Soccer

KU soccer suffers home loss to West Virginia, 1-0

Kansas coach Mark Francis called Sunday's match against West Virginia "like so many of the other games in the conference that we have played" in a postgame press release. Indeed, the Jayhawks went back and forth with the Mountaineers in a fairly even run of play, much as they have in the ...

KU soccer takes fourth straight loss, 1-0 at Iowa State

For the second match in a row, Kansas dramatically outshot its opponent, but dropped a tight Big 12 Conference contest 1-0. The Jayhawks fell on the road to Iowa State despite amassing 22 shots, including nine on target, to the Cyclones' 12 total, and taking 10 corner kicks on the night. As ...

KU soccer falls to new conference foe Houston at home Sunday

The Houston Cougars picked up their first road conference win since joining the Big 12 this season, and Kansas found itself the unlucky team on the other end of the result. KU more than tripled Houston's total number of shots Sunday at Rock Chalk Park, with sophomore Maree Shinkle's five shots ...

KU soccer still looking for first league win after loss to No. 23 TCU

The Kansas soccer team managed just one unsuccessful shot in the first half Thursday night and TCU countered with one goal, and that margin held for the rest of the match despite an offensive uptick from the Jayhawks. KU fell 1-0 on the road Thursday night to drop to 3-5-6 (0-4-3 in Big 12 ...

36 combined shots yield zero goals as KU soccer draws against Baylor

Kansas goalkeeper Melania Pasar stopped seven shots and her Baylor counterpart Ashlee Zirkel saved five as the Jayhawks and Bears played to a scoreless draw in Lawrence on Thursday night. KU was able to earn a point in its first home Big 12 Conference match of the season following a lengthy ...

Tough loss to UCF concludes KU soccer’s road trip

The Kansas soccer team played what head coach Mark Francis called "hands down our best game of the year on both sides of the ball," but fell short in a 1-0 loss at UCF Sunday night when the Knights' Katie Bradley converted a penalty kick in the 84th minute. "The game is cruel sometimes," ...

KU soccer sustains road loss at Oklahoma State

The Kansas defense left too much space in the box for Oklahoma State's Logan Heausler to head in an Alex Morris cross just a minute and a half into Thursday night's game in Stillwater, and that was all the Cowgirls needed to earn a 1-0 victory. KU (3-2-5, 0-1-1 Big 12) sustained its first loss ...

KU soccer rallies for road draw at Oklahoma

After going down two goals to Oklahoma in a dire first half to open Big 12 Conference play, the Kansas soccer team converted its only two shots on target in the second period. That included a close-range header by Olivia Page in the 85th minute for her first career goal, which sealed a 2-2 ...