On Saturday night, the Denver Women’s Soccer (3-4-1) team fought to pick up a win on their home pitch against Colorado (8-1-0). After a hard fought 90 minutes, the Pioneers fell short in their attempt to avenge last years 2-1 loss. The Pioneers allowed two goals and four corners, but were unable to get the ball in the back of the Colorado net.

In the first half, Denver fought hard against the Buffaloes and kept the game close, attacking well and creating multiple scoring opportunities from impressive plays up the left sideline. But in the 35th minute, CU took advantage of a break in the Denver back line and scored off of a play between Boulder’s Taylor Kornieck and Libby Geraghty. Geraghty got her first goal of the season by chipping the cross from Kornieck over the head of Denver senior goalkeeper Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.). In the first half, CU outshot Denver 6-4 and each goalkeeper recorded 2 saves.

In the second half, the Buffaloes began to take control of the game. Denver had only one shot on goal in the last 45 minutes and struggled to connect passes. In the 75th minute, the Buffaloes once again took advantage of a break in Denver’s defense when CU player Tessa Barton picked off a miss-judged pass from the Pioneer back line and went to goal.

The Buffaloes outshot the Pioneers 15-5 and took home the 2-0 victory. Denver looks to come back from this loss as they finish up non-conference play in their next two games. The Pioneers travel to California next weekend to play University of California-Riverside on Sept. 26th and California State Northridge on Sept. 29th.