DENVER – The University of Denver women's soccer team welcomes the Summit League Women's Soccer Championship to the University of Denver Soccer Stadium for the first time since 2014 this weekend. Top-seeded Denver will host South Dakota for the second time in a week in the first semifinal on Thursday at 1 p.m. MT. Second-seeded South Dakota State will take on third-seeded Omaha in the second match, scheduled for 4 p.m. MT. Thursday's winners will meet in the Summit League Final Saturday at 2 p.m. MT. 

Important Links: Denver (13-5-1, 8-0-1) vs. South Dakota (10-4-3, 5-3-1)
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Denver's Summit League Tournament History (10-0-3, 4 Championship):
2021 – Denver, Colo.
Semifinal - Denver vs. South Dakota – 1 p.m. MT on Thursday
2020 – Omaha, Neb.
Semifinal – Denver 2-0 South Dakota
Final – Omaha 0-3 Denver
2019 – Brookings, S.D.
Semifinal - Denver 3-0 North Dakota
Final – South Dakota State 1 (4)-(2) 1 Denver
2018 – Brookings, S.D.
Semifinal – Denver 3-0 North Dakota State
Final – Denver 4-0 Omaha
2017 – Fargo, N.D.
Semifinal – Denver 1-0 Oral Roberts
Final – North Dakota State 1-2 Denver
2016 – Fargo, N.D.
Semifinal – Denver 1(2)-(4)1 South Dakota State
2014 – Denver, Colo.
Semifinal – Denver 1-0 IUPUI
Final – Denver 1(4)-(5)1 South Dakota State
2013 – Fort Wayne, Ind.
Semifinal - Purdue Fort Wayne 0-3 Denver
Final – Denver 5-1 North Dakota State
 
Last Time Out:
Sydney Sharp's 14^th of the season opened the scoring in the 40^th minute and Natalie Beckman converted a toe-poke from Sharp to double Denver's lead in the 66^th to lead the Pioneers to a 2-0 win over South Dakota State on Sunday. With the win, Denver won the Summit League title outright, the Pioneers fourth-straight regular season title and their 12^th conference crown since joining Division I in 1998-99. Denver had an 18-1 shot advantage, including 8-1 on target. Following the victory, the Pioneers honored their 10 undergraduate seniors and returning graduate students Brittney Lewis and Taylor Parker.
 
Denver vs. South Dakota History:
The Pioneers are 9-1-1 all-time against South Dakota. Friday's 1-1 draw broke a stretch of seven-straight wins for the Pioneers in the series. Beckman answered a Maddison Sullivan opener 3:53 later to earn the Pioneers a point on Friday. DU outshot USD 21-9, but just 6-4 on target.
 
Notable Stats:

• The Pioneers are 62-13-4 in the Summit League regular season play since joining the conference in 2013.
• Denver has scored 51 goals from 15 different players to start the 2021 season. Sharp leads the way with 14 goals, followed by 10 from Glover.
  • The Pioneers 51 goals is tied for the seventh-most in a season in Denver's DI history, 23 behind the school record of 74 in 2006.
  • Denver's 15 different goal scorers, the most in a season since the Pioneers school-record 18 different goal scorers in the 2006 campaign.
• Career Points Record Update:
  • Beckman has 86 career points, good for sixth in Denver's Division I history
  • Feller has 81 career points, good for seventh.
  • Sharp has 58 career points, good for 16^th in Denver's Division I history.  
• Career Assists Record Update
  • Beckman has 44 career assists, the program record.
  • Feller has 25 career assists, good for tied for sixth in Denver's DI history.
• Career Goals Record Update
  • Feller has 28 career goals, good for eighth in Denver's DI history.
  • Sharp has 24 career goals, good for 11^th in Denver's DI history.
  • Beckman has 21 career goals, good for 13^th in Denver's DI history.
• Career Games Played and Games Started Update
  • Brittney Lewis has the program record for matches played with 96.
  • Lewis broke the career starts record on Sunday at 92.   
• Single Season Goals Record
  • Sharp's 14 goals on the season are three behind the single-season record held by Jenni Harris and Taryn Hemmings.
  • Sharp entered the week as the only player in the country to score in 14 different games and in eight-consecutive matches this season. The consecutive goals streak was broken last Friday vs. South Dakota.
    • One player scored 8+-straight games this spring in BYU's Mikayla Colohan.
    • No player in the country scored in 14+ games in the spring. In 2019, seven different players scored in at least 14 games.
• Single Season Assists Record
  • Beckman has 15 assists on the season, tying Nicholette DiGiacomo's 2010 campaign for the program record.
  • Beckman's assist is the Summit League single-season record (DiGiacomo played in the Sun Belt in 2010).
• Single Season Game-Winning Goals Record
  • Sharp's seven game-winning goals is one behind Taryn Hemmings' eight in the 2008 season for the program record.
• Head coach Jeff Hooker holds a record of 393-162-52 (.690) in his 30 seasons as the head coach of the Pioneers.

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