Kent State Soccer Shows Valiant Effort In 3-1 Loss To No. 12 Kansas

Sunday, August 23

Kent, Ohio

1:00 PM

Kent State University

1-2-1, 0-0-0

Kansas

3-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Kansas	0	3	3
Kent St.	0	1	1

Kent State Soccer Shows Valiant Effort In 3-1 Loss To No. 12 Kansas

8/23/2026 4:14:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

KENT, Ohio – The Kent State Soccer team welcomed in their toughest test of the season on Sunday afternoon when the No. 12 Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 came to town for a non-conference matchup.

The Flashes defense came to play in the first 75 minutes of the game, holding KU to no goals. Kansas then scored three goals in a five-minute span and KSU scored in the final three minutes to bring the final score to 3-1 in favor of the Jayhawks.

In that five-minute span, Jillian Gregorski put two in the back of the net in less than two minutes of play with assists from Livvy Moore and Caroline Castans. Castans then put the ball in the back of the net herself three minutes later to put KU up 3-0.

However, Kent State would not go away lightly as Samantha Miller put up the only two shots on target for the Flashes in the game in a one-minute span and capitalized on the second to bring the score to 3-1 where it would remain as the final.

The Jayhawks were able to put up 17 shots with 11 of them coming in the second half, while nine of those 17 shots were on target. Kansas also controlled corner kicks as they led that tally 14-0. Junior Emma Klein was strong in goal all game as she managed to save six shots with three in each half.

Up Next

The Golden Flashes will now get a week to prepare for their next non-conference test when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on Duquesne of the Atlantic 10. First kick is set for 1 P.M. on Sunday.

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