourth Wildcat and the first field player since Entz in 2017 to earn the league’s weekly rookie honor.
• In the 2022 season, Harlan led K-State’s freshmen with five points (2 goals and 1 assist) and owned eight shots with five on goal.
• In the opening two matches of 2022, Harlan tallied a goal and an assist. She is the first freshman in program history to register a goal and an assist in the first two matches of a season.
• Harlan was the fourth freshman to record at least one point in the first two matches of a season, joining Katie Cramer (2016), Chloe Fisher (2018) and Kenzi Gillispie (2021).
• In the 6th minute of K-State’s season-opener against Northwestern on Aug. 18, Harlan used a backheel redirection of an Adah Anderson shot to score her first goal. Harlan is the second K-State freshman in program history to score a goal in a season-opener and the first since Katie Cramer scored in the first match in program history in 2016 at Saint Louis.
• Against Northern Colorado on Sunday, Harlan delivered a cross to Anderson in the 52nd minute which Anderson finished to give K-State a 1-0 lead.

Anderson Reaches Season-High
• Sophomore midfielder Adah Anderson wasted no time in 2022 in surpassing her point production from her freshman season in 2021.
• The product of Kansas City, Missouri, registered a goal and an assist for three points in the two opening weekend matches.
• Against Northwestern on Aug. 18, Anderson assisted on freshman Sophie Harlan’s goal in the sixth minute.
• Against Northern Colorado on Aug. 21, Anderson notched a goal in the 52nd minute on an assist from Harlan.
• At UTRGV on Aug. 25, Anderson assisted on the game-winning goal by Kyler Goins in the 52nd minute.
• With her four points, Anderson recorded at least one point in the first 3 matches of the season. This was the longest point streak by a Wildcat since Brookelynn Entz tallied a point in three straight matches from Oct. 3 to Oct. 18 of 2019.
• For the season, Anderson was third on the team in points (6) and leads in assists (4). Her four assists this season tied for third for assists in a single-season in school history and is tied for the school record for assists in a sophomore season (Tatum Wagner; 2016).
• In her career, Anderson owns two goals and five assists for nine points in 36 career matches. Anderson is tied for sixth in school history for career assists.

Jazmin on the Back Line
• Freshman centerback Jazmin Brown was a staple along the K-State backline in the 2022 season.
• Among field players, Brown was fourth on the team and first among freshmen in minutes played with 1,476 during her 19 matches played and 18 starts.
• Among freshmen in program history, Brown was the ninth freshmen to surpass the 1,000 minutes played mark and set the school record for minutes played in their debut season.

Nemechek Checks The Box
• Senior Bailey Nemechek found the back of the net for the first time in her K-State career with a tally against Colorado State on Sept. 15.
• She added to her scoring ledger with an assist on Caylee Thornhill’s game-winning goal against Oklahoma on Oct. 16.
• In her career, Nemechek is the eighth player in program history to play in 60 or more career matches and ranks fourth in school history for matches played (67) and is third for career starts (55). She owns a goal, three assists and five points as a Wildcat.

Baker the Goal Maker
• Sophomore Riley Baker put the Wildcats on her back with a career afternoon at Baylor on October 9, 2022.
• Against the Bears, Baker tallied her first career multi-goal match with two goals and career-highs of five shots and five shots on goal. She also notched her first career game-winning goal with her first career penalty kick with 18 seconds remaining.
• Baker scored her first goal of the season in the 30th minute against the Bears before adding the winner in the 90th minute.
• With her two goals against Baylor, Baker joined Brookelynn Entz (twice) as the only players in school history to score two goals in a Big 12 match. She is the second Wildcat with a multi-goal game this season, joining Kyler Goins (vs. Colorado State, Sept. 15, 2022).
• Baker tied the school record for shots on goal in a match and a Big 12 match with five. Her five shots and five on goal were both career-highs.
• Baker’s penalty kick goal was the fifth successful penalty kick in program history. This was the first penalty kick goal scored since Oct. 16, 2020, against Oklahoma. Baker is just the second Wildcat to ever score a penalty kick, joining Entz.
• This season, Baker established new career season-highs for matches played (17), goals (2), points (4) and shots on goal (9).
• In her career, Baker owns three career goals, one assist and seven points. She also has 30 career shots and 16 shots on goal (.533 SOG%).

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – Following the first Big 12 Championship appearance in the brief seven-year history of the Kansas State soccer program, K-State Director of Athletics Gene Taylor and head coach Mike Dibbini announced a four-year contract extension through the 2026 season on Wednesday.

“Coach Dibbini and his staff continue to gain momentum following their first appearance at the Big 12 Championships this fall,” Taylor said. “The trajectory of our program is continuing to climb in the right direction, as evidenced by the type of student-athletes they are bringing in and the tremendous crowds we regularly have at Buser Family Park. We are excited as we know the best days are ahead of us when it comes to K-State Soccer.”

As the only head coach in the history of the K-State soccer program, Dibbini has guided the program through a ground up building process. In just seven seasons at the helm of the Wildcat program, Dibbini has recorded a MAC Hermann Trophy candidate, one Senior CLASS Award All-American, a College Sports Communicators Academic All-American, seven College Sports Communicators Academic All-District recipients, a United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection, five All-Big 12 recipients and 69 Academic All-Big 12 honorees.

“I would like to thank Gene Taylor, President Linton and Matt Thomason for their continued support and belief in me leading this program,” stated Dibbini. “My family and I love everything about the university and the community of Manhattan, and it is an absolute honor to have the opportunity to continue to lead as the head coach of K-State Soccer. I’m proud of what we have accomplished over the early years in building this program to where it is today.  The future is very bright here, and I look forward to the continued growth and future successes that lie ahead for the program.”

While at the helm of the K-State program for the last seven seasons, Dibbini has guided the program to the two best consecutive seasons in program history with a combined record of 12-20-5 during the last two years. The Wildcats have also tripled the amount of league victories over the last three seasons (six) compared to the first three seasons in Big 12 action (two).

During the 2022 season, earned its first appearance in the Big 12 Soccer Championship by finishing eighth in the league standings with a 2-5-2 Big 12 record and tying the school record for overall wins in a season with a final record of 6-10-3.

As part of their six victories in 2022, Kansas State collected two wins over teams that would finish the season among the NCAA RPI top-100 – Yale (63) and Oklahoma (86). The Wildcats also tied the school record for road wins in a season (3).

On the field, freshman defender Jazmin Brown became the second Wildcat to claim Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors.

In the classroom, K-State tallied a school record six College Sports Communicators Academic All-District VII honorees as Aliyah El-Naggar, Bailey Nemechek, Caylee Thornhill, Maddie Weichel, Marisa Weichel and Alaina Werremeyer earned the distinction.

In his sixth season in Manhattan in 2021, Dibbini led a squad that established new school records for goals (20), goals per game (1.11), assists (20), total points (60) and total points per game (3.33). The Wildcats tied the school record for wins in a season (6), while collecting five points in Big 12 action with an overtime win at Kansas and a pair of home draws against ranked foes, ninth-ranked West Virginia and 23rd-ranked Baylor.

K-State finished the 2021 season with Brookelynn Entz earning CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team honors and an All-Big 12 Second Team citation. In the classroom, the Wildcats were decorated with 10 Academic All-Big 12 First Team recipients.

In a season divided into the fall of 2020 and the spring of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Wildcats played its Big 12 slate in the fall and recorded a program-best 3-6-0 mark in league action and a program-high seventh-place finish. Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Big 12 Championship was not played, an event K-State would have qualified for.

During the 2020 season, the K-State program achieved a pair of program milestones. K-State saw its first international professional signee, as defender Silke Bonnen signed a contract with HB Koge in the Danish League.

After Bonnen’s signing, Entz became the first Wildcat to be drafted into the NWSL as she was selected by the Kansas City Current in the fourth round of the 2021 NWSL Draft. Entz, a 2020 All-Big 12 First Team selection, was the program’s first MAC Hermann Trophy candidate and named to the 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Third Team.

In the classroom in 2020, K-State placed 15 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 teams, including 14 on the first team. The Wildcats also recorded their first Senior CLASS Award All-America selection (Entz) and United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women Scholar All-West Region recipient (Entz).

Dibbini was hired in December of 2014 as Kansas State’s first intercollegiate women’s soccer coach and guided the program through a year and a half process of forming a program from the ground up.

ROUND ROCK, Texas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State received its first taste of the 2022 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship quarterfinals, but the Wildcats were unable to extend their run as top seed Texas secured a 4-0 win on Sunday at Round Rock Multipurpose Complex.

Kansas State ends its season at 6-10-3 and made its first-ever appearance in the Big 12 Soccer Championship. Texas advances to the Big 12 semifinals and improves their record to 14-1-4.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On the historic seventh season and how they achieved their goals…
“I’m extremely proud of our group. They competed all year. They got better as the year went on. They stuck together in the lows. They played hard and I just couldn’t be more proud of where we started and where we’re at now. Well deserved for the for the group. The seniors brought that leadership this year, and the rest of the group that are returning brought a lot of them that was much needed in this program and just excited to see where this program continues to go. We’re better and we have a great group coming back to learn for next season and understand what it takes when you get to the tournament. I am looking forward to the future of this program. It’s very, very bright.”

On the play of Kyler Goins…
“Kyler has the ability to create so much for us in the attack with her speed and  her finishing ability. Today was one of those games where she if she could have found a goal in the back of the net, things could have been different. Texas is a really good side and a really good team. They are a top 20 team for a reason, but I felt like for the most part, despite some unfortunate calls, the final score wasn’t an indication of how close the game was.”

On the play this season of goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer…
“Her experience is valuable. She has been in there for the last three years and going into her senior season for her that with all that big 12 experiences on it will help this program continue to move forward and we’re just excited that she had a brilliant season and broke records but she is not done.”

FROM THE FIELD
Senior midfielder and co-captain Kursten von Klahr
On achieving the goal of playing in the program’s first Big 12 Championship…
“It’s so special and I’m over the moon that this is the team we got to do it with. It’s always hard work. When you set a goal, you have to work really hard for it and we just bust our butts every day on the field and in the locker room, just trying to get better every chance we can. And I think stepping out onto that field today and seeing our fans there, seeing the coaches and everyone like the support staff that we have with us, it was a proud moment for the Cats today.”

On the growth of the freshmen and sophomores this season…
“I just told them they made our job very easy this year. Because all we ask them is to work hard and learn as much as they can. And I think when we stepped into Big 12 play this year, we just flipped a switch and it was the depth that we had coming off the bench and even the freshmen starters that we had, were a pivotal pivotal part of our team.”

HOW IT HAPPENED
– Texas finished with a 20-10 advantage in shots, but only held a 9-7 edge in shots on goal.
– K-State threatened to go in front in the ninth minute in the first half. Senior Bailey Nemechek played a ball over the top of the Texas defense and found a sprinting Kyler Goins on the left side of the field. The senior from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, collected and shot from 15 yards but the attempt was saved.
– Texas went in front 1-0 in the 26th minute. On their sixth corner kick of the opening half, the Longhorns pinged the ball between Emily Jane Cox and Lexi Missimo before Holly Ward put it in.
– The Longhorns added their second goal in the 28th minute on another corner kick. As the corner kick was attempted, Cox collided with K-State goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer. The ball deflected off Cox and into the netting.
– Texas went in front 3-0 as Missimo finished a penalty kick in the 34th minute. This was the first penalty kick attempted by a K-State opponent this season and the first since October 3, 2019, against Baylor.
– The Longhorns tacked on a goal in the 70th minute from Trinity Byars.

QUICK FACTS
– The Wildcats are 0-8-0 all-time against Texas.
– Sunday’s match marked the second neutral site match in program history (1-1-0).
– Werremeyer ended the afternoon with fives saves. This was her 21st career match with five or more saves and eighth this season.
– Senior Kyler Goins made her 48th career start on Sunday and moves into sole possession of sixth in school history for career starts.
– Goins finished the day with three shots on goal and moved into second in school history for career shots on goal with 38.
– With her 52 total shots and 21 on goal, Goins set the school records for total shots and shots on goal in a senior season.
– Senior Bailey Nemechek played in her 67th career game on Sunday and settles into fourth on the K-State career games played list.
– Nemechek started her 55th career match and will remain in third in school history for career starts.
– von Klahr made her 42nd career start, all consecutive since joining the program in the 2020 season, and remains 10th in school history for career starts.
– Freshman Jazmin Brown set the school record for minutes played in a freshman season, as she recorded 1,476 minutes played this season in 19 matches played and 18 starts. Brown played the full 90 minutes this season in 12 matches, including the final 11 matches of the season.

UP NEXT
K-State concluded its seventh season of action with its first appearance in the Big 12 Soccer Championship. The Wildcats tied the school record for wins in a season and were led in scoring by seniors Goins and Caylee Thornhill with 12 and seven points, respectively.

