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Auburn edges Pioneers
DU’s Nicholette DiGiacomo scored on a penalty kick, but the Pioneers fell 2-1 to the No. 22 Auburn Tigers in the Denver Invitational on Sunday morning.
The Pioneers (6-2-0) finished the Denver Invitational 1-1-0.
“The first half, they were a little better than we were,” said coach Jeff Hooker. “The goals we gave up were things we’ve been working on. The ball got cleared, and we pushed up and nobody took a look over their back shoulder, and they had three players out there. The shot was going wide and got deflected and went in.”
Auburn (6-1-1) got the scoring started early as midfielder Ana Cate netted her fourth goal of the season when she deflected a shot inside the goal box from Mary Coffed in the opening three minutes of play.
The Tigers added a second goal from senior Heather Havron on a free kick that bounced just over Pioneer keeper Lara Campbell’s head and slipped just under the cross bar with five minutes left in the first half.
In a half which featured four yellow cards (three Auburn, one Denver), the Pioneers managed to get nine shots, four of which made their way on net. As the half came to a close, Denver was awarded a penalty kick in the goal box, but the shot from Bria Beardsley was saved by Auburn ‘keeper Chandler Hillen.
Denver was awarded another penalty kick in the 48th minute after a foul in the box, and DiGiacomo buried it.
Next Up: The Pioneer women open Sun Belt Conference play next weekend at CIBER Field. DU will host defending SBC Tournament champion Middle Tennessee on Friday at 7 p.m. and Western Kentucky on Sept. 25 at 1 p.m.
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