Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics
MANHATTAN, Kansas – Kansas State soccer, entering its eighth season in 2023, will play a 20-match schedule including two exhibition matches and a 10-match Big 12 slate. Among the 20 matches, K-State will play 10 matches at Buser Family Park including a Sunday afternoon visit from Nebraska on September 3.
Season tickets for the 2023 season go on sale on July 10. To purchase tickets, fans can call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets.
K-State opens its 2023 schedule with a pair of exhibition matches. The Wildcats begin its exhibition slate at Missouri State on Saturday, August 5, at 12 p.m. K-State concludes the exhibition matches with a trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to face Arkansas on Monday, August 7, at 12 p.m.
Kansas State begins its 2023 non-conference schedule with a two-match road trip in the opening weekend of the season. The Wildcats will make their first trip to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to face Horizon League member Green Bay at 3 p.m., on Thursday, August 17. This will be the first meeting between the schools.
The Wildcats cap the first weekend of the season with a match at Northwestern on Sunday, August 20, at 1 p.m. Northwestern won the first meeting between the schools last season in Manhattan, 2-1, in the 2022 season-opener.
K-State will begin its 2023 home schedule on Thursday, August 24, as the Wildcats host UTSA at 7 p.m. This will be the second meeting between the schools, as the Roadrunners captured a 2-1 win in San Antonio last season.
The first home weekend of the season concludes on Sunday, August 27, as K-State hosts Creighton at 1 p.m. The Blue Jays lead the series with the Wildcats, 2-0-1. This will be the second time the schools have played each other in Manhattan.
The Wildcats will make its second-ever trip to an SEC opponent, as the Wildcats travel to Nashville, Tennessee, to face Vanderbilt on Thursday, August 31, at 7 p.m. This will be the first meeting between the schools.
Kansas State returns to Buser Family Park to begin a four-match home stand by facing Nebraska on Sunday, September 3, at 1 p.m. This will be the first regular season meeting between the schools.
K-State wraps its non-conference schedule with visits from Memphis on Thursday, September 7 and Oral Roberts on Sunday, September 10, at 1 p.m.
Kansas State starts its 10-match Big 12 schedule and concludes it four-match home stand on Thursday, September 14, at 7 p.m., as the Wildcats host Cincinnati, one of four new members of the Big 12 in 2023-24.
K-State starts a three-match road trip with a swing through the state of Oklahoma. The Wildcats visit Norman, Oklahoma, to face the Sooners on Thursday, September 21 at 7 p.m., and completes the weekend at Oklahoma State on Sunday, September 24, at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats will end its three-match road trip with a stop in Fort Worth, Texas, to face TCU on Thursday, September 28 at 7 p.m.
K-State will play four of its next five matches at Buser Family Park, as the Wildcats host Baylor on Sunday, October 1, at 1 p.m. The Wildcats will then host new league member Houston on October 5, at 7 p.m.
Kansas State will make its first trip to Provo, Utah, as the Wildcats will visit new league member BYU on Monday, October 9 at 5 p.m. (CT).
The Wildcats will conclude its 2023 home schedule, as K-State hosts West Virginia on Thursday, October 12 at 7 p.m., and complete the weekend with a visit from Iowa State on Sunday, October 15, at 1 p.m.
The 2023 regular season schedule concludes with the Dillons Sunflower Showdown at rival Kansas at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence on Monday, October 23, at 7 p.m.
The 2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship opens with first round matches on Saturday, October 28, while the quarterfinals are set for Monday, October 30, the semifinals will be contested on Wednesday, November 1 and the championship is scheduled for Saturday, November 4. This year's Championship will be held at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas.
K-State concluded its seventh season of action in 2022 by tying the school record for wins in a season with six and playing in its first Big 12 Championship.