Kansas State University Athletics
Thursday, August 23
Manhattan, Kan.
6 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Drake
K-State Ends Home Stand on Thursday Against Drake
Aug 21, 2018 | Soccer
Match 3
Drake (1-1-0) at Kansas State (2-0-0)
Thursday, August 23, 2018 | 7 p.m. | Manhattan, Kan. | K-State Soccer Complex
Watch: ESPN3 | Listen: 101.5 KROCK & kstatesports.com | Live Stats: kstatesports.com
Series History: Drake leads, 1-0-0
Last Meeting: Oct. 2, 2016 (A), Drake won 1-0
MANHATTAN, Kansas -Â Kansas State (2-0-0) will conclude its first three-match home stand to begin a season on Thursday night at 7 p.m., as the Wildcats host Drake at the K-State Soccer Complex.
• Thursday's match is World Cup Night, as fans are encouraged to wear their favorite national team apparel to the match. For tickets, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit www.kstatesports.com/tickets.
• Thursday night's match will be broadcast on ESPN3 and available on 101.5 KROCK in Manhattan and kstatesports.com.
Weekend in Review
• For the first time in program history, Kansas State finished the opening weekend with a perfect 2-0-0 record.
• The Wildcats secured the first win in a season-opener on Friday, August 17, against Saint Louis with a 1-0 decision. Senior midfielder Morgan Mauck notched the game-winning goal in the 82nd minute. Mauck's goal was the first ever goal scored by a K-State player in their senior season. It was also Mauck's second career game-winning goal as a member of the Wildcats, tying her for the career school record.
• To conclude the weekend, K-State fought through heavy rain to register the second shut out of the weekend with a 4-0 victory over Oakland on Sunday, August 19. Against the Golden Grizzlies, K-State saw four different players score a goal as freshman forward Chloe Fisher (32') opened the scoring and was credited with the game-winner for her first half tally. Fisher, a product of Warrington, England, is the first K-State freshman to be credited with a game-winning goal in the first two matches of her Wildcat career.
• The downpour of goals came in the second half as sophomore forward Hannah Davis (53'), junior forward Katie Cramer (61') and sophomore forward Christina Baxter (76').
• K-State redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Emma Malsy pocketed both shut out wins in her first career starts with the Wildcats. She became the first Kansas State goalkeeper to pocket consecutive shut outs in the opening weekend.
• Overall, the five goals in the two matches over the weekend were more than K-State scored in the entirety of the month of August in the 2017 season (3) and just two short of the number of goals from August of 2016 (7).
• Defensively, Kansas State did not allow shot on goal for the final 45 minutes against Saint Louis and the first 45 minutes against Oakland. In the last 135 minutes of action for the weekend, K-State surrendered just two shots on goal.
Drake at a Glance
• Drake (1-1-0) split its opening weekend with a pair of 2-1 matches. The Bulldogs dropped its opener in the Montana Cup in Missoula, Montana, to San Francisco, but recovered on Sunday with a 2-1 win over Fresno State.
• On the sidelines, the Bulldogs are guided by 11th year head coach Lindsey Horner. During her time in Des Moines, Shields owns a 88-80-28 (.520) record.
• Statistically, the Bulldogs have been led by freshman Alison Walls with three points - one goal and one assist.
• Overall against teams from the Missouri Valley Conference, Kansas State is 0-5-0.
Purple Pitch
• Kansas State has played just 14 home matches in its 36-game history, but have felt comfortable at the K-State Soccer Complex.
• The Wildcats are 7-6-1 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 14 home matches, the Wildcats have outscored opponents, 22-14 (+8).
• Overall in matches played within the Sunflower State, Kansas State owns a record of 8-6-1.
Offense Emerging for Wildcats
• K-State has found its offensive rhythm early in the 2018 season, continuing a trend from the final three matches of 2017.
• Over the last five matches, Kansas State has registered 72 total shots including 36 on goal. The Wildcats have scored nine goals in the five matches (1.8 goals per game).
• The five straight matches with a goal tie the school record for consecutive matches with a goal. The original streak came from September 8-24 of 2017.
• Entering the 2018 season, Kansas State returned 100 percent of the goals scored and 98 percent of the total points from the 2017 season.
Better Late than Never for K-State
• Kansas State has established itself as a second half team during its two-plus seasons of action.
