Thursday, August 20
Manhattan, Kan.
5 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Missouri State
K-State Begins Home Portion of 2026 Schedule
Aug 18, 2026 | Soccer
MATCH #3
Missouri State (0-1-0, 0-0-0 CUSA) at K-State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Big 12)
Thursday, August 20, 2026 | 5 p.m. | Buser Family Park | Manhattan, Kan.
TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
SERIES HISTORY vs. Missouri State
0-2-0
• Missouri State leads the series, 2-0-0
• Head coach Colleen Corbin is facing Missouri State for the first time in her career.
• Current streak: Missouri State won 2
GAME #4
South Dakota State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Summit) at K-State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Big 12)
Sunday, August 23, 2026 | 1 p.m. | Buser Family Park | Manhattan, Kan.
TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
Sideline: Riley Schalk
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
SERIES HISTORY vs. South Dakota State
1-1-0
• Series tied, 1-1-0
• Head coach Colleen Corbin is facing South Dakota State for the first time in her career.
• Current streak: South Dakota State won 1
K-State Begins Home Portion of 2026 Schedule
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State (2-0-0) begins the home portion of its 2026 schedule, as the Wildcats host Missouri State (0-1-0) on Thursday at 5 p.m., and South Dakota State (0-2-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m., at Buser Family Park.
• For Thursday's home opener, the first 500 fans will receive free thunder sticks. Sunday's match is a Wildcat 4-Pack, as fans can purchase a package of four general admission tickets and four $10 concession vouchers. For tickets, call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets.
• Both matches this week can be seen on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Oscar Montenegro (analyst) will have the call.
Last Time Out
• K-State got off on the right foot, by completing the opening weekend of the season with a pair of wins for the second straight season and the third time in program history. The Wildcats downed Seattle (4-0) and homestanding Hawaii (3-1).
• Saturday's win over Hawaii was moved up from Sunday's original date due to Hurricane Lala.
• The seven goals in the first weekend are the most goals the Wildcats have scored in an opening weekend in the 11-year history of the program.
• The Wildcats had seven different players register a goal in the two wins.
• In the season-opening win over Seattle, the Wildcats saw Rilyn Rintoul register a three-point afternoon (1 goal, 1 assist) while McKinnan Braswell notched the game-winner in the 13th minute.
• Freshmen Lauren Moylan and Kennedy Miller became the fourth and fifth freshmen to score a goal in their collegiate debuts.
• Against Hawaii, K-State rallied a from an early deficit with goals from Gabby DeMers, Anna Pagano and Allison Marshall. Pagano scored her first career goal and first game-winner.
K-State in Home Openers
• The Wildcats will play their 11th home-opener in program history.
• K-State is 4-6-0 in its previous nine home-openers.
• Kansas State has been outscored by its opponents in its home-openers, 13-11 (-2).
Purple Pitch
• K-State has played 83 home matches in its 175-game history, but have felt more comfortable at Buser Family Park.
• The Wildcats are 26-48-9 (.367) 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.
• K-State set the school record for home wins and home field winning percentage in 2025 (4-3-1; .563).
• In the 82 home matches, the Wildcats have been outscored by its opponents, 109-89 (-20).
• Overall in matches played within the Sunflower State, Kansas State owns a record of 28-50-10 (.375).
At a Glance: Missouri State
• Missouri State (0-1-0, 0-0-0 CUSA) enters Thursday's match at K-State following a season-opening 7-0 loss to Kansas on Sunday in Springfield, Missouri.
• Entering the 2026 season, the Bears were selected as the Conference USA runner-up in the league's preseason poll. Missouri State finished the 2025 season with a 7-9-4 overall record and a 2-3-3 mark in CUSA play.
• The Bears are led on the sideline by fifth-year head coach Kirk Nelson. During his time in Springfield, Nelson has steered the squad to a 44-24-14 record.
• Missouri State returned 19 letterwinners from the 2025 squad.
At a Glance: South Dakota State
• South Dakota State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Summit) will play its first road game of the 2026 season on Sunday following a three-match homestand to open the season.
• The Jackrabbits, the Summit League tournament champions and 2025 NCAA Division I Soccer Championship participant, were picked second in the 2026 Summit League Coaches' Poll behind 2025 Summit League regular season champion, Oral Roberts.
