2017 Women s Soccer Notes Week 8

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1 2017 Women s Soccer Notes Week 8 Denver (5-7-1, Summit) at South Dakota (2-9-0, Summit) Friday, Ocotober 6, p.m. MT First Bank and Trust Soccer Complex (Vermillion, S.D.) #DU1NATION #DENvSD Facebook: DenverWomensSoccer THE MATCHUP Denver vs. South Dakota First Meeting: 2013 Overall: DU: 3-1-0, 7 goals; SD: 4 goals Division I: Same Summit: Same In Vermillion (DI Only): DU: 1-1-0, 5 goals; SD: 4 goals Previous Meetings: 10/20/13: South Dakota 0-4 Denver (Pappalardo 8, DiGiacomo 71, Garzelloni 73, Woo 79 ) 10/19/14: Denver 1-0 South Dakota (Garzelloni 90 ) 10/04/15: South Daktoa 4-1 Denver (S: Baker 5, Strang 61, 67, Bills 86 D: Norman 19 ) 10/09/16: Denver 1-0 South Dakota (Adler 38 ) NOTES PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Jessie Dancy netted her second brace of the 2017 season, and Hannah Bricker added a third goal as the Pioneers got their first win in Summit League play, a 3-0 result over North Dakota State on Sunday. Denver will play its first of three single-game weekends in league play this weekend when the Pioneers head to South Dakota. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. MT on Friday afternoon. DU will close out a three-game road trip next weekend when Denver heads to both Oral Roberts (Oct. 12/6 p.m.) and Omaha (Oct. 15/12 p.m.). HEAD COACH JEFF HOOKER Denver s Jeff Hooker is in his 26th season in charge of the women s program. Hooker coached his 500th women s match at DU on his 2016 regular season trip to Fargo. Hooker coached both the men s and the women s programs during the 1996 and 1997 seasons, making this officially his 28th season as a head coach at DU. DU s head man enters this match with a women s record, and a career record of The nine-time conference coach of the year will look for his 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in In league play in his career, Hooker is , including with the women s program. Among active head coaches, Hooker entered the 2017 season as the 26th winningest head coach by percentage (.690) and the 15th winningest coach by victories (327). In the overall NCAA record books heading into this season, Hooker is the 34th winningest head coach by victories (327). DANCY S RECORD SETTING PACE After just two goals in her first three seasons as a Pioneer, senior Jessie Dancy became the first player in DU women s soccer s Division I history to score five goals in the program s first six games of a regular season in Seven players scored four times in the first six matches in DU s DI history: Kristen Hamilton (2011 and 2013), Nicholette DiGiacomo (2013), Kaitlin Bast (2010), Kalie Vaughn (2010), Jenna Billingsley (2007), Jenni Harris (2003) and Molly George (2001). Dancy had six goals through nine matches, making her and sophomore Hannah Adler the first two players to score at least six goals in the first nine matches of a season since Kristen Hamilton scored seven in the first nine to start the 2013 campaign. Following her three-goal weekend in the opening weekend of Summit League play to earn Summit League Offensive Player of the Week honors, Dancy is now sitting on nine goals through her first 13 matches of the season, one of four players to do that since On that list, Dancy joins Tayrn Hemmings ( goals), Kaitlin Bast ( goals) and Kristen Hamilton ( goals) SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result 08/18 Air Force^ - Altitude W, 1-0 (a.e.t.) 08/20 vs. Colo. St. (Boulder, Colo.)^ W, 1-0 (a.e.t.) 08/25 UC Riverside - Altitude 2 T, 2-2 (a.e.t.) 08/27 Albany - Altitude W, /31 at CSU Bakersfield L, 2-1 (a.e.t.) 09/03 at San Diego L, /10 Gonzaga L, /16 Colorado^ L, /18 Cal State Fullerton - Altitude W, /21 at Cal Poly L, /24 at UC Santa Barbara L, /29 S.D. State # - Altitude 2 L, 2-1 (a.e.t.) 10/01 North Dakota State# W, /06 at South Dakota# 3 p.m. 10/12 at Oral Roberts# 6 p.m. 10/15 at Omaha# 12 p.m. 10/22 Western Illinois# 12 p.m. 10/27 at Fort Wayne# 5 p.m. Summit League Tournament (Fargo, N.D.) 11/02 Semifinals TBA 11/04 Final TBA NCAA Tournament 11/06 NCAA Selection Show (NCAA.com) TBA 11/11 First Round (Campus Sites) TBA 11/17 Second Round (Campus Sites) TBA 11/19 Third Round (Campus Sites) TBA 11/24 Quarterfinals (Campus Sites) TBA 12/01 Semifinals (Orlando, Fla.) TBA 12/03 Final (Orlando, Fla.) TBA # - Summit League Game ^ - Colorado Cup School Information Location...Denver, Colo. Enrollment... 11,614 Founded Nickname...Pioneers Colors...Crimson and Gold Conference...The Summit League Chancellor... Rebecca Chopp Athletics Director...Peg Bradley-Doppes Ticket Office Phone...(303) Team Information Home Field..Univ of Denver Soccer Stadium (1,915) 2016 Overall Record (5-2-1 Summit) Starter Returning/Lost...9/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...13/4 Newcomers...8 DU all-time record (34th Season) NCAA Appearances/Last...9/2013 Best NCAA Finish/Year...Sweet 16/2012 Head Coach...Jeff Hooker (UCLA 87) Record/Career (26th)/ (28th) Associate Head Coach... Kris Peat (N.C. State 88) Assistant Coach... Katie Hooker (Denver 03) Athletic Communications Asst Director (WSOC Contact)... Niko Blankenship Office/Cell Phone.(303) / (513) niko.blankenship@du.edu

2 2017 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (H.S./Previous School) Club Team 0 Ali Tobey Goalkeeper 5-8 FR Colorado Springs, Colo. (Palmer Ridge H.S.) Real Colorado 1 Brittany Wilson Goalkeeper 5-8 SO Littleton, Colo. (Columbine H.S.) Real Colorado/U.S. YNT 2 Brittney Lewis Defender 5-5 FR Centennial, Colo. (Smoky Hill H.S.) Colorado Storm 4 Hannah Bricker Defender 5-10 JR Fort Collins, Colo. (Fossil Ridge H.S.) Real Colorado 5 Kara Bean Defender 5-4 FR Savage, Minn. (Eden Prairie H.S.) Minnesota Thunder Academy 6 Cheyenne Shorts Defender 5-9 SO Denver, Colo. (Denver East H.S.) Colorado Storm 7 Malak Rafik Midfielder 5-4 FR Parker, Colo. (Chaparral H.S.) Real Colorado 8 Jessie Dancy Forward 5-9 SR Park City, Utah (Park City H.S.) Black Diamond Soccer Club 9 Makenzie Bothner Defender 5-6 SR Park City, Utah (Park City H.S.) Black Diamond Soccer Club 10 Taylor Parker Defender 5-4 FR Aurora, Colo. (Grandview H.S.) Colorado Storm 11 Heather Turcios Defender 5-4 SO Azusa, Calif. (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy) El Salvador Women s National Team 12 Courtney Coffey Midfielder 5-8 RS SO Grand Junction, Colo. (Fruita Monument H.S.) Colorado Storm 13 Mary DeWalt Forward 5-7 JR West Bend, Wisc. (Slinger H.S.) FC Wisconsin Eclipse 14 Leah Swander Forward 5-8 JR Grand Junction, Colo. (Grand Junction H.S.) Utah Avalanche 16 Macee Barlow Forward 5-6 FR Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde H.S.) Downtown Las Vegas SC/SC Del Sol 17 Maya Roston Midfielder 5-3 FR Newport Coast, Calif. (Sage H.S.) Slammers