KANSAS CITY, Mo.  – Kaitlyn Glover's 64^th minute header was the game's only goal of the match on Sunday afternoon as the [-/27] University of Denver women's soccer team wrapped up its third-consecutive Summit League regular season title with a 1-0 win at Kansas City on Sunday afternoon at Durwood Soccer Stadium.
 
The title is Denver's 11^th NCAA DI title and its fifth in the Summit League (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019). Sunday's win also gave Denver a third-consecutive regular season title for the first time in its DI history.
 
First Half:
Denver's best chance of the first half came off the foot of Sydney Sharp in the 11^th minute, but her attempt on goal rattled the crossbar to keep things scoreless.
 
Kansas City's first real peak at goal came in the 41^st minute, but Nerea Arrazola dove well to her right to push it off goal for a corner.
 
The Pioneers outshot Kansas City 8-3 in the opening 45 minutes and 4-1 in shots on goal.
 
Second Half:
After continuing to put the pressure on the Roos' back-line to start the second half, the Pioneers found their breakthrough in the 64^th minute.
 
Brittney Lewis started the scoring sequence, spraying the ball out to Alex Nillen on the Denver left. Nillen played a give-and-go with Natalie Beckman to free Beckman up down the left channel. Beckman got to the endline and played a cross into the middle of the box that was headed home by Glover for her second goal of the season and the third of her career.
 
Beckman earned her 12^th assist of the season and the 27^th of her career on the game-winner, moving her into the top-5 of Denver's DI career record book, one behind Taryn Hemmings, and into a tie for fourth in Denver's single-season record book, three behind Nicholette DiGiacomo's record set in 2010.
 
Up Next:
Top seeded Denver will take on fourth-seeded South Dakota in the first Summit League Semifinal on Thursday at 1 p.m. MT. The 2021 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship will take place in Omaha. No. 2 South Dakota State will take on the hosts at 4 p.m. MT. The 2021 Summit League Final will take place Saturday (April 17) at 3 p.m. MT.
 
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