McKade Webster ascended from Alternate Captain during the 2022-23 season to Captain ‘C’ for this season. Connor Caponi, Carter King, and Massimo Rizzo were named alternates. In the modern era, only Grant Arnold held the role for multiple years (2014-2016). Following Arnold, Will Butcher, Tariq Hammond, Colin Staub, Ian Mitchell, Kohen Olischefski, Cole Guttman, and Justin Lee held the prized designation.
Continue reading McKade Webster begins Leadership Role Against Alaska
Women’s soccer earned a win and a tie on the road, DU volleyball split in South Dakota and DU men’s soccer earned a tie at home in conference action.
DU Men’s Soccer began conference play last weekend with a 2-0 victory over St. Thomas in Minneapolis. However, the league membership is down to ORU, Western Illinois, UMKC, St. Thomas, and Omaha. Western Illinois recently joined Eastern Illinois and Lindenwood, former Summit League conference members, in joining the Ohio Valley Conference in all sports except men’s soccer and football. The Leathernecks women’s soccer team has already exited to the Ohio Valley. Western Illinois men’s soccer will exit the Summit League next season. Continue reading Denver Men’s Soccer Faces Unclear Summit League Future
LetsGoDU has released its 19th annual hockey Super-Poll™ for the 2023-24 season. A host of statistics are fed into the supercomputer at Goddard Computing Center in Houston. The program runs ten thousand Monte Carlo simulations and securely delivers preliminary projections to ChatGPT AI headquarters in New York. The ranking methodology then places the Pioneers in their rightful place at the top and Colorado College at the bottom. The results are then tabulated by Deloitte, hermetically sealed, and sent to Denver via courier to reveal the projections. For the nineteenth consecutive season, DU claims the top spot. Continue reading LetsGoDU SUPER-POLL™ Tabs DU Hockey #1 in Preseason Poll For 19th-Straight Year
DU men’s & women’s soccer won their opening conference games and volleyball swept a pair of matches. The men claimed victory in St Paul, Minnesota while the women opened their season at Pioneer Field and Hamilton Gym. Continue reading Denver Teams Sweep Summit League Openers
US News released their annual rankings and DU fell from last year’s #105 ranking to #124 in the recently released National Universities rankings. As recently as 2020, Denver jumped 17 places to rank 80th among national universities. Denver fell back to #93 two years ago and tumbled 12 more places last year and 19 more slots this year. Tuition and fees were listed at $59,340 and $32,618 after the cost of student aid. Denver was listed at #72 at Best Value School. Continue reading DU Tumbles in Latest US News Rankings
Does the University of Denver need a new or upgraded arena for non-hockey events? It’s a big question that’s been on the minds of DU’s athletic and academic administrations for a while now, as the rest of the Summit League continues to upgrade its athletic facilities, leaving DU’s Ritchie Center farther behind and now well older than the students who play there. Add rising interest rates and construction costs to the mix along wih the need for a major donor(s) and the possibility of a major new athletic facility looks challenging at best over the short term. Continue reading New DU Multi-sport Arena is Needed but Faces Hurdles
Both DU men’s and women’s soccer fell in the past week to Portland and Colorado, respectively. The men’s team then followed their loss with a heart-stopping draw vs. Seattle on the road Monday night. Denver volleyball returned home from a six-game roadtrip and earned their first win of the season over Idaho State. Continue reading Soccer Teams Drop First Games of the Season
DU women’s soccer (4-0-4) continued their unbeaten ways. Thursday, they routed Colgate 6-0 at Pioneer Field. Liv Moritz, Samantha Dreiling, Camryn MacMillan and Sydney Sharp all scored along with Ella Frost two tallies. On Sunday, the Pioneers travelled to Eugene, Oregon to take on the Oregon Ducks. Star freshman Liv Moritz led DU with two goals in the second half while Denver outshot the Ducks 30-8. DU’s keeper Molly Wissman only faced three shots in the match to shut out the University of Oregon. Continue reading Denver Soccer Teams Collect Four Shutouts to Remain Unbeaten
Denver volleyball just fell to 0-6, losing all their games on the road and won just one game while dropping 18 during that span.
How should fans view Denver Volleyball this season following coaching changes and a player exodus? Denver volleyball has always been one of the most successful fall programs at DU. With only five losing seasons, all in their first 13 years, after turning D1 in 1999, they have not experienced a losing season since 2011 while racking up three 27-win seasons and seven single-digit loss seasons along with numerous NCAA appearances and conference titles. DU’s 2002 volleyball team had the programs worst record at 7-20 but the other four losing record teams were able to scrape together 13-16 wins. This year’s team will be challenged not to have the worst record in program history – but time will tell. Continue reading Denver Volleyball Faces Massive Challenges
