Box Score Sept. 3, 2017 San Diego 3-1 Denver (Dantu 2', Dancy 17', DeWalt (OG) 18', Mason 18')
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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.
UP NEXT: Denver will return home a week from today to take on Gonzaga. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. MT, and the match will be streamed live on Pioneer Vision.
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