K-State Sets Single Season Goals Record Friday Night

Friday, October 16

Manhattan, Kan.

6:30 p.m.

Kansas State University

5-6-4, 0-6-1

Colorado

10-4-1, 4-3-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Colorado	2	1	3
Kansas St.	1	1	2

K-StateSOC vs University of Colorado, Friday, October 16, 2026, Buser Family Park, Manhattan, KS Final Score: Colorado 3, KSU 2

Photo by: ABBY KENNEDY PHOTOGRAPHY

Oct 16, 2026 | Soccer

Box Score Match Highlights Box Score (pdf)

MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State a goal in each half on Friday night, but Colorado kept pace with the Wildcats and tallied a 3-2 win at Buser Family Park.

K-State (5-6-4, 0-6-1 Big 12) surpassed its record-setting goal production from a season ago, by scoring its 23rd and 24th goals of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- For the fourth time this season, K-State had a goal pulled off the scoreboard due to a Video Assisted Review (VAR). In the second minute, junior forward Allison Marshall appeared to head a cross into the net but it was determined she hit the hands of Colorado goalkeeper Brooke Goerish preventing her from catching the cross.
- In the 19th minute, Colorado (10-4-1, 4-3-0) scored on a corner kick as Reagan Kotschau found the head of Emma Thielbahr.
- The Wildcats quickly squared the match, 1-1, in the 21st minute. Sophomore defender Chloe Dillbeck crossed a ball to sophomore forward Gabby DeMers at the right post. DeMers played it out of the air with her right foot and found the back of the net from 10 yards.
- The goal for DeMers was her sixth of the season and her second in Big 12 action. She is tied for second in program history for goals in a season.
- The tally was the 23rd of the season for K-State, tying the school record for goals in a season set in 2025.
- In the 22nd minute, the Buffaloes initiated a challenge for VAR on a foul in the box. The penalty kick was granted and Kotschau scored on her attempt.
- In the 47th minute, K-State equalized the match at 2-2. DeMers fired off a shot towards the right post from 12 yards. The attempt was saved, but DeMers raced to the ball and played pass back to the trailing Marshall who cleanly finished towards the left post into a wide-open net.
- The goal was Marshall's ninth of her career, moving into sole possession of third place in school history.
- The Buffaloes secured the final advantage in the 60th minute. Sloane Phillips sent a long pass towards the frame from the right side. Lilian Zamorano raced to meet the ball and redirected the orb just inside the right post from five yards.
- K-State outshot Colorado, 18-13, including a 10-5 advantage in shots on goal.

QUICK FACTS
- Head coach Colleen Corbin is 34-36-21 (.489) in her five career seasons as a head coach. She owns a 12-12-9 (.500) mark in her two seasons at K-State.
- The Wildcats are 28-52-11 (.368) in games played at Buser Family Park, including a 6-7-3 mark under Corbin.
- This was the third meeting in the series between K-State and Colorado; the Buffaloes lead the series, 2-0-1. This was Corbin's second meeting in her career against Colorado (0-1-1).
- The Wildcats are 11-67-12 all-time in Big 12 Conference matches. K-State is winless in its last 11 Big 12 matches (0-8-3).
- The Wildcats are 9-48-6 in its history in matches played in the month of October, including a 2-7-2 mark under Corbin's guidance.

TEAM NOTES
- K-State has tallied 67 points this season, which is second in program history for a season.
- The Wildcats have scored six goals in Big 12 action. This ranks tied for third in school history for goals in a Big 12 season.
- When K-State has the advantage in total shots, the Wildcats are 38-23-13 in its history, including a 12-5-6 record under Corbin with a 5-2-2 mark this season.

PLAYER NOTES
- DeMers is tied for fifth in program history for career goals with seven.
- With her 17 career points, DeMers is tied for seventh in school history. With her three points on Friday night, DeMers improved her 2026 total to 15 which ties the school record held by Brookelynn Entz set in 2020.
- Marshall improved her career points total to 22 and is tied for third in program history.
- Dillbeck collected third assist of the season, establishing a new personal career season-high. She owns five assists in her career and is tied for seventh in program history for career assists.
- Senior defender Reece Walrod made her 53rd career start and her 62nd career match played. Walrod ranks tied for fifth in program history for career games started.
- Walrod logged 90 minutes in her return to the lineup. In her career, she has carded 4,711 minutes played which ranks fourth in program history.
- Senior defender Lily Hendrickson made her 48th career start and is tied for 10the in program history for career starts.
- Senior McKinnan Braswell and junior goalkeeper Maddie Sibbing each made their 33rd straight starts at K-State. Sibbing moved into sole possession of third place in program history for career matches played and started.
- Marshall made her 27th career start, including her 17th consecutive.
- Sophomore midfielder Langley Mayers and junior defender Chloe Dillbeck made their 24th career starts.

FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Colleen Corbin
On the number of offensive chances K-State created throughout the match…
"We just challenged our kids to be able to expose the areas that we felt like they were going to give us, and we felt like a lot of that was going to come from getting the ball wide. The goals that we scored came from those spaces, and so just really proud of the team's execution of the scout, the game plan, the intentionality behind what we wanted to do, how we wanted to do it, and again, in a game, Colorado is really good at breaking the game up and making it feel combative, and I think the fact that our team was able to find a way through that and still connect at the level that we did and play at the level that we did was really impressive."

On Gabby DeMers and the rest of the forwards…
"She just continues to work relentlessly and be intentional about what she's doing, how she's doing it, and trying to elevate her game. I thought our entire attacking group tonight was phenomenal. Allison [Marshall] really made a push tonight. Rilyn [Rintoul] really made a push tonight. Adelle [Francis] and Alix [Regier] have been showing up in a big way, and so I just think Gabby isn't as good as Gabby is without the people around her, and vice versa, everybody knows that it's not just about one player doing special things; it's about everybody committing to the game plan. And I really felt like the success that people had individually tonight was because of the collective choice to play for each other."

On the improvements that need to be made going into the game against Iowa State…
"I felt like we played pretty freaking well tonight. Some of the best soccer we might have ever played ever. Obviously, giving up three goals is tough. It's a set piece, a penalty kick, and then a missed moment in the box. But if the first couple moments don't happen, then we win the game. So it just feels like we're waiting for a moment to go our way in these big games where we feel like we've done enough to win, and it just hasn't happened, and that's the game, unfortunately. Soccer's not fair, life's not fair, and we just got to keep showing up and doing the work heading into next week."

UP NEXT
K-State embarks on a two-match road swing next week, as the Wildcats visit Ames, Iowa, on Thursday, October 22, as the Wildcats face Iowa State at 6 p.m. Following Thursday's match, the Wildcats travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to face the Bearcats on Sunday, October 25, at 12 p.m. (CT).

Both matches will air on ESPN+.

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