From left: Jeff Nelson, Mines; Tom Settle, Fort Lewis; Jamie Cunningham, Fort Lewis; Collin Audley, Denver; Jarod Stigall, Denver. (photos by Tom Auclair and George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

I set up the All-Colorado women's team with a nearly identical intro, so if you want to skip ahead straight to the team, feel free.

The University of Denver men's soccer team (5-10-4) was unable to rebound from an early first-half goal by New Mexico's Justin Davis, falling 1-0 in the semifinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation's men's soccer tournament on Friday evening at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. The win advances the Lobos (12-6-0) to the MPSF championship game at 1 p.

University of Denver goalkeeper Joe Willis made three saves during the shootout and all three Denver shooters scored as the Pioneers defeated Air Force in the quarterfinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament on Thursday night at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium.

Air Force (7-8-2) scored twice in the final 15 minutes of regulation to tie the Pioneers 2-2 and send the game into overtime.

The University of Denver women's soccer team will face Portland on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament at the Clive Charles Soccer Complex in Oregon.

Pioneers (17-5-1) earned their unprecedented fourth-straight Sun Belt Conference championship by beating Arkansas-Little Rock 1-0 on Saturday in Boca Raton, Florida.

Jesse Henderson scored in the first half and Collin Audley notched a second-half goal to lead the University of Denver men's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Air Force on Saturday at Cadet Soccer Stadium in the regular-season finale for both teams. With the victory, Denver improved to 5-9-3 overall and finished 2-4-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation , while the Falcons fell to 7-8-1 and 2-5 in league play.

DENVER — The University of Denver men's soccer team is at its best in close quarters. When one of the Pioneers closes in on an opponent who has the ball, it's in that player's best interest to find a teammate to pass to. Quickly. Otherwise, he's likely to turn the ball over and wind up on the ground in the process.

The University of Denver men's soccer team fell 1-0 to Missouri State on Thursday afternoon in Springfield, Mo.

David Buckenheimer scored the game's only goal in the 73rd minute. On a corner kick by Johannes Demarzi, Paul Paradise headed the ball to Buckenheimer's right foot.

Missouri State improved to 5-2-1, and Denver fell to 3-3-2.

ABOVE: University of Colorado goalkeeper Kara Linder clears the ball on Friday against Nebraska. Linder was named defensive player of the week for the second time this season. (Photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com) BELOW: CU defender Quinn Krier was named the Big 12's newcomer of the week.

The No. 13 Metropolitan State College women's soccer team, led by Becca Mays' three goals, cruised to a 5-1 victory over Colorado-Colorado Springs on Friday evening in Colorado Springs. The Roadrunners improved to 8-1-0 overall and 5-0-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while UCCSÂ dropped to 2-4-0, 1-4-0 in conference.

A roundup of Sunday's college soccer action involving teams from Colorado:

WOMEN
Santa Clara 1, Colorado 0 OT: At Palo Alto, Calif., the Buffaloes dropped their second contest in the Stanford?Nike Invitational. Linder would be tested two more times in a one-minute span, coming up with the saves on both attempts, however with less than two minutes to play in the first overtime period, Santa Clara would seal the deal and finally sneak past Linder for the win.

DENVER — Now that's how to break in a new stadium.

The University of Denver men's soccer team sent an overflow crowd home happy as Alex Tarnoczi scored 3 minutes, 4 seconds into overtime in a 2-1 victory over Dayton on Saturday.

The game was the first for the men's team at Pioneer Field, built just to the west of the Ritchie Center.

The University of Denver men's soccer team received 47 points and five of eight first-place votes to top the 2009 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's soccer preseason coaches' poll.

The Pioneers won their first-ever MPSF championship last year and advanced to the NCAA tournament with an 8-1-1 conference mark.