WHO: Denver (0-0-2, 0-0-0 Summit) at Marquette (1-1-0, 0-0-0 BIG EAST)
WHAT: First match of 2023 Milwaukee Challenge Cup tournament
WHERE: Valley Fields (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
WHEN: Thursday, August 24, at 5 p.m. CT/4 p.m. MT
 
ABOUT MILWAUKEE CHALLENGE CUP:
Denver joins host Marqutte, Milwaukee and Minnesota in the 2023 Milwaukee Challenge Cup, set for August 24-27. DU will face both Wisconsin teams, first Marquette on Thursday and then Milwaukee on Sunday.
 
LAST TIME OUT:
DU visited Colorado College for its second in-state matchup of opening weekend, posting a 2-2 draw on August 20. Graduate student Camryn MacMillan scored just 30 seconds into the match, a goal that would become the fourth-fastest in Denver's Division I history. After CC scored in the 16^th minute, DU graduate student Kaitlyn Glover again put Denver up after juggling around the CC keeper in the 25^th minute. The Tigers would again equalize in the 34^th minute, and neither team scored in the second half to leave the final score at 2-2.
 
QUICK HITS:

• Denver outshot Colorado College, 23-7, on August 20, tying for the seventh-largest shot margin (16) for DU in a non-conference match (records dating back to 2002).
  • Seven of DU's 23 shots came within the final 10 minutes of play.
• With her three points at Colorado College, MacMillan is now one of 19 Denver student-athletes to score at least 50 career points (51).
• Glover is now tied for the 12^th-most goals scored in DU's DI history after scoring the 23^rd of her career on August 20 at CC.
• DU's first goal of the season came from freshman Liv Moritz against Colorado State on August 17. She became the fourth DU freshman to score in a season opener (DU's Division I era) and the first since Jocelyn Loomis in 2014.
• In the season opener against Colorado State, freshman Molly Wissman became the fifth Denver freshman to start in goal in a season opener and the first since Brittany Wilson in 2016.

 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES:
This will be the first all-time meeting between Denver and Marquette.
 
MU split its first two matches of the season, falling 4-0 to No. 18 Northwestern at home in its 2023 opener before notching a 1-0 win at Colorado on Sunday.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
DU plays its second and final match of the Milwaukee Challenge Cup when it takes on Milwaukee on Sunday, August 27, at 1 p.m. CT/12 p.m. MT. DU returns home to host Northern Colorado on Thursday, August 31, at 7 p.m. MT.
 
TICKETS:
Season tickets and 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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