BYU faces Kansas for final regular season home game

BYU will honor senior Mackenzee Vance ahead of Thursday's match.

BYU faces Kansas for final regular season home gameBYU faces Kansas for final regular season home game
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PROVO, Utah —The BYU women’s soccer team will face Kansas in its final home game of the regular season Thursday evening on South Field. 

BYU vs. Kansas

THE COUGARS. BYU women’s soccer (8-4-3, 3-3-2 Big 12) played then-No. 21 Colorado on South Field Monday evening, battling to a 2-2 draw. All four goals came in the first half of the match. BYU’s Ellie Walbruch scored her 10th goal of the season, followed by true freshman Mia Goettsche’s fourth of the year. Mika Krommenhoek, Camryn Jorgensen and Lucy Kesler added assists on the night. After goalkeeper Paiton Collins went down with an injury in the second half, Utah transfer Chelsea Peterson played her first minutes at BYU. She tallied her first two saves as a Cougar to hold the Buffs scoreless through the second half. 

THE JAYHAWKS. Kansas (10-3-3, 4-3-1 Big 12) last played Cincinnati on Sunday, Oct. 19 and beat the Bearcats, 1-0. The Jayhawks are just above the Cougars in the Big 12 standings, sitting at seventh in the conference. Their top goal-scorer this season, Lexi Watts, tallied the Jayhawks' lone goal Sunday afternoon. Kansas now has its first 10-win regular season since 2019.

COUGARS VS. JAYHAWKS. BYU and Kansas have faced off six times previously, and the Cougars lead the series 4-1-1. The teams met last year and fought to a 2-2 draw at Rock Chalk Park. Current BYU senior Mackenzee Vance scored in last year’s matchup with the Jayhawks.