Who: Denver (13-2) vs Omaha (12-4), if win, winner of Kansas City/South Dakota match
What: Summit League Championship Semifinal & Championship
Where: Sanford Pentagon
When: April 2-3 (1:30 p.m. MT April 2, 1 PM MT April 3)
How to Watch: Stream
Last Time Out
Denver swept Kansas City in straight sets both days to capture the Summit League Championship and earn the No. 1 seed in postseason play.  

Series History This Year
The teams split the regular-season series earlier this year in Hamilton Gymnasium.

Last Meeting
Omaha took the match 3-1 back on Feb. 1.  

Milestones

• Lydia Bartalo picked up her 800^th career kill against North Dakota State on Mar. 19, becoming the 15^th player in program history to hit the mark.
• Ellie Anderson recorded her 2,000^th career assist on Sunday, Feb. 28 vs. Oral Roberts. With 2,162 career assists, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa native has the 10^th-most in program history and 5^th-most in the Division I era
• Macy Carrabine logged her 1,000^th career dig on Feb. 22 vs. Western Illinois. She ranks 6^th in career digs (1,103) and 3^rd in digs/set (3.47) for Denver's Division I era
• Tom Hogan won his 100^th career match as head coach on Sunday, Feb. 21 vs. Western Illinois. He enters this weekend with a 110-28 all-time record
• Tina Boe ranks 5^th in the Pioneers' Division I era for career total blocks (377) and block assists (348)

Quick Points

• Denver had four players earn First Team All-Summit League honors in Lydia Bartalo, Tina Boe, Ellie Anderson and Brianna Green
• Head coach Tom Hogan picked up Summit League Coach of the Year for a third time in his career.
• The Crimson and Gold have won five of the last six Summit League Tournament Championships

• The Pioneers finished first in the Summit League with a 13-2 record and .866 winning percentage
• The Crimson & Gold ranks 3^rd in the NCAA in aces/set (2.28), 26^th in blocks/set (2.58) and 23^rd in hitting percentage (.267)
• Lydia Bartalo ranks 3^rd in the NCAA in aces/set (.68) and leads the Summit League. Macy Carrabine (.46) and Ellie Anderson (.38) rank 2^nd and 5th in the conference
• Tina Boe ranks 2^nd in the Summit League for blocks/set (1.24). Brianna Green ranks 3^rd in the conference (1.10)
• Brianna Green's hitting percentage ranks 2^nd in the Summit League (.344)
• Lorrin Poulter has played four matches with 10 or more kills. Brianna Green and Tina Boe have played in at least three matches with five or more blocks, Boe with a total of six matches. Ellie Anderson has played three matches with 25 or more assists. Macy Carrabine has played four matches with 15+ digs
• The Pioneers have played the fewest number of sets in the conference (50)
• Entering the 2020 season, the Pioneers had the 18^th-highest winning percentage among all Division I programs in the last five seasons (.778) and the 20^th-most wins (123)
• The Crimson & Gold went 23-9 last year to mark the program's seventh straight winning season
• Denver ranked 2nd in the Summit League Preseason Coaches' Poll behind South Dakota. The Pioneers received two first-place votes. Lydia Bartalo & Tina Boe were named Players to Watch 
• Tom Hogan enters his fifth season at the helm with a 110-28 overall record (67-9 Summit League). He was hired as an assistant coach in 2012, promoted to associate head coach in 2014 and named head coach in December 2015. Denver is 94-13 in Hamilton Gymnasium since 2012

UP NEXT: If Denver wins the tournament, it will await to see where it goes in the NCAA Tournament with the selection show set for Sunday
 
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