MANHATTAN, Kan. – Iowa State (6-10-1, 3-6 Big 12) downed Kansas State (3-11-3, 1-7-1 Big 12) by a score of 2-1 on Sunday afternoon, as Salomé Prat notched her second brace in the past four matches.

The win vaults Iowa State into eleventh place in the Big 12 standings, just one point behind Cincinnati for tenth as they enter the final game of conference play.

Iowa State’s six wins are the most under head coach Matt Fannon in a single season and are the most by any ISU team since 2016, when the team earned 12 wins. The Cyclones’ three conference wins are also the most since 2016, when the team tallied three.

With both teams entering the match needing to secure points for a potential conference tournament berth, the match started with an early statement from the Wildcats, who scored in the seventh minute. K-State’s Jo Sees used a Riley Baker assist to give Kansas State a 1-0 lead.

The Wildcats kept up the pressure the majority of the half, outshooting the Cyclones 6-3 before Prat converted off a perfect Mira Emma feed in the 35th minute, which she would bury in the middle left of the net to tie the match at one apiece.

K-State tried to regain momentum heading into the break, but a Gillahan save and two off-target shots from the Wildcats kept the score knotted at the half.

In total, K-State outshot ISU 9-4 in the first stanza, but Gillahan’s four saves kept ISU in business.

Not even 15 minutes into the second half, Prat gave the Cyclones the advantage, recording her second score, notching her second brace of the season, off a free kick that was played to her by both Chloe Broughton and Lauren Hernandez.

Prat’s pair of scores pushes her into the team lead for points on the year with 15, just surpassing Emma, who has 14. Prat’s seven goals have her on the brink of cracking the top ten goal-scorers in program history. Prat now has two game-winning goals on the season, tying Emma for the team lead.

Iowa State’s defense would buckle down from there, not conceding anything as Gillahan finished the match with six saves. Iowa State went on to win its second straight match, sweeping the Sunflower State schools.

Prat led the team with four shots while Emma was the lone other Cyclone to have more than one on the afternoon. Broughton, Hernandez, Hanna Reid, Olivia Edwards, Abigail Miller and Gillahan all played the entire 90 today.