• South Dakota State is led on the sideline by 10th-year head coach Brock Thompson. During his time in Brookings, Thompson has led the program to a 110-29-22 record.
• South Dakota State returns a pair of 2026 Summit League Players to Watch in goalkeeper Mallorie Benhart and midfielder Mia Bosch. Benhart was the 2025 Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year and posted a goals against average of 0.71 and a save percentage of .859.
• Bosch led the Jackrabbits and the Summit League with nine assists and tallied three goals.
Game-Winning Goals for All
• Through 177 matches in program history, K-State has registered 47 victories. In those 47 wins, K-State has had 29 different players register a game-winning goal.
• Midfielder McKinnan Braswell recorded her first career game-winner with a header against Seattle on Aug. 13.
• Midfielder Anna Pagano recorded her first career goal and game-winner with a second half tally at Hawaii on Aug. 15.
• In the 2024 season, Allison Marshall added her name to the game-winner ledger. Marshall was credited with the game-winning goal against both Green Bay on Aug. 29 and South Dakota on Sept. 1. She was the first player in program history to register a game-winning goal in consecutive matches.
• Marshall is one of five Wildcats in program history to record two or more game-winning goals in a season.
• On the current roster, four Wildcats own at least one game-winning goal: Marshall (2), Rilyn Rintoul, Braswell and Pagano.
Happy Helpers
• K-State has opened the 2026 season with three assists (1.5 apg).
• With her assist at Hawaii, McKinnan Braswell became the 10th player in program history with five or more career assists.
• The Wildcats helped each other out in the 2025 season. K-State handed out 22 assists (1.22 apg) on its 23 goals.
• The 22 assists and 1.22 assists per game last season set the school records. The Wildcats had 11 assists in Big 12 action, which was a school record in league play.
• The 2025 season was the second season in program history with 20 or more assists.
Working Out of the Corners
• K-State added extra offensive chances this season by collecting corner kicks.
• The Wildcats carded a 9-0 advantage in corner kicks at Hawaii and has a 13-6 edge in corner kicks this season.
• A season ago, K-State recorded 103 corner kicks (5.72 ckpg). K-State's 103 corner kicks in the 2025 season was a new school record for a season, while its corner kicks per game mark of 5.72 set a new school record for a season.
• This was the first season in program history with 100 or more corner kicks attempted. This was also the first season K-State attempted more corner kicks than its opponents (103-80).
• K-State held the advantage in corner kicks in 10 of 18 matches last season (5-2-3).
• Against Portland State on August 17, the Wildcats registered a season-high 11 corner kicks.
Marshall Plan
• Junior forward Allison Marshall is climbing the K-State career lists for goals and points.
• In her career, Marshall owns seven goals and four assists for 18 points. She owns a career shots on goal percentage of .558 (24-of-43).
• She is tied for fourth in program history for career goals scored, ranks fifth for career points (18), ranks second for career points per game (0.55), is tied for fourth in school history for career game-winning goals (2) and is tied for 10th for career shots on goal (24). She was the eighth player in school history with five or more goals scored in a career.
• In the 2026 season, the product of Omaha, Nebraska, owns a goal with three shots, including two on goal.
• Marshall registered career season-highs in 2025 with four goals and tied her career-high with two assists, including an indirect kick goal at UMass Lowell on Aug. 28 and her first career penalty kick attempt and goal against Colorado College on Sept. 11. She also notched a career season-high 31 shots with a career-best 17 on goal.
Riled Up Rintoul
• After a successful return in 2025, senior forward Rilyn Rintoul started the 2026 season on the right foot.
• Against Seattle U., in the season-opener on Aug. 13, she tallied an assist on the eventual game-winner and added a goal of her own for a three-point afternoon.
• In her career, Rintoul is tied for ninth in program history for career goals scored (5). She ranks eighth in program history for career goals per game (0.14) and career points per game (0.34).
• In the 2025 season, Rintoul returned from a season-ending injury in 2024 to tally a career-high four goals and an assist. She also notched a career-best 23 shots with 11 on goal. She is tied for second in school history for goals in a junior season and ranked third for points in a junior season (9). Her 11 shots on goal ranks fourth in a junior season.
