DENVER –
Who: No. 1 Seed Denver (14-1-1 Summit) vs. No. 4 Seed South Dakota (9-6-1 Summit)
What: 2020 Summit League Semifinal (delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19)
Where: Caniglia Field (Omaha, Neb.)
When: Thursday, April 15 at 1 p.m. MT
Last Time Out:
Denver recorded its third and fourth cleansheets in the last five matches to earn at pair of 1-0 wins at Kansas City to clinch the 2020 Summit League regular season title.
Natalie Beckman netted a free kick from just outside the box to earn the Friday night victory and crossed a ball to the head of
Kaitlyn Glover for the only goal of Sunday's win. With the win, Denver tied with North Carolina for the most wins in the country this season at 14.
Summit League Regular Season Title:
- Three-straight Summit League regular season titles.
- 11th NCAA DI title in program history
- Fifth Summit League title in program history (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)
- First time Denver has won three-consecutive conference regular season titles
Conference Tournament History:
- Denver is 34-5-5 in its NCAA DI conference tournament matches
- 8-0-3 in the Summit League
- 13-3-2 in the conference semis
- 10-1-3 in conference finals
- 1-4 in penalty shootouts (last win was in 2001, 3-2 vs. FIU in SBC semis)
- First meeting vs. South Dakota in a conference tournament
DI Series History:
Denver is 8-1 in its DI history vs. South Dakota, winning each of the last six matches. Thursday's Summit League Semifinal will mark the first neutral site meeting in the series. Denver defeated USD 2-1 in extra time in the series opener back in February and 1-0 in the Sunday win. Goals in the regular season series came from Beckman (extra time winner),
Sydney Sharp and
Taylor Wells (Sunday winner).
What's Next:
No. 2 South Dakota State and No. 3 Omaha meet in the second semifinal on Thursday. The winner of the two Summit League semifinals will meet in the final on Saturday at 3 p.m. MT at Caniglia Field.
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