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State went on top in the first half, but Kansas answered in the second half to send the Dillons Sunflower Showdown to a 1-1 draw on Friday night in the 2022 home finale at Buser Family Park. K-State’s record stands at 6-8-3 and 2-4-2 in Big 12 action, while Kansas is 8-8-2 and 1-5-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– K-State jumped in front in the 22nd minute with the aid of a Jayhawk misplay. Senior Kyler Goins gathered possession on the right side of the Kansas 18-yard box. Goins crossed a ball to the top of the six-yard box with her left foot and found senior Caylee Thornhill.
– Thornhill leaped for her attack and clipped the ball with her right foot toward the Jayhawk net. As the ball rolled toward Kansas goalkeeper Hayven Harrison, a Jayhawk defender ran in front of Harrison causing her to miss the ball under her outstretched right arm.
– After coming up empty on her first 40 shots of the season, Thornhill has now scored on two of her last three shot attempts. The product of Lenexa, Kansas, has scored two goals this season and four in her career.
– Kansas squared the match in the 51st minute. Lia Beyer attempted a shot from 16 yards and nudged her shot off the right post and into the net for her first goal of the season.
– The Jayhawks held a 21-5 advantage in total shots and a 7-2 lead in shots on goal. Kansas also notched an 11-1 lead in corner kicks.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 8-44-5 all-time against teams from the Big 12 Conference.
– The Wildcats are 2-3-2 all-time against Kansas, including a 0-3-1 mark in matches played in Manhattan.
– Kansas State is 18-33-5 in matches played at Buser Family Park.
– Thornhill is tied for seventh in school history for career goals with four.
– Thornhill ranks eighth in school history for career points with 13.
– Goins tallied her second assist of the season, setting a new career season-high in the category. This was her third assist at K-State and moves her into a tie for ninth in school history for career assists.
– With the point, Goins moved into second in school history for career points with 23.
– Goins made her 46th career start on Friday and remains in seventh in school history for career starts.
– Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer ended the night with six saves. This was her 20th career match with five or more saves and seventh this season.
– Senior Bailey Nemechek played in her 65th career game on Friday, moving into fourth on the K-State career games played list.
– Nemechek started her 53rd career match and moved into a tied for third in school history for career starts with Maddie Souder (2017-20; 53).

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
Overall thoughts…
“This wasn’t our best performance. Once we got that first goal, we kind of got into protect the lead mode instead of keeping that form going. And when you do that you give the other team a lot more opportunities and we have to figure that out. I think had we not got on our back foot and stayed on our front foot things would have been different for us. We finally got back on our front foot when they scored that goal and created more chances. It’s a young team that’s trying to figure those things out. And you can see that was a big part of what we’re trying to psychologically get better at and the mentality part of not just protecting leads, but can you get on your front foot a little bit more and can you score another goal and put the game away and find more separation against a team like this.”

On the rivalry…
“It’s a great rivalry and it’s going to be physical. I thought our girls responded well. It went back and forth. Moments for them and moments for us. It wasn’t the prettiest game for us but we got the point and we’ve just got to take it forward.”

On Caylee Thornhill…
“She’s been spectacular in big games, scoring game winners and tonight she had the tying goal. She’s been great and we’re definitely going to miss her abilities and her work rate. She’s responded well from her first year of injuries so we’re excited that she could possibly continue to play. We’ll see if we can try to convince her to stay another year.”

FROM THE FIELD
K-State Senior Forward Caylee Thornhill
On her goal…
“We talked about it before the game we’ll find success kind of being on the front foot in the 18-yard box, whether that is on our half or on their half. So just trying to get in there and be aggressive. I saw the ball come across and it wasn’t the prettiest shot but a goal is a goal and it got in the back of the net somehow. I think just trying to get any tap on it and any kind of chance in is better than just letting the ball go across the next and wishing you had that back.”

On the mindset after the draw…
“We obviously wanted the three points going into next weekend. But I think any point is a good point. One point is better than no points. It’s not unfinished but it’s kind of like ‘Oh, 90 minutes and no one got the win.’ But it’s not a loss but it still helps our record regardless.”

On the physicality…
“Yeah I think just trying to take that outside noise and stay focused throughout the game. It can get hard to let those emotions get the best of you but just trying to get up and shake off all those hard tackles and keep trying to push through. You’ll always want a call back maybe if you didn’t get it but just shaking it off and focusing on the next play and trying to make something happen in the next play regardless of the outside noise.”

UP NEXT
K-State completes its 2022 Big 12 schedule on Thursday, October 27, as the Wildcats travbel to Morgantown, West Virginia for a 6 p.m. (CT) match against West Virginia. Thursday’s match will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – With her first half goal against Oklahoma, freshman forward Sophie Harlan set K-State up for its 2-1 win on Sunday. With her efforts, Harlan collected Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors on Tuesday from the league.

Harlan is the fourth Wildcat and the first field player since Brookelynn Entz in 2017 to earn Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors.

On her only shot of the afternoon, Harlan scored her second goal of the season and her first Big 12 tally in the 43rd minute with a left-footed effort from three yards out. Harlan’s two goals this season have both been scored within six yards of goal.

The product of Kansas City, Missouri, became the fifth K-State freshman in program history and the first since the 2017 season to score two or more goals in their debut season.

For the season, Harlan leads K-State’s freshmen with five points (2 goals and 1 assist) and owns six shots with four on goal.

K-State concludes its three-match homestand and its 2022 home schedule on Friday night, as the Wildcats host Kansas at 7 p.m., in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. For tickets to Friday’s match, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets. Friday’s match will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – In a frenetic 90-minute match on Sunday at Buser Family Park, K-State used a second half rocket from Caylee Thornhill to down Oklahoma, 2-1, and snag a valuable three points in the Big 12 standings. With its win, K-State has tied the school record for wins in a season with an overall record of 6-8-2 and snared its second Big 12 win for the second time in program history and own a league mark of 2-4-1. Oklahoma drops to 7-5-3 overall and 2-3-1 in league action.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– K-State led 1-0 following a late first half goal. In the 81st minute, senior Bailey Nemechek collected an Oklahoma turnover and found Thornhill alone on the left side of the field.
– Thornhill took a pair of dribbles before blasting a left-footed shot from 16 yards into the right corner of the net to give K-State a 2-0 lead.
– The goal by Thornhill was her first of the season, coming on her 41st shot attempt of the campaign. It was the third goal of her career and her second career game-winning goal.
– The assist by Nemechek was her first of the season and the third of her career.
– The Sooners closed the margin to a goal 35 seconds later, as Bailey Wesco pushed her shot from six yards into the net.
– Both teams frantically tried to gain possession and add a goal to their ledger over the last nine minutes. K-State was able to hold back Oklahoma and collect the win.
– In a fast-paced first half, K-State got on the board in the 43rd minute.
– Sophomore Adah Anderson stole a pass by the Sooners and drove down the left sideline to the end line. Before crossing the end line, Anderson centered a pass to freshman Sophie Harlan.
– Harlan tapped her shot attempt from three yards with her left foot. The ball was delected by Oklahoma goalkeeper Makinzie Short, but crawled over the line and into the net.
– This was Harlan’s second goal of the season and her first Big 12 tally.
– The assist by Anderson was her team-leading fourth of the season and her first in Big 12 action.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 8-44-4 all-time against teams from the Big 12 Conference.
– The Wildcats are 2-5-0 all-time against Oklahoma, including a 2-1-0 mark in matches played in Manhattan.
– Kansas State is 18-33-4 in matches played at Buser Family Park.
– K-State is 5-6-0 in matches decided by a goal. The 11 matches decided by a goal this season are the second-most in program history (13; 2017).
– When scoring two or more goals this season, K-State 3-0-0. In its history, K-State is 20-8-1 when notching two or more goals in a match.
– Thornhill ranks eighth in school history for career points with 11.
– Thornhill is the ninth player in program history with two or more career game-winning goals.
– Harlan is the first K-State freshman with two or more goals in their first season since the 2017 season (Brookelynn Entz and Hannah Davis).
– With her assist on Sunday, Anderson improved her career total to five and is tied for sixth in school history for career assists.
– With her point on Sunday, Anderson’s career total stands at nine and is tied for 10th in school history for career points.
– Nemechek played in her 64th career game on Sunday, moving into a tie for fourth on the K-State career games played list with former Wildcat Ashley Zane (2016-19; 64).
– Nemechek started her 52nd career match and ranks fourth in school history for career starts.
– Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer ended the afternoon with six saves. This was her 19th career match with five or more saves and sixth this season.
– Senior forward Kyler Goins made her 45th career start on Sunday, moving into seventh in school history for career starts.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On changing formation to get momentum…
“Our job was to make sure we stayed behind the ball. Then when we counter, we have more numbers, more outlets, and obviously, it worked. And it kind of maybe threw a curveball to them a little bit. And we capitalized on some of those chances because of this.”

On the defense in the second half…
“The players on the field managed the game very, very well. When we got a 2-0 lead, I think they panicked for a quick second, but regrouped after they scored their goal. It was a total team effort. We executed the game plan. We executed our goals and we did a good job defending today.”

On Caylee Thornhill’s game-winning goal…
“It was much needed on her part, and it was a banger too, so we’ll take it.”

On the Sunflower Showdown on Friday…
“Its always a fun rivalry. It’ll be a great game in a great atmosphere. So I am excited that we can take this momentum into the next game.”

FROM THE FIELD
Caylee Thornhill, Senior Forward
On her goal today…
“I think the whole season so far, it’s like knocking on the door for everybody and it’s just not getting the final touch. It’s like you never think it’s going to come and then like today it was a crossbar right before that. It’s like seriously, but then yeah, it’s just so fun to get the first one out of the way. And I mean it’s late in the season, but a goal is a goal.”

On how the formation affected the game…
“I think, with the numbers forward, we tried to take that to our advantage. You know, I think we were really good in our counter-attack too. So you know, it’s getting back to get forward too. And you know, taking that to other teams trying to get them off guard and trying to get those numbers in front and be on the front foot of the whole game instead of trying to be on our heels. Once we go in on our front foot it’s a really dangerous game for us and it’s a lot of fun.”

On getting closer to the Big 12 tournament…
“Yeah, I think already we have the two wins under our belt, so I think it’s all about gaining confidence. And we know that last year it was getting the results of the ties, but you know this year we are actually getting wins. We’re getting goals and we’re putting up numbers against big teams that we’ve just never seen that for ourselves in our program in the past. So yeah, I think going into a rivalry game and knowing that we’re in a good spot. We could be in a better spot, but you know it’s in our own hands. Everything we have left is up to us and we can do what we want and if we want to get there we can. It’s up to us.”

UP NEXT
K-State concludes its three-match homestand and its 2022 home schedule on Friday night, as the Wildcats host Kansas at 7 p.m., in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. For tickets to Friday’s match, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets. Friday’s match will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

MATCH #13
Kansas State (4-6-2, 0-2-1 Big 12) at (23) Texas (8-1-3, 2-0-1)
Thursday, October 6, 2022  |  7 p.m. |  Mike A. Myers Stadium  |  Austin, Texas

WATCH LIVE
Longhorn Network

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
Texas leads, 6-0-0
Last Meeting: Sept. 23, 2021 (Manhattan, Kan.)
Last Result: Texas won, 2-0
Last K-State win: –

MATCH #14
Kansas State (4-6-2, 0-2-1 Big 12) at Baylor (2-6-2, 0-2-0)
Sunday, October 9, 2022  |  12 p.m. |  Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field  |  Waco, Texas

WATCH LIVE
Big 12 Now on ESPN+

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
Baylor leads, 4-0-1
Last Meeting: Oct. 10, 2021 (Manhattan, Kan.)
Last Result: Draw won, 0-0 (2ot)
Last K-State win: –

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – For the second time this season, K-State (4-6-2, 0-2-1 Big 12) will make a two-match trip through the state of Texas, as the Wildcats face (23) Texas on Thursday, October 6, at 7 p.m., in Austin and then visit Waco to face Baylor on Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m.

• Thursday’s match will be broadcast on Longhorn Network while Sunday’s match will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

Last Time Out
• For the second straight match, K-State held one of the league’s top offenses to a single goal in a 1-0 loss against ninth-ranked TCU on Friday, September 30.
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer tied her season-high with eight saves. This was her 17th career match with five or more saves and fourth this season.
• After opening the season with a school record of eight straight matches with a goal, K-State has now been held goalless in the last four matches.
• K-State has played eight matches this season decided by one goal (3-5-0). The eight matches are tied for the second-most matches decided by one goal in a season. The school record for matches decided by one goal in a season is 13 in the 2017 season (4-9-0).

K-State vs. Ranked Opponents
• Kansas State has played 17 matches in its brief history against United Soccer Coaches ranked opponents.
• The Wildcats are 0-15-2 against ranked opponents. K-State snapped a 13-match losing streak against ranked opponents with consecutive draws with ninth-ranked West Virginia (Oct. 7) and 23rd-ranked Baylor (Oct. 10) in 2021.
• Kansas State has played four ranked opponents in a season twice (2018 and 2019).
• K-State has faced eight opponents ranked among the top-10 in the United Soccer Coaches poll: (9, West Virginia, Sept. 29, 2017; 9, Texas, Oct. 15, 2017; 9, Santa Clara, Aug. 30, 2018; 7, BYU, Sept. 21, 2019; 6, Kansas, Oct. 2, 2020; 5, TCU, Oct. 25, 2020; 9, West Virginia, Oct. 7, 2021; 9, TCU, Sept. 30, 2022).

