DENVER – The University of Denver women's soccer team's 2022 season came to an end after losing a penalty shootout to Oral Roberts in the Summit League semifinals on Sunday.
DU and ORU played to a scoreless draw through the extra 20 minutes of halftime, forcing penalties to decide which team would advance to the final. ORU would go on to win the shootout 3-2.
COACH'S NOTES:
From head coach
Jeff Hooker: "It's difficult. I'm proud of the way they fought. We didn't find out until five minutes prior to the game that Devan (McSwain) couldn't play, and no one batted an eye. It was just next-man-up, so I was really proud of how they performed. We created the chances, but we just didn't get the goal today; and we were just not quite as in-sync as what we were for the last couple weekends.
"More than anything else, I just wanted to thank the people who stood up and were brave to take the PKs. It's easy to push it off to someone else and not take the responsibility. We hadn't missed one through this year, so we felt good going in, but you leave it up to chance when you get it to there."
SIGNIFICANT STATS:
- Freshman Audrey Miller made her first collegiate start in place of graduate student Devan McSwain, who was injured during warmups. Prior to Sunday, Miller had played just 32 career minutes.
- Fellow freshman Lily O'Grady also played a career-high 49 minutes.
- Denver held Oral Roberts without a shot in the first half and outshot ORU 13-4 overall
- For the fourth time in 2022, DU did not allow a corner kick for its opponent.
- DU finished 2022 with an 11-4-4 record, its sixth season in a row with double-digit wins.
FIRST HALF:
3' | Miller connected on an early corner, heading the ball wide.
11' | Junior
Addisyn Hyrup had the match's first shot, taking it off a free kick from 16 yards out but sent it high over the net.
32' | Hyrup sent a cross nicely into the box, but it was just out of reach of senior
Kaitlyn Glover.
SECOND HALF:
55' | Graduate student
Sami Feller tapped the ball to Hyrup, but her shot was saved by ORU's Louisa Ramsauer.
69' | Sophomore
Ella Frost tapped the ball along the edge of the box where fellow sophomore
Jadyn Goodrich turned in toward the net and got the shot off.
78' | Senior
Hannah Gallegos headed a corner toward the net but sent it off the post.
OVERTIME:
108' | O'Grady and Goodrich coordinated to get the ball into the box, looking for Glover, who pushed it into the outside of the net.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT:
Round 1
Glover (DU): Converted
See (ORU): Converted
DU 1-1 ORU
Round 2
Hyrup (DU): Converted
Lucio (ORU): Missed
DU 2-1 ORU
Round 3
Frost (DU): Missed
Guzman (ORU): Converted
DU 2-2 ORU
Round 4
O'Grady (DU): Missed
Abbey (ORU): Converted
DU 2-3 ORU
Round 5
Gallegos (DU): Missed
DU 2-3 ORU
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