K-State Visits TCU, Hosts Baylor This Weekend

MATCH #12
K-State (2-6-3, 0-2-1 Big 12) at TCU (6-3-2, 2-0-1 Big 12)
Thursday, September 28, 2023 | 7 p.m. | Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas

WATCH LIVE
Big 12 Now on ESPN+

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
TCU leads, 6-0-0
Last Meeting: Sept. 30, 2022 (Manhattan)
Last Result: TCU won, 1-0
Last K-State win: -
K-State vs. Big 12: 8-48-6

MATCH #13
Baylor (5-5-1, 0-3-0 Big 12) at K-State (2-6-3, 0-2-1 Big 12)
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | 1 p.m. | Buser Family Park | Manhattan, Kan.

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

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY
Baylor leads, 4-1-1
Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 2022 (Waco, Texas)
Last Result: K-State won, 2-1
Last K-State win: Oct. 9, 2022
K-State vs. Big 12: 8-48-6

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State (2-6-3, 0-2-1 Big 12) ends a three-match road trip on Thursday night at 7 p.m., at TCU (6-3-2, 2-0-1) and then returns to Buser Family Park to play four of its next five matches at home beginning on Sunday at 1 p.m., against Baylor (5-5-1, 0-3-0).

• Sunday's home match is Junior Wildcat Day. All Junior Wildcat members can take part in pregame activities and have access to a complimentary sundae bar.
• Both matches will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Oscar Montenegro (analyst) and Hannah Whetstone (sideline) will have the call on Sunday.

Last Time Out
• K-State started a three-match road trip in Big 12 action, dropping a pair of matches by a 2-0 score at Oklahoma and at Oklahoma State.
• The Sooners scored in the second minute on a header off a corner kick that was a grass blade beyond the goal line. Oklahoma added an own goal in the 53rd minute.
• At Oklahoma State, the Cowgirls scored late in both halves to hold back the Wildcats.
• K-State sophomore goalkeeper Murphy Sheaff registered five saves at Oklahoma State. Sheaff has five matches this season with five or more saves.

Purple Pitch
• K-State has played 62 home matches in its 130-game history, but have felt more comfortable at Buser Family Park.
• The Wildcats are 19-36-7 (.363) 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 62 home matches, the Wildcats have been outscored by its opponents, 81-61 (-20).
• Overall in matches played within the Sunflower State, Kansas State owns a record of 21-37-8 (.379).

Shot Prevention is Goal Prevention
• K-State has prevented opponent shots on goal in the 2023 season.
• The Wildcats have limited its foes to 5.3 shots on goal per game and a shots on goal percentage of .333. The shots on goal percentage would be the lowest in a season allowed in program history, surpassing the previous best of .405 in 2017.
• In three of its 11 matches, K-State has allowed two shots on goal in each of those matches.
• K-State's 2022 version of the defensive backline was one of the best defensive units in the seven seasons of the program.
• The Wildcats allowed 5.5 shots on goal per game.
• The 5.5 shots on goal allowed per game in the 2022 season were 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 last season was the second-lowest in program history.

Punching the Time Card
• Senior Maddie Weichel and junior Kenzi Gillispie have been mainstays in the K-State lineup during their time in the Little Apple.
• Weichel is tied for seventh in school history for career matches played with 62 appearances. With her next appearance, Weichel will tie for sixth in school history for career games played. She is tied for sixth in school history for games started with 48.
• Gillispie is also tied with Weichel for career starts. Gillispie has started 48 consecutive matches since debuting against Weber State on Aug. 19, 2021. This is the longest current streak among the 2023 roster.
• Both Gillispie (4,067:40) and Weichel (4,023:21) and have played over 4,000 minutes in their K-State careers.

Jazmin on the Back Line
• Centerback Jazmin Brown continues to be a staple along the K-State backline.
• This season, Brown is the only Wildcat to play every minute of every match this season (990 minutes).
• In the last two seasons, Brown has played a total of 2465:54 minutes which is 91.3 percent (2700:00) of the available minutes in the last 30 matches K-State has played.
• Among field players in the 2022 season, 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 freshman to surpass the 1,000 minutes played mark and set the school record for minutes played in their debut season.

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Players Mentioned

Jazmin Brown

Kenzi Gillispie

Murphy Sheaff

Maddie Weichel

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