Mavericks Fall To K-State, 1-0

Sunday, August 22

Manhattan, Kan.

1 p.m.

Omaha

1-1-0, 0-0-0

Kansas State

1-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Omaha	0	0	0
Kansas St.	1	0	1

Avarie Howard, Meg Nemnich, and Regan Zimmers tallied shots on goal for Omaha.

Mavericks Fall To K-State, 1-0

Aug 22, 2021 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. - The Mavericks dropped their first match of the 2021 season at Kansas State. The Wildcats netted the game winner seven minutes in to escape with a 1-0 win on Sunday.

Omaha falls to 1-1-0 on the year.

How It Happened

K-State put the pressure on early forcing an Omaha save just four minutes into action. It didn't take long for the Wildcats to connect again with a shot by Marissa Weichel in the 7th minute. She sent the ball low left past Mia Reetz Rehde Olesen giving the Wildcats a 1-0 edge.
In the 22nd minute, Avarie Howard looked to knot the match with Omaha's first shot on target but K-State made the stop in goal.
Weichel and Riley Baker fired off shots within 40 seconds of each other forcing back-to-back saves by Reetz, while Brookelynn Entz forced a save in the 42nd minute.
Reetz was handed a red card in the 44th minute for an intentional hand ball putting the Mavericks down a man for the second half. Wildcats led 1-0 at the break.
Despite an advantage for K-State, the Wildcats didn't tally their first shot on goal of the half until the 90th minute. Rachel Thigpen tallied her first save as a Maverick.

Inside the Box Score

Howard, Regan Zimmers, and Meg Nemnich each tallied a shot on goal for Omaha.
Zimmers led the Mavericks with two total shots in the match.
Nemnich, Howard, Laurin Mertz, Andrea Daves, and Grace Ostergaard each tallied one shot.
Reetz made four stops in goal before her card. She falls to 1-1-0 on the year.
Thigpen stepped in goal for Omaha making her first appearance as a Maverick. She faced nine shots in 47 minutes of action and tallied one save.