WHO: Denver (9-5-2, 3-1-2 Summit) at South Dakota State (11-3-2, 4-1-1 Summit)
WHAT: DU's penultimate regular-season match
WHERE: Fishback Soccer Park (Brookings, S.D.)
WHEN: Thursday, October 24, at 6 p.m. CT/5 p.m. MT
 
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver played to a 1-1 draw with Omaha in its regular-season home finale on Thursday, October 17. Redshirt senior Addisyn Hyrup opened the scoring with a strike from more than 25 yards out that dipped under the crossbar and into the far upper corner at the last minute to give Denver a 1-0 lead in the 26^th minute. Omaha drew level in the 35^th minute with a scramble inside the box, and neither team was able to find a winner in the second half.
 
QUICK HITS:

• Denver has secured one of six spots in the 2024 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship. The regular-season championship and final tournament seeding is still up for grabs entering Thursday's match.
• DU enters Thursday's match with an 88-16-15 record in Summit League play including 40-10-7 in road matches.
• Senior Ella Frost is tied for the Summit League lead and is tied for No. 14 nationally in game winners (4) this season.
  • She is also tied for second in the League in goals (7) and points (16)
  • Sophomore Michaela McGowan leads the League in assists (7) and is tied for sixth in points (13).
• Senior Riley Baker has logged an assist in each of the last three Denver matches – including Frost's game winner against St. Thomas on October 10.
• With the match against Omaha, graduate student Vanessa Murray became the fifth Pioneer to play in 90 matches for Denver in her career.
  • Fifth-year student Jordan Crockett is also within striking distance of 90 matches played and can do so if she plays in both of DU's remaining regular-season matches.

SCOUTING THE JACKRABBITS:
South Dakota State earned a 3-0 win at North Dakota its final regular-season road match of the year, seeing goals from Katherine Jones, Xehlia Salanoa and Adrianne Agbayani. Four more Jackrabbits added an assist apiece. So far this year, Katelyn Beulke leads the team in goals (6) and points (15), and Jones owns a team-best five assists.
 
SDSU leads the head-to-head with Denver, 7-4-5, though DU captured the win in their most recent meeting (4-2 in Denver on October 5, 2023). The last time the team played in Brookings (September 30, 2022), they finished a scoreless draw.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
Denver closes the 2024 regular season at South Dakota on Sunday, October 27. Final seeding for the 2024 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship will be determined following Sunday's slate of league matches.
 
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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