We know, the West Coast Conference (WCC) seems to be a frequent topic on this site but they just can’t help themselves and they keep finding their way into headlines. This past week was no different. After Grand Canyon University (GCU) joined the WCC conference nearly six months ago, the Lopes announced their departure to the Mountain West Conference (MWC) Friday. Ouch! Continue reading The WCC Sold Its Soul & Paid the Price
Category Archives: Women’s Sports
Men’s Soccer Wins Regular Season Title, Women’s Soccer Closing Strong, Basketball Begins
Head Coach Jamie Franks led Denver Men’s Soccer (11-2-1, 6-1-0) to yet another Summit League Conference regular season title, their 10th in the Summit League. The Pioneers clinched the top spot in Tulsa Saturday when they defeated Oral Roberts 1-0. Redshirt junior Ian Smith scored the game-winning goal 17 minutes into the second half with a helper from Ronan Wynne. Denver still has one regular season match remaining on Saturday against Omaha. The Summit League Tournament will be held at Pioneer Field a week later with the Pioneers as the top seed. Continue reading Men’s Soccer Wins Regular Season Title, Women’s Soccer Closing Strong, Basketball Begins
Men’s Soccer Drops Two Games, Women’s Teams Sweep at Home
It was not a complete surprise when DU men’s soccer (7-2-4, 2-1) traveled to #3 Pitt and fell 1-0 to the Panthers, spoiling DU’s undefeated record. Saturday’s loss at UMKC, however, was inexplicable. Women’s soccer and volleyball, meanwhile enjoyed home game sweeps and win respectively. Continue reading Men’s Soccer Drops Two Games, Women’s Teams Sweep at Home
BREAKING: Denver Awarded Three NCAA Postseason Events in 2027 & 2028
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Denver’s head coach David Carle has argued for campus sites for the NCAA Regional Hockey Tournament. Instead, the NCAA continues to support neutral Regional playoff sites so DU bid and won hosting duties for the 2027 hockey regionals in Loveland’s Blue Arena (no longer named the Budweiser Events Center). The host Pioneers were already awarded the 2026 NCAA Ice Hockey Regional in Loveland. The NCAA also awarded Denver Gymnastics with hosting duties for one of the four 2027 regionals. Denver was also awarded hosting duties for the Frozen Four at the United Center in Chicago in 2028. Continue reading BREAKING: Denver Awarded Three NCAA Postseason Events in 2027 & 2028
DU Women’s Teams Complete Bumpy Weekend
The DU men’s soccer team is in the midst of a rare 10-day break and enjoyed a well-deserved weekend of rest. However, three women’s teams were in action. Continue reading DU Women’s Teams Complete Bumpy Weekend
Reconstituted PAC-12 Raids Mountain West and Also Reportedly Grabs Gonzaga
Washington State and Oregon State are no longer the sole survivors of PAC-12 conference realignment as they continue to make moves. The college conference landscape was rocked again this week as the reconstituted PAC-12 added Utah State from the Mountain West Conference and Gonzaga from the West Coast Conference (WCC), though the university has recently refuted the latter. The Utah State addition brings a 7th football program to the conference and the potential addition of Gonzaga, a West Coast Conference basketball power, adds a non-football depth piece and would bring immediate basketball credibility to the conference. Continue reading Reconstituted PAC-12 Raids Mountain West and Also Reportedly Grabs Gonzaga
DU Athletics Fields Another #1 Ranked Team
Denver Hockey ascended to the top of college hockey polls on April 13th, 2024 after winning the program’s NCAA record 10th title. Now, following a 4-1 win over Yale in its home opener, DU men’s soccer (4-0-3) has ascended to the top of college soccer. The Top Drawer Soccer Poll placed DU in the top spot while the United Soccer Coaches Poll had the Pioneers at #2, trailing West Virginia out of the Sun Belt. Continue reading DU Athletics Fields Another #1 Ranked Team
Celebrating 20 Years of Damien Goddard’s Brainchild – LetsGoDU
Damien Goddard always had a passion for school spirit at DU. In 1985, as an undergraduate at the Kappa Sigma house, he started the Bleacher Creatures, a student fan group. Once he graduated from DU and entered the pre-Internet era, school spirit on campus waned. Goddard moved back to Houston and DU Hockey’s fortunes took a turn for the worse in the late ’80 and early ’90s. In the mid-1990s, he tried to keep track of Denver Hockey by following the Denver Athletics website, reading the Denver Post, and contributing to one of the then-few outlets for college hockey fan interaction – the United States College Hockey Organization (USCHO) fan forum. He saw the need for more information about DU hockey and more Denver fan interaction. Continue reading Celebrating 20 Years of Damien Goddard’s Brainchild – LetsGoDU
Run, Swim, and Meet DU’s Elite Triathlon Team
While DU Women’s Triathlon is world-class, you don’t have to be.
DU is one of those rare places where you can meet Division I coaches and athletes one-on-one and get to personally know them. The DU Women’s Triathlon team has scheduled a casual event to engage the local community. It’s called an Aquathon with a swim and run component for fun the morning of Saturday, September 22nd from 9-11 at DU. Continue reading Run, Swim, and Meet DU’s Elite Triathlon Team
Realignment and Settlement Saga: Could We All Be Wrong?
Many mid-major athletic programs and stakeholders like the University of Denver are looking at the Power Four conferences as an invincible Goliath. Flush with a treasure trove of football money, they are turning their athletic departments into commercial, for-profit enterprises and basically hiring professional athletes. Armed with billion-dollar TV deals and a push to uncap scholarship limits only adds to the growing anxiety of the mid-majors.
The premise that the Power Four mega conferences will undoubtedly excel in the brave new collegiate sports landscape may be faulty, though. What if we are all wrong? What if the adage holds, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall?” Continue reading Realignment and Settlement Saga: Could We All Be Wrong?