Soccer

Two freshmen score, Jayhawks triumph in Lie’s debut

It was a night of firsts for the Kansas soccer team on Thursday, as freshmen Jillian Gregorski and Shea Ryan each scored in their collegiate debut and the Jayhawks took down South Dakota State 2-1 in the season opener under new coach Nate Lie. KU goalie Sophie Dawe stopped all four shots on ...

Recruiting to play important part in success for KU soccer under new coach

KU soccer coach Nate Lie had a lot of work to do when taking over the job in December. Following a four-win season, Lie added nine players between the transfer portal and high school recruitment, bringing the total number of newcomers to the Jayhawks to 15. Six of the 11 freshmen in this ...

KU soccer will kick off fall sports with road exhibition

The year in Kansas sports begins unofficially on Sunday, and that may be a little early from the perspective of the team for which it is beginning. Within a week of getting all his players on campus for the first time — a group that includes 11 freshmen and three more transfers who will be ...

KU luminary Salazar in Colombian squad for Olympics

Kansas Athletics Hall of Famer Liana Salazar is competing with the Colombian national women’s soccer team in Paris, the third time she has participated in an Olympic Games. Salazar did not play for Colombia in its first game of this year's competition, a 3-2 loss to France on Thursday, but ...

KU soccer continues adaptation process, completes first spring under Lie

Nate Lie came into his first spring as Kansas head soccer coach needing to get acquainted with a new school and a new set of players for the first time since he took over at Xavier in 2017. The players weren’t new to each other, though, nor new to college soccer. Even after the retirement ...

KU soccer announces schedule

Fresh off wrapping up its spring slate at Minnesota on Sunday, the Kansas soccer team turned its focus to the fall and released its 2024 schedule Wednesday morning. It will be the Jayhawks' first season under new head coach Nate Lie, who came to KU from Xavier in the offseason. Mark Francis ...

Big 12’s announcement moves tournament closer to home for KU soccer

When Nate Lie first got introduced as the Kansas soccer coach in December, he expressed not only an admiration for Kansas City’s role in the current soccer landscape but an optimism for its future prospects. “We are in the soccer capital of America, or maybe 45 minutes down the road from ...

Year in review, Part 3: A look ahead to 2024

The year 2023 featured a conference championship in men’s basketball, a Women’s National Invitation Tournament title in women’s basketball, broken records in women’s golf, a football bowl victory and plenty more. What will 2024 have in store? As usual, the Kansas athletic department ...