Kansas State University Athletics
Thursday, August 14
Manhattan, Kan.
6:30 p.m.
Kansas State University
1-0-0, 0-0-0
2
vs
0
Oral Roberts
0-1-0, 0-0-0
1
2
F
Oral Roberts
0
0
0
Kansas St.
0
2
2
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K-State Captures Season-Opening Win to Begin Corbin Era
Aug 14, 2025 | Soccer
MANHATTAN, Kan. – With a pair of second half goals, Kansas State secured a season-opening 2-0 win over Oral Roberts in head coach Colleen Corbin's debut on Thursday night at Buser Family Park.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- K-State (1-0-0) broke through in the 61st minute, as junior forward Rilyn Rintoul thumped a shot from eight yards with her left foot. Oral Roberts (0-1-0) goalkeeper Eirini Manoukaraki appeared to make the save on the attempt but the ball popped into the air and the backspin carried the ball across the goal line.Â
- Rintoul, who missed all but the first two matches in the 2024 season due to an ACL injury, registered her first career goal and her first career game-winner.
- In the 71st minute, sophomore forward Hannah Palmer played a cross from the right flank into the Oral Roberts' 18-yard box. The ball deflected directly to redshirt freshman Alix Regier who blasted her shot into the net. The goal by Regier came in her first collegiate appearance and her only shot attempt of the night.
- Palmer tallied her first career assists, as she also provided the helper on the game-winner by Rintoul. She is the first Wildcat since September 1, 2024, to card two or more assists in a match.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Sibbing registered her first career shutout with K-State and the second of her career. Sibbing tallied two saves on the night.Â
- The product of Lee's Summit, Missouri, is the second goalkeeper in program history to register a shutout win in their career debut, joining Emma Malsy who achieved the feat on August 17, 2018, against Saint Louis in a 1-0 win.
- K-State recorded an 8-6 edge in total shots and a 4-3 advantage in corner kicks.
QUICK FACTS
- Corbin is 23-24-12 in her three career seasons as a head coach. Thursday was her first win as a head coach since a 5-0 win over Colorado College on October 15, 2023 (669 days).
- K-State is 3-6-1 all-time in season-openers and are 4-6-0 in home openers.
- K-State is 23-45-8 all-time in matches played at Buser Family Park.
- The Wildcats are 15-12-6 in its history in matches played in the month of August.
- The Wildcats are 10-4-3 all-time in matches against Summit League members.
- K-State ended a five-match losing streak, a 13-match winless stretch (10 losses ; 3 draws) and a six-match home winless streak (5 losses ; 1 draw). This was the first win for the Wildcats, and first home win, since a 3-0 win over South Dakota on September 1, 2024.
PLAYER NOTES
- The following Wildcats made their first career collegiate start: junior defender Lily Hendrickson, junior forward McKinnan Braswell and junior defender Jordan Losey. Thursday marked Losey's first collegiate match following three seasons at Miami (Fla.). Sophomore defender Emerson DeLuca and sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Sibbing made their K-State debuts in the starting lineup. Sibbing made her 11th career collegiate start in frame (10 at Kansas City), while DeLuca carded her second career collegiate start (1 at LSU).
- In addition to Losey and Regier making their official collegiate debuts, redshirt freshman Gabby DeMers, freshman Ava Garrett, freshman Ava Patterson and freshman Jenna Verplancke made their collegiate debuts.
- Regier is the fourth freshman in program history to score in a season-opener and first since 2023.
- With her two assists, Palmer is tied for sixth in program history for assists in a sophomore season.
FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Colleen Corbin
On what winning this game means…
"Oh, man, it is up there. You know, we didn't know what it was gonna look like when we came out tonight, and my hope was that we were able to walk away proud of the effort we put forward. And we can say that. I can say that certainly, and for the two people who scored, to be Rilyn Rintoul and Alix Regier, like Rilyn makes me cry. Rilyn scoring the opener is poetic, honestly. She has worked tirelessly to put herself back on the field, and sorry, has done the work necessary. And that was a scrappy goal, right? Like, that was not clean, it was not pretty. And we talk about it all the time, like, you've got to sell your soul to the soccer gods, and that's what she did. And, you know, again, Alix burying it, like, making it known that she was going to score, like those are things that we've talked about. And so to come out at halftime feeling a little disappointed about how we started, and to completely change the energy and shift the mentality and put them under pressure and get after them, I'm incredibly proud. I love this team and I'm really happy to be a Wildcat."
