Avengers: Endgame isn’t the only big sequel out at the moment.
The NCAA announced its selections Monday afternoon for the 64-team women’s tennis tournament. The #47 University of Denver women’s tennis team (17-5, 5-0) will play Kansas, the team that knocked them out 4-3 in the first round last year.
Things will fire up at 1pm MT Friday. Continue reading Get to ready to rock (and chalk): DU women’s tennis gets NCAA rematch with Kansas
Under warm but windy Tulsa skies it was another sunny result for the University of Denver women’s tennis team. The #1 seeded Pios dispatched the upstart Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 5-0 to claim their sixth-straight Summit League tournament win.
“We knew we were going to have to come out and play some good tennis. Overall proud of the way we played,” head coach Christian Bass told a Summit League video crew after the dust settled.
It was UNO’s first finals appearance, but they ultimately couldn’t compete with DU’s firepower. Continue reading Six-cess! DU women’s tennis claims Summit League tourney title
Photo: Courtesy of Marquette Athletics
#12 Denver men’s (9-4, 4-1) and #15 women’s lacrosse (12-2, 4-0) completed a rare regular season Championship sweep on the same day Friday. Both teams earned their regular season titles in different ways.
The women earned a convincing 14-8 win against the Villanova Wildcats. DU ran out to a 7-3 lead in the first half and coasted to victory. DU’s Quintin Hoch-Bullen and Eliza Radochonski led the Pioneers with three goals each against the Wildcats en route to the crown.
With the win, Denver women’s lacrosse become the 2019 BIG EAST Regular Season Champions for the first time in program history. Continue reading Men’s & Women’s Lacrosse Seal Regular Season Titles on the Road
It was all Crimson and Gold on day one of the Summit League Championships, as the top-seeded Pioneer women’s tennis team took care of #4 South Dakota 4-0 in the semifinals, setting up a date in Saturday morning’s finals.
Between today’s match and the one against USD a week ago at Denver Tennis Park to close out the regular season, the #47 Pios have beaten the Coyotes by a combined score of 11-0. Continue reading DU women’s tennis dispatches South Dakota in Summit Tournament, will play Omaha in finals Saturday
Photo: Courtesy of Denver Athletics
DU added yet another National Coach of the Year winner this past week. Head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart was rewarded for her work with DU Gymnastics. Kutcher-Rinehart joins eight other Denver coaches who have won the award in their respective sports of hockey, swimming and diving, nordic and alpine skiing, soccer, and lacrosse.
Kutcher-Rinehart becomes the 9th @UofDenver coach to earn National Coach of the Year, joining Murray Armstrong(HKY/1960)-Jim Bain(S+D/78/85)-George Gwozdecky(HKY/05)-Andy LeRoy(Alpine/14)-Bill Tierney(MLAX/15)-Dave Stewart(Nordic/16)-Jamie Franks(MSOC/16)-Jim Montgomery(HKY/2017) https://t.co/YgNDl9joQH
— Denver Athletics (@DU_Pioneers) April 24, 2019
Fresh off claiming their sixth-straight regular season title, the #47 University of Denver women’s tennis team (15-5, 5-0) heads to Tulsa, OK for the Summit League tournament. And you guessed it, the Pioneers will be seeking their sixth-straight tourney title. Continue reading In the Mix for Six: DU women’s tennis heads to Summit League tournament
Inside Lacrosse published an article on the shot clock, Have the New Rules Increased the Pace of Play? And the piece concludes, “The shot clock (80 seconds) has resulted in every DI team playing at a faster pace of play in 2019. The average possessions per game has hit its highest mark in our 10-year data set at 82 possessions per game. This represents nearly a 20% increase year-over-year as compared to 2018.”
So, how have the new rules affected Denver Men’s Lacrosse?
We did an analysis below comparing this season to the prior three years. However, this does not take into account roster changes during this period, the Trevor Baptiste factor (.714 winning % at the X), weather and opponents.
| Year | Games | Denver Goals – total/Avg | Goals Allowed – total/Avg | Total Goals – Avg | Denver Turnovers – Total/Avg | Opponent Turnovers – Total/Avg | Turnovers – Total/Avg GM |
| 2019 | 12 | 146/12.2 | 109/9.1 | 21.3 | 174/14.5 | 213/17.7 | 32.2 |
| 2018 | 17 | 193/11.3 | 134/7.9 | 21.7 | 201/11.8 | 169/9.9 | 21.7 |
| 2017 | 17 | 229/13.4 | 149/8.8 | 21.1 | 200/11.8 | 158/9.3 | 20.8 |
| 2016 | 16 | 217/13.5 | 146/9.1 | 22.6 | 199/12.4 | 164/10.2 | 22.6 |
And the conclusions?
Continue reading Shot clock a net neutral for Denver Men’s Lacrosse
It is an exciting time to be an NHL hockey fan with a number of tight Stanley Cup playoff series and a red hot local squad – the Colorado Avalanche. Add a host of former DU hockey players to the playoff mix and first-year coach Jim Montgomery winning his first playoff series for the Dallas Stars and you have compelling story lines.
But many of us have our eyes on the New York Islanders. Yep, that’s right – the Isles.
Journalist Sasha Kandrach, a former LetsGoDU feature writer, is now on the Islanders beat as a reporter and social media coordinator living out her ‘dream job’. And, we couldn’t be more proud of the Islanders first-year journalist. Continue reading Pioneers in the Playoffs: Sasha Kandrach
DU did not win a national gymnastics title Saturday night. The University of Oklahoma (198.3375), DU’s Big 12 Conference mate, brought home the title with Denver settling into 4th place in their first NCAA Gymnastics Finals.
Make it four.
The Sooners go UNDEFEATED and win their fourth national title!
Quick Recap: https://t.co/NQnFKpdpGk pic.twitter.com/j7IpWqoWe1
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) April 21, 2019
Still, Denver’s journey ended with the elite company of #1 UCLA, #2 Oklahoma and #3 LSU. Far from an ‘overnight sensation’, Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart and her upstart program fought headwinds to build a regional powerhouse- 18 straight NCAA appearances. But, Saturday’s NCAA Gymnastics Final Four vaulted (pardon the pun) DU onto the national stage and into the NCAA gymnastics psyche. And these Pioneers just might be planting a flag next time. Continue reading Twenty One Year Journey Ends at Mountain Top
The 12th ranked Denver Pioneers (8-4, 3-1 Big East) men’s lacrosse team clinched a berth in the Big East Tournament on Senior Day, defeating Providence College (6-8, 2-2 Big East),14-8 before a sellout crowd of 2,187 at Barton Stadium on April 20.
“We had to keep shooting,” said DU coach Bill Tierney after the game today. “Everyone battled and we had a lot of guys score today…[Providence] is big, tough and extremely well-coached. We’re thrilled to get out of this one [with a win]…We [honored our seniors] one of the winningest senior classes in the country and they keep our winning culture and imparted that culture on the younger guys… We’re now playing for a [share of] a regular season championship, and we’ll have our hands full in Milwaukee [with Marquette] on Friday night.” Continue reading Denver Thumps Providence Friars, 14-8 to Seal Big East Tourney Berth