K-State Posts Blank Scoresheets
• The Wildcats have notched five shutouts in the 2022 season, the fifth time K-State has registered five or more shutouts in a season.
• K-State recorded its first shutout of the season with a stellar team defensive effort at UTRGV. The Wildcats kept UTRGV off the scoreboard and surrendered just three total shots, the second fewest shots allowed in a match in program history and fewest in a shut out.
• K-State added its second shutout of the season with a 1-0 win at Weber State on Sept. 1.
• The Wildcats’ third shutout came against Ivy League foe, Yale, on Sept. 9.
• In the 2021 season, the Wildcats tied the school record for shutouts in a season with six, which included a school-record shutout streak of 317:55. The Wildcats tied the school record for consecutive shutouts with three.
• In its seven seasons of action, the Wildcats have registered 35 shutouts. Kansas State owns an all-time record of 26-0-9 in games allowing zero goals.
• Of the 35 shutouts in program history, three goalkeepers own 29 of them. Miranda Larkin set the school record for career shutouts with 10, while active goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer joined Larkin with her 10th shutout and former goalkeeper Emma Malsy owns nine.
• The active goalkeepers on the K-State roster – Rachel Harris, and Werremeyer – have tallied 11 shutouts in their K-State careers. Werremeyer ranks tied for the school record for career shutouts with 10, while Harris owns one.

W for Werremeyer
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer has registered a strong 2022 season and is ascending the K-State career wins and shutouts lists.
• At Iowa State on Sept. 22, Werremeyer notched her 10th career shutout and fifth this season. She is second in school history for career wins (9) and is tied for the career record for shutouts (10).
• This season, she has 11 starts with a record of 4-6-1 and a career-high five shutouts. Werremeyer has collected 43 saves (3.9 spg) and a save percentage of .811. She owns a goals against average of 0.91 and tallied a career-best streak of 295:34 consecutive shut out minutes from Sept. 4 to 18.
• The product of Blue Springs, Missouri, owns the program career records career matches played in goal (35) and career starts in goal (34) and career minutes (3,176:14) in goal and is second in program history for career saves (173).

MATCH #12
TCU (6-2-3, 1-0-1 Big 12) at Kansas State (4-5-2, 0-1-1 Big 12)

Friday, September 30, 2022  |  7 p.m. |  Buser Family Park  |  Manhattan, Kan.

WATCH LIVE
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
Sideline: Jazsmin Halliburton

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
TCU leads, 5-0-0
Last Meeting: Oct. 22, 2021 (Fort Worth, Texas)
Last Result: TCU won, 3-2
Last K-State win: –

MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State (4-5-2, 0-1-1 Big 12) has one game on the schedule this week, as the Wildcats host defending Big 12 champion (9) TCU on Friday at 7 p.m., at Buser Family Park.

• Friday’s match will be available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The broadcast team will be Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Oscar Montenegro (analyst) and Jazsmin Halliburton (sideline) will have the call.
• Tickets for Friday’s match can be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS, visiting kstatesports.com/tickets or at the Buser Family Park ticket booth.

Last Time Out
• K-State ended a five-match losing streak in Big 12 openers and four-match losing streak in Big 12 matches dating back to the final four league matches of the 2021 season during the opening weekend of its league schedule.
• In the 2022 league opener on Sept. 22, at Iowa State, Kansas State recorded 15 shots including 10 on goal but came away with a 0-0 draw against the Cyclones.
• This marked the first time K-State secured at least a win or draw in its Big 12 opener, ending a five-match losing streak.
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer improved her career season-high with her fifth shutout of the season, as she made five saves. This was her 16th career match with five or more saves and third this season.
• Werremeyer tied the school record for career shutouts with her 10th and also set the career school records for matches played in goal, career starts in goal and career minutes played in goal.
• The Wildcats returned to Buser Family Park on Sunday, Sept. 25, to host Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls extended their winning streak to six with its lone goal coming in the fifth minute.
• After opening the season with a school record of eight straight matches with a goal, K-State has now been held goalless in the last three matches.

Firing Range
• While setting the school record for consecutive games with a goal at eight, Kansas State has pummelled the opposing net with shots – notching 160 attempts through 11 matches.
• The Wildcats rank fifth in the Big 12 in shots. K-State ranks fifth in the league and 81st in the nation in shots per game (14.55 spg).
• K-State has recorded 20 or more shots in a match three times this season, including 27 against Northern Colorado on Aug. 21.
• Kansas State set the school record for shots on goal in a Big 12 match, as the Wildcats registered 10 shots on goal at Iowa State on Sept. 22, 2022.
• In the 2021 season, the Wildcats were seventh in the Big 12 in total shots (248) and for shots per game (13.78). The 248 shots were the second most in program history.
• The Wildcats had five matches with 20 or more shots in the 2021 season. K-State recorded a season-high 27 shots against UTRGV on Sept. 19, which tied for second in program history for shots in a single-match and were the most since the Wildcats tallied 27 against Arkansas State on Aug. 29, 2019.
• The school record for total shots in a season is 276 set in 2019, while the shots per game mark stands at 15.3 also in 2019.

K-State Posts Blank Scoresheets
• The Wildcats have notched five shutouts in the 2022 season, the fifth time K-State has registered five or more shutouts in a season.
• K-State recorded its first shutout of the season with a stellar team defensive effort at UTRGV. The Wildcats kept UTRGV off the scoreboard and surrendered just three total shots, the second fewest shots allowed in a match in program history and fewest in a shut out.
• K-State added its second shutout of the season with a 1-0 win at Weber State on Sept. 1.
• The Wildcats’ third shutout came against Ivy League foe, Yale, on Sept. 9.
• In the 2021 season, the Wildcats tied the school record for shutouts in a season with six, which included a school-record shutout streak of 317:55. The Wildcats tied the school record for consecutive shutouts with three.
• In its seven seasons of action, the Wildcats have registered 35 shutouts. Kansas State owns an all-time record of 26-0-9 in games allowing zero goals.
• Of the 35 shutouts in program history, three goalkeepers own 29 of them. Miranda Larkin set the school record for career shutouts with 10, while active goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer joined Larkin with her 10th shutour and former goalkeeper Emma Malsy owns nine.
• The active goalkeepers on the K-State roster – Rachel Harris, and Werremeyer – have tallied 11 shutouts in their K-State careers. Werremeyer ranks tied for the school record for career shutouts with 10, while Harris owns one.

W for Werremeyer
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer has registered a strong start to the 2022 season and is ascending the K-State career wins and shutouts lists.
• At Iowa State on Sept. 22, Werremeyer notched her 10th career shutout and fifth this season. She is second in school history for career wins (9) and is tied for the career record for shutouts (10).
• This season, she has 10 starts with a record of 4-5-1 and a career-high five shutouts. Werremeyer has collected 35 saves (3.5 spg) and a save percentage of .795. She owns a goals against average of 0.90 and tallied a career-best streak of 295:34 consecutive shut out minutes from Sept. 4 to 18.
• In the 2021 season, Werremeyer finished with a career-best 1.54 goals against average and a save percentage of .786 with a career-high 88 saves.
• The product of Blue Springs, Missouri, owns the program career records career matches played in goal (34) and career starts in goal (33) and career minutes (3,086:14) in goal and is second in program history for career saves (165).

Goins With Goals
• Senior Kyler Goins has paced the Wildcat attack this season.
• This season, Goins leads K-State with five goals including two game-winning goals, 11 points and 16 shots on goal. She is tied for the team lead in total shots with 31.
• Goins is the third Wildcat in program history (Brookelynn Entz & Marisa Weichel) to score five or more goals in a season and is tied for third in program history for goals scored in a season.
• Against Colorado State on Sept. 15, Goins achieved her first career multi-goal game and set new career-highs with two goals and five points in the 3-0 win.
• Her two goals came in a span of two minutes and 26 seconds to set the school record for fastest consecutive goals by one player.
• During a two-game swing through Texas, Goins scored both of K-State’s goals. Against UTRGV, she tallied her first goal of the season and the first game-winning goal of her career with a 51st minute strike that bounced off the crossbar and into the net.
• At UTSA, Goins scored her second of the season and moved into the team lead for goals scored this season.
• This is the second time in her career in which she has scored a goal in consecutive games, also doing so at Kansas on Sept. 30, 2021 and against West Virginia on Oct. 7, 2021.
• Goins added her third goal of the season and first home goal of 2022 with a marker against Purdue on September 4.
• In her K-State career, Goins ranks second in school history for career goals (10) and is tied for first in program history for career goals per game (0.24). She also is tied for second in school history for career points (22) and is tied for second for career points per game (0.52).
• In the 2021 season, the product of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, led the Wildcats in goals (3) and points (6) in Big 12-only matches. She scored three of K-State’s six goals in league action. Goins is the second player in program history to register five or more points in Big 12 play.
• Goins scored the game-tying goal against ninth-ranked West Virginia on October 7 with a rocket shot from 20 yards into the upper right corner in the 18th minute. This was just the third game-tying goal in program history and the first in the six-year history of Buser Family Park.

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – A fifth minute goal proved to be the difference on Sunday afternoon at Buser Family Park, as Oklahoma State improved its winning streak to six straight with a 1-0 win. K-State falls to 4-5-2, 0-1-1, while the Cowgirls improve to 9-1-1, 2-0-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– In the fifth minute, Oklahoma State went up 1-0. Olyvia Dowell carried possession to the touch line on the left side of the frame. Just before crossing the line, she centered a pass to Gracie Bindbeutel who finished into the top of the net.
– K-State had a chance to square things late in the first half. Freshman Ally Brown slotted a pass to freshman Sophie Harlan with 30 seconds to play. Harlan sent a rolling shot towards the Oklahoma State net. Cowgirls keeper Jordan Nytes chose to let the ball roll past her and it just missed hitting the right post.
– Neither team generated solid chances in the second half.
– The Wildcats nearly found the equalizing goal in the final 30 seconds. A Kursten von Klahr corner kick found Marisa Weichel at the far left post. Weichel gathered her balance and attempted a shot that went over the crossbar.
– For the afternoon, Oklahoma State held a 10-5 advantage in total shots and a 5-0 lead in shots on goal.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 6-41-4 all-time against teams from the Big 12 Conference.
– The Wildcats are 0-6-0 all-time against Oklahoma State.
– Kansas State falls to 15-27-6 all-time in the month of September.
– K-State is 17-31-4 in matches played at Buser Family Park.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On the first ten minutes of the game…
“I think overall if we look back at the Iowa State match we had to have a better start. We had to figure out a way from a mentality standpoint to have better starts and not get back on our heels a little bit.  I will say we dodged some bullets. We did it again today and they punished us. So can we figure that out, or sort that out? We can and I think this team will do something special this year.”

On the offensive performance…
“We created some chances and we even had a shot off at the very end. So it shows we are creating chances , we’re having opportunities, which is something that we haven’t done in this program before. We are going toe to toe with teams, so we’re moving forward in the right direction. We just didn’t get the result today, and we could learn a lot from this game.”

On how OSU challenged them offensively and defensively…
“They’re experienced. They have an experienced group there and they know how to win tight games in key moments. They punished us in that one moment, and then they were organized the rest of the game.”

On Khaliana Garrett getting minutes…
“It was really nice to get Khaliana some minutes, just for the fact that she hasn’t played. We lost a key player that didn;t play today so that was a bright spot for us. Overall, I think everybody did what they needed to do to contribute and compete. We just didn’t get the result or at least the point.”

UP NEXT
K-State returns to action on Friday, September 30, as the Wildcats host (12) TCU at 7 p.m. Friday’s match is K-State’s annual Socctoberfest match. For details or to purchase the Socctoberfest ticket package, visit kstatesports.com/tickets or call 800-221-CATS.

