PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
• Denver turned in a perfect 2-0 record in week three of the Summit League regular season with wins at Purdue Fort Wayne (3-1) and against North Dakota (1-0) to regain the top spot in the Summit League table with two weeks to go in the regular season. The Pioneers have a three-point edge over North Dakota State and South Dakota State, but both Dakota schools have a game in hand.
• The Pioneers have the head to head edge over NDSU, but fell to SDSU earlier this season. If the three teams end in a tie, goal difference will decide the seeding in the 2018 Women's Soccer Championships, and the right to host next year's tournament. Denver's goal difference is currently 7, North Dakota's State's is 6 and South Dakota's State's is 5. The two Dakota schools play their final matches of the regular season on Oct. 26, a day ahead of Denver's season-finale against Oral Roberts on Oct. 27.
• Denver will look to keep control of its destiny to at least a share of the Summit League regular season title on Sunday when the Pioneers head to Western Illinois. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. MT.
• DU will host Oral Roberts on the final day of the regular season, October 27 at 1 p.m. MT. The match will be broadcast live on Altitude.
HEAD COACH JEFF HOOKER
• Denver's
Jeff Hooker is in his 27th season in charge of the women's program.
• Hooker coached both the men's and the women's programs during the 1996 and 1997 seasons, making this officially his 29th season as a head coach at DU.
• DU's head man enters this match with a 347-148-46 women's record, and a career record of 367-160-50.
• The nine-time conference coach of the year participated in his 10th NCAA DI Tournament in 2017.
• In league play in his career, Hooker is 169-38-13, including 164-34-13 with the women's program.
• In the overall NCAA record books heading into this season, Hooker is the 16th winningest head coach by victories (338).
THE TWO Cs
• 17 student-athletes from Denver's 2018 roster come from either Colorado or California, including 14 that opted to stay in their home state for their college careers.
• Colorado and California are the only two states that more than two student-athletes call home.
• Of the two major club programs in the state of Colorado, Denver has seven players from the Colorado Storm and four from Real Colorado.
COMEBACK KIDS
• Denver's two-goal comeback on Oct. 4 at North Dakota State was its first since defeating Maryland 3-2 at Stanford in the 2012 NCAA Second Round en route to the program's first Round of 16 berth in program history.
LEAGUE TITLES
• With the victory against Omaha on Oct. 30, 2016, Denver claimed a share of its eighth NCAA Division I regular season league 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 won their ninth league tournament title in their Division I history last season (Summit: 2013 and 2017)...Denver won seven Sun Belt Conference Tournament Titles (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
UNDERCLASSMEN CONTRIBUTIONS
• 13 of Denver's goals this year have come from freshmen.
• 18 of Denver's last 23 goals have come from underclassmen with
Meg Halvorson's five goals.
CAREER MARKS • With a season and a half left in her collegiate career, junior captain and goalkeeper
Brittany Wilson is sixth in Denver's Division I history in career saves with 180.
• Cassidy Rey (2013-16) is next on the list at 182.
• Lara Campbell, who led Denver to the program's first Round of 16 in program history in her senior year in 2012 is third on the list with 283.
• Erica Izard holds the Denver record with 336.
GET ON THE BOARD FIRST
• Since the start of the 2006 season, Denver is 162-14-7 when scoring the first goal.
• Five of the 14 losses came in the 2017 campaign, including at Colorado in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
• Since the start of the 2002 season, Denver has outscored opponents 208-82 in the opening half hour of matches, including 7-2 this season.
OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
• Senior outside back
Mary DeWalt serves as captain for
Jeff Hooker's side for the second-straight year, this year from the sideline (injury). DeWalt has earned 55 CAPS for the Crimson and Gold, making 46 starts. DeWalt has nine career points on a goal and seven assists.
• Junior goalkeeper
Brittany Wilson also serve as co-captain, and is on 54 CAPS for DU.
REACH THE SUMMIT • Denver is 31-12-1 in Summit League regular season play since joining the league in 2013.
• The Pioneers are 5-0-2 (2 losses in pks) all-time in Summit League Tournament play.
• DU is 17-5-0 in Summit League regular season home games.
G-A-P in Summit League Matches
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