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No. 8 Kansas dropped its first match at home of the 2020 season as No. 5 TCU combined a dominant defense with an aggressive offense and won 2-0 Thursday evening at Rock Chalk Park.

No. 8 Kansas (4-1-0) soccer will face its second-straight top-10 foe when No. 5 TCU (4-0-1) comes to Rock Chalk Park on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. (CT). The match will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and will be Kansas soccer’s ‘Salute to Service and Front-line COVID Workers’ contest.

Senior Ceri Holland scored the lone goal in No. 10 KU’s 1-0 win against No. 8 OSU on Oct. 16 and on Tuesday was named to the Topdrawersoccer.com (TDS) national team of the week for her efforts. Also, on Tuesday, Holland was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week while junior Sarah Peters was the was the Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week.

No. 10 Kansas battled No. 8 Oklahoma State in front of fans for the first time this season at Rock Chalk Park on Friday evening.

Mark Francis’ love of soccer has taken him halfway around the world to Lawrence, where he’s transformed the Jayhawk program into one of nation’s best. That rise has included the program’s first Big 12 Tournament Championship title in 2019 and a Top-10 national ranking this season.

No. 10 Kansas (3-1-0) soccer returns home to Rock Chalk Park to host No. 8 Oklahoma State (3-1-1) Friday, Oct. 16. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. (CT) on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. For fans, capacity will be 400 and tickets are available at KUAthletics. The game will also be KU's annual ‘Jayhawks for a Cure’ contest supporting breast cancer awareness month.

No. 5 Kansas soccer lost its first match of the season as Baylor defeated KU, 2-0, at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field Friday evening. Baylor scored a goal in each half.

Kansas senior Mandi Duggan scored the lone goal of the contest in the 60th  minute to lead KU to a 1-0 win at Kansas State in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown Friday night in Manhattan.

No. 6 Kansas plays its second road game of the season when travels west 74 miles to Manhattan, Kansas, to play Kansas State Friday, Oct. 2, in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. Kickoff from Buser Family Park is slated for 7 p.m. (CT) on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

Freshman Kate Dreyer is the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, while senior Kathryn Castro is listed on TopDrawerSoccer.com (TDS) National Team of the Week and junior Sarah Peters is a TDS Team of the Week Honorable Mention selection.