SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Denver remained the only unbeaten Summit League team in non-conference play thanks to a pair of impressive results on the road against Top-25 foes. A 2-0 victory at No. 9/13 Maryland and a 1-1 draw at No. 19/9 Georgetown vaulted the Pioneers past those squads in the latest national rankings. DU, who owns a 3-0-1 record, moved all the way up to No. 6 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 after being unranked to start the season and to No. 12 in the College Soccer News poll. The top-10 ranking is the first for the program since the 2018 campaign.

The Pioneers are not the only league team carrying momentum into week No. 3. After dropping their opener, the Omaha Mavericks have gone unbeaten in their last three matches, including a 1-0 shutout over San Diego State in their latest triumph. Newcomer Mathis Pilon St-Louis had the game-winner vs. the Aztecs and shares the Division I lead with a pair of game-winning goals on the young season.

The Mavericks play host to Bradley Friday, but cannot overlook the Braves with a matchup against cross-town rival Creighton looming on Wednesday.

TEAM TRACKER
PIONEERS (3-0-1; 0-0-0 SL) | @DU_MSoccer
Next Up: at UC San Diego (9/9; 7 p.m. PT); at San Diego State (9/11; 7 p.m. PT)
Previous Matches: at (9/13) Maryland (W, 2-0); at (19/9) Georgetown (T, 1-1)
The Pioneers continued their ascent up the United Soccer Coaches and College Soccer News national polls after picking up a 2-0 road win at Maryland and earning a 1-1 draw at Georgetown ... Those results pushed Pioes to No. 6 in the USC poll and No. 12 in the CSN poll ... Sam Bassett did not score during his freshman season in 2021, but the sophomore midfielder opend the campaign with a goal in each of DU’s first three matches, which were all victories ... Defender Ronan Wynne, who accounted for the game-winning goal against the Terrapins, was named the CSN National Team of the Week, giving the Pios a representative on that squad for the second week in a row.

PANTHERS (1-2-1; 0-0-0 SL) | @EIU_Panthers
Next Up: at IUPUI (9/2; 6 p.m. CT); at Purdue Fort Wayne (9/4; 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+)
Previous Matches: at IUPUI (L, 5-1); at Purdue Fort Wayne (W, 1-0) 
The Panthers bounced back from a 5-1 loss to IUPUI to secure the first win in the Josh Oakley era ... That victory was a 1-0 blanking of Purdue Fort Wayne as Julian Smith provided the game-winner in the 15th minute ... Chad Smith made a pair of saves against the Mastadons to record the first shutout of his career ... Forward Sam Eccles scored the goal in the loss to the Jaguars, which was his team-leading second of the season. 

ROOS (2-2-0, 0-0-0 SL) | @KCRoosMSoccer
Next Up: at (16/16) Tulsa (L, 4-1); vs. Detroit Mercy (W, 3-2)
Previous Matches: at (18/NR) Dayton (9/10; 7:30 p.m. CT); at Mercer (9/16; 7 p.m. ET) 
The Roos will get a top-25 taste for the second week in a row when they travel to play at (18/NR) Dayton on Saturday ... Kansas City dropped a 4-1 decision at (16/16) Tulsa before pulling back to .500 on the young season with a dramatic 3-2 win over Detroit-Mercy at home ... Forward Christian Koffi delivered the game-winner against the Titans in the 89th minute for his first career goal as a Roo ... Koffi, who assisted on the equalizer in the 41st minute in a half that saw both teams strike twice, has a helped in three straigth matches and shares the team lead with five points.  

LIONS (0-2-0; 0-0-0 SL) | @LU_Lions
Next Up: at Northern Illinois (9/8; 6 p.m. CT); at Drake (9/13; 5 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at SIUE (L, 2-0); at (25/20) Missouri State (L, 3-0) 
The Lions made their Division I debut last week, falling at SIUE and against (25/20) Missouri State in a pair of road matches ... Freshman goalkeeper Meldin Sabotic combined for 13 saves in those two matches, inclucing making seven against a Bears team that fired off 29 shots against the Lions ... Lindenwood’s first seven matches of the season are scheduled for the road, including a non-conference match against fellow Division II-transitioner and Summit League newcomer Southern Indiana.
 
