After taking Kansas to a Big 12 tournament title and a Sweet 16 appearance in his first two seasons at the helm, head soccer coach Nate Lie has signed a contract extension. Athletic director Travis Goff announced the new contract in a press release on Tuesday morning. It is a five-year deal, ...
Lawrence will welcome the Algerian men's national soccer team, serving as its official base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Lawrence 2026 announced in a press release Thursday that the North African team will use Lawrence as its home base for the World Cup. The Algerian national team will ...
A new year and the start of the spring semester bring a variety of fresh opportunities for athletes across Kansas’ 16 varsity sports teams. Below are some of the athletes who will have chances to seize the spotlight over the course of 2026. As usual, the only criteria for these selections ...
From dog food to pocketknives and everything in between, University of Kansas players and coaches held forth on a variety of subjects over the course of 2025. The Journal-World’s KU sports coverage captured what the Jayhawks had to say at their highest and lowest moments. Here are some of ...
It’s difficult to distill an entire year of college sports action into a single cohesive story, but the year 2025 in Kansas Athletics certainly saw many of KU’s recent coaching hires begin to bear fruit. Dan Fitzgerald (baseball), Lindsay Kuhle (women’s golf), Nate Lie (soccer) and Matt ...
A memorable season for the Kansas soccer team fell short of history, as the third-seeded Jayhawks lost 2-0 at No. 2 seed Duke on Sunday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium. In just the second season at the helm for head coach Nate Lie, KU had become the third team in school history to reach the ...
A dominant second-half performance eventually paid dividends for the Kansas soccer team in the final minutes on Thursday afternoon, as Jillian Gregorski and Lexi Watts’ late goals lifted No. 3 seed KU to a 3-1 victory over No. 6 Louisville at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The ...
