<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0xlB4b_0vmXAjPi00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0xlB4b_0vmXAjPi00" width="800" height="450" >WHO: Denver (7-4-0, 1-0-0 Summit) vs. North Dakota (4-4-3, 0-0-1 Summit)WHAT: DU's Summit League home openerWHERE: University of Denver Soccer Stadium (Denver, Colo.)WHEN: Sunday, September 29, at 1 p.m. MTLAST TIME OUT:Denver finished a five-match road trip with a 3-1 win at Kansas City in DU's Summit League season opener on Thursday, September 26. Freshman Megan Murray gave the Pioneers a 1-0 lead at halftime before the Roos found an equalizer in the 52nd minute. Senior Ella Frost reclaimed the lead for Denver in the 64th minute with what would be the game winner, and fellow senior Riley Baker added her own goal in the 78th minute.QUICK HITS:<ul><li>With the win at Kansas City on Thursday, Denver moved to 9-2-1 in Summit League openers and 86-15-13 overall in league play.</li><li>DU enters Sunday with a 9-2-0 record in Summit League home openers and 21-2-1 overall in conference home openers.</li><li>Four Pioneers each captured two points in Thursday's match with senior Jadyn Goodrich joining the three goal scorers after posting assists on Frost's and Baker's goals. </li><li>Redshirt senior Addisyn Hyrup had an assist on M. Murray's goal, allowing her and Goodrich to each earn their first points of the season.</li></ul><ul><li>Denver will bookend the month of September with its only two home matches of the month. </li><li>The Pioneers have not played at home since a 2-0 win over Colorado College on September 1.</li><li>Denver went 3-2 during its five-match road trip since the CC match with wins at Colorado State, Southern Utah and Kansas City, and losses at then-No. 18 Colorado and Gonzaga.</li></ul><ul><li>The Pioneers enter Sunday's match just three matches shy of their 100th win at University of Denver Soccer Stadium.</li></ul>SCOUTING THE FIGHTING HAWKS:North Dakota posted a 2-2 draw in its Summit League opener at Oral Roberts on Thursday, September 26. UND claimed a 2-0 lead in the 80th minute before surrendering two goals in the final three minutes – just 1:49 apart including a penalty-kick equalizer in the 89th minute.Jessica Machovec leads the team with four goals this year while Kaylie Fowler is UND's points lead with nine. Three keepers have spent time in goal for the Fighting Hawks, though Grace Miller has made all 10 starts and has played the majority of the team's minutes.Denver leads the head-to-head against North Dakota, 7-0-1, with DU's only non-win coming in a 3-3 draw at UND last year. The teams have only played twice in Denver, most recently in a 2-0 DU win on September 23, 2022. Four of the last five meetings have been held in Grand Forks, North Dakota.WHAT'S NEXT:DU plays just once next week, visiting Oral Roberts on Saturday, October 5, at 12 p.m. CT/11 a.m. MT. The Pioneers then return to University of Denver Soccer Stadium for their final three regular-season home matches of the year, beginning with hosting St. Thomas on Thursday, October 10, at 7 p.m. MT.TICKETSTickets for the 2024 University of Denver women's soccer season are now on sale and can be purchased at denverpioneers.com/tickets or by calling the Ritchie Center Box Office at 303-871-4625.Denver's Home for College SportsLike Denver Pioneers and Denver Women's Soccer on FacebookFollow @DU_Pioneers and @DU_WSoccer on TwitterFollow @denverpioneers and @DU_WSoccer on Instagram</div></body>

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Denver Women’s Soccer Returns Home to Host North Dakota

WHO: Denver (7-4-0, 1-0-0 Summit) vs. North Dakota (4-4-3, 0-0-1 Summit) WHERE: University of Denver Soccer Stadium (Denver, Colo.) Denver finished a five-match road trip with a 3-1 win at Kansas City in DU's Summit League season opener on Thursday, September 26. Freshman Megan Murray gave the Pioneers a 1-0 lead at halftime before the Roos found an equalizer in the 52nd minute. Senior Ella Frost reclaimed the lead for Denver in the 64th minute with what would be the game winner, and fellow senior Riley Baker added her own goal in the 78th minute.