FC 19 Hannah Adler Midfielder 5-5 SO Oak Park, Calif. (Oak Park H.S.) Real So Cal 20 Riley Welch Midfielder 5-8 SR Littleton, Colo. (Thunder Ridge H.S.) Real Colorado 21 Meg Halvorson Midfielder 5-3 FR Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek H.S.) Colorado Storm 22 Angelica Pacheco Forward 5-3 SR Taos, N.M. (Taos H.S.) New Mexico Rush 24 Cristiana Behnken Defender 5-7 JR Ogden, Utah (St. Joseph Catholic H.S.) La Roca Premier ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Year Hometown (Previous School) Club Team 19 Hannah Adler Midfielder 5-5 SO Oak Park, Calif. (Oak Park H.S.) Real So Cal 16 Macee Barlow Forward 5-6 FR Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde H.S.) Downtown Las Vegas SC/SC Del Sol 5 Kara Bean Defender 5-4 FR Savage, Minn. (Eden Prairie H.S.) Minnesota Thunder Academy 24 Cristiana Behnken Defender 5-7 JR Ogden, Utah (St. Joseph Catholic H.S.) La Roca Premier 9 Makenzie Bothner Defender 5-6 SR Park City, Utah (Park City H.S.) Black Diamond Soccer Club 4 Hannah Bricker Defender 5-10 JR Fort Collins, Colo. (Fossil Ridge H.S.) Real Colorado 12 Courtney Coffey Midfielder 5-8 RS SO Grand Junction, Colo. (Fruita Monument H.S.) Colorado Storm 8 Jessie Dancy Forward 5-9 SR Park City, Utah (Park City H.S.) Black Diamond Soccer Club 13 Mary DeWalt Forward 5-7 JR West Bend, Wisc. (Slinger H.S.) FC Wisconsin Eclipse 21 Meg Halvorson Midfielder 5-3 FR Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek H.S.) Colorado Storm 2 Brittney Lewis Defender 5-5 FR Centennial, Colo. (Smoky Hill H.S.) Colorado Storm 22 Angelica Pacheco Forward 5-3 SR Taos, N.M. (Taos H.S.) New Mexico Rush 10 Taylor Parker Defender 5-4 FR Aurora, Colo. (Grandview H.S.) Colorado Storm 7 Malak Rafik Midfielder 5-4 FR Parker, Colo. (Chaparral H.S.) Real Colorado 17 Maya Roston Midfielder 5-3 FR Newport Coast, Calif. (Sage H.S.) Slammers FC 6 Cheyenne Shorts Defender 5-9 SO Denver, Colo. (Denver East H.S.) Colorado Storm 14 Leah Swander Forward 5-8 JR Grand Junction, Colo. (Grand Junction H.S.) Utah Avalanche 0 Ali Tobey Goalkeeper 5-8 FR Colorado Springs, Colo. (Palmer Ridge H.S.) Real Colorado 11 Heather Turcios Defender 5-4 SO Azusa, Calif. (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy) El Salvador Women s National Team 20 Riley Welch Midfielder 5-8 SR Littleton, Colo. (Thunder Ridge H.S.) Real Colorado 1 Brittany Wilson Goalkeeper 5-8 SO Littleton, Colo. (Columbine H.S.) Real Colorado/U.S. YNT Head Coach: Jeff Hooker (UCLA 87; 26th Season) Associate Head Coach: Kris Peat (North Carolina State 88; 10th Season) Assistant Coach: Katie Hooker (Denver 03; 14th Season) Pronunciations 7 - Malak Rafik - Ma-Lack Ra-Feek 11 - Heather Turcios - Tur-see-ohs 17 - Maya Roston - My-ah 21 - Meg Halvorson - Hal-Vuhr-Son 22 - Angelica Pacheco - awhn-hel-ica pah-cheh-ko 24 - Cristiana Behnken - Kris-tee-awnah Ben-kin ROSTER BY ELIGIBILITY Seniors (4): Bothner, Dancy, Pacheco, Welch Juniors (4): Behnken, Bricker, DeWalt, Swander Sophomores (5): Adler, Coffey, Shorts, Turcios, Wilson Freshmen (8): Barlow, Bean, Halvorson, Lewis, Parker, Rafik, Roston, Tobey Bold - Redshirt ROSTER BY STATE California (3) - Adler, Roston, Turcios Colorado (11) - Bricker, Coffey, Halvorson, Lewis, Parker, Rafik, Shorts, Swander, Tobey, Welch, Wilson Minnesota (1) - Bean Nevada (1) - Barlow New Mexico (1) - Pacheco Utah (3) - Behnken, Bothner, Dancy Wisconsin (1) - DeWalt ROSTER BY POSITION Goalkeepers (2) - Tobey, Wilson Defenders (8) - Bean, Behnken, Bothner, Bricker, Lewis, Parker, Shorts, Turcios Midfielders (6) - Adler, Coffey, Halvorson, Rafik, Roston, Welch Forwards (5) - Barlow, Dancy, DeWalt, Pacheco, Swander

3 OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN Senior outside back Makenzie Bothner and junior midfielder Mary DeWalt will serve as captains for the 2017 Pioneers. Bothner was named the 2016 Summit League Defensive Player of the Year, starting all 19 matches at outside back for the Crimson and Gold a year ago, playing all but 36 minutes. DeWalt has made 47 appearances in her career, scoring a goal and adding five assists. LEAGUE TITLES With the victory against Omaha on Oct. 30, 2016, Denver claimed a share of its eighth NCAA Division I regular season league conference title, and its second in the Summit League (2013)...The Pioneers won the regular season in their only year in the WAC (2012) and won five regular season titles in the Sun Belt (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010). The Pioneers have won eight league tournament titles in their Division I history and 2017 was their first since 2013 (Summit)...Denver won seven Sun Belt Conference Tournament Titles (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). THE TWO Cs 14 of Denver s 21 players are from either Colorado or California, including 11 from the state of Colorado. Of the two major club programs in the state of Colorado, Denver has five players from the Colorado Storm and five from Real Colorado. Three of Denver s five freshmen join the program from Colorado Storm in Brittney Lewis, Taylor Parker and Meg Halvorson. Sophomore centerback Cheyenne Shorts also played with the trio during their pre-collegiate days. Denver s Colorado Storm teammates will be featured on Altitude during halftime of the Altitude broadcast on Sept. 29. Denver s other seven players reside from Utah (3), Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and Wisconsin. THE 2017 CAMPAIGN Denver opened its 2017 campaign with wins at home against Air Force and in a neutral site match against Colorado State in Boulder. Both matches were 1-0 extra time wins for the Pioneers, the first time Denver had gone to extra time in its first two matches in its Division I history. Denver opened its season with three-straight matches and four of its first six in extra time. The Pioneers won their first two matches for the sixth time in their Division I history and the first time since 2013 (2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013). DU started the 2013 campaign winners of its first seven and went unbeaten in its first eight matches. Denver was unbeaten through four matches for the sixth time in its Division I history (2002, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2017). Hannah Adler, who led Denver in goals (4) and points (12) a season ago, already has 16 points (6G-4A) in 13 matches in 2017, including seven points Aug to earn Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week Honors. Senior Jessie Dancy leads the Pioneers with 19 points on nine goals and one assist. Dancy leads the Summit League in goals with nine, four more goals than the next closest opponent. Adler enters the second weekend of Summit League play second in the Golden Boot Race with six goals. The Denver sophomore is second in the league