THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
• Denver took the lead late into the first half, conceded twice in the early stages of the second half and equalized late in the second half before eventually falling on the road to ACC foe Pittsburgh on Monday night.
• The Pioneers return home for a single-match weekend clash against Pacific on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. MT, a match that will be streamed live on Pioneer Vision. The two programs will meet for the first time on Sunday.
• Denver will return to the road for each of its next four, starting with a Summit League trip to Western Illinois on Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. MT. Denver will also play Saint Louis (Oct. 15), Oral Roberts (Oct. 19) and Tulsa (Oct. 22) on the road swing.
HEAD COACH JAMIE FRANKS
• Former DU assistant and Wake Forest alum
Jamie Franks took over the reins, officially inking his name as Denver's 10th head coach, Aug. 29, 2015.
• Franks is 62-18-12 as a head coach through four seasons with the Pioneers.
• The Pioneers are 97-35-20 since Franks' arrival as an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2012 season.
• Combined as a college player and coach, Franks is 196-62-37, reaching five College Cups and winning a National Championship with the Deacs in 2007.
• According to information submitted to the NCAA in 2015, Franks was the youngest DI head coach (29) in his debut season, and was the second youngest in 2016.
DENVER'S 2019 SCHEDULE
• Denver's 13 non-conference opponents averaged an RPI of just under 40 (including five top-20 programs), and posted a record of 143-81-30 a year ago.
• The eight opponents that qualified for the 2018 NCAA Tournament combined for nine wins in the postseason.
• Denver entered the week (games thru Sept. 30) with the seventh-best strength of schedule in the country.
LIMITING SHOTS
• The Pioneers have allowed five shots or less in a match 51 times in their Division I history, going 41-7-3 in those matches.
• Denver has also held opponents to two shots on goal or less 100 times, recording an 85-10-5 record in those matches.
• The Pioneers have held 17 opponents without a shot on goal since turning DI in 1998, including in a 0-0 draw against Eastern Illinois on September 28.
• DU held Saint Louis without a shot in its 2-1 win in 2016, the only match Denver's opponents have been held without a shot in the Pioneers DI era.
• Under Franks (since 2015), Denver has held opponents to five shots or less 24 times (22-0-2) and two shots on goal or less 44 times (40-3-1).
• Denver has kept three cleansheets this season (1-0-2), including an eight-stop performance from
Will Palmquist on September 15 at Cal that earned him Summit League Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week.
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 and 2011 MPSF Men's Tournaments, 2014 Summit League Men's and Women's Championships and 2015,2016 and 2018 Summit League Men's Championship. The Pioneers will host again the men's tournament in 2019.
• DU Soccer Stadium hosted the 2012 NCAA Women's First Round, the 2015, 2016 and 2018 NCAA Men's Second Round and the 2016 NCAA Round of 16.
• The Pioneer men are 65-7-6 at home since Franks joined the staff as an assistant in 2012 and 75-18-12 since the stadium opened.
LEAGUE TITLES
• With the Pioneers regular season win over Oral Roberts (11/3/18), Denver clinched its sixth-straight Summit League regular season title. Since joining the league in 2013, Denver has gone 28-2-5 in conference regular season play (19-0-4 under Franks).
• The 2018 regular season title was the Pioneers eighth since 2008 (MPSF 2008/10).
• Denver is 11-0-1 in Summit League Tournament play (LPK at Omaha in 2017).
DENVER ATHLETICS SUCCESS
• Denver Athletics has claimed the I-AAA Directors' Cup in 11 of the last 12 seasons, for the top finish in the Directors' Cup standings amongst schools without football.
• Men's soccer's College Cup berth in 2016 is one of the athletic department's 23 National Semifinal appearances, including 11 since 2011.
• As an athletics department, Denver has recorded 70+ wins over Power-5 programs in each of the last three years, including five from men's soccer.
WORK IN THE CLASSROOM
• The Denver men's soccer program topped the grade point average rankings for the third-straight year in 2017-18, according to data submitted to United Soccer Coaches.
• Denver finished with a 3.49 GPA in 2015-16, a 3.619 GPA in 2016-17 and a 3.628 GPA in 2017-18.
• The Pioneers have seven DI CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including four first team selections.
Andre Shinyashiki won the award in 2018.