On what the day was like after 8 months of waiting for the season…
"Really busy, actually. The day was really chaotic. We just had a lot of moving pieces, a lot of things going on. And we have some really special recruits on campus right now, too, which is probably a good thing. I wouldn't say distracted, but I didn't have time to just sit and think, you know, so that was good, but we had a really good jogging stretch with the team in the morning. Spent a lot of time with my staff today, which was nice. My parents are here, so that's really special to me, my husband's here. I wasn't anxious, I wasn't nervous, I was just excited. I was excited to get out on this field and experience this crowd and this energy and be able to show the fans again, what our brand is now. So it was a really fun day."
On what she learned about her team after today's game…
"We are resilient. We can do hard things; we have to choose to do it, that's always a choice, but we can do it. And I hope they feel that, and I hope that they see when we lean in and commit to the things we want to do, and we don't just let the game come to us, we're going to be really effective. So again, we're resilient and we're going to continue to build that mentality, that grittiness. I'm very proud."
FROM THE PITCH
K-State Junior Forward Rilyn Rintoul
On getting that first goal after not playing most of last season…
"I think it was just thinking about knowing I'm in front of the net and getting anything on the ball I could in the direction of the net, and hoping that got enough on it for it to go in."
On what recovery has been like over the past two years…
"It is a long recovery. It happened at the end of August [2024], so I'm about a year out, so it's my first game back at Buser [Family Park]. So it's really special to come out and score and have a win on our home opener. So I think it's just a long recovery and a good reward at the end."
On being a big part of Coach Corbin's first victory at K-State…
"It's awesome. I think the culture has changed a lot, and being a key player and helping the team out in any way I can is really special to me, and I'm happy to help the program in any way I can."
K-State Redshirt Freshman Midfielder Alix Regier
On her first career goal…
"Yes, it was so exciting, and it was just so cool for my whole team to jump and surround me, and the celebration was so much fun."
On what getting to play this year means…
"It's just so much fun. And with the new coach, we're just having so much fun every day, and the culture is amazing here. I was just so excited to help the team and get on the field and score a goal for us."
UP NEXT
K-State returns to action on Sunday, August 17, as the Wildcats host Portland State. Match time is set for 11 a.m., and can be watched on ESPN+.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- K-State (1-0-0) broke through in the 61st minute, as junior forward Rilyn Rintoul thumped a shot from eight yards with her left foot. Oral Roberts (0-1-0) goalkeeper Eirini Manoukaraki appeared to make the save on the attempt but the ball popped into the air and the backspin carried the ball across the goal line.Â
- Rintoul, who missed all but the first two matches in the 2024 season due to an ACL injury, registered her first career goal and her first career game-winner.
- In the 71st minute, sophomore forward Hannah Palmer played a cross from the right flank into the Oral Roberts' 18-yard box. The ball deflected directly to redshirt freshman Alix Regier who blasted her shot into the net. The goal by Regier came in her first collegiate appearance and her only shot attempt of the night.
- Palmer tallied her first career assists, as she also provided the helper on the game-winner by Rintoul. She is the first Wildcat since September 1, 2024, to card two or more assists in a match.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Sibbing registered her first career shutout with K-State and the second of her career. Sibbing tallied two saves on the night.Â
- The product of Lee's Summit, Missouri, is the second goalkeeper in program history to register a shutout win in their career debut, joining Emma Malsy who achieved the feat on August 17, 2018, against Saint Louis in a 1-0 win.
- K-State recorded an 8-6 edge in total shots and a 4-3 advantage in corner kicks.
QUICK FACTS
- Corbin is 23-24-12 in her three career seasons as a head coach. Thursday was her first win as a head coach since a 5-0 win over Colorado College on October 15, 2023 (669 days).
- K-State is 3-6-1 all-time in season-openers and are 4-6-0 in home openers.
- K-State is 23-45-8 all-time in matches played at Buser Family Park.
- The Wildcats are 15-12-6 in its history in matches played in the month of August.
- The Wildcats are 10-4-3 all-time in matches against Summit League members.
- K-State ended a five-match losing streak, a 13-match winless stretch (10 losses ; 3 draws) and a six-match home winless streak (5 losses ; 1 draw). This was the first win for the Wildcats, and first home win, since a 3-0 win over South Dakota on September 1, 2024.
PLAYER NOTES
- The following Wildcats made their first career collegiate start: junior defender Lily Hendrickson, junior forward McKinnan Braswell and junior defender Jordan Losey. Thursday marked Losey's first collegiate match following three seasons at Miami (Fla.). Sophomore defender Emerson DeLuca and sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Sibbing made their K-State debuts in the starting lineup. Sibbing made her 11th career collegiate start in frame (10 at Kansas City), while DeLuca carded her second career collegiate start (1 at LSU).
