PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
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Brittany Wilson made seven saves, including three in extra time and junior
Hannah Adler scored her second game-winning goal in as many matches to send Denver past Eastern Washington 1-0 last Sunday at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Wilson earned Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honors for her efforts in the single-match weekend for the Pioneers.
• The 33rd Colorado Derby will see the Pioneers head back to Prentup Field on Sunday, the site of the 2017 NCAA Tournament match that saw the Buffs answer a
Leah Swander first half goal with two of their own in the second half to advance to the second round.
• Denver will continue a three-match road swing next weekend with a trip to California to take on UC Riverside (Sept. 21/8 p.m. MT) and Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 23/2 p.m. MT). The road swing will put a cap on non-conference play for the 2018 season.
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 341-146-46 women's record, and a career record of 361-158-50.
• 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 163-37-13, including 158-33-13 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).
EIGHTH ANNUAL COLORADO CUP
• The tournament started with just four teams for three years between 2011-13.
• When Colorado State's women's program started ahead of the 2014 season, Air Force and CSU joined the tournament.
• The tournament was created by former Colorado coach and current Colorado State head coach Bill Hempen and DU head coach
Jeff Hooker.
• Denver is 11-13-1 against Colorado teams since the tournament started in 2011.
• Denver won the 2013 Colorado Cup, and CU had won the other five prior to last season...Had the Denver-Colorado match counted towards the Colorado Cup during the first three years, Denver would have won both the 2011 and 2012 Colorado Cups.
• Northern Colorado won the 2017 Colorado Cup, the only team to take nine points from their three matches in the tournament. Denver finished second, its highest finish since the field was expanded to six teams.
OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
• Senior outside back
Mary DeWalt will serve as captain for
Jeff Hooker's side for the second-straight year. 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 will also serve as co-captain, and is on 46 CAPS for DU.
• DeWalt suffered a lower body injury during the preseason.
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.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS OF DENVER VS. FIU
• Denver got five goals, all from underclassmen in its 5-0 win over Florida International on Aug. 26.
• The match marked the first time since consecutive matches in the 2009 season that the Pioneers had four goals from their freshman class. On Sept. 27, 2009, Denver got three goals from freshman Kaitlin Bast and a goal from Kalie Vaughn.
• On Sept. 25, 2009, Denver got a goal from Vaughn, two from Bast and one from Katy Van Lieshout.
• In Denver's win against Western Illinois in 2017, the Pioneers had one player score from each of its four classes for the first time since Oct. 26, 2012 at Idaho (Ivins, Willis, DiGiacomo/Battelli, Bast).
• Denver has had at least one five goal win in each of the last three seasons (2017 vs. Western Illinois 5-0 on Oct. 22 and 2016: 5-0 vs. Fort Wayne on Oct. 28.).
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).
CAREER MARKS
• With still nearly two seasons left in her collegiate career, junior captain and goalkeeper
Brittany Wilson is seventh in Denver's Division I history in career saves with 151.
• Mackenzie Snyder (2005-08) is next on the list with 159.
• 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 157-14-7 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 205-81 in the opening half hour of matches, including 4-1 this season.
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SOCCER STADIUM
• The University of Denver Soccer Stadium opened in 2009.
• The 2,000 seat stadium hosts both the men's and women's soccer programs, and sits above the 10,000 square-foot Pat Bowlen Strength and Conditioning Complex.
• The stadium has hosted the 2009 MPSF Men's Soccer Tournament, 2014 Summit League Men's and Women's Championships and 2015 and 2016 Summit League men's tournament.
• DU Soccer Stadium has also hosted the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Women's Soccer First Round and the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Men's Soccer Second Round.
• Denver's women's program is 62-17-6 since the stadium opened.