in assists with four. Freshman holding midfielder Brittney Lewis is tied for fourth in the league with three assists. Sophomore goalkeeer Brittany Wilson is tied for third in the league in saves with 40. Denver enters the weekend fourth in the Summit League table, but is one of just two teams (North Dakota State) to play two matches in the league s opening weekend. Thru games played last weekend, Jessie Dancy is ninth in the country in goals with nine and 22nd in the country in points with SUMMIT LEAGUE STANDINGS (THRU 10/1) League Overall Team Pts GP Record GF GA Pts GP Record GF GA South Dakota State Omaha Oral Roberts Denver North Dakota State South Dakota Fort Wayne Western Illinois DU s Record When 2017 Since 2006 W L T W L T Overall Home Road Neutral site In overtime Decided by goal or less Against ranked teams Against unranked teams Leading at the half Trailing at the half Tied at the half Scoring first Opponent scores first Scoring 4+ Goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 2 goals Scoring 1 goal Get shutout Allowing 4+ goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 2 goals Allowing 1 goal Shutout Opponent More Shots Less Shots Tied Shots More Shots on Goal Less Shots on Goal Tied Shots on Goal More Corners Less Corners Tied Corners More Fouls Less Fouls Tied Fouls More Saves Less Saves Tied Saves v Denver has woman sent off Opp has woman sent off In August In September In October In November On Monday On Tuesday On Wednesday On Thursday On Friday On Saturday On Sunday Since 2008 Start time p.m. MT Start time 12-2 p.m. MT Start time 2-4 p.m. MT Start time 4-6 p.m. MT Start time 6-8 p.m. MT Start time 8-11 p.m. MT Goals by Minute (Since 2002) DU OPP DU OPP

4 2017 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Jeff Hooker Alma Mater: UCLA Experience: 26th Season Quick Hits: 9-time conference coach of the year 9 NCAA Tournament Apps (2012 Sweet 16) 8 conference regular season titles 8 conference tournament titles Coached 500th women s game on Oct. 14, 2016 Won his 300th women s game on Oct. 19, 2013 Won his 300th career game on Oct. 13, 2012 Hooker Year-By-Year Year Record Conf * * * * # 2001! # 2002! # 2003! # # # 2006! # 2007! # 2008! # 2009! # # # 2012! ^ 2013! & & & & & WTotals MTotals Totals * - CAC; # - SBC; ^ - WAC; & - Summit League! - NCAA-Ap Success continues for the women s soccer program under the direction of head coach Jeff Hooker. His presence at Denver serves as a symbol of commitment to the University s goal of joining the national elite. Hooker became the third head coach in the program s history, taking over the reins in He will begin his 26th season in charge of the Pioneers in 2017, after leading the program to a Summit League Regular Season Championship in The Pioneers have achieved greatness under Hooker s watch with at least eight wins in 24 of his 25 seasons, including 13 or more wins in seven of the last 10 seasons. Since 2006, the Pioneers have gone overall and in the conference play, while becoming the first team in history to win four-straight SBC Tournament titles and berths in the NCAA Tournament. Hooker s teams compiled a school-record 19 wins in 2006, 2008 and Following a non-conference season after an injury plagued preseason, Hooker and the Pioneers were able to right the ship, finishing in Summit League play and earning a share of their second regular season title since joining the league in Hooker s 24th season was his toughest to date as the Pioneers finished with all four Denver wins coming in Summit League play. The Pioneers finished fifth in the league standings in In their first season in The Summit League, the Pioneers swept the regular season and tournament titles, winning all nine matches against conference opposition. Hooker was named co-coach of the year in the conference, his 10th coaching honor. For the second season in a row, CIBER Field hosted a first round NCAA Tournament contest, a match Denver dropped 1-0. The 2012 Pioneers not only reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, but advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 for the first time in program history. Hooker was named the Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, leading the program to a overall record and a mark in the WAC. Kristen Hamilton was named the WAC Player of the Year and was joined by six other Pioneers on WAC all-conference teams in Denver hosted its first NCAA Tournament game in first season, earning a 3-1 result over Colorado College in the NCAA First Round. The Pioneers followed that up with a trip to Stanford, Calif., where DU erased a two-goal deficit to upset No. 4 Maryland 3-2 in extra time. Kaitlin Bast became the third player in program history to join the 100-point club in that NCAA Tournament win over Colorado College. Bast finished her career with 104 points. The 2010 Pioneers went (.886) overall and (1.000) in the Sun Belt Conference regular season, recording the best winning percentages in team history. A shootout loss following a 0-0 tie in the SBC Tournament championship game snapped DU s record streak of fourstraight SBC Tournament titles and trips to the NCAA Tournament. Hooker claimed his eighth conference coach of the year award, while Bast was named SBC Player of the Year and freshman Nicholette DiGiacomo took SBC Co-Freshman of the Year. Bast and DiGiacomo were two of seven DU players named All-SBC. Hooker was rewarded for his efforts by being named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010 to compliment his accolades as the CAC Coach of the Year in 1994 and 1995, and the Great Plains Region Coach of the Year in In addition to his responsibilities with the women s program, Hooker headed the men s soccer team during the 1996 and 1997 seasons with an overall mark of A native of Walnut, Calif., Hooker was revered as one of the finest prep players in the nation and was selected to the Junior National Team in When the team toured Mexico, Hooker started at striker, scoring in his first-ever international contest in the Youth World Cup. His collegiate playing career at UCLA was limited because of national team commitments in the under-19 World Cup, but he was able to play 51 games during his threeyear stint with the Bruins, recording 20 goals and 11 assists. Hooker was also a member of the 1984 Olympic soccer team and remained a prominent member of the U.S. National Team through Following Hooker s collegiate playing days, he joined the Colorado Foxes. Associate Head Coach Kris Peat Alma Mater: N.C. State Experience: 10th Season Served as DU s assistant men s coach and women s goalkeeping coach in Assistant Coach Katie Hooker Experience: 14th Season Alma Mater: Denver After a record-setting collegiate career at Denver and Iowa State, Hooker was drafted in the WUSA.