- In addition to Losey and Regier making their official collegiate debuts, redshirt freshman Gabby DeMers, freshman Ava Garrett, freshman Ava Patterson and freshman Jenna Verplancke made their collegiate debuts.
- Regier is the fourth freshman in program history to score in a season-opener and first since 2023.
- With her two assists, Palmer is tied for sixth in program history for assists in a sophomore season.
FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Colleen Corbin
On what winning this game means…
"Oh, man, it is up there. You know, we didn't know what it was gonna look like when we came out tonight, and my hope was that we were able to walk away proud of the effort we put forward. And we can say that. I can say that certainly, and for the two people who scored, to be Rilyn Rintoul and Alix Regier, like Rilyn makes me cry. Rilyn scoring the opener is poetic, honestly. She has worked tirelessly to put herself back on the field, and sorry, has done the work necessary. And that was a scrappy goal, right? Like, that was not clean, it was not pretty. And we talk about it all the time, like, you've got to sell your soul to the soccer gods, and that's what she did. And, you know, again, Alix burying it, like, making it known that she was going to score, like those are things that we've talked about. And so to come out at halftime feeling a little disappointed about how we started, and to completely change the energy and shift the mentality and put them under pressure and get after them, I'm incredibly proud. I love this team and I'm really happy to be a Wildcat."
On what the day was like after 8 months of waiting for the season…
"Really busy, actually. The day was really chaotic. We just had a lot of moving pieces, a lot of things going on. And we have some really special recruits on campus right now, too, which is probably a good thing. I wouldn't say distracted, but I didn't have time to just sit and think, you know, so that was good, but we had a really good jogging stretch with the team in the morning. Spent a lot of time with my staff today, which was nice. My parents are here, so that's really special to me, my husband's here. I wasn't anxious, I wasn't nervous, I was just excited. I was excited to get out on this field and experience this crowd and this energy and be able to show the fans again, what our brand is now. So it was a really fun day."
On what she learned about her team after today's game…
"We are resilient. We can do hard things; we have to choose to do it, that's always a choice, but we can do it. And I hope they feel that, and I hope that they see when we lean in and commit to the things we want to do, and we don't just let the game come to us, we're going to be really effective. So again, we're resilient and we're going to continue to build that mentality, that grittiness. I'm very proud."
FROM THE PITCH
K-State Junior Forward Rilyn Rintoul
On getting that first goal after not playing most of last season…
"I think it was just thinking about knowing I'm in front of the net and getting anything on the ball I could in the direction of the net, and hoping that got enough on it for it to go in."
On what recovery has been like over the past two years…
"It is a long recovery. It happened at the end of August [2024], so I'm about a year out, so it's my first game back at Buser [Family Park]. So it's really special to come out and score and have a win on our home opener. So I think it's just a long recovery and a good reward at the end."
On being a big part of Coach Corbin's first victory at K-State…
"It's awesome. I think the culture has changed a lot, and being a key player and helping the team out in any way I can is really special to me, and I'm happy to help the program in any way I can."
K-State Redshirt Freshman Midfielder Alix Regier
On her first career goal…
"Yes, it was so exciting, and it was just so cool for my whole team to jump and surround me, and the celebration was so much fun."
On what getting to play this year means…
"It's just so much fun. And with the new coach, we're just having so much fun every day, and the culture is amazing here. I was just so excited to help the team and get on the field and score a goal for us."
UP NEXT
K-State returns to action on Sunday, August 17, as the Wildcats host Portland State. Match time is set for 11 a.m., and can be watched on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
ORU
KState
Goals
0
2
Shots
6
8
Shots on Goal
2
5
Saves
3
2
Corners
3
4
Fouls
8
15
Scoring Plays
Rilyn Rintoul (1)
Assisted By: Hannah Palmer
GOAL by KState Rintoul, Rilyn Assist by Palmer, Hannah.
60:44
Alix Regier (1)
Assisted By: Hannah Palmer
GOAL by KState Regier, Alix Assist by Palmer, Hannah.
70:59
Game Leaders
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
mid
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
2
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
F
/ Soccer
D
/ Soccer
F/M
/ Soccer
F
/ Soccer
D
/ Soccer
D
/ SoccerF
/ Soccer
D/M
/ SoccerM
/ SoccerF
/ Soccer
GK
/ Soccer
M
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