Denver Pioneers soccer piles up Summit League awards ahead of semifinal game Sunday | Colorado Sunshine
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Denver Pioneers soccer piled up Summit League awards Saturday.
Kyle McGowan, a redshirt junior, was named Offensive Player of the Year. Trevor Wright, a redshirt senior, was named Defensive Player of the Year. Isaac Nehme, a senior, was named Goalkeeper of the Year for a third time.
Bryce Willoughby was named to the first-team all-conference list, while Luke Schultz was named to the second-team roll. Denver shared the league’s regular-season title and claimed the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed.
DU hosts fourth-seeded Oral Roberts in a Summit League semifinal at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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