THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE                                           
• Denver lifted its 12th Summit League trophy in its seven seasons in the league following a 1-0 victory over Omaha on Saturday at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Junior transfer Preston Judd netted the 29th minute breakthrough in the victory, earning Summit League Tournament MVP honors. 
• The Pioneers will begin their ninth NCAA Tournament on Thursday when Denver heads to Missouri State. Thursday will mark the third all-time meeting between the two programs, and the first since 2009. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT.
• Thursday's winner will advance to the second round and catch a flight to Florida to take on UCF Sunday at 6 p.m. ET/4 p.m. MT. 

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 67-23-13 as a head coach through four seasons with the Pioneers.
•    The Pioneers are 102-40-21 since Franks' arrival as an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2012 season.
•    Combined as a college player and coach, Franks is 201-67-38, 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 weekend (thru regular season) with the 25th-best strength of schedule in the country. That ranking has been as high as No. 1 earlier this season. 

LIMITING SHOTS                                      
• The Pioneers have allowed five shots or less in a match 52 times in their Division I history, going 41-8-3 in those matches.
• Denver has also held opponents to two shots on goal or less 102 times, recording an 87-10-5 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 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 25 times (22-1-2) and two shots on goal or less 46 times (42-3-1). 
• Denver has kept six cleansheets this season (4-0-2), including holding the sixth-best scoring offense in the country in Oral Roberts to just 1 shot on target in the Pioneers Summit League Semifinal win on November 14. 

KNOCKOUT FOOTBALL                                
•    Denver is 13-0-1 in Summit League Tournament play (LPK at Omaha in 2017).
•    The Pioneers appeared in their sevent-straight Summit League Final last Saturday, looking, winning their sixth Summit League postseason trophy.
•    Denver will make its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance on Thursday, going 4-7-1 in their previous trips to the national tournament. 
•    Three of Denver's losses have come in extra time, and the Pioneers lost their only NCAA Tournament draw on penalties at Louisville in 2013. 

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.
•    Despite improving its GPA to 3.68 in 2018-19, the Pioneers finished second in the national GPA rankings a year ago, just two one-hundereths behind national leader Lipscomb. 
•    The Pioneers have seven DI CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including four first team selections. Andre Shinyashiki won the award in 2018. 

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 69-8-6 at home since Franks joined the staff as an assistant in 2012 and 79-19-12 since the stadium opened.