5 SEVENTH ANNUAL COLORADO CUP The tournament started with just four teams for three years between When Colorado State s women s program started ahead of the 2014 season, Air Force and CSU joined the tournament. The tournament was created by former Colorado coach and current Colorado State head coach Bill Hempen. Denver is against Colorado teams since the tournament started in Denver won the 2013 Colorado Cup, and CU has won the other five...had the Denver-Colorado match counted towards the Colorado Cup during the first three years, Denver would have won both the 2011 and 2012 Colorado Cups. Northern Colorado won the 2017 Colorado Cup, the only team to take nine points from their three matches in the tournament. Denver finished second, its highest finish since the field was expanded to six teams. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SOCCER STADIUM The University of Denver Soccer Stadium opened in The 2,000 seat stadium hosts both the men s and women s soccer programs, and sits above the 10,000 square-foot Pat Bowlen Strength and Conditioning Complex. The stadium has hosted the 2009 MPSF Men s Soccer Tournament, 2014 Summit League Men s and Women s Championships and 2015 and 2016 Summit League Men s Championship. DU Soccer Stadium has also hosted the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Women s Soccer First Round and the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Men s Soccer Second Round. Denver s women s program is since the stadium opened. PLAYER BIOS 0 Ali Tobey : Made her first start on Sept. 17 against Colorado...Made her first collegiate appearance, coming in for Brittany Wilson after her second half red card vs. Gonzaga (9/10)... State Cup finalist in 2012 with the Colorado Storm, a club she played with from Most recently played for Real Colorado...Captained her high school program, earning all-conference and All-Colorado Honorable Mention honors during her career. 1 Brittany Wilson : Missed the first match of her career on Sept. 16 vs. Colorado, serving a suspension for a red card issued on Sept. 10 vs. Gonzaga (DOGSO)...Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (8/21)...Has posted three shutouts this season Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year...All-Summit League First Team selection...summit League All-Freshman Team... Kept two cleansheets and shared four others with Cassidy Rey in 2016, turning in a 1.36 goals against average... Earned three separate call-ups to join the U.S. Women s National Team, a pair of U-19 call-ups in April and October of 2015, and a U-20 call-up in August of Brittney Lewis : Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (8/28), tallying her first two points, both assists, in Denver s win over Albany (8/27)...Played her club soccer for the Colorado Storm finishing seventh at the 2013 ECNL Nationals...Two-time Second Team All-Colorado Selection while playing for Smoky Hill H.S...Finished 8th at the U-17 ECNL Nationals in Hannah Bricker : Scored her first career goal on a free kick in Denver s 3-0 win over North Dakota State...Has made 32 career appearances, starting 19 of those matches in head coach Jeff Hooker s defense : Played centerback in three of Denver s six cleansheets, all against Summit League opposition...played in five of Denver s eight Summit League matches for a defense that allowed the fewest goals in league play with four. 5 Kara Bean : Has played in 12 matches off the bench for the Pioneers...Four-year starter at outside back at Eden Prairie...Two-time All-Minnesota selection, including first team honors in Two-time All-Minnesota Tournament Team honoree. 6 Cheyenne Shorts : Will miss the rest of the season with injury suffered at UC Santa Barbara (Jaw - Sept. 24)...Assisted on the game-winner on a set piece in Denver s season-opening 1-0 win over Air Force Summit League All-Freshman Team...Played and started in all 17 matches in her rookie season, playing all but 77 minutes in the campaign...tallied her first career assist in Denver s win over Fort Wayne (Oct. 28, 2016). 7 Malak Rafik : Will not play this season (preseason injury)...two-time All-Continental League First Team selection and a Second Team pick in her junior season at Chaparral H.S... Reached the ECNL Regionals and ECNL Finals in 2014 Played in the Seattle ECNL Regional in 2015 and the San Diego ECNL Regional in 2016 during her club career at Real Colorado. 8 Jessie Dancy : Nine goals in the first 13 matches of the season after scoring just twice in 51 matches in her first three years with Denver...Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (8/21 and 10/2). 9 Makenzie Bothner : Captain Summit League Defensive Player of the Year First Team All-Summit League pick...played and started all 19 matches for Denver, tallying four assists for the Crimson and Gold...Played in all but 36 minutes in the campaign, seeing most of her time at outside back for a Denver defense that allowed just four goals in league play. 10 Taylor Parker : Did not play vs. UC Riverside or Albany (upper body)...played her high school soccer at Grandview and her club soccer for the Colorado Storm...IMG Top-150 Player according to TopDrawerSoccer in Won the Colorado State Championship with Grandview in 2015, earning First Team All-Colorado honors...colorado 5A Player of the Year in 2016, leading Grandview to its second-straight Colorado state title...top Drawer Soccer First Team All- West Region... Three-time All-Colorado First Team pick...earned a call-up to the U-19 National Team, but could not attend due to injury. 