AMES, Iowa (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State ended a four-match losing streak in Big 12 matches on Thursday night, as the Wildcats earned a draw at Iowa State, 0-0. K-State is now 4-4-2, 0-0-1 Big 12 this season while Iowa State is 3-3-3, 0-0-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– K-State entered Thursday’s match with losses in four straight Big 12 matches dating back to the final four matches of 2021 but ended the skid with the draw.
– The Wildcats earned its first real chance of the night in the 16th minute. Porter List was interfered with at the top of the 18-yard box by an Iowa State defender and the Cyclone goalkeeper, Jordan Silkowitz, as List attempted a shot, resulting in a K-State free kick.
– Kyler Goins attempted the kick and forced a diving save at the left post by Silkowitz. Goins would finish the night with a team-leading three shots, including two on goal.
– Moments later after an Iowa State turnover in the K-State attacking third, Goins found herself one-on-one with Silkowitz. Goins attempted her shot from 17 yards but Silkowitz had come off her line to cut down the angle to make the save. Silkowitz ended the night with 10 saves.
– In the second half, K-State outshot Iowa State, 7-1, but were unable to find twine.
– The Wildcats’ best opportunity of the second half came in the 67th minute. A Maddie Weichel corner kick was temporarily cleared from danger by the Cyclones. The ball would pinball to Caylee Thornhill at the top of the 18-yard box. Thornhill slalomed through Iowa State defenders and teed up a shot from eight yards. Silkowitz pushed the ball over the bar to end the threat.
– Thornhill ended the night with two shots including one on goal.
– K-State ended the night with a 15-9 shot advantage and a 10-5 lead in shots on goal. The Wildcats also held an 8-4 lead in corner kicks.
– With its 10 shots on goal, K-State set the school record for shots on goal in a Big 12 match. The previous mark was eight against Oklahoma on Sept. 23, 2018.
– Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer tied the school record for career shutouts with her 10th. This was her fifth shutout this season, moving her into a tie for second in school history for shutouts in a season.
– Werremeyer ended the night with five saves. This was her 16th career match with five or more saves and third this season.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 6-40-4 all-time against teams from the Big 12 Conference.
– The Wildcats are 2-4-1 all-time against Iowa State.
– Kansas State falls to 15-26-6 all-time in the month of September.
– With the draw, K-State ended a five match losing streak in Big 12 openers.
– With her start in goal on Thursday, Werremeyer set the school record for appearances in goal with 33, breaking the record held by Miranda Larkin (2016-17). She also tied the school record for career starts with her 32nd.
– During the match, Werremeyer also passed Larkin on the K-State career minutes played in goal list. Werremeyer now owns 2,996:14 in frame.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On defensive pressure in final 75 minutes…
“It was a combination of our game plan of trying to see what they’re going to throw at us first and we had some jitters. I’m not going to sit here and say we didn’t. We looked a little nervous and reactive in the first 10-15 minutes. So that was part of the plan. Knowing that, you know, we had to settle the game down. And after 15 minutes we settled in and I felt like we controlled most of the rest of the game, especially in the second half.”

On the lift from the Kyler Goins free kick…
“I think it unlocked us. I think once we figured out we have an opportunity to get shots off. We felt like that kind of carried over into the rest of the game.”

On out-shooting Iowa State 7-1 in the second half…
“We were getting a little greedy we wanted to separate and find that game-winner but unfortunately their goalkeeper made some massive saves to keep them in the game.”

On earning a point in a Big 12 opener for the first time…
“It’s important. We haven’t done this before, especially on the road. It’s tough to get a point and a result on the road and we did what we needed to do tonight. And now we can take that momentum and continue to push forward and see how we do.”

UP NEXT
K-State returns to Buser Family Park on Sunday at 1 p.m., as the Wildcats host Oklahoma State. The first 100 fans will receive either a K-State soccer cowbell or noisemaker.

Sunday’s match is also Junior Wildcat Day, as members of the Junior Wildcat Club will receive concession discounts and the opportunity to participate in pregame activities and receive autographs from Willie Wildcat. For tickets, visit kstatesports.com/tickets or call 800-221-CATS.

BROOKINGS, South Dakota (Kansas State Athletics) – For the first time this season, K-State was unable to get on the scoreboard, as South Dakota State moved its unbeaten streak at Fishback Soccer Park to 37 straight games winning 2-0 on Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats fall to 4-4-1 on the season while the Jackrabbits are now 6-0-3.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– Scoreless at halftime, South Dakota State secured its first goal of the afternoon in the 50th minute. Maya Hansen hit a left-footed shot from the top right corner of K-State’s 18-yard box. The ball found its mark in the upper left corner for the 1-0 lead.
– The goal by the Jackrabbits ended K-State and junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer’s consecutive shutout streak at 295:34.
– South Dakota State added an insurance goal in the 65th minute. The Jackrabbits played a long ball over the K-State defense. As K-State defender Jazmin Brown attempted to play the ball, South Dakota State’s Cece Limongi clipped Brown’s heel and sent her to the turf. Limongi then dribbled into free space and scored into the open Wildcat net, as Werremeyer tried to cut down Limongi’s angle.
– Kansas State saw their school record consecutive games with a goal streak end at eight matches.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 9-2-2 all-time against teams from the Summit League.
– The Wildcats are 1-1-0 all-time against South Dakota State.
– Kansas State falls to 15-26-5 all-time in the month of September.
– The Wildcats are 0-3-1 this season in Sunday matches and fall to 11-23-7 all-time on Sundays.
– With her start in goal on Sunday, Werremeyer tied the school record for appearances in goal with 32, tying the record held by Miranda Larkin (2016-17).
– Werremeyer ended the afternoon with five saves. This was her 15th career match with five or more saves and second this season.
– South Dakota State held a 16-8 advantage in total shots and a 7-3 lead in shots on goal.
– The Jackrabbits also tallied a 14-1 margin in corner kicks.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On the today’s result…
“We had some chances today. They were a very good team and you could tell that they’re very tough and very good at home. We just didn’t do enough today against a very good team, but we competed hard. They capitalized on their chances and we didn’t it.”

On the team at the conclusion of the non-conference schedule…
“I think there’s a lot of positives, even though we’re .500. You look at the quality of the opponents we’ve played that our losses have come against and those program all have winning records and are doing well. We have learned a lot from all those matches and I think we’re prepared for the Big 12. We need to continue to grind and to continue to chip away and we’ll be fine.”

UP NEXT
K-State begins the Big 12 portion of its 2022 schedule on Thursday, as the Wildcats visit Iowa State at 6 p.m. Thursday’s match can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

Kansas State returns to Buser Family Park on Sunday, September 25, to face Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. For tickets, visit kstatesports.com/tickets or call 800-221-CATS.

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – With the fastest three goals in program history in the first half, Kansas State cruised to a 3-0 win on Thursday night over Colorado State at Buser Family Park. K-State has won four of its last six matches and improved its record to 4-3-1 on the season, while Colorado State drops to 3-3-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– K-State broke open the match with three goals in a school record two minutes and 58 second span. The Wildcats scored in the 17th minute (16:53) and two goals in the 20th minute, scoring just 32 seconds apart in the 20th minute (19:19 and 19:51).
– The Wildcats went up 1-0 with a trio of K-State players involved. Adah Anderson played a ball across the field to the left to Caylee Thornhill. Thornhill danced across the Colorado State 18-yard box, hypnotizing the Rams’ defense with her footwork. Thornhill then slid a pass to a lonesome Kyler Goins on the right side. Goins powered her shot into the left corner for her first tally of the night.
– Goins wasn’t done in the first half. In the 20th minute, Thornhill won K-State a free kick at the edge of the Colorado State penalty area. Thornhill initiated the free kick to Kursten von Klahr, who teed up Goins with a tap pass. Goins blasted her shot into the lower right corner for her second of the night and a 2-0 K-State lead.
– Goins set the school record for fastest consecutive goals by one player in school history with just two minutes and 26 seconds between tallies. The previous record was held by Katie Cramer at Creighton on August 23, 2019, with a time of six minutes and 39 seconds.
– The two goals marked the first multi-goal match of her career and Goins became the fourth player in school history with two or more goals in a match.
– Just 32 seconds later, Goins drew the attention of the Rams defenders on the right flank. She played a slotted pass to Bailey Nemechek. The product of Fort Collins, Colorado, saw her shot find twine in the left corner for the 3-0 K-State lead.
– Goins tied the school record for points by a single player in a match with five, equaling the mark held by Brookelynn Entz from March 28, 2021, of five at Missouri.
– For the season, Goins leads the Wildcats with five goals scored and a team high 11 points. She is the third player in program history (Brookelynn Entz and Marisa Weichel) to score five or more goals in a season. Her five goals are a new career season-high.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 3-0-1 all-time against teams from the Mountain West Conference.
– The Wildcats are 3-0-0 all-time against Colorado State.
– Kansas State improves to 15-25-5 all-time in the month of September. K-State has now won
– With its goals on Thursday, K-State has scored a goal in the first eight matches of a season to extend its school record mark. The Wildcats have also set the school record for any stretch of consecutive games with a goal with eight straight games.
– K-State’s three first half goals tied the school record for goals in a first half.
– K-State’s 11 team points tied for the third most in school history in a single match and the most since registering 11 at Colorado State on Sept. 5, 2021.
– With her two goals on Thursday, Goins joined Entz as the only two players in school history with 10 or more career goals. Goins ranks second with 10 career tallies.
– Thornhill and Anderson each registered their third assists of the season on Thursday night. The duo leads the team in assists.
– Thornhill boosted her career assists total to five and moved into a tie for sixth on the K-State career assists list.
– Anderson dished her fourth career assist and moved into eighth on the K-State career assists list.
– Junior Alaina Werremeyer collected her ninth career shut out and moved into a tie for second in program history for career shutouts, tying Emma Malsy (2018-19; 8). Werremeyer remains in second on the K-State career wins list with her ninth and is one short of tying the school record held by Miranda Larkin (2016-17; 10).
– Werremeyer’s four shutouts this season and a new single-season high and ranks fourth in school history for shutouts in a season.
– Werremeyer owns a current shutout streak of 245:56 and owns two straight shutouts.
– K-State ended the night with a 16-4 lead in total shots, including an 8-0 edge in shots on goal. The Wildcats are now 4-1-1 this season when recording more shots than its opponent and 21-14-3 all-time when achieving the lead in shots.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On the three quick goals…
“It was fun. It was a good performance on our part, especially the first half. It was really fun to watch their combination plays and the way they read each other on the field and the way they connected. It was just fun to watch.”

On Kyler Goins performance…
“She’s got it going on, she’s fired up. She knows it’s her senior year and she wants to continue to be a leader out there and do what she does best and try to get those goals for us.”

On the defensive performance…
“The shut out was the key, we didn’t concede goals and we knew we’re going to have our chances and we put those away early. It would have been nice to have a little bit more of a lead but we can’t be that greedy.”

On Caylee Thornhill’s performance…
“She works and she does all the intangibles that we need from from one of the forwards as well. She hasn’t gotten on the board yet with scoring but she does a lot of the things that are important, intangible-wise, for us to be successful.”

FROM THE FIELD
KYLER GOINS, SENIOR FORWARD
On the flurry of goals…
“It was really fun. I want to say I love playing with Bailey (Nemechek) and I know this is her first goal too. It was extremely exciting getting a goal but at the same time seeing her get that goal and being able to play her that ball. That’s what really made the one for me.”

On the defensive performance after the big lead…
“I think sometimes we find ourselves parking the bus a little bit, like sitting back after we do score a goal. I think when we got that 3-0 lead we’re like ‘okay, now we can park the bus.’ Usually after that 1-0 we’re like let’s sit a little bit. We didn’t do that this game. I’m really glad we didn’t because we always get that 1-0 and it’s about time that we did it. But I think that was just kind of our mindset after that third goal. Obviously we want another one. I wanted the hat trick. But you’ve got to put the team first and you want to keep that lead. You want that shut out.”

On the team’s confidence after the performance…
“It’s our first game that we’ve been able to get more than one goal and that right there is confidence going against teams like TCU and Texas, you know, teams that are higher ranked, just being able to play and stay in the game there is good. So this just shows that we can score. So I think that right there is just kind of our confidence like, ‘Hey, we’re a good team, we can compete with any student here.’

UP NEXT
K-State completes its 2022 non-conference schedule on Sunday at 1 p.m., as the Wildcats travel to Brookings, South Dakota to face South Dakota State. Sunday’s match will be streamed on Jackrabbits All-Access (subscription required).

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State picked up 15 total blocks and held Kansas City to a .018 team efficiency Wednesday night, as the Wildcats swept the Roos 25-14, 25-13, 31-29 at Swinney Center.

K-State (9-2) was led by Sydney Bolding’s season-high eight blocks, as she was one of seven players with multiple blocks in the contest. Bolding also added six kills and an ace.

Eight blocks and four aces came in the opening set. The Cats held Kansas City (3-7) to a negative team hitting percentage in each of the first two frames.

The Cats’ offense was led by Elena Baka’s 10 kills, as she picked up seven kills in the second set alone. Shaylee Myers chipped in eight kills off the bench and Haley Warner hit a team-high .455 in tallying seven kills.

K-State owned a 41-27 edge in total kills and a 15-4 advantage in total blocks. Wildcat setter Loren Hinkle and Ava LeGrand dished out 15 assists apiece.

Kansas City’s Odyssey Warren led her team with 10 kills while Carly Gillen was next with six.

Roos libero Kennedy Schritenthal led all players with 17 digs.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
Head coach Suzie Fritz

On K-State’s defensive presence …
“I thought the effort was good. We look a little fresher today than we were last weekend, I think. Defense is so determined by the connectivity between serve productivity, which I think we are really good at right now, to block productivity, which I think we are pretty far ahead, and into that dig to transition phase. Where I thought we weren’t really clean last weekend was that dig to transition phase. It felt pretty good to get some decent swings in transition.”

