DENVER – Summit League Offensive Player of the Year Andre Shinyashiki (Sao Paulo, Brazil) scored his 28^th goal of the season to take the [9/14] University of Denver men's soccer team past Eastern Illinois 1-0 in the first of two Summit League Semifinals on Thursday at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium.
 

Andre's 28th goal of the season puts the Pioneers in-front on the first shot of the game. Pioneers lead 1-0 in the Summit League Semifinal. #PioneerTogether #DENvEIU pic.twitter.com/X3nmtFy0Jl

— Denver MSoccer (@DU_MSoccer) November 8, 2018

 
Sophomore Jacob Stensson (Stockholm, Sweden) found the run of senior attacking midfielder Moshe Perez (Shim'a, Israel) in Denver's attacking half to setup the 12^th minute breakthrough. Perez played Shinyashiki in behind down the right side of the box. Shinyashiki dribbled to the end line, and pulled the ball away from the diving Eastern Illinois keeper and fired it into the open side netting for the 51^st goal of his career. Stensson's assist was his eighth of the season, while Perez tallied his sixth of his first season in Crimson and Gold.
 
Shinyashiki's 28 goals on the season puts the Denver senior above what Denver's Division I career record was before Shinyashiki broke it earlier this season.
 

Head coach Jamie Franks following the Pioneers 1-0 win in the @summitchamps Semifinal. #PioneerTogether #DENvEIU pic.twitter.com/CxagCKbvRB

— Denver MSoccer (@DU_MSoccer) November 9, 2018

 
The cleansheet was Denver's 10^th of the season, including the fourth solo shutout of the campaign from Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year Will Palmquist (Denver, Colo.).
 
Denver outshot Eastern Illinois 12-4 in the match, taking three of the four corner kicks in the 90 minutes.
 
With the win on Thursday, Denver improved to 12-7-2 in league tournaments, including 6-5 in semifinals.
 
UP NEXT:
Denver will take on second-seeded Omaha on Saturday in the Summit League Final. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. MT, a match that will be broadcast live on Altitude and streamed on ESPN3.  
 
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