11 Heather Turcios - Played in 18 of Denver s 19 matches a year ago, starting eight of them... Tallied an assist on Denver s breakthrough in a 2-1 win over SIUE (Aug. 26, 2016)...Played in the back four for the U-20 El Salvador Women s National Team. 12 Courtney Coffey - Will miss the entire season for the second-consecutive year from an injury Colorado Cup Schedule Date Home Away Time/Score 8/18 Colorado College Northern Colorado CC 1-3 NC 8/18 Colorado State Colorado CSU 0-0 CU 8/18 Denver Air Force DEN 1-0 AFA 8/20 Colorado State Denver CSU 0-1 DEN 8/20 Northern Colorado Air Force UNC 2-0 AFA 8/20 Colorado Colorado College CU 1-0 CC 8/24 Northern Colorado Colorado State UNC 2-1 CSU 9/16 Denver Colorado DEN 1-6 CU 10/26 Air Force Colorado College 7 p.m Colorado Cup Table Team Points MP GD GF GA Northern Colorado Colorado Denver Colorado State Colorado College Air Force Colorado Cup Table Team Points MP GD GF GA Colorado Northern Colorado Colorado College Colorado State Air Force Denver Colorado Cup Results (8/21 games at Colorado): 08/19/16: Air Force 0-2 Colorado (Kinzner 45, Vidger 79 ) 08/19/16: Denver 0-2 Colorado State (Omes 9, Plentll 34 ) 08/19/16: Northern Colorado 2-1 Colorado College (a.e.t.) (NC: Gutierrez 89, 99 CC: Milliet 12 ) 08/21/16: Northern Colorado 2-2 Air Force (NC: Strength 40, Gutierrez 80 AFA: Bezdek 63, Rittmann 69 ) 08/21/16: Denver 0-3 Colorado College (Richter 4, 38, Milliet 33 ) 08/21/16: Colorado 2-1 Colorado State (CU: Kornieck 7, Evans 67 CS: Eckert 27 ) 08/26/16: Colorado State 0-1 Northern Colorado (Braden 61 ) 09/17/16: Colorado 1-0 Denver (a.e.t.) (Evans 100 ) 10/28/16: Colorado College 2-0 Air Force (Milliet 14, Lapointe 57 ) Summit League Preseason Poll School Points (FPV) 1. Denver 41 (1) 2. South Dakota State 40 (2) North Dakota State 40 (2) 4. Oral Roberts 39 (3) 5. South Dakota 22 Omaha Western Illinois Fort Wayne 8

6 PLAYER BIOS (CONTINUED) 13 Mary DeWalt : Captain...Did not play vs. UC Riverside or Albany (upper body)...has played in 47 career matches, starting 38 of them...tallied 1 goal and four assists in her first two seasons with the Pioneers...Scored her only career goal in Denver s 3-1 upset over [RV] Arizona State last Sept. 14 Leah Swander : Scored the Golden Goal in Denver s 1-0 win over Colorado State on August 20...Has started 27 of her 48 CAPS, scoring three times and adding three assists...netted the game-winner in DU s victory over Omaha on Oct. 30, Macee Barlow - Four-time scholar athlete for the high school team...tallied 10 goals and 11 assists in her freshman campaign with her ODP Regional Team...Scored 16 goals and provided four helpers in her sophomore campaign at Palo Verde H.S...Netted 18 goals to go with five assists in her junior campaign en route to First Team All-Nevada Honors...Scored 27 goals in her senior season and added 14 assists...became the only player from the state of Nevada in to earn NSCAA All-Region honors. 17 Maya Roston : Scored the 88th minute game-winner in Denver s 1-0 exhibition win over Northern Colorado...Qualified with Slammers FC for the 2015 ECNL Nationals and the 2016 ECNL Club Championships...Served as the team captain of both her high school and club sides in 2016 and Hannah Adler : Netted the game tying goal in Denver s 3-2 win over Cal State Fullerton on Sept Scored three goals on the second weekend of the regular season to earn Summit League Offensive Player of the Week and Top Drawer National Team of the Week Honors Summit League Freshman of the Year Second Team All-Summit League selection...played in all 19 matches in her rookie season, starting 17 of them...led the Pioneers in points with 12, goals with four and co-led Denver in assists with four. 20 Riley Welch - Has played in 51 career matches in her career, scoring four goals and tallying three assists...scored game-winners against Western Illinois in the 2016 Summit League opener and in Denver s 1-0 win at Omaha in Meg Halvorson : Netted her first game-winning goal of her career on Sept. 18 against Cal State Fullerton...Scored her first career goal in Denver s 5-1 win over Albany (8/27)...Netted a free kick vs. Gonzaga (9/10)...First collegiate point vs. UC Riverside on August 25, crossing the ball to Hannah Adler for DU s second goal...all-colorado Second Team selection...four-time All-Conference selection at Cherry Creek...Has been ranked in the top-50 nationally and was selected for the U14 National Camp pool. 22 Angelica Pacheco - Has played in 54 career matches, starting 19 of them at forward...has scored three goals and tallied four assists in her career. 24 Cristiana Behnken Summit League All-Freshman Team...Has seen action in 34 career matches, starting 24 of them. LAST TIME OUT: DENVER 3-0 NORTH DAKOTA STATE DANCY S BRACE PACES PIONEERS PAST NORTH DAKOTA STATE DENVER - Senior forward Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah) scored in the 30th and 37th minutes and junior outside back Hannah Bricker (Fort Collins, Colo.) curled a free kick in the 60th minute to send the University of Denver women s soccer team to a 3-0 win over North Dakota State on Sunday afternoon at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. I think today was a great rebound from a disappointing Friday, head coach Jeff Hooker said. We felt we had chances to win on Friday, and it was gutting hosting the first game of the league and not at least getting a point out of it. I thought that we were really efficient in the first half with our chances. We spread the ball around well, and Jessie had two great finishes. Everyone was strong on the ball today, and everyone looked to play team soccer, after I thought we were a little too individualistic on Friday night. In the second half, getting the third goal was our key. We didn t want to sit back and invite the pressure. They changed formations on us, and pressed us more, so it was important to get that third goal. An attacking throw-in from junior outside back Mary DeWalt (West Bend, Wisc.) started the scoring play for Dancy s first goal of the afternoon. DeWalt threw the ball in to freshman centerback Taylor Parker (Aurora, Colo.), who played a cross from the right to the back post for a one-touch finish from Dancy. The assist is the first career point for Parker, while DeWalt picked up the fifth assist of her career. Dancy scored her third of the weekend, ninth of the 2017 season and the 11th of her career in the 37th minute, heading home a corner kick service from sophomore Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.). Everything is clicking for Jessie right now, and the service that she s been getting has been great as well, Hooker said. Her concentration in-front of goal has been her biggest improvement this year. She s scored a lot of one-touch goals, and has gotten so much better at reading balls out of the air. The Pioneers went into the intermission with the 2-0 lead, outshooting North Dakota State 10-1 in the opening 45 minutes and taking all five corner kicks in the first half. Bricker s free kick from the top of the box went to the keeper s left and into the back of the net from 20 yards. The goal was the first of the junior s career.

