DENVER – The University of Denver women's soccer team (9-5-2, 3-1-2 Summit) finished its regular-season home slate with a 1-1 draw against Omaha on Thursday night.
 
Redshirt senior Addisyn Hyrup opened the scoring with a highlight-reel goal in the 26^th, finding the far upper corner of the net from 25 yards out. Denver held the 1-0 lead for almost nine minutes before Omaha pushed an awkward ball into the bottom corner in what would be the match's final goal.
 
COACH'S NOTES:
From head coach Julianne Sitch: "We're obviously disappointed to not get three points out of that but happy to come away with a point. I thought we played well. I thought we adapted really well with our press. We had a couple in-game adjustments on the fly with our press. I think we came out in the second half and did really good with the press, too, and frustrated them a little bit.
 
"We've just got to keep improving on finding our tempo and moving the ball when teams are in a low block. Omaha did well. They had some great clearances at the end versus the services that were getting in. So it was a good game from them and unlucky to not walk away with three points."
 
SIGNIFICANT STATS:                                 

• Hyrup's goal was the fifth of her career and her first in nearly two years after missing the entire 2023 campaign with an injury.
• Redshirt sophomore Hannah Tate set a new personal best with seven shot attempts, a new season high for any Pioneer in a match and the most since then-freshman Liv Moritz had eight at Oregon on September 10, 2023.
• Denver held Omaha to just two shot attempts – both in the first half – the fewest the Pioneers have allowed this year.
  • It is the fewest DU has allowed to an opponent since October 31, 2021, when DU held South Dakota State to just one shot.
• For the first time since October 19, 2023, DU held its opponent without a corner kick.
  • Five times previously in 2024, Denver allowed an opponent just a single corner kick.
• Denver's 22 shot attempts equal the second most by the team this season, matching the output at Oral Roberts on October 5 and behind only DU's 36 shots against North Dakota on September 29.
  • DU has now had at least 20 shots in five matches this year.
• Graduate student Vanessa Murray made her 90^th career appearance for DU, moving her into sole possession of fifth most in Denver's Division I history.

FIRST HALF:
21' | Off Denver's second corner of the match, Tate got three shots off but had the first two blocked by UNO defenders before the UNO keeper pushed the third wide of the post.
 
22' | On the subsequent DU corner, senior Ella Frost got an initial shot off in the box but had it blocked. The rebound found its way to V. Murray's feet near the edge of the box, but the UNO keeper made a comfortable save.
 
26' | Senior Riley Baker juggled around two UNO defenders and sent the ball toward the opposite end of the box. An approaching Hyrup met it in stride and launched it into the very top corner at the far post.
 
35' | UNO gained possession inside the box, and Meg Nemmich settled a tapped ball from teammate Alyssa Keller to get a shot off the took an awkward path into the bottom corner.
 
SECOND HALF:
47-51' | Denver started the second half with multiple offensive opportunities resulting in shots from Tate and Frost that were either blocked or saved.
 
57' | Fifth-year student Jordan Crockett took a DU free kick from the far left side of the pitch and sent it perfectly into the center of the box where redshirt sophomore Emma Thielbahr put a header on target but had it saved.
 
74' | From 20 yards out, V. Murray looked for the far post but sent it over the net.
 
77' | Tate tried to curl the ball into the far post but missed by a foot at the last minute.
 
80' | From the far edge of the box, Hyrup sent a curling ball high and toward the net, just grazing the under side of the crossbar on approach.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
DU (9-5-2, 3-1-2 Summit) finishes the regular season on the road, starting with a showdown against Summit League rival South Dakota State on Thursday, October 24, before visiting South Dakota on Sunday, October 27.
 
TICKETS
Tickets for the 2024 University of Denver women's soccer season are now on sale and can be purchased at denverpioneers.com/tickets or by calling the Ritchie Center Box Office at 303-871-4625.
 
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