• In total, Kansas State has scored 27 of its 39 total goals in the second half of matches.
• In 2017, K-State scored 18 total goals with 11 coming in the second half or overtime. The Wildcats fired off 125 of their 221 total shots in the second half or overtime, while also registering 51 of the 83 corner kicks in the second half or overtime.
• In total, Kansas State has scored 10 of the program's 39 goals (25.6 percent) between the 61st and 75th minutes.
Malsy Ready for the Spotlight
• Following a season on the sideline, redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Emma Malsy stepped in frame for K-State and pocketed a pair of shutouts in the opening weekend.
• Making her first start since October 23, 2016, at Oregon when she was a freshman at Arizona State, Malsy tallied four saves including a pair of clutch efforts in the first half against Saint Louis on August 17 and send K-State to a 1-0 win. It was her first collegiate win since October 6, 2016, against Washington.
• This was the first shut out win for K-State since October 6, 2017, at Kansas.
• Malsy tallied her second shut out of the weekend with a pair of saves in the second half against Oakland on August 19.
• The product of Westminster, California, is the first goalkeeper in program history to register a pair of shut outs in the opening weekend of the season.
• Malsy owns a career collegiate record of 5-4-1 and has four career shutouts.
Mauck in the Middle
• Senior midfielder Morgan Mauck set a new personal K-State season-high for goals during the 2017 season and started the 2018 season on a high note.
• Mauck notched the game-winning goal against Saint Louis in the 82nd minute. She became the first K-State player in their senior season of eligibility in program history to score a goal and to score a game-winning goal.
• For her career, Mauck is tied for second in program history for career goals with four and ranks sixth in career points with nine. She holds the school records for goals by a senior (one), total points by a senior (two), goals by a junior (two) and total points by a junior (five).
• When combined with her one season at Middle Tennessee State in 2015, Mauck has scored eight career collegiate goals.
• In the 2017 season, Mauck tied for second on the team in goals (two) and tied for third in points (five).
Drake (1-1-0) at Kansas State (2-0-0)
Thursday, August 23, 2018 | 7 p.m. | Manhattan, Kan. | K-State Soccer Complex
Watch: ESPN3 | Listen: 101.5 KROCK & kstatesports.com | Live Stats: kstatesports.com
Series History: Drake leads, 1-0-0
Last Meeting: Oct. 2, 2016 (A), Drake won 1-0
MANHATTAN, Kansas -Â Kansas State (2-0-0) will conclude its first three-match home stand to begin a season on Thursday night at 7 p.m., as the Wildcats host Drake at the K-State Soccer Complex.
• Thursday's match is World Cup Night, as fans are encouraged to wear their favorite national team apparel to the match. For tickets, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit www.kstatesports.com/tickets.
• Thursday night's match will be broadcast on ESPN3 and available on 101.5 KROCK in Manhattan and kstatesports.com.
Weekend in Review
• For the first time in program history, Kansas State finished the opening weekend with a perfect 2-0-0 record.
• The Wildcats secured the first win in a season-opener on Friday, August 17, against Saint Louis with a 1-0 decision. Senior midfielder Morgan Mauck notched the game-winning goal in the 82nd minute. Mauck's goal was the first ever goal scored by a K-State player in their senior season. It was also Mauck's second career game-winning goal as a member of the Wildcats, tying her for the career school record.
• To conclude the weekend, K-State fought through heavy rain to register the second shut out of the weekend with a 4-0 victory over Oakland on Sunday, August 19. Against the Golden Grizzlies, K-State saw four different players score a goal as freshman forward Chloe Fisher (32') opened the scoring and was credited with the game-winner for her first half tally. Fisher, a product of Warrington, England, is the first K-State freshman to be credited with a game-winning goal in the first two matches of her Wildcat career.
• The downpour of goals came in the second half as sophomore forward Hannah Davis (53'), junior forward Katie Cramer (61') and sophomore forward Christina Baxter (76').
• K-State redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Emma Malsy pocketed both shut out wins in her first career starts with the Wildcats. She became the first Kansas State goalkeeper to pocket consecutive shut outs in the opening weekend.
• Overall, the five goals in the two matches over the weekend were more than K-State scored in the entirety of the month of August in the 2017 season (3) and just two short of the number of goals from August of 2016 (7).