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14 2017 BOX SCORES DENVER - Senior forward Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah) scored off a corner kick in extra time to give the University of Denver women s soccer team a 1-0 victory over Air Force in the Colorado Cup and 2017 regular season opener on Friday night at Pioneer Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Following a scoreless opening 90 minutes, Dancy finished the set-piece for the third goal of her career, and her first in the Colorado Cup. Sophomore Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.) played the corner kick just inside the top of the box to sophomore centerback Cheyenne Shorts (Denver, Colo.). The DU defender s toe poke fell to the feet of Dancy, who turned and put it past Air Force keeper Jennifer Hiddink. Air Force s goalkeeper made nine saves, including eight in regulation. In the other net, sophomore Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) made four saves, all in the first half, and picked up her third career shutout, having also shared four shutouts with former Pioneer Cassidy Rey in Denver outshot the Falcons in the match, including taking the only two shots of the extra session. The Pioneers also took seven of the match s 11 corner kicks. In the other two Colorado Cup matches on Friday night, Northern Colorado picked up a 3-1 win at Colorado College to take the lead over the Pioneers on goal difference in the tournament. Colorado and Colorado State finished tied 0-0 in Fort Collins on Friday. The Pioneers played 16 players in the first of a two-match weekend for Denver, including five freshmen debutants on Friday night in-front of the home crowd. BOULDER, Colo. Junior forward Leah Swander (Grand Junction, Colo.) found the back of the net in the 99th minute, sending the University of Denver women s soccer team to its second-straight win in the first period of extra time, lifting Denver to a 1-0 victory over Colorado State in the first game of a Colorado Cup triple header on Sunday at Prentup Field. That s a really good character win for us today, head coach Jeff Hooker said. They made us change formations with some of the injuries that we had. Putting three up top allowed us to get some pressure on them in their defensive half. The best thing in college overtime is to see the ball go into the back of the net, and we ve done that twice now in two matches. Today was a story of two similar formations playing against eachother. They defended a little bit differently than we did, so I think we had a tough time initially trying to break them down. Credit Colorado State in the first half, they did a good job of taking away things that we like to do. Today was a typical early-season Sunday afternoon game with heavy legs, and coming away with two shutouts in two matches is a testament to this young team. In the first 20 minutes, we gave the ball away in spots they wanted us to give the ball away, Hooker said. We played right into their pressure and their tactics, and they had us right where they wanted us early in the game. Our soccer IQ wasn t high enough early, but once we figured out how we could get it out and past their pressure, we had the better of the play. Denver had a majority of the scoring chances in the second 45 minutes, outshooting the Rams 8-3 to make it 10-7 Denver in regulation. Friday night s goal scorer, senior forward Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah), created Denver s two best chances in the second half, chesting balls down at the top of box to freshman Meg Halvorson (Englewood, Colo.) and senior Angelica Pacheco (Taos, N.M.), but both shots were off target. Halvorson had two of Denver s three shots on target in the second half, both from just inside the 18-yard box. Swander received a pass inside Denver s attacking half from freshman holding mid Brittney Lewis (Centennial, Colo.). The Denver junior received the ball, took two touches around her defender and fired a shot from 25 yards off the raised foot of CSU s Taylor Hodgson and into the back of the net. Denver stayed perfect in both the Colorado Cup and the 2017 regular season with the win, something Denver hasn t done in the tournament since its expansion to six teams in The girls brought it up yesterday, Hooker said. I think after they realized how special of a day the Special Olympics Clinic was and this entire weekend is, they talked about playing for a trophy, which is great to hear from our coaching staff s perspective.

15 2017 BOX SCORES DENVER The University of Denver women s soccer team got goals from senior forward Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah) and sophomore midfielder Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.), but the Pioneers dropped points for the first time this season, splitting the points with UC Riverside in a 2-2 draw on Friday night at Pioneer Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Dancy opened the scoring in the third minute when outside back Hannah Bricker (Fort Collins, Colo.) clipped a ball over the top of the UCR back four to the run of Dancy. The Denver senior matched her season goal total from a year ago in just the third match of the campaign, beating the goalkeeper to her left to give Denver the early advantage. Dancy s goal was Denver s fastest to start a game since scoring on a Colorado College own goal 50 seconds in on August 24, Freshman Meg Halvorson (Englewood, Colo.) and senior Riley Welch (Littleton, Colo.) played a give-and-go down the right side of Denver s attacking third to setup Denver s second goal. Halvorson got to the endline and played a cross to Adler who finished the fifth goal of her career in the eighth minute to give Denver a 2-0 lead. UC Riverside pulled one back in the 11th minute through Quinley Quezada s first of the season, breaking Denver s stretch of nearly 200 minutes of shutout soccer to begin the campaign. Denver outshot UCR 8-2 in the opening 45 minutes and took three of the match s five corner kicks. Riverside equalized in the 88th minute off Danielle O brien s first of the season, chipping one into the back of the net from just outside the 18, getting behind the Pioneers backs on a long ball from Ashley Webb. The visitors took seven of the eight shots in extra time, but only forced sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) into one save in the final 20 minutes. DENVER - Senior forward Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah) and sophomore midfielder Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.) combined for four of Denver s five first half goals to send the University of Denver women s soccer team past Albany 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at Pioneer Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Freshman midfielder Meg Halvorson (Englewood, Colo.) scored the Pioneers fourth of five in the first half, the first goal of her collegiate career. Freshman holding midfielder Brittney Lewis (Centennial, Colo.) added her first two collegiate points, providing assists on Denver s first two markers. Denver s five first half goals were its most in a half since the Pioneers led 5-1 at the intermission of the 2013 Summit League Tournament Final against North Dakota State. The Pioneers outshot Albany 29-5 on the day, including 21-4 in the first half. Denver also took all five of the match s corner kicks. Dancy opened the scoring in the sixth minute, sneaking to the back post and depositing an Adler cross into the back of the net. Lewis started the play down Denver s right flank, touching the ball to the run of Adler. Albany equalized in the 19th minute when Denver s backline miscommunicated on a long ball from Miranda Badovinac, and Mariah Williams ran onto it for the easy finish inside the far post. After just two goals in her first three years as a Pioneer (both in 2016), Dancy put away her fourth in four matches in 2017, chipping goalkeeper Andrea Leitner from the top of the 18 to give the Pioneers the lead back at 2-1 in the 26th minute. Lewis played the ball to Dancy to earn her second assist of the afternoon. Adler scored her first of two to make it 3-1 in the 35th minute after junior Leah Swander (Grand Junction, Colo.) had her rifled shot saved and Adler cleaned up the loose ball inside the six and put it into the back of the net. Halvorson opened her collegiate account in the 41st minute with a 35-yard individual run through a couple of Albany defenders, before slotting home a 15-yard strike into the right side. Halvorson picked up the ball inside the attacking half and dribbled down the right, before cutting back with a couple of touches to her left and finishing. Adler s third of the weekend and second in the match came in the 43rd minute when she headed in a cross from the right channel from senior forward Angelica Pacheco (Taos, N.M.).