MAVERICKS (2-1-1; 0-0-0 SL) | @OmahaMSOC
Next Up: vs. Bradley (9/9; 7 p.m. CT); vs. (RV/30) Creighton (9/14; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. San Diego State (W, 1-0); vs. Drake (T, 2-2)
The Mavericks are 2-0-1 in their last three matches, including a 1-0 win over San Diego State and 2-2 draw with Drake ... Sophomore newcomer Mathis Pilon St-Louis has scored a goal in three consecutive games to grab a share of the league lead in that category ... Pilon St-Louis had the game-winner vs. the Aztecs and his 86th minute tally vs. the Bulldogs evened things up ... He scored 10 goals as a freshman in 2021 at American International (DII level) ... Goalkeeper Nathanael Sallah picked up his fifth career shutout in the win over SDSU. 

GOLDEN EAGLES (1-2-1, 0-0-0 SL) | @ORUMSoccer
Next Up: vs. Houston Baptist (9/9; 7 p.m. CT), vs. Incarnate Word (9/12; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Drake (W, 1-0); at (16/16) Tulsa (L, 4-0)
After not being ranked in the initial United Soccer Coaches West Region Top 10, the Golden Eagles were in the No. 5 spot in the second edition following a 1-0 blanking of Drake ... Carlos Santamaria’s goal in the 33rd minute held up as the juco-transfer scored for the second consecutive match ... Graduate student Jeremy Coste notched his first Division I shutout against the Bulldogs, stopping all four shots he faced ... Coste was an All-Region performer at Davis & Elkins College at the DII level before transferring to ORU for his final season.

TOMMIES (1-3-0, 0-0-0 SL) | @UST_MenSoccer
Next Up: vs. Stonehill (9/10; 12 p.m. CT); at Chicago State (9/16; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at (RV/NR) Dayton (L, 5-0); vs. Incarnate Word (W, 3-2) 
The Tommies snapped a three-match losing skid thanks to a 3-2 victory over Incarnate Word ... After trailing 2-1 at the break, UST scored the tying and go-ahead goal within a 2:26 stretch early in the second half to come away with its first win of 2022 ... Oliver Bieleveldt scored for the second time in three matches, while freshman Carver Tierney scored his first collegiate goal in the 25th minute to register the game-winner.   

SCREAMING EAGLES (0-4-0, 0-0-0 SL) | @USI_MSoc
Next Up: at Evansville (9/10; 6 p.m. CT); at Bradley (9/13; 6 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Green Bay (L, 3-0), vs. SIUE (L, 5-1)
The Screaming Eagles fell to former DII-conference foe SIUE 5-1 in a Labor Day tilt to drop to 0-4 on the young season ... After being shutout in its DI debut, USI has scored at least once in three consecutive matches ... Midfielder Ryan Nevins scored against the Cougars for his 11th career tally ... He had a career-best six goals as a sophomore in 2019 ... The Screaming Eagles are on the road technically for their next match, but will just travel across town to face Evansville.  

LEATHERNECKS (0-2-1, 0-0-0 SL) | @WIUMensSoccer
Next Up: vs. SIUE (9/9; 4:30 p.m. CT); at Milwaukee (9/13; 5 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Purdue Fort Wayne (L, 2-1); at IUPUI (T, 3-3)
After netting just one goal in its first two official matches, Western Illinois erupted for three in what ended up being a 3-3 draw with IUPUI ... Newcomer Muazu Sagir assisted on all three Leatherneck goals against the Jaguars and is one of just seven DI players with that many assists in a game this season ... He was one shy of WIU’s single-game record of four ... Sagir scored his first WIU goal in a 2-1 loss to Purdue Fort Wayne in the preceeding match.

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