• Rintoul was the eighth player in program history to score two or more goals in Big 12 play and the third in the 2025 season (Andra Mohler and Hannah Palmer).
Braswell Playing Well
• Senior midfielder McKinnan Braswell has been a potent distributor in her first season with the Wildcats.
• The native of North Richland Hills, Texas, has handed out five assists during her time in Manhattan. She ranks tied for sixth in program history for career assists and holds the school record for assists per game (0.25 apg).
• Braswell dished out an assist on the eventual game-winning goal at Hawaii on Aug. 15. Earlier in the weekend, she tallied the game-winning goal against Seattle U., on Aug. 13.
• Last season, Braswell tied for the team lead for assists with four.
• With her four assists this season, Braswell is tied for third in program history for assists in a season.
• At UMass Lowell on Aug. 28, Braswell handed out a career-high two assists.
• Braswell added to her stat ledger against West Virginia on Oct. 19, as she carded her first K-State goal. She was fourth on the squad in total shots (27). Her assists and total shots were new career-highs for a single season.
Walrod on the Wall
• Senior defender Reece Walrod has been a mainstay along the defensive backline for the Wildcats over the last two-plus seasons.
• Walrod has started 43 consecutive matches on the backline dating back to Oct. 5, 2023, against Houston.
• In her career, Walrod has played 3,963 minutes in 51 career matches (74.8 mpg). She ranks ninth in program history for career minutes played.
• In the 2026 season, Walrod has played 180 minutes (90.0 mpg) and earned TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week honors on Aug. 18, for her performance in the opening weekend.
• Against Seattle U., Walrod anchored a K-State defense that registered its second straight season-opening shutout and its 10th in the last 19 matches. She helped prevent Seattle from attempting a shot on goal for the final 44:40 of the match and didn't allow a single shot attempt for the final 37:57 of game action.
• At Hawaii, Walrod carded another 90 minutes of action and helped the K-State defense limit Hawaii to two total shots for the final 69 minutes of the match.
• Walrod has played 90 minutes in 29 career matches including 21 straight matches and 26 of the last 27 matches.
• Last season, Walrod was the only field player in the Big 12 to play every minute of every match this season. She became the first K-State field player to achieve the feat.
Missouri State (0-1-0, 0-0-0 CUSA) at K-State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Big 12)
Thursday, August 20, 2026 | 5 p.m. | Buser Family Park | Manhattan, Kan.
TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
SERIES HISTORY vs. Missouri State
0-2-0
• Missouri State leads the series, 2-0-0
• Head coach Colleen Corbin is facing Missouri State for the first time in her career.
• Current streak: Missouri State won 2
GAME #4
South Dakota State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Summit) at K-State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Big 12)
Sunday, August 23, 2026 | 1 p.m. | Buser Family Park | Manhattan, Kan.
TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
Sideline: Riley Schalk
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
SERIES HISTORY vs. South Dakota State
1-1-0
• Series tied, 1-1-0
• Head coach Colleen Corbin is facing South Dakota State for the first time in her career.
• Current streak: South Dakota State won 1
K-State Begins Home Portion of 2026 Schedule
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State (2-0-0) begins the home portion of its 2026 schedule, as the Wildcats host Missouri State (0-1-0) on Thursday at 5 p.m., and South Dakota State (0-2-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m., at Buser Family Park.
• For Thursday's home opener, the first 500 fans will receive free thunder sticks. Sunday's match is a Wildcat 4-Pack, as fans can purchase a package of four general admission tickets and four $10 concession vouchers. For tickets, call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets.
• Both matches this week can be seen on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Oscar Montenegro (analyst) will have the call.
Last Time Out
• K-State got off on the right foot, by completing the opening weekend of the season with a pair of wins for the second straight season and the third time in program history. The Wildcats downed Seattle (4-0) and homestanding Hawaii (3-1).
• Saturday's win over Hawaii was moved up from Sunday's original date due to Hurricane Lala.
• The seven goals in the first weekend are the most goals the Wildcats have scored in an opening weekend in the 11-year history of the program.
• The Wildcats had seven different players register a goal in the two wins.
• In the season-opening win over Seattle, the Wildcats saw Rilyn Rintoul register a three-point afternoon (1 goal, 1 assist) while McKinnan Braswell notched the game-winner in the 13th minute.
