Oct. 14, 2015
THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
• Redshirt junior Reagan Dunk knocked home a set piece goal to send [9/9] Denver past Oral Robets on Saturday in Tulsa.
• The Pioneers will host Omaha on Homecoming Saturday this week at 7 p.m. MT.
• DU returns to the road next weekend, stepping back out of Summit League play to take on Portland on Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. MT.
UNBEATEN THROUGH 12
• Denver is unbeaten through the first 12 matches for the first time since the 1989 season, when the Pioneers started 20-matches unbeaten (19-0-1) before falling to Midwestern State in the NAIA Regionals.
• The Pioneers previous best start since turning Division I in 1999 was a 3-0-0 start to begin the 2004 campaign.
• DU is one of three teams still unbeaten in 2015.
HOME FORM
• Denver is 30-2-4 at CIBER Field over the past four seasons.
• The Pioneers are 40-13-10 at home since CIBER Field opened in 2009.
• DU has outscored opponents 120-56 at home since 2009, including 81-25 over the past four campaigns.
• The Pioneers 25-match home unbeaten streak is the longest active in the country, and the 15th longest in NCAA history.
• Denver had its 21-match home winning streak (longest active at time) snapped on Oct. 2 vs. IUPUI (1-1). The streak is the 11th longest in NCAA history.
• Of the 205 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer teams in 2014, nine finished unbeaten at home, including Denver's 11-0-0 mark. Denver is one of 30 teams unbeaten at home in 2015 (thru 10/13).
A NEW ROAD FORM
• The Pioneers have earned 16 points in their first six matches away from CIBER Field of the 2015 campaign, three of those results against teams that appeared in the NSCAA Poll.
• Denver earned just one point away from home in the 2014 campaign (0-7-1) to go along with its 11-0-0 home record.
• DU inked 18 of its 30 possible points away from home in the 2013 campaign, going 5-2-3 in the side's first season in The Summit League.
NEW BENCH BOSS
• Former DU assistant and Wake Forest alum Jamie Franks took over the reins, officially inking his name as Denver's 10th head coach on Aug. 29.
• The Pioneers are 45-17-10 since Franks' arrival as an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2012 season.
• Combined as a college player and coach, Franks is 144-44-27, reaching four college cups and winning a National Championship in that span.
• According to information submitted to the NCAA, Franks is the youngest DI head coach in 2015 (29).
OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
• The Pioneers are captained by their only four-year senior in Jordan Schweitzer and junior Sam Hamilton in Franks' first year in charge of the side. The two captains have combined for 118 CAPS with DU.
• Schweitzer has played 66 matches in the center of the park for the Pioneers, starting in 63 of those appearances.
• Hamilton was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week on Sept. 7.