On K-State’s offensive productivity…
“We still have some personnel I am excited for. I am excited about our outside hitting core. Sydney is wonderfully consistent, in terms of what she’s doing. I think we have two setters who are getting better and better by the day, I think we are growing there but I like the progress that we are making.”

HOW IT HAPPENED
Set One – K-State 25, Kansas City 14
K-State’s defense, behind seven blocks, held Kansas City to a -.143 hitting percentage in the opening set, forcing the Roos into nine errors while allowing only five kills. Kadye Fernholz was a part of four blocks while Baka, Bolding and Hinkle chipped in three blocks apiece.

Four different Wildcats tallied an ace in the set and the offense was led by Bolding’s four kills at a .667 clip. Aliyah Carter added three kills and an ace.

With the score sitting at 14-10 in favor of the Wildcats, a 10-2 scoring run grew to the lead to 23-12. The stretch included four unanswered points behind Mackenzie Morris’ serve. K-State finished the set with a .182 team hitting percentage with eight kills on 22 swings.

Set Two – K-State 25, Kansas City 13
K-State’s offense doubled its kill total from the first, putting down 16 while hitting .452. Baka picked up seven of her 10 kills in the second while hitting .538. Warner added three kills on four attacks and Carter needed five attempts in recording three kills.

The Cats never trailed and, for the second straight set, forced the Roos into more errors (8) than kills (7) for a -.031 team efficiency.

Morris served a five-point run that featured back-to-back kills from Baka. Later, an ace from Morris and a kill from Baka delivered a two-set lead for the Cats.

Set Three – K-State 31, Kansas City 29
The night’s final set held 10 tie scores and four lead changes, as the teams needed extra points to finish the third. K-State fended off three set-point opportunities from the Roos and later converted its fourth set-point attempt to seal the straight-set win.

The Wildcats’ largest lead was just four points at 20-16 before Kansas City rallied to tie the score at 21.

The third set was the only frame in which Kansas City hit at a positive efficiency, producing a .135 mark in recording 15 kills.

K-State turned in a match-high 17 kills and hit .151, with Myers’ six kills leading the team. Baka and Warner each added three kills while the defense picked up five more blocks.

Bolding added three block assists and a solo stuff and LeGrand and Warner pitched in a pair of tandem blocks.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• K-State hit .245 as a team (41 kills, 15 errors, 106 attacks).
• Kansas City finished with a .018 hitting percentage (27 kills, 25 errors, 112 swings).
• K-State has held its opponents below the .200 mark eight times this season and under .100 in four matches.
• Baka led the offense with 10 kills at a .286 efficiency.
• Warner hit a team-best .455 in picking up seven kills.
• Five Wildcats finished with at least five kills.
• Molly Ramsey logged a career-high 10 digs, as she was the only Wildcat in double figures.
• Morris picked up two of K-State’s six aces.
• The Cats have turned in at least five aces in all but out outing this season.
• Bolding’s eight blocks were best among all players, setting a season high.
• Hinkle and LeGrand each handed out 15 assists.
• Hinkle now sits at 91 career service aces.
• Warren led Kansas City with 10 kills and Gillen finished with six.
• Schritenthal carded a match-high 17 digs

NOTES

• K-State leads the all-time series 33-3, dating back to 1974.
• The Wildcats have won the last 30 meetings in the series, their longest active streak against a single opponent.
• Kansas City last defeated K-State in 1977.
• Fritz is 7-0 against the Roos and 23-0 in her career against teams from The Summit League.
• Morris
• The Cats are 6-0 in three-set matches this season (three three-set victories in 2021).
• K-State finished with at least 10 blocks for the fifth time this season and the fourth time over its last five matches.

UP NEXT
K-State makes its way to Houston for the final non-conference weekend at the Adidas Invitational, hosted by the Rice Owls. Over two days, the Wildcats will meet Rice (Friday) and No. 17 Creighton (Saturday). Friday’s contest can be seen free on YouTube while fans can listen to both online at K-StateSports.com/watch and the K-State Sports app.

MATCH #7
Yale (3-0-1, 0-0-0 Ivy League) at Kansas State (2-3-1, 0-0-0 Big 12)
Friday, September 9, 2022  |  7 p.m. |  Buser Family Park  |  Manhattan, Kan.

WATCH LIVE
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: James Westling
Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
Sideline: Lina Sattarin

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
First meetting
Last Meeting: –
Last Result: –
Against the Ivy League: First meeting

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State (2-3-1) continues a three-match home stand at Buser Family Park on Friday night. The Wildcats host Yale (2-0-1) on at 7 p.m. This will be K-State’s first match against an opponent from the Ivy League.

• Friday’s match will be available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Oscar Montenegro (analyst) and Jazsmin Halliburton (sideline) will have the call.
• In a postmatch ceremony, Kansas State will recognize its 2022 senior class. The 12 players that will be honored are: Rebecca Bartosh, Shannon Dukes, Aliyah El-Naggar, Kyler Goins, Rachel Harris (r), Jesse Loren, Bailey Nemechek, Caylee Thornhill, Shae Turner, Kursten von Klahr, Marisa Weichel and Roo Yarnell-Williams. The 2022 senior class has registered 22 goals and 11 assists during their time in the Little Apple.
• Tickets for Friday’s match can be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS, visiting kstatesports.com/tickets or at the Buser Family Park ticket booth.

Last Time Out
• K-State closed out its three-match road trip last week and started a three-match home stand on Sunday.
• The Wildcats secured a 1-0 win at Weber State on Thursday, September 1, to cap its road trip with a 2-1-0 record.
• Senior Marisa Weichel tallied her first goal of the season, finishing a rebound off a shot from her sister, Maddie Weichel, in the 44th minute.
• Weichel’s goal was the 100th in the seven-year history of the program.
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer collected her second shutout of the season and the seventh of her career.
• K-State returned to its home turf on Sunday to host Purdue. The match was marred by five yellow cards in the first half. The Boilermakers played a player down in the second half, but the Wildcats were unable to overcome two early Purdue goals and fell 2-1.
• In its last seven home matches, dating back to the 2021 season, K-State is winless with a record of 0-4-3 during this stretch. K-State’s last home win came on September 19, 2021, against UTRGV.
• Senior Kyler Goins tallied her third goal of the season, notching a 25-yard strike in the 87th minute. Goins has scored in three of K-State’s last four matches.
• Goins scored the seventh latest goal in program history (86:15) and the fifth-latest regulation goal in school history.
• K-State has scored a goal in the first six matches of a season for the first time in program history. The Wildcats have tied the school record for consecutive matches with a goal with six straight games. The previous record was established during the final three matches of the 2017 season and the first three matches of 2018.

Cats Reach Century Mark For Goals
• K-State reached the 100-goals scored milestone as a program in its seventh season of action.
• The Wildcats reached the mark at Weber State in a 1-0 win on September 1, 2022.
• K-State set the single-season record for goals with 20 in the 2021 season.
• In its brief history, the Wildcats have seen 31 players register at least one career goal.

Game-Winning Goals for All
• Through 108 matches in program history, Kansas State has registered 28 victories. In those 28 wins, K-State has had 17 different players register a game-winning goal.
• This season, senior Kyler Goins became the latest Wildcat to register a game-winning goal, notching her first at UTRGV on Aug. 25.
• Adding to her career ledger this season, senior Marisa Weichel tallied the game-winner at Weber State on September 4. Weichel is tied for the K-State career record with Brookelynn Entz, as the pair each have four career game-winning goals. In the 2021 season, Marisa Weichel set a program record three game-winning goals.
• Of the 28 game-winning goals, eight have been scored by freshmen and eight of the goals were the first of their collegiate careers. The latest freshman to score a game-winning goal was Adah Anderson, who scored in the 90th minute against North Alabama on August 29.
• The first game-winning goal in program history was awarded to Abby Sieperda in the Wildcats’ 6-0 win at Oakland on August 26, 2016.

Better Late than Never for K-State
• In its seven seasons of action, K-State has scored 62 of its 101 total goals in the second half or later of matches.
• After scoring in the 6th minute of the season-opener, K-State has scored four of its last five goals in the second half.
• Senior Kyler Goins recorded the seventh-latest goal in program history and the fifth-latest regulation goal in the K-State soccer history with an 86:15 tally against Purdue on September 4, 2022.
• The Wildcats have scored 10 goals in the 85th minute or later in the history of the program. Of those 10 goals, three were game-winning goals (Brookelynn Entz, Colorado State, Sept. 17, 2017; Adah Anderson, vs. North Alabama, Aug. 29, 2021 and Caylee Thornhill, at Kansas, Sept. 30, 2021) and two were game-tying goals (Aliyah El-Naggar, at Missouri, March 28, 2021; Laramie Hall, at Creighton, Sept. 2, 2016).
• During the 2021 season, K-State scored nine of its 20 goals in the second half or later including a 99th minute (98:21) game-winner by Thornhill at Kansas on Sept. 30, which was just the second overtime game-winning goal in school history and the first in Big 12 action.

Goins With Goals
• Senior Kyler Goins has paced the Wildcat attack during the last four matches.
• During a two-game swing through Texas, Goins scored both of K-State’s goals. Against UTRGV, she tallied her first goal of the season and the first game-winning goal of her career with a 51st minute strike that bounced off the crossbar and straight down into the net.
• At UTSA, Goins scored her second of the season and moved into the team lead for goals scored this season.
• This is the second time in her career in which she has scored a goal in consecutive games, also doing so at Kansas on Sept. 30, 2021 and against West Virginia on Oct. 7, 2021.
• Goins added her third goal of the season and first home goal of 2022 with a marker against Purdue on September 4.
• In her K-State career, Goins ranks tied for second in school history for career goals (8) and is third in program history for career goals per game (0.19). She also ranks fourth in school history for career points (17).
• In the 2021 season, Goins achieved career season-highs for goals (4), points (8), shots (35) and shots on goal (13) in her second season with K-State in 2021.
• Goins recorded four goals and eight points in 18 matches played in the 2021 season. She ranked second on the team for goals, shots (35) and shots on goal (13).
• The product of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, led the Wildcats in goals (3) and points (6) in Big 12-only matches. She scored three of K-State’s six goals in league action. Goins is the second player in program history to register five or more points in Big 12 play.
• Goins scored the game-tying goal against ninth-ranked West Virginia on October 7 with a rocket shot from 20 yards into the upper right corner in the 18th minute. This was just the third game-tying goal in program history and the first in the six-year history of Buser Family Park.

Career Goals – K-State History

The One Who Scores
• Joining the Wildcats in the 2021 season, Marisa Weichel was dynamic in the attack and added to her career total in 2022.
• At Weber State on September 1, Weichel collected a rebound and blasted her shot into the open goal in the 44th minute for her first goal of the season.
• In her K-State career, Weichel is tied for the school career record for game-winning goals with four. She ranks sixth for career points with 15 and ranks tied for fourth for career goals scored with seven. She holds the record for goals per game (0.29).
• Weichel, a transfer from Texas Tech, led the Wildcats in goals scored (6), game-winning goals (3) and total points (13). She was tied for second on the team in shots on goal with 13.
• She ranked 102nd in the nation for game-winning goals.
• With her goal total, the product of Papillion, Nebraska, secured the school record for goals in a junior season. She was the second player in program history to score five or more goals in a season and ranks second for goals in a season.
• With her three game-winning goals last season, Weichel holds the single-season school record for game-winners.
• At Colorado State on Sept. 5, Weichel registered her first career multi-goal match as she scored two goals. She became the third player in program history to score two or more goals in a match and is tied for second in school history for career multi-goal matches.
• Weichel scored at least one goal in four of the first five weeks of the 2021 season. She is the first Wildcat to achieve this feat.
• Weichel’s 13 points last season moved her into second in program history for points in a single season. She was the third player in school history to notch 10 or more points in a season.

