Denver Gymnastics has been flying high and heads into NCAA Regional competition as the #6 overall seed. Denver’s NQS (National Qualifying Score) going into Regional selection was a DU record 197.825. This is a team that is peaking at the right time and ready for championship gymnastics! They will head to Berkeley as the second seed in the California-hosted Regional competition. Denver’s first competition at Regionals will be on Friday, April 5th.
Are the best times ahead for DU men’s and women’s lacrosse this season? We have reached the midway point of this lacrosse season and both teams are well-positioned for solid second-half runs and NCAA Tournament appearances. However, there is still work to be done. Continue reading Mid-Season Outlook for Men’s & Women’s Lacrosse→
Back at Howelsen Hill for the last day of the NCAA Skiing Championships and the Nordic 20k Classic. It was a bluebird day but a tough result for the DU ski team as they fell from second place to a distant third. Going into the day, second-place Denver was a long shot to close the gap on Utah but third-place CU proved it could be done in the women’s 20k as they narrowed the Utes lead to 17 points. Then, CU finished 1st and 3rd in the men’s event to jump Utah by two points for the team championship. Denver finished third. Continue reading Denver Falls to Third in Final Day of NCAA Skiing Championships, CU Jumps DU and Utah for Crown→
It was an exciting night at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat as Denver skied past CU and cut into the Utes lead but trails Utah by 43.5 points heading into the final day Saturday. Denver will need an excellent Nordic 20k classic on Saturday and a lot of luck to catch defending champion Utah. Continue reading Denver Moves into Second Place at the NCAA Championships→
Denver women’s lacrosse (3-3) traveled to Evanston, Illinois to face the #1 Northwestern Wildcats. Before Friday’s game, Denver had two narrow losses to then, #10 Michigan and #9 Maryland. The defending national champion Wildcats are loaded with the 2023 Tewaaraton Award winner in Izzy Scane and a host of other dangerous players but DU gave them all they could handle for most of the game. Northwestern scored four of the game’s last six goals in the fourth quarter to pull away, 14-10. However, Denver held the lead in the third quarter and tied Northwestern in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, the Wildcats pulled away in the final eleven minutes to take the game. Continue reading Denver Women’s Lacrosse Falls Late to #1 Northwestern→
The Utah Utes woke up today. The Utah men dominated with 2nd, 3rd and 12th place finishes in the men’s 7.5 km Interval Start Freestyle at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat. Utah women finished first in the women’s 7.5 km Interval Start Freestyle plus a 15th and 19th finish. Denver met or beat expectations on the women’s side with Selma Anderson in 10th, Henrietta Saeterdahl Semb in 11th and Hanna Ray in 14th. On the men’s side, DU’s Florian Knopf finished 5th, Andreas Kirkeng 10th and Krystof Zatioukal in 21st. I was hopeful that Andreas would make the podium. DU fell 4.5 points behind CU and the Utes pulled ahead of DU by 61.5 points. Continue reading Denver Remains in 3rd After Day 2, Utah Seizes First Place→
O.K., let me begin with an apology. I have not done a good job keeping LetsGoDU readers up to date on the DU ski team this season. Work (and procrastination) has put me behind the eight ball and we are already into day one of the NCAA Championships in Steamboat – the scene of Denver’s last NCAA ski championship (#24). I nervously followed the team today in their first event from Denver (ugh). The Giant Slalom was completed today and three days remain. I am headed up to Steamboat to provide live coverage on Friday. Continue reading Denver Ski Team Sits in 3rd Place After Day 1 of NCAA Championships→
Denver women’s lacrosse (2-1) returned to Peter Barton Stadium and faced The Ohio State Buckeyes on a sun-drenched Friday afternoon. DU raced out to a 4-1 first-quarter, an 8-1 edge at halftime and coasted to a 14-5 win against the OSU Buckeyes. Continue reading DU Women’s Lax Blasts Ohio State, 15-5→
College soccer season is still nearly seven months away but the Summit League and University of Denver have several key decisions that will need to be considered and made by this summer.
DU men’s soccer, a marquee sport for the University of Denver, continues to look vulnerable with the loss of former Summit League member school Western Illinois to the Ohio Valley Conference. Jeff Colpack of The Mitchell Republic cited the outlook as ‘bleak’ to replace the Leathernecks with a sixth team for the Summit League membership and an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament. Ironically, Denver men’s soccer may be the spark to drive DU to seriously examine other conference options. All this while the NCAA is facing extinction as impatient power-conference members are at the precipice of a break-away as the gulf between the haves and have-nots looks irreconcilable. Continue reading Update: DU Men’s Soccer Impacts Conference Realignment Options→
As usual, we are keeping readers up to date on conference realignment and how it might affect DU. The West Coast Conference, which we’ve long touted as a better fit for the Pioneers than the Dakota-centric Summit League, has announced the addition of Oregon State University and Washington State University as affiliate members across 12 sports for a two-year term, beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. OSU and Washington State are moving football to the Mountain West for the same two-year period and will pay the league $14 million as part of the scheduling agreement. Continue reading West Coast Conference Accepts Oregon State & Washington State for Two Seasons→