• Defensively, Kansas State did not allow shot on goal for the final 45 minutes against Saint Louis and the first 45 minutes against Oakland. In the last 135 minutes of action for the weekend, K-State surrendered just two shots on goal.
Drake at a Glance
• Drake (1-1-0) split its opening weekend with a pair of 2-1 matches. The Bulldogs dropped its opener in the Montana Cup in Missoula, Montana, to San Francisco, but recovered on Sunday with a 2-1 win over Fresno State.
• On the sidelines, the Bulldogs are guided by 11th year head coach Lindsey Horner. During her time in Des Moines, Shields owns a 88-80-28 (.520) record.
• Statistically, the Bulldogs have been led by freshman Alison Walls with three points - one goal and one assist.
• Overall against teams from the Missouri Valley Conference, Kansas State is 0-5-0.
Purple Pitch
• Kansas State has played just 14 home matches in its 36-game history, but have felt comfortable at the K-State Soccer Complex.
• The Wildcats are 7-6-1 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 14 home matches, the Wildcats have outscored opponents, 22-14 (+8).
• Overall in matches played within the Sunflower State, Kansas State owns a record of 8-6-1.
Offense Emerging for Wildcats
• K-State has found its offensive rhythm early in the 2018 season, continuing a trend from the final three matches of 2017.
• Over the last five matches, Kansas State has registered 72 total shots including 36 on goal. The Wildcats have scored nine goals in the five matches (1.8 goals per game).
• The five straight matches with a goal tie the school record for consecutive matches with a goal. The original streak came from September 8-24 of 2017.
• Entering the 2018 season, Kansas State returned 100 percent of the goals scored and 98 percent of the total points from the 2017 season.
Better Late than Never for K-State
• Kansas State has established itself as a second half team during its two-plus seasons of action.
• In total, Kansas State has scored 27 of its 39 total goals in the second half of matches.
• In 2017, K-State scored 18 total goals with 11 coming in the second half or overtime. The Wildcats fired off 125 of their 221 total shots in the second half or overtime, while also registering 51 of the 83 corner kicks in the second half or overtime.
• In total, Kansas State has scored 10 of the program's 39 goals (25.6 percent) between the 61st and 75th minutes.
Malsy Ready for the Spotlight
• Following a season on the sideline, redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Emma Malsy stepped in frame for K-State and pocketed a pair of shutouts in the opening weekend.
• Making her first start since October 23, 2016, at Oregon when she was a freshman at Arizona State, Malsy tallied four saves including a pair of clutch efforts in the first half against Saint Louis on August 17 and send K-State to a 1-0 win. It was her first collegiate win since October 6, 2016, against Washington.
• This was the first shut out win for K-State since October 6, 2017, at Kansas.
• Malsy tallied her second shut out of the weekend with a pair of saves in the second half against Oakland on August 19.
• The product of Westminster, California, is the first goalkeeper in program history to register a pair of shut outs in the opening weekend of the season.
• Malsy owns a career collegiate record of 5-4-1 and has four career shutouts.
Mauck in the Middle
• Senior midfielder Morgan Mauck set a new personal K-State season-high for goals during the 2017 season and started the 2018 season on a high note.
• Mauck notched the game-winning goal against Saint Louis in the 82nd minute. She became the first K-State player in their senior season of eligibility in program history to score a goal and to score a game-winning goal.
• For her career, Mauck is tied for second in program history for career goals with four and ranks sixth in career points with nine. She holds the school records for goals by a senior (one), total points by a senior (two), goals by a junior (two) and total points by a junior (five).
• When combined with her one season at Middle Tennessee State in 2015, Mauck has scored eight career collegiate goals.
• In the 2017 season, Mauck tied for second on the team in goals (two) and tied for third in points (five).
Players Mentioned
M
/ Soccer
F
/ Soccer
F
/ Soccer
F
/ Soccer
GK
/ Soccer
M
/ SoccerK-State SOC | Big 12 Hype
Wednesday, September 17
K-State Soccer Postgame Highlights vs Portland State
Friday, September 12
K-State Soccer | Postgame Highlights vs Oral Roberts
Friday, September 12
K-State Soccer | Postgame Highlights vs Colorado College
Friday, September 12