Box Score Aug. 28, 2016 WSOC v Montana (28 AUG 16) - Highlights
WSOC v Montana (28 AUG 16) - Full Game
Denver 0-1 Montana (Otteson 30') |Photos | Single Game Tickets
DENVER - The University of Denver women's soccer team created six second half chances, but couldn't find the equalizer as the Pioneers fell to Montana 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium.
"We played okay today, but not as well as we did on Friday and the result showed it," head coach Jeff Hookersaid. "I thought we had a little more intensity on Friday. On their goal, we let them switch the ball too easily and let them create a 2v1 which just led to mistake after mistake on that play, and they made us pay for it. The second halves of games we've played this season we've been good, we haven't given up a goal. We had some great chances at the end there, ones that we usually put away. I thought that if we could get one, who knows, maybe we can go get another. We got enough opportunities, we just have to finish those chances."
Just shy of the half hour mark, Montana's Ellie Otteson scored her first of the young 2016 campaign off assists from Mckenzie WaRren and Mary Gintz. The Griz' build-up started down the right as Gintz chipped Denver's back four meeting the run of WaRren who slid a cross just outside the six-yard box to the run of Otteson.
Denver outshot Montana 11-10 in the match, putting just four of its 11 shots on target. The Pioneers also held a 7-4 edge in corner kicks, including a 5-1 advantage in the second half.
Freshman Brittany Wilson(Littleton, Colo.) made six saves in her 58 minutes of work before being relieved in the middle of the second half by senior Cassidy Rey(Arcadia, Calif.).
Sophomore Mary DeWalt(West Bend, Wisc.) had a header off a free kick in the 63rd minute and freshman Cheyenne Shorts(Denver, Colo.) got a free header off a Lilly McSwain(Glenwood Springs, Colo.) corner in the 85th, but both Denver chances fell right into the arms of Montana's Kailey Norman.
Fresh off her 17th minute breakthrough on Friday night, sophomore Leah Swander(Grand Junciton, Colo.) had the final chance for the Pioneers with 19 seconds to play, but her shot rose over the crossbar, ending the match on Norman's ensuing goal kick.
UP NEXT:
Denver heads to Arizona next week for its first out of state trip of the campaign as the Pioneers will take on a pair of Pac 12 schools next weekend in Tempe. DU will battle Arizona on Friday at 8 p.m. MT before taking on Arizona State on Sunday, a match that will also kickoff at 8 p.m. MT.
Tickets:
Single game tickets for the 2016 Denver soccer season are on sale now, and can be purchased, here. Following the Montana match, Denver will have a week away before returning to CIBER Field for a September 8 clash with Northern Colorado. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. MT.
Season ticket holders interested in receiving a season parking pass in Lot C (map ) can do so by making a minimum $110 tax deductible donation to the Pioneer Movement Annual Fund in support of the Women's Soccer team. Please contact the ticket office at (303) 871-4625 to make your donation.
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