• Freshmen Lauren Moylan and Kennedy Miller became the fourth and fifth freshmen to score a goal in their collegiate debuts.
• Against Hawaii, K-State rallied a from an early deficit with goals from Gabby DeMers, Anna Pagano and Allison Marshall. Pagano scored her first career goal and first game-winner.
K-State in Home Openers
• The Wildcats will play their 11th home-opener in program history.
• K-State is 4-6-0 in its previous nine home-openers.
• Kansas State has been outscored by its opponents in its home-openers, 13-11 (-2).
Purple Pitch
• K-State has played 83 home matches in its 175-game history, but have felt more comfortable at Buser Family Park.
• The Wildcats are 26-48-9 (.367) 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.
• K-State set the school record for home wins and home field winning percentage in 2025 (4-3-1; .563).
• In the 82 home matches, the Wildcats have been outscored by its opponents, 109-89 (-20).
• Overall in matches played within the Sunflower State, Kansas State owns a record of 28-50-10 (.375).
At a Glance: Missouri State
• Missouri State (0-1-0, 0-0-0 CUSA) enters Thursday's match at K-State following a season-opening 7-0 loss to Kansas on Sunday in Springfield, Missouri.
• Entering the 2026 season, the Bears were selected as the Conference USA runner-up in the league's preseason poll. Missouri State finished the 2025 season with a 7-9-4 overall record and a 2-3-3 mark in CUSA play.
• The Bears are led on the sideline by fifth-year head coach Kirk Nelson. During his time in Springfield, Nelson has steered the squad to a 44-24-14 record.
• Missouri State returned 19 letterwinners from the 2025 squad.
At a Glance: South Dakota State
• South Dakota State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Summit) will play its first road game of the 2026 season on Sunday following a three-match homestand to open the season.
• The Jackrabbits, the Summit League tournament champions and 2025 NCAA Division I Soccer Championship participant, were picked second in the 2026 Summit League Coaches' Poll behind 2025 Summit League regular season champion, Oral Roberts.
• South Dakota State is led on the sideline by 10th-year head coach Brock Thompson. During his time in Brookings, Thompson has led the program to a 110-29-22 record.
• South Dakota State returns a pair of 2026 Summit League Players to Watch in goalkeeper Mallorie Benhart and midfielder Mia Bosch. Benhart was the 2025 Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year and posted a goals against average of 0.71 and a save percentage of .859.
• Bosch led the Jackrabbits and the Summit League with nine assists and tallied three goals.
Game-Winning Goals for All
• Through 177 matches in program history, K-State has registered 47 victories. In those 47 wins, K-State has had 29 different players register a game-winning goal.
• Midfielder McKinnan Braswell recorded her first career game-winner with a header against Seattle on Aug. 13.
• Midfielder Anna Pagano recorded her first career goal and game-winner with a second half tally at Hawaii on Aug. 15.
• In the 2024 season, Allison Marshall added her name to the game-winner ledger. Marshall was credited with the game-winning goal against both Green Bay on Aug. 29 and South Dakota on Sept. 1. She was the first player in program history to register a game-winning goal in consecutive matches.
• Marshall is one of five Wildcats in program history to record two or more game-winning goals in a season.
• On the current roster, four Wildcats own at least one game-winning goal: Marshall (2), Rilyn Rintoul, Braswell and Pagano.
Happy Helpers
• K-State has opened the 2026 season with three assists (1.5 apg).
• With her assist at Hawaii, McKinnan Braswell became the 10th player in program history with five or more career assists.
• The Wildcats helped each other out in the 2025 season. K-State handed out 22 assists (1.22 apg) on its 23 goals.
• The 22 assists and 1.22 assists per game last season set the school records. The Wildcats had 11 assists in Big 12 action, which was a school record in league play.
• The 2025 season was the second season in program history with 20 or more assists.
Working Out of the Corners
• K-State added extra offensive chances this season by collecting corner kicks.
• The Wildcats carded a 9-0 advantage in corner kicks at Hawaii and has a 13-6 edge in corner kicks this season.
• A season ago, K-State recorded 103 corner kicks (5.72 ckpg). K-State's 103 corner kicks in the 2025 season was a new school record for a season, while its corner kicks per game mark of 5.72 set a new school record for a season.
