Thursday, August 20
Manhattan, Kan.
5:00 p.m.
Missouri State University
at
Kansas State
Women’s Soccer Meets K-State for First Time Since 2018
August 18, 2026 | Women's Soccer
| Missouri State (0-1-0) at Kansas State (2-0-0) | |
| Location | Manhattan, Kan. |
| Site | Buser Family Park |
| Game Info | Thursday, Aug. 20, 5:00 p.m. vs. Kansas State TV: ESPN+ ESPN+ | Live Stats |
| Missouri State | Game Notes Women's Soccer Home Page |
| Kansas State | Women's Soccer Home Page |
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On the Pitch
- Missouri State hits the road for the first time during the 2026 regular season Thursday, traveling to Manhattan, Kan., to face Kansas State at 5 p.m.
- Missouri State enters Thursday looking to bounce back from a 7-0 loss to No. 15 Kansas in its season opener Sunday.
- Kansas State enters the matchup 2-0 after opening its season with a 4-0 victory over Seattle U and a 3-1 win over Hawaii at the Outrigger Soccer Kickoff.
- The Wildcats scored seven goals during their opening weekend, the most by the program through its first two matches of a season.
- Kansas State is coming off the first winning season in program history after finishing 7-6-5 in 2025 and setting 49 school records during Colleen Corbin's first season as head coach.
- Thursday marks the third all-time meeting between the Bears and Wildcats and the first since 2018. Missouri State owns a 2-0 advantage in the series.
- The Bears have not allowed a goal in the series, earning a 2-0 victory in Springfield in 2016 before shutting out K-State, 1-0, in Manhattan in 2018.
- In the last meeting, Brittney Robinson scored the game-winning goal in the 63rd minute as Missouri State earned its first road victory over the Wildcats.
- Five players on Missouri State's roster hail from the state of Kansas, including Joree Houdeshell and Anisten Cabantac from Olathe and Maggie O'Keefe, Kyra Berman and Jane Hansen from Overland Park.
- Senior defender Lily Patterson will face her former program Thursday after transferring to Missouri State from Kansas State.
- Thursday is the second of five non-conference matchups against Power Four opponents for Missouri State this season, with Missouri, Iowa State and Iowa still ahead on the schedule.
- Missouri State has reached a conference tournament championship match in three of the last four seasons, winning Missouri Valley Conference titles in 2022 and 2024 before advancing to the Conference USA final in 2025.
- Missouri State was picked second in the 2026 Conference USA Preseason Coaches' Poll after reaching the league championship match in its first season as a CUSA member.
- Ellie Neath enters her sophomore season after scoring in both Missouri State's CUSA quarterfinal and semifinal victories during last year's tournament run.
- Maggie O'Keefe returns as one of Missouri State's top offensive threats from 2025 after recording three goals and one assist for seven points, including one game-winning goal.
- Head coach Kirk Nelson is in his fifth season leading the program after guiding the Bears to a 44-24-14 overall record, 25-5-8 conference mark and 41 shutouts over his first four seasons.
- Following Thursday's match, Missouri State returns to Springfield for three consecutive home matches, beginning Sunday against Missouri at 3 p.m.
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