Kansas State University Athletics

Sunday, September 17
Manhattan, Kan.
1 p.m.

Kansas State University

vs

Colorado State

Tatum Wagner

K-State Hosts Colorado State on Sunday Afternoon

Sep 15, 2017 | Soccer

Match 9
Colorado State at Kansas State
Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 1 p.m. | Manhattan, Kan. | K-State Soccer Complex

Watch: ESPN3 | Listen: 101.5 KROCK & kstatesports.com | Live Stats: kstatesports.com
Series History: First meeting
Last Meeting: n/a

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will conclude the home portion of its non-conference schedule on Sunday, as the Wildcats host Colorado State at 1 p.m.

• Sunday afternoon's match will be streamed on ESPN3, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Oscar Montenegro (analyst) have the call. The match will also be available on 101.5 KROCK in Manhattan and for free at kstatesports.com.
• This will be K-State's first meeting with a school from the Mountain West Conference.
• K-State has scored two or more goals in four straight home games.

South Dakota in Review
• Kansas State concluded the road segment of its non-conference schedule on Thursday at South Dakota with a 1-0 win.
• K-State tied its win total from the inaugural season in 2016 with its fourth.
• K-State's goal came from freshman Hannah Davis, who finished a cross from junior Tatum Wagner in the 56th minute.
• Senior goalkeeper Miranda Larkin pocketed her fourth shutout this season, making four saves in the match.
• The Wildcats have outshot their opponents in three straight matches and four matches overall.

Colorado State at a Glance
• Colorado State (2-3-2) enters Sunday's match following a week off from action. The last time out for the Rams on Sept. 10, Colorado State downed North Dakota State, 5-1, in Fort Collins.
• On the sidelines, Colorado State is guided by fifth year head coach Bill Hempen. During his time in Fort Collins, Hempen owns a record of 14-60-9.
• On the field, the Rams are led by top point scorers Ally Pauletto-Murphy with seven points including three goals and Karli Eheart with five points, including two goals.

Purple Pitch has been Perfect
• Kansas State has played just seven home matches in its 23 game history, but have felt comfortable in its new digs.
• The Wildcats are 4-2-1 at home, including a school record four-match winning streak and a five-match unbeaten streak spanning two seasons.
• In the seven home matches, the Wildcats have outscored opponents, 13-7 (+6).

Attendance Record Broken in Inaugural Home Opener
• K-State continues to be among the top programs in the nation in attendance in its second season.
• Through three home matches this season, Kansas State ranks eighth in the nation in average attendance (1,741) and is 13th in total attendance (5,222). The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in both categories.
• Excitement was high in the program's inaugural four-match home schedule in 2016.
• K-State averaged 2,265 fans in the four matches which ranked fourth in the nation for average attendance. The Wildcats ranked fifth in the nation for percent of capacity filled (107.85 percent) of the capacity of the K-State Soccer Complex (2,100).
• In the inaugural home opener, on September 16 against Northern Iowa, K-State set its program-high with 2,403 fans coming through the turnstiles for the first official home match at the K-State Soccer Complex.
• The 2,403 fans marks the most fans to attend a Division I women's soccer match in the state of Kansas. Among Big 12 members' largest home crowds in their history, it ranks as the sixth-highest total among the schools.

Davis the Disher
• Freshman forward Hannah Davis entered K-State as a known scorer, but her passing has made her mark for the Wildcats early in her career.
• In her first seven matches, Davis, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, registered two assists for her first two career collegiate points. Her first assist came on a give-and-go with Morgan Mauck on Sept. 8 and her second came on a corner kick on Sept. 10, as Megan Kalkofen found the net on a header.
• Davis broke through and scored her first collegiate goal on Sept. 14 at South Dakota, registering the game-winner in the 56th minute.
• Davis is tied for the team lead in assists with two. She is third on the team in shots (20) and is second on the team in shots on goal (nine).
• Davis finished her high school career at Lincoln Southwest as the state of Nebraska career, single season and single game record holder in goals.

Entz First Player with Multi-Goal Game
• Freshman Brookelynn Entz claimed a piece of K-State soccer history, as she became the first player to score two or more goals in a match.
• Against Central Arkansas on Sept. 8, Entz registered her first collegiate goal in the 19th minute and added an insurance goal in the 69th minute.
• Against Creighton on Sept. 10, Entz handed out her first K-State assist to cap a five-point weekend.
• For her performance, Entz became the first player in program history to earn a Big 12 weekly honor as she was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Sept. 12.
• The product of Newton, Kansas, is tied for the team lead in goals (2) and points (5).
• Entz ranks fourth in school history for career points with five.

Wagner Top Point Scorer in Program History
• Junior forward Tatum Wagner continues to hold the program record for career points and increased her total in K-State's match at South Dakota on Sept. 14.
• Wagner tallied her first goal of 2017, as she was sent in on a breakaway against Creighton finishing from 14 yards out. In the match against the Bluejays, Wagner set the school record for shots in a match with 10.
• In the 2017 season, Wagner has a goal and two assists for four points. She ranks tied for third in total points and leads in total shots with a career-high 26.
• The forward from Tulsa, Oklahoma, holds the K-State career record for assists (six), points (14) and career goals (four).
• During the 2016 season, Wagner registered four straight matches with a point setting a program record.
• Against UNI on Sept. 16, Wagner became a permanent part of K-State soccer lore, as she recorded the program's first home goal.
• At the end of the 2016 season, Wagner tallied three goals and a team-high four assists (10 points) to lead K-State in both categories. She also led the Wildcats in shots on goal with 12 of her 24 attempts finding their target.

Wichita Area Natives Scoring Goals for Wildcats
• Through 24 matches in the program's history, Kansas State has scored a total of 25 goals.
• Of the 25 goals, six have been scored by players from the Wichita area; Katie Cramer (Goddard), Brookelynn Entz (Newton), Dora Gallo (Wichita) and Ashley Zane (Wichita).
• Cramer recorded the first goal in program history, while Gallo tallied two in the inaugural season and Zane pocketed one.
• In year two, Entz joined her fellow Wichita natives with the program's first multi-goal game to bring the total to six goals from the area.

Larkin Owns K-State Record for Shutouts
• Senior goalkeeper Miranda Larkin has been one of the top keepers in the Big 12 in the first weeks of the season.
• Larkin has pocketed four shutouts in K-State's first eight matches of the season, helping the Wildcats to a 4-3-1 record.
• She leads the Big 12 in saves per game (4.63), total saves (37) and fourth in save percentage (.841). She is fourth in the league in shutouts with four.
• The product of Rockwall, Texas, owns the school record for consecutive shutout minutes (266:11).
• Larkin is the K-State career record holder for shutouts with nine and the single season leader with five.
• In the 2016 season, Larkin was responsible for the only five shutouts in program history. She finished with 77 saves and tallied a season-high for shutout minutes at 243:52. She ranked 23rd in the nation in save percentage (.856), 74th in goals against average at 0.835 and 117th in the nation in shutouts.
• Larkin made her first K-State start against SIUE on Aug. 21. This was the first live match action the Rockwall, Texas, native had seen since Nov. 1, 2013, against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship as a member of the Oklahoma Sooners.
• Larkin backstopped the Wildcats with her second career shutout and a then career-high six saves in K-State's 0-0 double overtime draw at SIUE.
• At Oakland on Aug. 26, Larkin made five saves to register her first win at K-State and the second of her collegiate career. It was her first win since Aug. 25, 2013 against Kennesaw State.
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