• This was the first season in program history with 100 or more corner kicks attempted. This was also the first season K-State attempted more corner kicks than its opponents (103-80).
• K-State held the advantage in corner kicks in 10 of 18 matches last season (5-2-3).
• Against Portland State on August 17, the Wildcats registered a season-high 11 corner kicks.
Marshall Plan
• Junior forward Allison Marshall is climbing the K-State career lists for goals and points.
• In her career, Marshall owns seven goals and four assists for 18 points. She owns a career shots on goal percentage of .558 (24-of-43).
• She is tied for fourth in program history for career goals scored, ranks fifth for career points (18), ranks second for career points per game (0.55), is tied for fourth in school history for career game-winning goals (2) and is tied for 10th for career shots on goal (24). She was the eighth player in school history with five or more goals scored in a career.
• In the 2026 season, the product of Omaha, Nebraska, owns a goal with three shots, including two on goal.
• Marshall registered career season-highs in 2025 with four goals and tied her career-high with two assists, including an indirect kick goal at UMass Lowell on Aug. 28 and her first career penalty kick attempt and goal against Colorado College on Sept. 11. She also notched a career season-high 31 shots with a career-best 17 on goal.
Riled Up Rintoul
• After a successful return in 2025, senior forward Rilyn Rintoul started the 2026 season on the right foot.
• Against Seattle U., in the season-opener on Aug. 13, she tallied an assist on the eventual game-winner and added a goal of her own for a three-point afternoon.
• In her career, Rintoul is tied for ninth in program history for career goals scored (5). She ranks eighth in program history for career goals per game (0.14) and career points per game (0.34).
• In the 2025 season, Rintoul returned from a season-ending injury in 2024 to tally a career-high four goals and an assist. She also notched a career-best 23 shots with 11 on goal. She is tied for second in school history for goals in a junior season and ranked third for points in a junior season (9). Her 11 shots on goal ranks fourth in a junior season.
• Rintoul was the eighth player in program history to score two or more goals in Big 12 play and the third in the 2025 season (Andra Mohler and Hannah Palmer).
Braswell Playing Well
• Senior midfielder McKinnan Braswell has been a potent distributor in her first season with the Wildcats.
• The native of North Richland Hills, Texas, has handed out five assists during her time in Manhattan. She ranks tied for sixth in program history for career assists and holds the school record for assists per game (0.25 apg).
• Braswell dished out an assist on the eventual game-winning goal at Hawaii on Aug. 15. Earlier in the weekend, she tallied the game-winning goal against Seattle U., on Aug. 13.
• Last season, Braswell tied for the team lead for assists with four.
• With her four assists this season, Braswell is tied for third in program history for assists in a season.
• At UMass Lowell on Aug. 28, Braswell handed out a career-high two assists.
• Braswell added to her stat ledger against West Virginia on Oct. 19, as she carded her first K-State goal. She was fourth on the squad in total shots (27). Her assists and total shots were new career-highs for a single season.
Walrod on the Wall
• Senior defender Reece Walrod has been a mainstay along the defensive backline for the Wildcats over the last two-plus seasons.
• Walrod has started 43 consecutive matches on the backline dating back to Oct. 5, 2023, against Houston.
• In her career, Walrod has played 3,963 minutes in 51 career matches (74.8 mpg). She ranks ninth in program history for career minutes played.
• In the 2026 season, Walrod has played 180 minutes (90.0 mpg) and earned TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week honors on Aug. 18, for her performance in the opening weekend.
• Against Seattle U., Walrod anchored a K-State defense that registered its second straight season-opening shutout and its 10th in the last 19 matches. She helped prevent Seattle from attempting a shot on goal for the final 44:40 of the match and didn't allow a single shot attempt for the final 37:57 of game action.
• At Hawaii, Walrod carded another 90 minutes of action and helped the K-State defense limit Hawaii to two total shots for the final 69 minutes of the match.
• Walrod has played 90 minutes in 29 career matches including 21 straight matches and 26 of the last 27 matches.
• Last season, Walrod was the only field player in the Big 12 to play every minute of every match this season. She became the first K-State field player to achieve the feat.
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