16 2017 BOX SCORES BAKERSFIELD, Calif. Sophomore Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.) found the back of the net in the third minute, but the University of Denver women s soccer team conceded a second half equalizer and a goal in extra time to fall to CSU Bakersfield 2-1 in the Pioneers road opener on Thursday night at the Main Soccer Field. Denver (3-1-1) has now played in four extra time matches in their first five of With the win, the Roadrunners improve to on the campaign. I thought that we moved the ball really well, and our spacing was great early in the match, head coach Jeff Hooker said. It was a great little finish from Hannah to get us another early goal. I thought that we slowly let our foot off the gas, but we finished the half out super well. We didn t give up many dangerous chances, and we probably created the most dangerous chance in the match. But that s soccer. I thought we backed off the ball too much in the second half and didn t fight quite enough to earn a win tonight. Adler s fourth goal of the season, and her fourth in three matches, came off an assist from Denver s co-leading goal scorer Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah). Senior midfielder Riley Welch (Littleton, Colo.) played a cross into the box from the left to start the scoring chance. Dancy controlled the ball in from Welch and Adler ran onto the loose ball, finding the back of the net from 12 yards out to give the Pioneers the lead in the third minute. Denver has scored in the first six minutes in each of the last three matches. Adler s goal is the eighth of the sophomore s career. The Pioneers outshot the Roadrunners 5-4 in the opening 45 minutes, putting three of their five shots on target. Sophomore Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) made back-to-back saves within 1:18 of eachother in the 21st and 22nd minutes, the only two saves she was called on to make in the first half. CSU Bakersfield evened up the score in the 55th minute off a headed goal by Kamari Hines. After Wilson parried a Claire Nelson shot over the bar to force a corner, Aryana Harvey served a corner kick to the head of Hines, who finished her second goal of the season into the right side of the net. Following the leveler, neither team forced a difficult save out of the other goalkeeper in the rest of normal time. CSUB had a 15-9 edge in shots heading into extra time, and the home side took seven of the match s 10 corners in regulation. CSUB continued to put the pressure on the Pioneers in the first period of extra time, eventually finding the winner in the 97th minute. Aminah Settles beat Denver s back four down the right side, and played a dangerous cross on the edge of the six-yard box to the darting run of Hinesfor the winner. SAN DIEGO Senior striker Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah) scored her fifth goal in six matches in 2017, but San Diego scored three times in the first 18 minutes to take down the University of Denver women s soccer team 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at Torero Stadium. Being unlucky enough to score an own goal in each of the matches that we played this weekend, isn t going to produce many wins, but I m very proud of how we fought in the second half, head coach Jeff Hooker said. We changed up our style of play at halftime, and I thought our players embraced that very well. We created a bunch of chances, we were just unlucky not to put one of those away. The match felt like one of those situations where if we got one, I think we definitely would have gotten a second to tie things up. As a coach, you re never happy after a loss, but I m very proud of the way that we played in the second half. San Diego got on the board in the second minute on its first of two goals off corner kicks in the first half, this one from the head of Kelsi Dantu. The Toreros Tara Meier served the corner kick just inside the near post, and Dantu sent the header into the side netting of the far post. Junior Leah Swander (Grand Junction, Colo.), who got her first start of the season and the 26th of her three year career at Denver (3-2-1) setup the DU equalizer in the 17th minute. Swander made her run down the right side and sent in a perfect cross in-stride to the feet of Dancy, who knocked home her seventh career goal. The Toreros (1-4-0) struck back two times in the 1:41 following the Dancy equalizer. Meier played another dangerous set piece from the corner flag that deflected off a Denver head and into the back of the net to make it 2-1, and then Summer Mason got free down the right channel on a counter attack and beat Denver sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) 1v1 to make it 3-1 in the 18th minute. San Diego outshot the Pioneers 9-6 in the first half, and Wilson was credited with three saves for the visitors. Denver controlled the possession and scoring chances in the second 45, outshooting the home side 7-2. The Pioneers struggled to get their chances on target however, as just a 30-yard shot from freshman Macee Barlow (Las Vegas, Nev.) forced San Diego goalkeeper Amber Michel into a save.

17 2017 BOX SCORES DENVER The University of Denver women s soccer team dropped a 2-1 result to Gonzaga as the two teams played a majority of the second half 10 a side on Sunday afternoon at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) was sent off for the denial of an obvious goal scoring opportunity in the 53rd minute, a little less than five minutes before Gonzaga defender Ariana Pumpelly was given her marching orders in the 58th minute for fouling as the last defender of an obvious goal scoring opportunity. An unfortunate decision went against us today, but I give credit to our players for fighting through that, head coach Jeff Hooker said. Anytime you lose your goalkeeper, especially in the manner we did today, it s going to make things difficult. I thought for the most part today we played very disciplined, they just broke us down on the second goal, and credit Gonzaga, they took advantage and scored. I told the four backs it s the best I ve seen them play in a half of soccer, and maybe the best 45 minutes I ve seen from a DU team in a long time. We just ended up losing a little bit of that and broke down in the second half. Denver took five of the six corners and took four of the six shots in the first half as the Pioneers put the pressure on the visitors before the teams went to the locker room. The Zags countered off a Denver free kick in the 53rd minute to setup the play in the box that had Wilson sent off. Gonzaga s Madeline Gotta played a dangerous cross from the left just outside Wilson s six yard box. The sophomore keeper won the ball in the air, controlled the ball, absorbed contact from outside back Mary DeWalt (West Bend, Wisc.), and didn t lose control of the ball until the Zags Sophia Viviano knocked it out of her hands with her upper body on Wilson s way back down. After the ball came out, Wilson held and climbed over Viviano, causing referee Chris Greer to point to the spot and send the sophomore off for denial. In her first collegiate minutes, freshman Ali Tobey (Colorado Springs, Colo.) came on for the dismissed Wilson and had to face a penalty kick right away. Tobey guessed right and the penalty rattled off the post to keep things scoreless at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. In the 58th minute, senior Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah) got free down the left and was taken down by Pumpelly who was shown red sending both teams to 10 players for the last 32:40. Freshman attacking midfielder Meg Halvorson (Englewood, Colo.) bent her free kick inside the right post for her second goal of the season to give Denver the 1-0 lead right on the 58 minute mark. The match opened up 10v10, and India Jencks chested in a deflected Viviano cross to equalize for the visitors in the 59th. The goal was Jencks fifth of the season. Gonzaga found its winner in the 77th minute when Maggie Conners got by her defender and curled her shot around the outstretched arms of Tobey and into the side netting. DENVER - The University of Denver women s soccer team dropped its Colorado Cup finale 6-1 to Colorado on Saturday night at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Colorado got its opener in the second minute when Tatum Barton beat the Denver defense on the top of the box, and finished it off the fingertips of freshman Ali Tobey (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and into the back of the net. I thought that Ali did a wonderful job in the first 45 minutes, especially in her first start, head coach Jeff Hooker said. We got turned on top of the box and they got a goal right away, which obviously isn t how we wanted to start the game. She didn t let it rattle her, and was very calm. We didn t really give her much help in the second half. A lot of the decisions our backs made weren t decisions that they made in the first half. Colorado s a good team, and they are going to punish you for mistakes. On the other side of halftime, Barton netted her second of the game in the 47th minute, and then Taylor Korniek scored 14 seconds later to make it 3-1. The Buffs first two second half goals tied for the 15th-fastest consecutive goals scored in NCAA history by the same team. Sophomore midfielder Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.) scored her fifth of the 2017 campaign to cut the Colorado lead to 3-1 in the 52nd minute, but the Buffs answered with goals from Joss Orejel (60th), Katie Joella (62nd) and Camilla Shymka (84th) to extend the visitors lead. Tobey made her first career start on Saturday night while sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) served her automatic one-match suspension for her red card on Sunday vs. Gonzaga. With Friday night s result, Northern Colorado won its first Colorado Cup, earning all nine points from its three matches in this year s tournament. Colorado moved ahead of Denver with seven points in the final 2017 table, while Denver will finish third with six point.

