Senior Night is always a special evening, honoring the exploits of every year’s oldest class that spent four years building its legacy and laying the foundation for the future. It’s doubly special when that celebration coincides with an impressive milestone for that senior class’s head coach, who recruited them and molded them into the special class that they are. Tonight, after scoring three goals in less than four minutes in the third period, the #8 Denver Pioneers (21-11-3, 17-6-1 NCHC) sent off the Class of 2026 – D Kent Anderson, F Rieger Lorenz, and F Samu Salminen – in style, earning a 4-1 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils (14-21-1, 7-16-1 NCHC) which ended their season and gave head coach David Carle his 200th career victory as a head coach. Continue reading Pioneers Explode with Three in the Third to Earn David Carle’s 200th Victory on Senior Night
BYU slips by DU Men’s Tennis, 4-3
BYU slipped by the Denver men’s tennis team 4-3 at Denver Tennis Park on Friday, February 27. It was a very close match, and it came down to the #5 singles match to decide the day. DU’s Connor Robb-Wilcox won the first set at 6-2, but then BYU’s Caden Hasler took the tight second set at 7-5, and Hasler then taking the third set at 6-4. Continue reading BYU slips by DU Men’s Tennis, 4-3
Malawsky Fuels Second Half Surge Over Michigan, 15-9
Michigan lacrosse traveled to play DU Saturday in sky blue, sun-drenched Denver in front of a packed Peter Barton Stadium crowd. Denver men’s lacrosse (4-1) was looking to rebound from a home loss to Cornell the prior weekend. Denver looked to clean up faceoffs (-5/season), create turnovers (-9/season) and improve on the man-up advantage (2-10/season) in order to slip by the Wolverines. DU excelled in all three areas. Denver unraveled the halftime tie and pulled away for a convincing 15-9 victory. Continue reading Malawsky Fuels Second Half Surge Over Michigan, 15-9
Pioneers Extend Tenzer Streak to 24 With 5-2 Victory over Arizona State
At this point, the only guarantee in life other than death and taxes is a Denver Hockey season with at least 20 Pioneer victories. With their 5-2 comeback victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils (14-20-1, 7-15-1 NCHC) at Magness Arena tonight, in this year’s penultimate regular season game, the #8 Denver Pioneers (20-11-3, 16-6-1 NCHC) extended the Tenzer Streak to 24 consecutive full seasons in which they have won at least 20 games. With the victory, Denver moves three points clear of third-place Western Michigan in the NCHC standings and up to #6 in the NPI, which would be the #2 seed in the Loveland Regional. Continue reading Pioneers Extend Tenzer Streak to 24 With 5-2 Victory over Arizona State
ORU Crushes DU in Regular Season Finale, 102-78
Denver men’s basketball (15-16, 8-8) completed their regular season Thursday night against ORU in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was an opportunity to finish the regular season with a winning record and finish +2 in Summit League play and a 7-1 record in their final 8 games to conclude the regular season. Instead, Denver had one of their poorest outings of the season, falling behind by 21 points in the first half and never threatened the Golden Eagles in the humiliating loss. Continue reading ORU Crushes DU in Regular Season Finale, 102-78
ASU Places Entire Incoming Freshman Class into Hockey Hall of Fame
The Arizona State University men’s hockey program retired the number of former ASU great goalie Joey Daccord on October 3rd, this season. Daccord played 82 total games and finished his final season as a Sun Devil with a 21-13-1 record with a .926 save percentage (2016-2019), leading the Sun Devils to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in his final season. At the exciting induction, the ASU Athletic Administration also raised a banner for the entire incoming 2029 freshmen class, 17,900 students, in the rafters next to Daccord. Continue reading ASU Places Entire Incoming Freshman Class into Hockey Hall of Fame
Sources: The Reports of DU’s Financial Death are Greatly Exaggerated
Many of you have read about the projected University of Denver budget shortfall published by The Denver Post. The bold headline read, University of Denver braces for up to a $30 million budget shortfall next year. The brash headline was quickly modified in the opening sentence to $20 to $30 million for the next full fiscal year. Continue reading Sources: The Reports of DU’s Financial Death are Greatly Exaggerated
Denver Stuns St. Thomas 82-80
Denver men’s basketball (15-15, 8-7) closed-out the regular season schedule at Hamilton Gym in their last Summit League home game. It was Senior Day, too, with Jeremiah Burke, Logan Kinsey, Zane Nelson, Julius Rollins, Devin Carney, and Josh Lee taking their final bows. St Thomas, sitting in second place in conference was the perfect foil to gauge DU’s readiness for the Sioux Falls conference tournament in several weeks. Respond? Denver certainly did in the 82-80 win. Continue reading Denver Stuns St. Thomas 82-80
DU Lacrosse Plays Strong Game Against Cornell, Fades in 4th Quarter 13-9
#16/17 Denver men’s lacrosse (3-0) returned to Peter Barton Stadium to face #4/5 Cornell (1-0) in a Saturday showdown of undefeated teams. Something had to give and it was Vornells skill and speed that prevailed.
Denver got first blood when Cornell transfer found twin.
Following two post shots by the Wolverines, Cody Malawsky opened the scoring with a fall-away away snipe into the Wolverine cage. DU won the following possession off the X and score a goal in traffic as Case Bruno lit the lamp, 2-0. At 6:25 of the first, Big Blue painted the upper left corner of the Denver cage, 2-1. Several minutes later, the Pioneers went on the break on a Michigan turnover. Chris Moravia took the feed and tucked the ball into the cage. A Denver long stick set up a goal by Cody Malawski. 4-1. At the end of the quarter, Michigan cut the deficit in half with a minute to go, 4-2.
Denver found the scoresheet early as Chris Merageas, on the doorstep of the goal, feathered the ball past Hunter Taylor, the Michigan goalie. With a man up, a diving Wolverine stuffed the goal past Grayson Manning, 5-3.
Denver Gymnastics Suffers First Loss of the Season to BYU
#16 Denver gymnastics lost on the road to #23 BYU on Friday evening 195.925 to 196.575. They will fall to second in the Big 12 standings. Although Denver has remained consistent on bars and floor over the last four meets, they had season lows on both beam and vault. Continue reading Denver Gymnastics Suffers First Loss of the Season to BYU