2023-10-24 02:43:15
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LAWRENCE, Kansas – K-State concluded its 2023 season with the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Monday night at Rock Chalk Park. Kansas held serve at its home grounds with a 2-1 victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
– Kansas (4-8-6, 1-7-2) went on top in the 10th minute on a give and go inside the Wildcat 18-yard box and finished by Raena Childers.
– K-State (3-12-3, 1-8-1 Big 12) registered a threat in the 63rd minute to equalize. Sophomore Andra Mohler booted a left-footed shot from inside the Kansas 18-yard box but was caught on the fly by Jayhawk goalkeeper Melania Pasar.
– The Jayhawks picked up an insurance goal in the 76th minute, as Jocelyn Herrema scored into the left netting from the right top corner of the Wildcat 18-yard box.
– With just 10 seconds remaining in the match, sophomore Khaliana Garrett unleashed a rocket from 30 yards and found the upper right corner to bring the Wildcats within one goal, 2-1.
– Garrett’s goal, the first of her career, is the second-latest regulation goal in program history and the fourth latest overall.
– K-State registered an 8-7 edge in corner kicks, while Kansas held an 18-9 advantage in total shots including a 9-2 lead in shots on goal.
QUICK FACTS
– Kansas leads the series, 5-2-2. The Wildcats are 2-2-1 in matches played against the Jayhawks in Lawrence.
– K-State ended the 2023 road slate with a 1-6-1 record, going winless in its final seven road matches. In its eight seasons, the Wildcats are 13-46-11 in road matches. K-State is 22-41-8 in matches played in the state of Kansas.
– The Wildcats are 9-54-6 in Big 12 matches.
– Dibbini owns an overall career record of 300-164-49. At K-State, Dibbini is 35-86-18 in eight seasons as the only head coach in K-State history.
PLAYER NOTES
– Sophomore goalkeeper Murphy Sheaff collected five or more saves in eight matches this season, as she hauled in seven saves on Monday night.
– For the season, Sheaff faced the second-most shots in program history with 291 and the most since Miranda Larkin stood in frame against a school record 314 shots in 2016.
– Sheaff settled into fourth in school history for goalie minutes in a season with 1:590:29. She is the fourth K-State goalkeeper to record 1,500 or more minutes in frame in a season. Her 1,590 minutes of action this season ranks eighth in school history for minutes played in a season.
– Sophomore Jazmin Brown moved into fifth in school history for minutes played in a season with 1,616.
– With her start on Monday, junior Kenzi Gillispie is tied for third in school history for career starts with 55, joining former teammate Bailey Nemechek (2018-22; 55). Gillispie has started every match of her career and owns the longest active consecutive start streak on the 2023 roster.
– With her 89 minutes played on Monday, Gillispie remained in third in program history for career minutes played with 4,684. Her 1,601 minutes played this season ranks seventh in school history for a single season.
– Senior Maddie Weichel played in her 69th career match on Monday. She moves into third in school history for career matches played. With her 51st career start, Weichel is sixth in school history for career matches started.
– Garrett made her first career start on Monday.
FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Mike Dibbini
On the match overall…
“I thought in the first half going into the wind, we did some nice things and increasing our chances. They executed early and they did a nice job of scoring early on. But after that goal, I felt like we settled a little bit more into the match where it gave us some opportunities and we felt like we were in the game still. So I thought we played hard. I thought we played well enough to win the game. We made a couple of mistakes that allowed them to score goals, but I thought the run of play and as far as the total game was concerned it was a pretty even match.”
On Khaliana Garrett’s performance…
“She’s got a strong mind and she’s not a quitter. I’m so extremely proud of her and the adversity that she’s gone through. She has the potential to be a very special player if she continues to do what she did tonight. She was a bright spot for us tonight.”
On corner kicks…
“We emphasized if you can’t get a shot off or get us a bit service, can you get us a corner kick and that’s why you saw a little bit more in our corner kicks. We had a lot of opportunities. They defended it well. They defended our targets in the box really well. Our team had a lot of heart tonight and credit them for fighting through the adversity they had to go through.”
On the 2023 season as a whole…
“They (the underclassmen) gained some quality minutes. There was a lot of growth and development, some valuable minutes to help them as we continue to move forward. It’s a bright, young future. We feel very good about the direction we’re going. We need to continue to spend more time together and develop some more chemistry on and off the field and I know we’re in a good situation here.”
CLOSE
K-State completed the eighth season in program history with a 3-12-3 overall record and a 1-8-1 mark in Big 12 play.
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