WHO: Denver (9-1-5, 5-0-1 Summit) at North Dakota State (4-6-6, 0-3-4 Summit)
WHAT: Denver's penultimate regular-season match
WHERE: Dacotah Field (Fargo, North Dakota)
WHEN: Thursday, October 19, at 6:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. MT
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver topped Kansas City, 1-0, in its final home match of the regular season on October 12. Freshman
Michaela McGowan had the match's only goal with her 35
th-minute strike with helpers from sophomore
Lily O'Grady and junior
Jadyn Goodrich. Freshman
Molly Wissman collected her sixth cleansheet of the year.
QUICK HITS:
- In the match against Kansas City, Denver set a season high for corners (15) and tied its second-highest shots in a first half (12) this year.
- McGowan became the eighth different Pioneer to score a game winner this year. Only fellow freshman Liv Moritz has multiple game-winning goals with two.
- Graduate student Kaitlyn Glover is one match away from her 91st, which would move her into a tie for the third-most in DU's Division I history.
- Junior Ella Frost extended her team-leading streak of matches with at least one shot attempt to 12 with her two against Kansas City.
SCOUTING THE BISON:
This will be the 15
th meeting between Denver and North Dakota State with DU holding a 12-1-1 record. The teams played in Denver last season on September 23 in a 2-0 win for DU. The last time the teams met in Fargo was a 4-0 Denver victory on October 24, 2021.
The Bison are coming off a 2-1 loss at South Dakota on October 15. USD jumped out to a 2-0 win through the first 10:03 played, but NDSU's Amaya Garrett narrowed the gap with a 65
th-minute goal – her fourth of the year.
WHAT'S NEXT:
Denver concludes the 2023 regular season at North Dakota on Sunday, October 22, at 1 p.m. CT/12 p.m. MT.
TICKETS:
Single-game tickets for the 2023 University of Denver men's and women's soccer seasons are now on sale and can be
purchased online, by calling 303-871-4625 or by visiting the Ritchie Center Box Office.
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