(6) Kansas (2-0-0) at K-State (0-2-0)
Friday, October 2, 2020 | 7 p.m.
Manhattan, Kan. | Buser Family Park
TV
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Oscar Montenegro
Sideline: Adam Cook
Radio
101.5 KROCK & free at kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Mitch Fortner
Promotion
Unity Game
Tickets
Single match tickets available for purchase on Thursday morning at 8 a.m., at (800) 221-CATS or by visiting kstatesports.com; Tickets also available at the Buser Family Park ticket booth
Series History
Kansas leads, 2-1-0
Last meeting: October 18, 2019; Kansas won, 3-0, in Lawrence
Last K-State win: October 6, 2017, 1-0, in Lawrence
MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State returns to action on Friday, October 2, as the Wildcats host (6) Kansas at 7 p.m., in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown.
• Seating at Buser Family Park will be limited to 25 percent capacity and fans are asked to sit general admission-style and socially distanced from the other pods of fans.
• In accordance with City of Manhattan ordinance and Kansas State University policy, fans must wear face coverings over their mouths and noses in order to enter Buser Family Park and continue wearing them inside the stadium. Fans with a medical condition, mental health condition, deaf or hard of hearing or have a disability that prevents them from wearing a face covering will be required to wear a face shield as a reasonable modification. Children 5 and under are not required to wear a face covering. Fans should provide their own face coverings.
• Friday night's match will be available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Oscar Montenegro (analyst) and Adam Cook (sideline) will have the call. The match will also be available on 101.5 KROCK in Manhattan and for free at kstatesports.com, as Mitch Fortner will call the action.
Last Time Out
• K-State's last action was September 18 at West Virginia, as the Mountaineers responded to a 1-0 deficit with four unanswered goals to drop the Wildcats, 4-1.
• Kansas State's first goal of the season was scored by senior Brookelynn Entz in the seventh minute. After collecting a long ball from senior Shelby Lierz, Entz outmanuevered the West Virginia goalkeeper and scored from the doorstep.
• Freshman goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer made a career-high eight saves against the Mountaineers.
October Schedule Adjusted
• K-State's schedule in the month of October has been slightly adjusted from the original version.
• The Wildcats will host Oklahoma on Friday, October 16, however the match will be played at 5 p.m., instead of 7 p.m.
• For the weekend of October 22, K-State will now face Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Thursday, October 22, at 7 p.m., and then return to Buser Family Park to host TCU on Sunday, October 25, at 1 p.m.
• The K-State-TCU match was originally slated for Friday, September 25, but was postponed due to Big 12 match interuption procedures.
Purple Pitch
• K-State has played 32 home matches in its 71-game history, but have felt more comfortable at Buser Family Park.
• The Wildcats are 11-20-1 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 32 home matches, the Wildcats have been outscored by its opponents, 47-36 (-11).
• Overall in matches played within the Sunflower State, Kansas State owns a record of 12-21-1.
K-State vs. Ranked Opponents
• Kansas State has played 11 matches in its brief history against United Soccer Coaches ranked opponents.
• The Wildcats are 0-11-0 against ranked opponents. K-State has been outscored in those 11 matches, 26-4.
• Kansas State has played four ranked opponents in a season twice (2018 and 2019).
• K-State has faced four opponents ranked among the top-10 in the United Soccer Coaches poll: (9, West Virginia, Sept. 29, 2017; 9, Texas, Oct. 15, 2017; 9, Santa Clara, Aug. 30, 2018; 7, BYU, Sept. 21, 2019).
Seniors Bag Goals
• K-State played 34 matches in its history before a senior (Morgan Mauck) scored a goal in the 35th match on August 17, 2018, against Saint Louis.
• Since Mauck's tally against Saint Louis, K-State seniors have scored 15 of the Wildcats' last 29 goals.
• Brookelynn Entz became the latest senior to score a goal, as she scored K-State's first goal of the 2020 season at West Virginia.
• Entz's goal was the fifth scored by a senior in a K-State road match.
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