{"id":493229,"date":"2026-10-12T03:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T03:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493229\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T03:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T03:14:15","slug":"du-womens-soccer-drops-back-and-forth-match-at-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493229\/","title":{"rendered":"DU Women\u2019s Soccer Drops Back-and-Forth Match at San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2013 The University of Denver women’s soccer team (2-8-2, 1-3-0 WCC) scored twice but dropped a one-goal decision to San Diego at Torero Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
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\nA long-range strike from senior Luci Vincent<\/a> opened the scoring in the 9th minute, and fellow senior Liv Moritz<\/a> converted from the penalty spot, but the Toreros drew level after each DU goal with the first two of what would eventually be three goals from USD’s Maquena O’Callaghan.
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\nSCORING SUMMARY:
\n8:24 (DEN): Luci Vincent<\/a> (S. Dreiling)
\n22:35 (USD): Maquena O’Callaghan (Callanan, Faklaris)
\n30:24 (DEN: Liv Moritz<\/a> (pen)
\n71:01: Maquena O’Callaghan (pen)
\n77:11: Maquena O’Callaghan
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\nSIGNIFICANT STATS: <\/p>\n


\n\tVincent and Moritz became the eighth and ninth Denver goal scorers on the year.
\n\tMoritz and sixth-year Samantha Dreiling<\/a> also became the 12th and 13th Pioneers to record at least one point in 2026.
\n\tVincent’s goal at 8:24 became the team’s earliest goal of the season.
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\n\t\tIt was the senior’s second career goal
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\n\tMoritz converted penalty kick marked her first goal in 718 days (last: October 24, 2024, at South Dakota State.
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\n\t\tIt was her team-best 13th career goal and 31st career point.
\n\t\tIt was also her first attempt from the spot in her collegiate career.
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\n\tS. Dreiling’s assist on Vincent’s goal became the ninth of her career assist and her 23rd career point.
\n\tVincent set a new career best with four shot attempts, doubling up on her previous best, which she had equaled earlier this season on September 26 against Saint Mary’s.
\n\tMoritz’s successful penalty kick was DU’s first goal from the spot since Ella Frost had the game winner in a 2-1 DU win at North Dakota State on October 13, 2024.
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\n\t\tS. Dreiling had converted a penalty kick just last season against Texas A&M but when the match was ruled a no contest due to excessive weather delay, the goal was not officially recorded.
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\n\tSenior Jaidin Kinch<\/a>‘s saved penalty in the 82nd minute was the first by a DU goalkeeper since October 10, 2024, when Molly Wissman<\/a> denied St. Thomas in an eventual 3-1 DU win.
\n\tKinch set a new career high for saves for a third match in a row, making seven stops on Sunday.
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\n\t\tShe has now had at least five saves in three consecutive matches.
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\n\tSenior and co-captain Nora Zelazny<\/a> returned to the starting lineup for DU for the first time since September 6 against Montana.
\n\tDenver scored first in a match for the fourth time this year and now owns a 2-2-0 record when doing so.
\n\tDU’s 19 shots were its second most in a match this year, behind only its 20 attempts at Northern Colorado on August 13-30.
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\n\t\tDU and USD both finished with 19 shots, marking the 14th time since at least 2002 that Denver has had the same number of shots as an opponent in a match (last: November 6, 2021, against South Dakota State).
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\n\tSunday’s match became DU’s seventh match of the year to be determined by one goal and its second in a row. <\/p>\n

KEY MOMENTS:
\n7′ | Sophomore Annie Philbin<\/a> came up with a critical clearance from just off the line to prevent USD from scoring off its first corner of the day.
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\n9′ | S. Dreiling intercepted an attempted USD clearance and perfectly redirected it toward Vincent, whose shot from 25 yards out tucked right into the upper left corner of the net for a 1-0 Denver advantage.
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\n23′ | USD’s O’Callaghan drew even after beating Kinch to her left from edge of the six-yard box.
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\n31′ | After video review, the referee awarded Denver a penalty kick for a foul inside the USD box. Moritz stepped to the spot and converted in the lower left corner.
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\n71′ | Zelazny ended a dangerous attack from USD with a perfectly-timed sliding clearance of the ball inside the six-yard box.
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\n72′ | San Diego earned a penalty kick off a foul from Moritz inside the box and converted to again find an equalizer for 2-2.
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\n78′ | Kinch denied an initial attempt from San Diego but was unable to control the ball, giving a rebound to USD’s O’Callaghan, who pushed the ball across the line for the third time on the day.
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\n82′ | Kinch was called for a foul and issued a yellow card while trying to clear a ball in her box, to which USD was awarded a second penalty. This time, Kinch made the stop to her right to keep the score at 2-3.
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\n82′ | Freshman Caitlin Staats<\/a> had a look at an empty net from inside the six but skyed it over the crossbar.
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\nWHAT’S NEXT:
\nThe University of Denver women’s soccer team reaches the midway point of its West Coast Conference schedule when it hosts its penultimate home match of the year against Portland to University of Denver Soccer Stadium on Sunday, October 17, at 1 p.m. MT.
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\nTICKETS
\nTickets for the 2026 season are on sale now, available for purchase online<\/a> or by visiting the Ritchie Center Box Office.
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