REVISED ON OCTOBER 25

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota – The University of Denver women's soccer team (9-2-6, 5-1-2 Summit) posted a 3-3 draw at North Dakota in its regular-season finale to secure at least a share of the 2023 Summit League Regular Season Championship on Sunday.
 
The result at UND guaranteed Denver at least a tie atop the Summit League table – pending the result of October 24's rescheduled match between South Dakota State and Omaha – giving DU its sixth-straight Summit League regular-season title and its eighth overall. It is also the 14^th regular-season conference title in Denver's Division I history.

UPDATE FROM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24: Following the completion the final Summit League regular-season match between South Dakota State and Omaha, Denver claimed the outright Summit League regular-season title, sitting atop the final standings with 17 points, two clear of SDSU. It is the fifth-straight year that DU has won the regular-season championship outright and its eighth time overall.
 
In Sunday's match, freshman Liv Moritz opened the scoring in the 10^th minute before North Dakota's Amelia Loeffler gave the Fighting Hawks the lead with a 23^rd-minute equalizer and a penalty kick in the 34th minute.
 
Denver drew even just one minute after the converted PK when UND headed in an own goal off a DU corner kick. Just over three minutes into the second half, graduate student Kaitlyn Glover put DU ahead once again; but UND's Loeffler completed her hat trick with just 41 seconds left in the match on a last-minute corner.
 
SIGNIFICANT STATS:                                 

• Glover and Moritz remain tied atop DU's leaderboard for most goals scored, each adding their seventh of the season on Sunday.
• With her assist on Glover's goal, senior Vanessa Murray became the standalone team leader for assists this season with five.
• Junior Riley Baker added her fourth assist of the season, pulling her into a three-way tie with Glover and Moritz for second-most on the team.
• Five Pioneers finished with three shot attempts on the day including graduate student Camryn MacMillan, who put all three of her shots on goal.
• Junior Ella Frost made her first start of the season and the 19^th of her career.
• Denver finished with 20 shots for the third time this season, nine of which were on target.

FIRST HALF:
10' | Frost helped settle a bouncing ball off a DU free kick and sent it to sophomore Lily O'Grady. She then perfectly threaded the ball between two UND defenders and connected with Moritz in the middle of the six-yard box where the freshman easily sent it past the keeper.
 
23' | UND intercepted a pass from senior Megan Prazich, setting up an equalizer from Amelia Loeffler from the top of the box.
 
27' | Just 30 seconds after subbing into the match, junior Samantha Dreiling gets a shot off, but the UND keeper made the save at right goal post.
 
34' | After a challenge from freshman Molly Wissman, there was a scramble inside the box and an eventual stoppage of play after DU cleared the ball. The officials determined a foul was committed inside the penalty area and awarded a penalty to UND, which Loeffler converted.
 
35' | Exactly one minute later, Denver earned the equalizer on a UND own goal from a DU corner.
 
SECOND HALF:
49' | Murray headed a UND clear attempt from the edge of the 18-yard box. Baker settled the ball and heel-kicked it back toward Glover, who finished the job with a quick shot toward the far post.
 
53' | Frost had a look at the left post with a curling shot from 20 yards out, but the UND keeper snagged it away.
 
72' | Dreiling rang one off the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the penalty area.
 
78' | Baker tried a backward heel kick again and connected with senior McKenna Dannenhauer, but her shot sailed high.
 
90' | UND earned a last-minute corner kick that Loeffler headed in for the equalizer with only 41 seconds left on the clock.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
DU (9-2-6, 5-1-2 Summit) has secured the No. 1 seed in the 2023 Summit League Championship and will host the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds on October 27-29. Denver will receive a bye into the semifinals and now awaits final selections and seedings for the tournament.
 
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