OGDEN, Utah – A milestone goal late in the first half proved to be the difference on Thursday afternoon, as Kansas State collected its second win of the season with a 1-0 win over Weber State at Wildcat Soccer Field. K-State improves to 2-2-1 on the season, while Weber State drops to 0-4-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– In the dying embers of the first half, senior Marisa Weichel put the Wildcats on the board with her first goal of the season. Her sister, Maddie Weichel, attempted a free kick from 23 yards in the center of the field following a foul by Weber State.
– Maddie Weichel’s left-footed attempt was saved by Weber State goalkeeper Mekell Moss with a diving stop toward the right post. The ball caromed directly to Marisa Weichel, who emphatically booted the orb into the wide open frame.
– With the goal, K-State reached 100 goals in its seven-year, 107-match history.
– Marisa Weichel entered the first half off the bench for the first time this season and was the first K-State substitute to score a goal this season and the first since Porter List against UTRGV on September 19, 2021.
– K-State, who used 21 of the 22 players that traveled to Utah, dominated play in the second half building up a 10-2 shot advantage and controlling possession for a majority of the second 45 minutes.
– Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer collected two saves to secure her second shutout in three matches.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 1-1-1 all-time against teams from the Big Sky Conference.
– The Wildcats are 1-1-0 all-time against Weber State.
– K-State completed its three-match road trip with a 2-1-0 record. This is the second straight season K-State has won two of its first three road matches in a season.
– Kansas State improves to 13-25-5 all-time in the month of September.
– When scoring first, K-State improves to 2-1-1 this season and 26-10-2 all-time.
– Marisa Weichel carded her seventh career goal at K-State. With her first half tally, Weichel moved into a tie for third in school history for career goals.
– With her two points on Thursday, Marisa Weichel moved into a tie for fifth in school history for career points with 15.
– When either Maddie or Marisa Weichel register at least one point in a match, K-State is 7-1-1.
– With its goal on Thursday, K-State has scored a goal in the first five matches of a season for the first time in program history. K-State also tied the school record for any stretch of consecutive games with a goal, which has now been done four times.
– Werremeyer is third in program history for career shutouts with seven and remains in second for career wins with her seventh.
– K-State finished the day with a 13-7 lead in total shots and a 4-2 edge in shots on goal.
– In corner kicks, K-State notched a 6-3 advantage.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On using 21 players today and keeping possession…
“That’s extremely important when we’re on the road for the third straight game and playing in some elevation. We had to manage the game the way we did today in a way to get the most out of our players. We had to keep the legs fresh and we have to keep our movement fresh and that’s what we did today.”

On the 100th goal in school history…
“It’s another milestone for this program and we’re growing. We need to be proud of that. It’s definitely an honor for our program, but we have a lot more work to do.”

FROM THE FIELD
K-State Senior Forward Marisa Weichel
On the free kick that led to the goal…
“I knew Maddie was going try to shoot the ball and I was honestly just kind of watching the keeper and seeing what she was doing and right when Maddie shot it I knew there was a chance she might bobble it. I knew I had to go once Maddie shot the ball. It is cool, we’ve never had a sister-sister goal yet.”

On scoring the 100th goal in program history…
“I think it’s awesome. It’s just a testament to how we continue to grow and we’re continuing to get better and just what exactly like the future holds for us.”

On maintaining possession for a majority of the second half…
“It just shows how much depth we have and how much talent we really have on this team, which is awesome and it’ll help us come Sunday to to be able to have more fresh legs.”

UP NEXT
K-State returns to Buser Family Park on Sunday at 1 p.m., as the Wildcats host Purdue. Sunday’s match is a Wildcat Weekend match, as fans can purchase general admission ticket for $3 when showing their football ticket from Saturday’s game. Tickets may be purchased at the Buser Family Stadium ticket booth, at kstatesports.com/tickets or by calling 800-221-CATS

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State (1-2-1) will conclude a three-match road trip on Thursday and host a Big Ten foe on Sunday afternoon at Buser Family Park. The Wildcats visit Weber State (0-3-0) on Thursday at 3 p.m. (CT), and hosts Purdue (2-2-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m.

• Both matches will be streamed online, as Thursday’s match will be available on ESPN+ while Sunday’s match will be available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
• Tickets for Sunday’s match can be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS, visiting kstatesports.com/tickets or at the Buser Family Park ticket booth.

Last Time Out
• K-State started a three-match road trip last weekend by splitting a two-match trip through the state of Texas.
• The Wildcats secured their first win of the season with a 1-0 win at UTRGV on Thursday, August 25.
• Senior Kyler Goins tallied her first goal of the season and the first game-winning goal of her career with a 51st minute strike that bounced off the crossbar and straight down into the net.
• Sophomore Adah Anderson was credited with an assist on the Goins goal, running her point streak to three straight matches and dishing her second assist of the season.
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer collected her first shutout of the season and the sixth of her career.
• Defensively, K-State held UTRGV to three total shots, which were the fewest shots allowed by the Wildcats since allowing two against Missouri State on Sept. 14, 2018.
• At UTSA on Sunday, August 28, Goins registered her second goal of the season with a 58th minute tally but UTSA notched a game-winning goal in the 88th minute to drop the Wildcats.
• K-State has scored a goal in the first four matches of a season for the first time in program history.

Cats on Cusp of Century Mark
• K-State is nearing a program goals scored milestone in its seventh season of action.
• With one goal, the Wildcats will reach the 100-goal mark in program history.
• K-State set the single-season record for goals with 20 in the 2021 season.
• In its brief history, the Wildcats have seen 31 players register at least one career goal.

Better Late than Never for K-State
• In its seven seasons of action, K-State has scored 61 of its 99 total goals in the second half or later of matches.
• After scoring in the 6th minute of the season-opener, K-State has scored its last three goals in the second half.
• During the 2021 season, K-State scored nine of its 20 goals in the second half or later including a 99th minute (98:21) game-winner by Caylee Thornhill at Kansas on Sept. 30, which was just the second overtime game-winning goal in school history and the first in Big 12 action.
• The Wildcats have scored nine goals in the 85th minute or later in the history of the program. Of those nine goals, three were game-winning goals (Brookelynn Entz, Colorado State, Sept. 17, 2017; Anderson, vs. North Alabama, Aug. 29, 2021 and Thornhill, at Kansas, Sept. 30, 2021) and two were game-tying goals (Aliyah El-Naggar, at Missouri, March 28, 2021; Laramie Hall, at Creighton, Sept. 2, 2016).

K-State Posts Blank Scoresheets
• K-State recorded its first shutout of the 2022 season with a stellar team defensive effort.
• The Wildcats kept UTRGV off the scoreboard and surrendered just three total shots, the second fewest shots allowed in a match in program history.
• In the 2021 season, the Wildcats tied the school record for shutouts in a season with six, which included a school-record shutout streak of 317:55. The Wildcats tied the school record for consecutive shutouts with three.
• In its seven seasons of action, the Wildcats have registered 31 shutouts. Kansas State owns an all-time record of 23-0-8 in games allowing zero goals.
• Of the 31 shutouts in program history, two goalkeepers own 19 of them. Miranda Larkin set the school record for career shutouts with 10, while former goalkeeper Emma Malsy has the other nine.
• The active goalkeepers on the K-State roster – Rachel Harris, and Alaina Werremeyer – have tallied seven shutouts in their K-State careers. Werremeyer ranks third in school history for career shutouts with six, while Harris owns one.

Purple Pitch
• K-State has played 48 home matches in its 106-game history, but have felt more comfortable at Buser Family Park.
• The Wildcats are 15-29-4 at home, including a school record four-match home field winning streak and a five-match unbeaten streak which spanned the end of the 2016 home schedule and the start of the 2017 home slate.
• In the 48 home matches, the Wildcats have been outscored by its opponents, 66-49 (-17).
• Overall in matches played within the Sunflower State, Kansas State owns a record of 17-30-5.

Goins With Goals
• Senior Kyler Goins paced the Wildcat attack during the two-match road trip through the state of Texas on August 25-28.
• During the road trip, Goins scored both of K-State’s goals. Against UTRGV, she tallied her first goal of the season and the first game-winning goal of her career with a 51st minute strike that bounced off the crossbar and straight down into the net.
• At UTSA, Goins scored her second of the season and moved into the team lead for goals scored this season.
• This is the second time in her career in which she has scored a goal in consecutive games, also doing so at Kansas on Sept. 30, 2021 and against West Virginia on Oct. 7, 2021.
• In her K-State career, Goins ranks tied for third in school history for career goals (7) and is third in program history for career goals per game (0.20). She also ranks fifth in school history for career points (15).
• In the 2021 season, Goins achieved career season-highs for goals (4), points (8), shots (35) and shots on goal (13) in her second season with K-State in 2021.
• Goins recorded four goals and eight points in 18 matches played in the 2021 season. She ranked second on the team for goals, shots (35) and shots on goal (13).
• The product of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, led the Wildcats in goals (3) and points (6) in Big 12-only matches. She scored three of K-State’s six goals in league action. Goins is the second player in program history to register five or more points in Big 12 play.
• Goins scored the game-tying goal against ninth-ranked West Virginia on October 7 with a rocket shot from 20 yards into the upper right corner in the 18th minute. This was just the third game-tying goal in program history and the first in the six-year history of Buser Family Park.

Anderson Reaches Season-High
• Sophomore midfielder Adah Anderson has wasted no time in 2022 in surpassing her point production from her freshman season in 2021.
• The product of Kansas City, Missouri, registered a goal and an assist for three points in the two opening weekend matches.
• Against Northwestern on Aug. 18, Anderson assisted on freshman Sophie Harlan’s goal in the sixth minute.
• Against Northern Colorado on Aug. 21, Anderson notched a goal in the 52nd minute on an assist from Harlan.
• At UTRGV on Aug. 25, Anderson assisted on the game-winning goal by Kyler Goins in the 52nd minute.
• With her four points, Anderson recorded at least one point in the first 3 matches of the season. This was the longest point streak by a Wildcat since Brookelynn Entz tallied a point in three straight matches from Oct. 3 to Oct. 18 of 2019.
• Along with being tied for the early team lead in 2022 for points, Anderson leads the Wildcats in assists (2) and shots on goal (5).
• In her career, Anderson owns two goals and three assists for seven points in 22 career matches. Anderson is tied for seventh in school history for career assists.

Thornhill Adds Name to Assist List
• Caylee Thornhill collected her first helper of the 2022 season during K-State’s match at UTSA on Aug. 28.
• Thornhill was credited with the assist on Kyler Goins’ 58th minute goal against the Roadrunners.
• The assist was the third of Thornhill’s career, moving her into a tie for seventh for career assists at K-State.
• This season, the product of Lenexa, Kansas, leads the Wildcats with 14 total shots and is second in shots on goal (4).
• In the 2021 season, Thornhill made her first start of the 2021 season memorable, as she scored the overtime game-winning goal at Kansas on Sept. 30, 2021.
• Thornhill played a personal season-high of 66 minutes and tallied three shots with one on goal against the Jayhawks. Thornhill scored the game-winner in the 99th minute (98:21). This was the latest goal in school history and the second overtime game-winner in program history.
• After two seasons halted by injury, Thornhill recorded her first two career goals and an assist in 2021 with 18 shots including eight on goal in a career-high 17 matches played.

2022 Roster Items
• K-State and head coach Mike Dibbini will carry 35 players on its 2022 roster.
• The Wildcats feature a program-high 12 seniors (Rachel Harris [redshirt], Rebecca Bartosh, Shannon Dukes, Aliyah El-Naggar, Kyler Goins, Jesse Loren, Bailey Nemechek, Caylee Thornhill, Shae Turner, Kursten von Klahr, Marisa Weichel and Roo Yarnell Williams) and five juniors.
• Overall, K-State returns 22 letter winners and 11 of the 12 point scorers from 2021.
• K-State added 13 newcomers, including 12 freshmen, in the offseason. According to Alex Ryan at Eastern Michigan, K-State is tied for seventh in the nation for number of freshmen on its roster this season. The Wildcats and South Carolina lead Power Five conference members with 12 freshmen each on their rosters.
• K-State has two sets of sisters on its roster: Gillispies (Keila & Kenzi) and Weichels (Maddie & Marisa). According to Lindy Brown at Duke, K-State is one of nine programs in the nation this season to have two or more sets of sisters.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Kansas State Athletics) – A Kyler Goins goal early in the second half brought K-State into a tie on Sunday afternoon. However, UTSA tallied the game-winner in the 88th minute to defend Park West Athletic Complex with a 2-1 win. The Wildcats’ record falls to 1-2-1, while the Roadrunners improve to 3-0-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– UTSA jumped in front in the 7th minute. On its second corner kick of the afternoon, Kiran Singh curled her service into the back right corner of the net to give the Roadrunners the 1-0 lead. It was the first time K-State has trailed in a first half this season.
– Trailing 1-0 after the half, K-State squared the match in the 58th minute. Caylee Thornhill gathered possession at midfield. After beating her initial defender, Thornhill found Kyler Goins by herself on the left side of the field. With two touches, Goins fired a laser beam into the left corner from 16 yards out in the middle of the field.
– This was Goins’ second goal of the season and second of the road trip through Texas.
– The goal from Goins was the first allowed by UTSA this season in 3.5 matches.
– In the 88th minute, K-State was unable to clear a pair of desperate UTSA crosses. After the ball pinballed to 25 yards, Sasjah Dade of UTSA unleashed her shot from 20 yards and found twine for the winner.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 0-1-0 all-time against teams from Conference USA.
– The Wildcats are 0-1-0 against UTSA in the history of the series.
– K-State ends the month of August with a 1-2-1 record. In its history, K-State owns a 10-9-4 all-time record in August.
– The Wildcats are 11-21-7 all-time in matches played on Sundays, including a 0-1-1 mark this season.
– Goins recorded the 99th goal in K-State soccer history.
– With its goal on Sunday, K-State has scored in a goal in the first four matches of a season for the first time in program history. The school record for any stretch of consecutive games with a goal is five, which has been done three times with the latest coming in the 2021 season.
– Goins recorded the seventh goal of her K-State career, moving her into a tie for third in program history for career goals.
– With the two points from the goal, Goins improved her career point total to 15 and moved into fifth in program history for career points.
– Thornhill was credited with her first assist of the season and the third of her career.
– UTSA held a 15-8 advantage in total shots and a 5-1 edge in shots on goal.
– K-State tallied a 4-2 lead in corner kicks.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On the play of the team this weekend…
“We scored a few goals this weekend. It’s hard to score goals at this level. We had good moments of play in both games. The second half of today, we looked really good, but it wasn’t enough. Sunday games are a challenge. We have to figure out how to take the lessons learned from traveling on the road and playing matches and figure out ways to get a positive result on the road.”

