Women's Soccer | 10/27/2026 1:00:00 PM

Match 18
Emporia State Hornets (7-5-5, 4-3-4 MIAA)
vs. Rogers State Hillcats (5-8-3, 3-7-1 MIAA)
Wednesday, October 28 • 1:00 p.m. • Emporia, Kan. • ESU Pitch
Series History: ESU leads 3-0-3 • Last Meeting: ESU 2, RSU 2 (10/17/25)
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WRAP IT UP VS ROGERS STATE
Emporia State will conclude the regular season on the ESU Pitch against Rogers State, as the Hornets are playing for seeding the MIAA Tournament.

LAST TIME VS THE HILLCATS
Emporia State hosted the Hillcats in 2025 as well, and the Hornets got two goals from Megan Kephart in the 49th and 63rd minutes to go ahead 2-0. Despite the advantage, the Hillcats responded with two goals in the final 25 minutes to force a 2-2 draw.

LAST TIME OUT
The Hornets traveled to the Show Me State for matchups with Northwest Missouri and Missouri Western. On Friday, the Bearcats scored a rebound goal in the first half that proved to be the difference in the match. On Sunday, Emporia State and Missouri Western scored within three minutes of each other in the middle of the first half as the match ended in a 1-1 tie. The Hornet goal was scored by Megan Kephart, her seventh of the season.

ABOUT THE COACHES
Jane Grimley-Gunn is in year three at Emporia State in 2026 and has a 22-18-12 record with the Hornets.
Alex Latorre is in his first year at Rogers State and has a 5-8-3 record with the Hillcats. Latorre also previously coached at York (NE) and Emmanuel (GA).

TOP GUNN
Jane Grimley-Gunn is in year two at the helm of Hornet Soccer and is 22-18-12. Grimley-Gunn spent the previous two seasons as the head coach for Missouri S&T's women's program. In 2023, the Miners had their longest unbeaten streak to start a season since 1997 and made a trip to the GLVC Tournament for the fourth time in school history. Prior to her time in Rolla, Grimley-Gunn was the associate head coach at her alma mater Goldey-Beacom College for four years. In those four seasons, the Lightning went 48-24-4. She was also named a recipient of the "30 under 30" award by the United Soccer Coaches in 2019. 

A LOOK AT THE HORNETS
Emporia State is 7-5-5 on the season with a 4-3-4 mark in the MIAA heading into the final match of the regular season. The Hornets currently have 16 points in the MIAA standings, currently placing them in a tie for sixth with Missouri Western after the two sides drew 1-1 on Sunday afternoon. Emporia State is averaging 1.76 goals per match and are led by Ella Favot and Megan Kephart as the two have eight and seven goals respectively this season. Favot has also added six assists as her 22 points are tied for the most in the MIAA this season. In addtion to Favot and Kephart, four more players have scored multiple goals on the season with Peyton Pipes and Avery Zimmerman scoring four and three on their own. 

SCOUTING THE HILLCATS
Rogers State is 5-8-3 this season with a 3-7-1 mark in the MIAA in what has proved to be an up and down campaign for the Hillcats. RSU, like the Hornets, traveled to take on Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri over the weekend and came away with one point. The Hillcats have 20 goals in their 16 matches, with Bella Holland and Khari Carreno doing the heavy lifting with eight and six goals respectively. 

SERIES HISTORY
Emporia State and Rogers State have met once each season since the 2019 campaign and the Hornets have won three meetings while the other three have ended in a draw.