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Team Celebration WSOC Summit League Championship
Casey Paul
The Mavericks celebrate as they watch Emma Konsmo make the game-winning save in the fifth round of penalty kicks
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Omaha UNO (7-4-7, 3-1-4)
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Denver DEN (9-2-7, 5-1-2)
Omaha UNO
(7-4-7, 3-1-4)
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Final
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Denver DEN
(9-2-7, 5-1-2)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 OT 3 F
Omaha UNO 1 1 0 0 0 2
Denver DEN 1 1 0 0 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

No. 4 Omaha Upsets No. 1 Denver, Advances to Summit League Championship Title Match

Denver, Colo.— For the second-straight season, the Omaha Mavericks will be playing in the Summit League Championship title match after knocking off No. 1 Denver on Sunday evening. The Mavericks and Pioneers played to a 2-2 draw in regulation with Omaha emerging victorious, going 3-2 in penalty kicks. Omaha's record moves to 7-4-7 after the draw with Denver. 

It is the third title match appearance in four seasons for the Mavericks, who won last year's Summit League Championship over Oral Roberts in Omaha. It will be the fourth championship game for the Mavericks under head coach Tim Walters, who has a record of 1-2 in the League's final match of the year. 

How it Happened 

  • Omaha got up early on the regular-season champions with a 13th minute goal from Alyssa Kellar. Emilie Erland intercepted a Denver defender's clearance and headed the ball to the foot of Kellar in the box, who placed it perfectly past Pioneer's goalkeeper Molly Wissman. (1-0) 

  • Mavericks' Goalkeeper Mia Reedtz Rehde Olesen made her second start of the postseason and sixth on the year, recording her first save in the 22nd minute. 

  • The Pioneers would even the score in the 27th minute off the foot of their leading scorer Kaitlyn Glover. (1-1) 

  • Mia would finish the first half with her second save in the 39th minute as the teams went into half time tied at one. 

  • Just over three minutes into the second half, the Summit League's Offensive Player of the Year connected with the Defensive Player of the Year to retake the lead. In the 48th minute, Sophia Green lobbed the ball from outside the box to the far-side post. Regan Zimmers was there to meet it, heading the ball into the back of the net for her first goal of the season. (2-1) 

  • Reedtz would come up with key saves in the 51st and 72nd minutes as the Mavericks tried to hang on to the lead. 

  • With 52 seconds left, Denver was able to tie the game, sending the semifinal match to overtime. (2-2) 

  • Neither team scored in the first 10-minute overtime period as Reedtz was tested once in the 100th minute. 

  • Reedtz made three saves in the second overtime to finish with eight, including four in overtime.

  • Emma Konsmo took the place of Reedtz in goal for penalty kicks. Denver's Glover beat Konsmo low to the left post as the Pioneers notched the first pk goal. Sophia Green responded by powering the ball to the upper right side of the net to draw even with Denver 1-1 after the first round. 

  • In the second round of penalty kicks, Konsmo stayed home and made a great stop in the center of the net. Reagan Bourgeois rang her shot off the left post as the score remained 1-1 in pk's. 

  • In the third round, the Pioneers hit the pipe, and Marissa Gohr sent a ball into the lower right corner to give the Mavericks a 2-1 lead. 

  • In the fourth round, both Omaha and Denver scored, with Emilie Erland taking three steps to her right before beating Wissman to the left side of the goal as Omaha went up 3-2. 

  • Konsmo would seal the deal and send Omaha to the Summit League Championship match with a diving save to her left in the fifth round of penalty kicks. 

Inside the Box 

  • The Mavericks were heavily outshot by the Pioneers 16-4 as Omaha's record moves to 3-1-3 when trailing in shots. Omaha had two goals on two shots on goal, while Denver scored twice with 10 shots on target. 

  • Mia Reedtz Rehde Olesen made her sixth start of the season in net, and second of the Summit League tournament. Reedtz matched her career high with eight saves in the draw as the senior's record moves to 3-0-3 this season. 

  • Reedtz played a season-high 110 minutes to finish with her second tie against Denver after leading the Mavericks to a 0-0 result against the Pioneers in Omaha on Oct. 1. 

  • Alyssa Kellar recorded her first goal of the postseason and fifth of the year in the 13th minute. Kellar has scored four goals in Omaha's last four matches. 

  • Emilie Erland picked up her second assist of the season on Kellar's goal. Erland has three points in the Summit League Championship after scoring in the quarterfinal. 

  • Regan Zimmers netted her first goal of the season in the 48th minute with a header. The defender now has four goals in her career at Omaha. 

  • Sophia Green picked up her third point of the postseason on the cross to Zimmers. The assist was the fifth of the year for Green, which is a new season high for the senior. With the assist, Green added another point to her program-record of 57 points in her four-year career.  

  • Denver was called for 10 fouls compared to Omaha's eight. DU was also shown one yellow card in the 87th minute. 

  • The match was delayed over four hours from its original kickoff time as over five inches of snow fell in Denver. 

  • The Mavericks spent just one day in Omaha over the final week of the season and opening weekend of postseason play. Omaha went 2-0-2 in that road stretch to finish October with an unbeaten record of 3-0-4 in the month. 

Up Next 

  • No. 4 Omaha advances to the Summit League Championship title match against No. 2 South Dakota State. The Summit League has not announced an official date for the 2023 Championship title match, which is scheduled to be played in Brookings, South Dakota. 

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