On the play of Kyler Goins during the road trip…
“It’s a good start for her. She stayed consistent this weekend. If we can continue to get her to stay consistent, I think it’ll help us in the long run.

UP NEXT
K-State wraps up its three-match road trip on Thursday, September 1, as the Wildcats visit Ogden, Utah, to face Weber State. Match time is set for 3 p.m. (Central).

EDINBURG, Texas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State was able to channel a dominating defensive performance and a second half Kyler Goins goal into a 1-0 win over UTRGV on Thursday night at the UTRGV Soccer and Track Complex. The Wildcats improve to 1-1-1 on the season, while the Vaqueros fall to 0-3-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– In the 51st minute, sophomore Adah Anderson slotted a pass beyond the UTRGV backline. Goins used her speed to outrun the defense to collect the ball on the right side of the 18-yard box. After two dribbles, her shot pinged the bottom of the crossbar and deflected down past the goal line to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.
– After the goal, the K-State defense did the rest. The Wildcats allowed just one shot on goal over the final 39 minutes of action to preserve the first win of the season.
– Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer was awarded her sixth career win, as she made two saves on just three shots faced.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 2-0-0 all-time against UTRGV.
– The Wildcats are 2-0-0 all-time against teams from the WAC.
– Goins recorded her first goal of the 2022 season. It was the sixth goal of her K-State career, moving her into a tie for fourth in program history for career goals.
– With the two points from the goal, Goins improved her career point total to 13 and into a tie for sixth in program history for career points.
– The assist for Anderson was her second of the season and the third of her career. Anderson has established a new career season-high for assists in a season with two.
– Anderson has recorded at least one point in all three matches this season. This is the longest point streak by a Wildcat since Brookelynn Entz tallied a point in three straight matches from Oct. 3 to Oct. 18 of 2019.
– Senior Kursten von Klahr was also awarded an assist on the goal. This was the first assist of her collegiate career.
– Werremeyer improves to second in school history for career wins and is third in for career shutouts with six.
– For the second straight match, K-State recorded 20 or more shots and finished the night with exactly 20. The Wildcats held a 20-3 edge in total shots over the Vaqueros including a 7-2 advantage in shots on goal.
– Kansas State notched a season-high nine corner kicks on Thursday night.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini

On the offensive attack…
“We definitely wanted to continue to work on being aggressive in the attack. I felt like we did a good job all game long as far as being aggressive. It’s tough to travel. Long day yesterday. We were a little sluggish at times. You can tell as the game went along with the heat here but our focus was getting the result and that is what we did.”

On Kyler Goins…
“She played a little bit more aggressive in the attack. We wanted her to isolate and take players on breaking the lines and getting to goal and creating opportunities offensively for herself or for her team. She did a good job tonight. Creating those chances. Unfortunately, we wish we would have had a little bit more go in the back of the net and find some more separation. But I mean, we got the win and that’s the key and that’s what we needed.

On the defensive play and shutout…
“We got the shutout we always preach about not conceding goals and they did that tonight. There was some interesting moments that we got caught in a pickle and we did a good job of rebounding and getting out of it.

On the team solving the UTRGV defense…
“They problem solved. I mean, you had a team that stayed really organized defensively. Their game plan was to kind of sit and counter us and we had to figure out ways to problem solve on our own. And that’s what they did tonight.”

UP NEXT
K-State completes its two-match trip through the state of Texas this weekend, as the Wildcats visit UTSA on Sunday at 12 p.m. Sunday’s match will air on CUSA.tv, with updates available on Twitter by following @KStateSOC.

MATCH #3
Kansas State (0-1-1, 0-0-0 Big 12) at UTRGV (0-2-0, 0-0-0 WAC)

Thursday, August 25, 2022  |  7:30 p.m.  |  UTRGV Soccer and Track Complex  |  Brownsville, Texas

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LIVE STATS
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SERIES HISTORY
K-State leads, 1-0-0
Last meeting: Sept. 19, 2021 – Manhattan, Kan.
Last Result: K-State won, 2-0
Against the WACe: 1-0-0

MATCH #4
Kansas State (0-1-1, 0-0-0 Big 12) at UTSA (1-0-1, 0-0-0 C-USA)
Sunday, August 28, 2022  |  12 p.m. |  Park West Athletics Complex  |  San Antonio, Texas

WATCH LIVE
CUSA.tv (subscription required)

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
First meeting
Against Conference USA: First meeting

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•  Live Stats (at UTSA)
•  Match Notes (pdf)

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State (0-1-1) will begin a three-match road trip this weekend, as the Wildcats visit the state of Texas for a pair of matches. The Wildcats will face UTRGV on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., and then travel to UTSA on Sunday for a 12 p.m., kickoff.

• Both matches will be streamed online, as Thursday’s match will be available on ESPN+ while Sunday’s match will stream on CUSA.tv.
• The Wildcats are 1-0-0 against UTRGV, as the programs met in the 2021 season in Manhattan. Sunday’s match between K-State and UTSA will be the first meeting between the schools.

Last Time Out
• K-State opened its seventh season last weekend at Buser Family Park and registered a loss and a draw. The Wildcats had a lead in both matches.
• K-State dropped a 2-1 decision to Northwestern in the season-opener on Thursday, Aug. 18.
• Freshman Sophie Harlan tallied K-State’s first goal of the season with a backheel redirection of an Adah Anderson attempt in the sixth minute.
• Harlan is the second freshman in program history to score a goal in a season-opener, joining Katie Cramer from the first match in program at Saint Louis in 2016. Harlan’s tally at 5:40 was the second-earliest goal in a season-opener in program history, trailing only Cramer’s tally at 3:27 of the 2019 season-opener at Creighton.
• Against Northern Colorado, Anderson was assisted by Harlan in the 52nd minute. Harlan played a cross to Anderson, who calmly finished into the left corner for her second career goal.
• In Sunday’s match, redshirt senior goalkeeper Rachel Harris made her first start between the pipes since October 31, 2019 – a span of 1,025 days. Due to injury, Harris missed the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

K-State in Road Openers
• The Wildcats will begin its 2022 road schedule this weekend.
• Entering its seventh season of action, K-State owns a 1-4-1 record in road-openers.
• To begin its 2021 road schedule, K-State captured a 5-0 win at Austin Peay.
• Kansas State has been outscored by its opponents in the six previous road-openers, 12-9 (-3).

Wildcats Make Debuts
• K-State’s 2022 roster includes 13 newcomers including 12 true freshmen. Of the 13 newcomers, only Sydney Sharts (16 matches; Oklahoma) had collegiate soccer experience before the start of the 2022 season.
• In the opening weekend, freshmen Jazmin Brown and Sophie Harlan made their collegiate debuts in the starting lineup on Thursday night. The pair marked the first time K-State started two or more true freshmen in a season-opener since the 2017 season in which the Wildcats opened the season at Oregon State with five true freshmen in the first lineup of that season.
• In addition to Brown and Harlan, freshmen Paige Dickson, Andra Mohler and Emily Morfeld also made their collegiate debuts off the bench.
• During its brief history, K-State has seen two freshmen score in a season-opener as Katie Cramer delivered the first goal in program history scoring directly on a corner kick at Saint Louis on August 19, 2016, and Harlan tallied the first goal of the 2022 season against Northwestern.

Cats on Cusp of Century Mark
• K-State is nearing a program goals scored milestone in its seventh season of action.
• With three goals, the Wildcats will reach the 100-goal mark in program history.
• K-State set the single-season record for goals with 20 in the 2021 season.
• In its brief history, the Wildcats have seen 31 players register at least one career goal.

Early Goal Early in Season
• Freshman forward Sophie Harlan’s season-opening goal against Northwestern on Aug. 18, came historically early in the match.
• With a time of 5:40, Harlan tallied the second earliest goal in a season-opener in program history. The mark trails only Katie Cramer’s first goal at Creighton to begin the 2019 season, which came at 3:27.
• Overall, Harlan’s goal ranks as the sixth-fastest in school history. It was the second-fastest goal in school history by a K-State freshman, trailing Avery Green’s goal at Oklahoma State on Oct. 20, 2017, which clocked in at 5:20.

Harlan Opens Eyes in Debut Weekend
• Freshman forward Sophie Harlan had a historic debut weekend for the Wildcats.
• In the opening two matches, Harlan tallied a goal and an assist. She is the first freshman in program history to register a goal and an assist in the first two matches of a season.
• Harlan was the fourth freshman to record at least one point in the first two matches of a season, joining Katie Cramer (2016), Chloe Fisher (2018) and Kenzi Gillispie (2021).
• In the 6th minute of K-State’s season-opener against Northwestern on Aug. 18, Harlan used a backheel redirection of an Adah Anderson shot to score her first goal. Harlan is the second K-State freshman in program history to score a goal in a season-opener and the first since Katie Cramer scored in the first match in program history in 2016 at Saint Louis.
• Against Northern Colorado on Sunday, Harlan delivered a cross to Anderson in the 52nd minute which Anderson finished to give K-State a 1-0 lead.

Anderson Reaches Season-High
• Sophomore midfielder Adah Anderson wasted no time in 2022 in equaling her point production from her freshman season in 2021.
• The product of Kansas City, Missouri, registered a goal and an assist for three points in the two opening weekend matches.
• Against Northwestern, Anderson assisted on freshman Sophie Harlan’s goal in the sixth minute.
• Against Northern Colorado, Anderson notched a goal in the 52nd minute on an assist from Harlan.
• Along with being tied for the early team lead in 2022 for goals, assists and points, Anderson leads the Wildcats in shots with eight.
• In her career, Anderson owns two goals and two assists for six points in 20 career matches in purple.

W for Werremeyer
• Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer opened the season in net, marking her third straight season-opening start. She is the first goalkeeper in program history to start three straight season-openers.
• Against Northwestern, Werremeyer tallied eight saves. This was the 14th career match for Werremeyer in which she made five or more saves.
• In the 2021 season, Werremeyer finished with a career-best 1.54 goals against average and a save percentage of .786 with a career-high 88 saves.
• The product of Blue Springs, Missouri, ranks tied for second in program history for career matches played in goal (25) and for career starts in goal (24). She is second in program history for career minutes (2,276:14) in goal and is tied for second in program history for career wins (5)…
• Werremeyer is also second in program history for career saves (138) career saves per game (5.5) and is third in program history for career shutouts (5).

Harris Makes Return to the Pipes
• Redshirt senior goalkeeper Rachel Harris made a much anticipated return to the pitch against Northern Colorado on Aug. 21.
• After 1,025 days and missing the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to injury, Harris started against the Bears and recorded two saves and was credited with the draw. Prior to Aug. 21, Harris last started the season finale at Texas Tech on Oct. 31, 2019.
• In her 13 matches in purple, Harris owns 61 career saves and a record of 2-10-1.

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Atheltics) – K-State used a heavy dose of offensive chances to build a second half lead on Sunday afternoon at Buser Family Park, but Northern Colorado edged in a goal to square the match for a final result of 1-1.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 0-1-1 all-time against teams from the Big Sky Conference.
– Sunday was the first meeting between K-State and Northern Colorado.
– Senior goalkeeper Rachel Harris made her first start in goal since October 31, 2019, at Texas Tech, a total time of 1,025 days. Harris was unable to play in the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to injury.
– Harris finished the afternoon with two saves.
– The Wildcats ended the afternoon with a 27-9 advantage in total shots and a 12-3 lead in shots on goal.
– Sophomore Adah Anderson tallied the second goal of her career and her first this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– K-State (0-1-1) piled up a 14-2 shot advantage in the first half, including a 5-0 edge in shots on goal. The Wildcats appeared to tally the opening goal of the game in the 34th minute off the foot of Riley Baker, but were called offsides on the play.
– In the 52nd minute, K-State freshman Sophie Harlan attacked from the right side of the field. Harlan curled the ball to the top of the Northern Colorado six-yard box and found Anderson charging across the topography to get her foot on the orb.
– Anderson gathered and scored into the left corner.
– Northern Colorado (1-0-1) broke through the K-State defense in the 81st minute to square the match on one of its three shots on goal. Britney Donais lofted an attempt just over the reach of Harris into the right back corner of the net.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
“??The game of soccer, it’s definitely cruel sometimes. I felt like we had some good effort today and just had a non focused moment where they punished us for it. So, lesson learned moving forward that you know when you have so many chances on the attack you’ve gotta execute your chances and find some separation against a team like this. They’re good side, they’ve done a good job and but we got to find some more separation.

