Women’s LacrosseDU 9, Oregon 11
The Pioneers (8-5, 2-1 MPSF) lost on Saturday afternoon to the Ducks (9-3, 3-1 MPSF) at the Senior Day game which took place in Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
This loss snapped DU’s 12 regular season game win streak against conference opponents, which dates back to 2006. Midfielder Karen Morton had a hat trick that gave her 232 career points, the most in DU history. Morton also took control of the DU forced turnovers record Saturday with six making her total 99. Morton is close to acheiving two more DU records for goals and assists.
DU finishes their season on the road at Stanford on April 10, followed by UC Davis on April 12 and Fresno State on April 13.
Men’s TennisDU 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 4
The No. 74 Pioneers finished fourth at the Sun Belt Conference Shootout over the weekend in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Denver started strong claiming the doubles point and first two singles matches. Martin Zimmermann and David Simson won 8-4 and Benny Althaus and Yannick Weihs won 8-3 to clinch the doubles point.
Althaus and Weihs were also the only two Pioneers to win their singles matches at the No. 3 and 4 spots. Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Louisiana-Lafayette lowered DU’s record to 9-9. The Pioneers also fell to South Alabama 2-4, on Friday afternoon.
DU continues on the road this Thursday at noon against Boise State in Boise, Idaho. The men’s tennis team will not return home for another match this season.
Women’s GolfDU 9th
The No. 16 women’s golf team finished ninth at the ASU/Ping Invitational at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.
The pioneers managed a 48 over par score of 910 as a team during the tournament that concluded Sunday. Denver placed just three strokes behind eighth-place Pepperdine. Oklahoma State won the tournament with a 17 over par 881.
Seniors Katie Kempter and Dawn Shockley led DU taking 23rd and 33rd place, respectively. Kempter shot a 10 over par 226 and Shockley finished two strokes behind with a 228.
Denver takes the course again on April 20-22 to compete for their sixth straight Sun Belt Conference title in Houston, Texas.
Men’s LacrosseDU 10, Quinnipiac 11
Denver (6-5, 1-1 GWLL) lost on the road to the Quinnipiac Bobcats (3-6, 1-2 GWLL), a conference opponent, Saturday afternoon in Hamden, Conn.
“I’m proud of the group that competed today and for giving everything they had,” said head coach Jamie Munro. “We just didn’t put our players in good enough positions to be successful. Hats off to Quinnipiac.”
Cliff Smith, Patrick Rogers, Joey Murray and Todd Baxter each netted two goals for the Pioneers. Alex Gajic and John Dickenson add one apiece.
DU plays again at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 11 hosting Notre Dame in the Annual Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Showdown at Invesco Field at Mile High.
