K-State women’s basketball team will play Wisconsin in a baseball stadium next season
The Kansas State women’s basketball team is headed to the major leagues.
Next season, coach Jeff Mittie will take the Wildcats on the road for a neutral-court game against Wisconsin that promises to offer a setting unlike anything both teams have experienced before. The game will be played on Nov. 11 as part of the Aurora Health Care Brew City Battle inside American Family Field, which is home to the Milwaukee Brewers.
“We’re excited to play in such a unique venue,” Mittie said, “and challenge our team to an early road contest against a quality opponent.”
Diamonds and dugouts. Pitching mounds and backboards. Infields and nets. Will there be a seventh-inning stretch after the end of the third quarter?
No one knows exactly what to expect when Ayoka Lee, Serena Sundell and the rest of the K-State women’s basketball roster take the court in a MLB stadium against the Badgers next season. But it figures to be fun.
The Wildcats have been playing women’s basketball for 55 years, and they have never before played a game inside a baseball stadium.
There was previously talk of making K-State vs. Wisconsin a doubleheader that also featured games between their men’s basketball teams. Both sides talked about the idea, but K-State men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang said last month such a game “probably wasn’t going to happen” as he looks to rebuild the Wildcats in his first season in Manhattan.
The Brew City Battle will still feature a men’s basketball game, with Stanford taking on Wisconsin.
Tickets for both games will go on sale July 26. More information is available at brewcitybattle.com.
This story was originally published June 14, 2022 at 11:53 AM.