On finding more scoring…
“It’s got to be better in front of the goal. Focus, discipline and composure to get those three together. And you know, the execution part will come so we just got to go back and continue to grind forward and we’ll be fine.”

FROM THE FIELD
K-State Senior Goalkeeper Rachel Harris
On how it felt to return to play…
“Yeah, I mean, there was there was a lot of emotions and this was the first game that I played in that’s counted since Halloween 2019. I was just trying to take it all in. And I mean, I wouldn’t be back here if it wasn’t for support staff and everybody at Kansas State.  I walked out here before the game and I was like, it’s happening and it was all worth it.”

On the different emotions she had..
“For the first time I was proud of myself. Iit’s been a very hard two years and I didn’t know if I was ever going to play again. I didn’t know if I was going to be back out here and that’s all I wanted. And I mean, just resilience is something that I that I love in people people and I just, I look at other stories. What I had was nowhere near like what McKenzie Milton went through at Florida State but he was out for two years with a gruesome leg injury and he worked his way back. All I wanted was just a chance and I had to work for it. Nothing’s given, everything is earned.”

K-State Sophomore Midfielder Adah Anderson
On her goal…
“Sophie (Harlan) made a great run. And I was like, ‘Okay, this has gone on too long, 0-0.’ We’ve gotta get up. I just sprinted in and Sophie actually told me after that, she was like, ‘I knew you were gonna go there,  didn’t actually see you but I had full trust in you.’ So I just went in and that girl set me up with a great touch and then I was just able to put it in for our team. Great feeling for sure.”

On if she plans on being a consistent goal scorer for this team…
“I hope so. Whatever I can to help us win, I’ll be here for it. If I can help us score goals then that’s what I’ll do.”

UP NEXT
K-State begins a three-match road trip next week, as the Wildcats visit the state of Texas to face UTRGV on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., and UTSA on Sunday at 12 p.m. Thursday’s make will stream on ESPN+, while Sunday’s will be available on CUSA.tv.

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – A goal in the opening six minutes from freshman Sophie Harlan gave K-State a spark to begin the 2022 soccer season, but Northwestern rallied with a pair of second half goals to secure the season-opener, 2-1, on Thursday night at Buser Family Park.

HOW IT HAPPENED
– K-State (0-1-0) registered the opening tally in the sixth minute off a corner kick. Senior Kursten von Klahr’s corner service found jousting K-State and Northwestern heads at the top of the six-yard box.
– The loose ball caromed to the charging right foot of sophomore Adah Anderson just inside the Northwestern 18-yard box. Anderson attempted a shot toward the lower left corner, but the ball was redirected with a smooth backheel flick from  Harlan. Harlan’s redirection from the top of the six-yard box found the bottom of the left post and tucked into the frame.
– Harlan is the second freshman in program history to score a goal in a season-opener, joining Katie Cramer from the first match in school history at Saint Louis in 2016.
– The assist on the goal for Anderson was the second of her career.
– Northwestern (1-0-0) held possession for a majority of the opening 20 minutes of the second half and broke through with the tying goal in the 65th minute on a corner kick. Josie Aulicino found the head of Rowan Lapi. Lapi, from the left post, headed the ball back across the K-State frame and found an open Caterina Regazzoni for the tap in goal.
– Northwestern went in front in the 70th minute as Emma Phillips stunned the 608 fans in attendance with a bicyle kick from the top of the six-yard box on a cross from Lily Gilbertson.

QUICK FACTS
– K-State is 0-3-1 all-time against teams from the Big Ten Conference.
– The Wildcats are 1-5-1 all-time in season-openers and own a 2-5-0 record in home openers.
– Freshmen Jazmin Brown and Harlan made their collegiate debuts in the starting lineup on Thursday night. The pair marked the first time K-State started two or more true freshmen in a season-opener since the 2017 season in which the Wildcats opened the season at Oregon State with five true freshmen in the first lineup of that season.
– Northwestern outshot K-State, 18-8, and held an 11-2 edge in shots on goal. The visiting Wildcats registered an 11-5 advantage in total shots in the second half.
– Junior goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer tallied eight saves. This was the 14th career match for Werremeyer in which she has made five or more saves.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
“I felt like we played a really good game and stuck to the game plan. The biggest lesson that I think we have to takeaway from this game is when you get a lead, your mindset has to continue to be in attack mode and and we’ve kind of played more protective games. I think that kind of put us back on our heels a little bit. We have got to learn not to just protect a lead to get a lead. We took a lead one zero. I don’t know if it’s experienced factor of us being in that position before or not, but I mean, I thought overall, we played a pretty good game against a really good team and we saw some really promising moments. We saw some moments that we have to get better.”

FROM THE FIELD
K-State Freshman Forward Sophie Harlan
“The ball came in and I saw Adah was ready to kick it and I was like, ‘do I need to get away? Do I need to move?’ Then it came right at me and I thought it was going to go wide so I just flicked it in with my backheel.”

“It made me want to keep going and I felt like the team really, like came back with it.”

“I definitely think that this is going to be a learning game for us and that next time it’s going to be different.”

UP NEXT
K-State completes season-opening weekend by hosting Northern Colorado on Sunday at 1 p.m. For tickets, visit kstatesports.com/tickets or call 800-221-CATS.

MATCH #1
Northwestern (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big Ten) at Kansas State (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big 12)

Thursday, August 18, 2022  |  7 p.m.  |  Buser Family Park  |  Manhattan, Kan.

TICKETS
To purchase tickets, call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets

WATCH LIVE
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Color Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
Sideline: Jazsmin Haliburton

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
First meeting
Against the Big Ten Conference: 0-2-1

MATCH #2
Northern Colorado (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big Sky) at Kansas State (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big 12)
Sunday, August 21, 2022  |  1 p.m. |  Buser Family Park  |  Manhattan, Kan.

TICKETS
To purchase tickets, call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets

WATCH LIVE
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Color Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
Sideline: Jazsmin Haliburton

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
First meeting
Against the Big Sky Conference: 0-1-0

MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State will begin its seventh season of action this weekend, as the Wildcats host Northwestern on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Northern Colorado on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.

• Tickets for both matches can be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS, visiting kstatesports.com/tickets or at the Buser Family Park ticket booth. Thursday’s match will include free pizza and ice cream for K-State students.
• Both matches will be available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Oscar Montenegro (analyst) will have the call.

New at Buser Family Park in 2022
• K-State will cross the 50-home match mark in program history during the 2022 season, but something else will be more noticeable to fans attending matches at Buser Family Park this season.
• Buser Family Park features a brand-new Daktronics LED video display on the east side of the grounds. The board, measuring 23 feet high by 41 feet wide (930 square), is the third-largest video display at a collegiate soccer stadium in the nation.
• The board also includes Sportsound 500HD audio system to improve the audio at Buser Family Park.
• The board was gifted to the K-State soccer program through a seven-figure donation from the namesake of the stadium, John and Ann Buser.

Last Time Out
• K-State played a two-match exhibition slate, as the Wildcats split the schedule (1-1-0).
• The Cats recorded a 1-0 win over Missouri State in a match that was adjusted to four, 30-minute quarters. Sophomore Adah Anderson registered a goal in the second minute to provide the margin. This marked the third preseason goal in two seasons for Anderson, who scored a pair of goals at South Dakota State in the preseason of 2021.
• In the final preseason tuneup, K-State fell, 2-1, at Wyoming on Wednesday, August 10.
• Trailing 1-0 at halftime, freshman Andra Mohler squared the match in the 65th minute with an unassisted goal.
• In the two matches, K-State outshot its opponents, 37-16, including a 12-9 advantage in shots on goal.

K-State in Season Openers
• The Wildcats are 1-4-1 in its previous six season-openers. This is the first time K-State will open three consecutive seasons at home.
• K-State has scored at least one goal in three of the six season-openers.
• K-State will play its fourth home season-opener.

Overall Record: 1-4-1
Home: 1-2-0 | Road: 0-2-1 | Current Streak: Lost 3

K-State in Home Openers
• The Wildcats will play their seventh home-opener in program history. K-State is 2-4-0 in its previous six home-openers.
• Kansas State has been outscored by its opponents in the five home-openers, 9-5 (-4).

Overtime Rule Change for 2022
• During the offseason, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) approved changes to overtime rules for the regular season and postseason beginning in 2022.
• For the regular season, overtime has been eliminated, meaning if a match is tied after the regulation 90 minutes, it will end in a tie. Previously, teams played two 10-minute overtime periods in a sudden-victory (golden goal) format, and if neither team scored, the game ended in a tie.
• In conference tournaments and NCAA postseason games, the sudden-victory component has been eliminated, and teams will play two 10-minute overtime periods instead. Also, when a substitution is made by the winning team in the last five minutes of the second overtime, the game clock will stop. If the game remains tied, a penalty-kick shootout will be held to determine the winner.

Wildcats to Make Debut
• K-State’s 2022 roster includes 13 newcomers including 12 true freshmen. Of the 13 newcomers, only Sydney Sharts (16 matches; Oklahoma) has collegiate soccer experience.
• During its brief history, K-State has seen one freshman score in a season-opener as Katie Cramer delivered the first goal in program history scoring directly on a corner kick at Saint Louis on August 19, 2016.

2022 Roster Items
• K-State and head coach Mike Dibbini will carry 35 players on its 2022 roster.
• The Wildcats feature a program-high 12 seniors (Rachel Harris [redshirt], Rebecca Bartosh, Shannon Dukes, Aliyah El-Naggar, Kyler Goins, Jesse Loren, Bailey Nemechek, Caylee Thornhill, Shae Turner, Kursten von Klahr, Marisa Weichel and Roo Yarnell Williams) and five juniors.
• Overall, K-State returns 22 letter winners and 11 of the 12 point scorers from 2021.
• K-State added 13 newcomers, including 12 freshmen, in the offseason.
• K-State has two sets of sisters on its roster: Gillispies (Keila & Kenzi) and Weichels (Maddie & Marisa). According to Lindy Brown at Duke, K-State is one of eight programs in the nation this season to have two or more sets of sisters.

Odds and Ends from the 2021 Season
• K-State tied the school record with a three-match unbeaten streak. The Wildcats defeated Kansas, the registered consecutive draws against ranked foes – (9) West Virginia and (23) Baylor. This was the first time K-State recorded a three-match unbeaten streak in Big 12 action.
• Kansas State ended a 13-match losing streak to ranked opponents with a 1-1 draw with ninth-ranked West Virginia on October 7 in Manhattan. This was the first draw in league action in program history.
• K-State set the school record for goals in a season with 20 and the record for goals per game, 1.11.
• During its nine-match non-conference schedule, the Wildcats set the school record for goals in non-conference play with 14.
• Kansas State tied the school record for goals from players entering a match off the bench with five.
• The Wildcats scored at least one goal in every 15-minute segment of a match this season and registered an overtime goal for the first time since September 17, 2017.
• The Wildcats set the school record for total points (60) and points per game (3.33) in a season. This was the first time K-State surpassed 60 points in a season.
• Four Wildcats notched five or more total points this season, which is second in program history for players with five or more points in a season (2017; 5).
• Kansas State set the school record for assists in a season with 20 and players with an assist in a season (12).
• K-State registered at least one assist on 17 of 20 goals scored in 2021; scoring just three unassisted goals over the entirety of the 2021 season.
• The Wildcats set the school record for assists in a match with six at Austin Peay on August 27.
• K-State tied the school record for shutouts in a season with six. The Wildcats also tied the school records for consecutive shutouts with three and scoreless halves in a season with 20.
• The Wildcats established a new school record for consecutive shutout minutes, holding opponents scoreless for 317:55 minutes of action from August 22 to September 2.
• Kansas State tied the school record for fewest goals allowed in Big 12 matches with 14 allowed.
• K-State set the school record for goals allowed in the second half and overtime this season, allowing eight total goals in the second half and overtime. The Wildcats did not allow a second half and/or overtime goal from September 12 to October 14, a span of seven matches.
• Wildcat goalkeepers allowed 24 goals in 2021, the second-fewest goals allowed in a season since K-State played a full 18-match schedule in 2017.
• Defensively, K-State allowed 253 total shots which were the fewest in an 18-game season in program history.
• K-State allowed the lowest shot per game total, 14.1, in the program’s six season history. The Wildcats lowered their opponent shots per game average from 2020 by 2.5 shots (16.6 to 14.1).
• Marisa Weichel set the school record for goals by a junior (6) and game-winning goals in a season (3).
• Marisa Weichel was the second player in program history to score five or more goals in a season.
• Sophomore Maddie Weichel set the school record for assists in a match with three at Austin Peay on August 27.
• Redshirt sophomore Caylee Thornhill scored the second overtime game-winning goal in program history and the first in Big 12 play, as she registered the latest goal in school history (98:21) with her tally at Kansas on September 30.