18 2017 BOX SCORES SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. The University of Denver women s soccer team got off 11 shots but was unable to find the back of the net, as the Pioneers fell to Cal Poly 1-0 on Thursday night at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Cal Poly took the lead in the 34th minute through McKenzie Flood s first goal of the season, as she slotted her strike home from nine yards on the assist from Ashley Kirchick. Sophomore Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) made five saves to keep the Pioneers in the match. Denver put just four of its 11 attempts on target, and did not create a corner kick for the first time since October 30, 2015, at Omaha. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. The University of Denver women s soccer team allowed a pair of goals in each half to UC Santa Barbara who earned a 4-0 home victory on Sunday afternoon at Harder Stadium. UC Santa Barbara grabbed the lead in the 27th minute when Shaelan Murison curled a free kick into the right side of the net from 20 yards out to score her first goal of the season. The home side was able to double its advantage in the 44th minute on Christine Maurer s second of the 2017 campaign. Julia Kappes laid the ball off to Maurer at the top left corner of the box, and Maurer sent a rocket into the upper corner to beat Denver goalkeeper Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.). Maurer got back on the scoresheet in the 70th minute off Lynsee Voss first assist of the match, lofting a through ball into the upper left corner from the right side of the penalty area. Murison finished off UCSB s second brace of the afternoon in the 89th minute, netting her second of the campaign from 24 yards out a minute shy of the final whistle. UCSB outshot Denver 22-2 in the match, forcing Wilson into seven saves in the match in addition to the home side s four tallies. Santa Barbara also took six of the match s seven corner kicks.

19 2017 BOX SCORES DENVER - The University of Denver women s soccer team took a fifth-minute lead with Jessie Dancy s (Park City, Utah) seventh goal of the campaign, but Marisa Schulz scored in extra time to earn South Dakota State a 2-1 road win in both teams Summit League opener on Friday night at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Dancy became the fifth different player since the 2006 season to score at least seven goals in their first 12 games of the campaign when she headed home a Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.) cross 4:44 into the match. The Denver senior joined former Pioneers Francesca Garzelloni (2013), Kristen Hamilton (2011 and 2012), Kaitlin Bast (2009 and 2010) and Taryn Hemmings (2008) on that list. Freshman holding midfielder Brittney Lewis (Centennial, Colo.) started the play, sending a cross field pass to the right to the run of Adler. The DU sophomore swung in her cross just outside the six yard box, and Dancy put her glancing header into the side netting. The Pioneers took the 1-0 lead into the locker room, but the visitors equalized quickly off Nicole Hatcher s fourth of the season. SDSU s Annie Williams played her free kick into the penalty area to an unmarked Hatcher, who finished from eight yards out. Heading into extra time, Denver nearly found the winner in the 95th minute off the foot of senior Riley Welch (Littleton, Colo.), but Maggie Smither came up with her sixth save of the night to keep the two teams level. Off a Denver corner, the Jackrabbits executed their game-winning counter attack with the final two passes coming from Darien Poelstra and Hatcher to setup Schulz winner. DENVER - Senior forward Jessie Dancy (Park City, Utah) scored in the 30th and 37th minutes and junior outside back Hannah Bricker (Fort Collins, Colo.) curled a free kick in the 60th minute to send the University of Denver women s soccer team to a 3-0 win over North Dakota State on Sunday afternoon at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. I think today was a great rebound from a disappointing Friday, head coach Jeff Hooker said. We felt we had chances to win on Friday, and it was gutting hosting the first game of the league and not at least getting a point out of it. I thought that we were really efficient in the first half with our chances. We spread the ball around well, and Jessie had two great finishes. Everyone was strong on the ball today, and everyone looked to play team soccer, after I thought we were a little too individualistic on Friday night. In the second half, getting the third goal was our key. We didn t want to sit back and invite the pressure. They changed formations on us, and pressed us more, so it was important to get that third goal. An attacking throw-in from junior outside back Mary DeWalt (West Bend, Wisc.) started the scoring play for Dancy s first goal of the afternoon. DeWalt threw the ball in to freshman centerback Taylor Parker (Aurora, Colo.), who played a cross from the right to the back post for a one-touch finish from Dancy. The assist is the first career point for Parker, while DeWalt picked up the fifth assist of her career. Dancy scored her third of the weekend, ninth of the 2017 season and the 11th of her career in the 37th minute, heading home a corner kick service from sophomore Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.). Everything is clicking for Jessie right now, and the service that she s been getting has been great as well, Hooker said. Her concentration in-front of goal has been her biggest improvement this year. She s scored a lot of one-touch goals, and has gotten so much better at reading balls out of the air. The Pioneers went into the intermission with the 2-0 lead, outshooting North Dakota State 10-1 in the opening 45 minutes and taking all five corner kicks in the first half. Bricker s free kick from the top of the box went to the keeper s left and into the back of the net from 20 yards. The goal was the first of the junior s career.

20 2017 Denver Women s Soccer Roster RADIO/T V ROSTER 0 Ali Tobey Fr., Goalkeeper 1 Brittany Wilson So., Goalkeeper 2 Brittney Lewis Fr., Defender 4 Hannah Bricker Jr., Defender 5 Kara Bean Fr., Defender 6 Cheyenne Shorts So., Defender 7 Malak Rafik Fr., Midfielder 8 Jessie Dancy Sr., Forward 9 Makenzie Bothner Sr., Defender 10 Taylor Parker Fr., Defender 11 Heather Turcios So., Defender 12 Courtney Coffey RS-So., Midfielder 13 Mary DeWalt Jr., Defender 14 Leah Swander Jr., Forward 16 Macee Barlow Fr., Forward 17 Maya Roston Fr., Midfielder 19 Hannah Adler So., Midfielder 20 Riley Welch Sr., Midfielder 21 Meg Halvorson Fr., Midfielder 22 Angelica Pacheco Sr., Forward 24 Cristiana Behnken Jr., Defender Jeff Hooker Head Coach Kris Peat Associate Head Coach Katie Hooker Assistant Coach