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Tough schedule for women’s lacrosse
The women’s lacrosse team will face four of the nation’s top 20 teams in their 2010 schedule.
The rough slate of games includes playing No. 4 North Carolina, No. 5 Duke, No. 13 Stanford, and No. 13 (tied) Loyola.
DU opens its season in February with four consecutive road games, which include a big game against national runner-up North Carolina.
Despite the early road trip, the Pioneers play nine of their 17 games at home.
The home schedule begins when Stony Brook comes to Barton Lacrosse Stadium on Feb. 18.
On April 11th, DU hosts conference rival Stanford.
The Pioneers will host the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Lacrosse tournament on April 29 at Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
Cheverie named player of the month
The University of Denver’s hockey goalie Marc Cheverie was named the Hockey Commissioners Asssociation National Division I player of the month for October.
Cheverie stopped 139 of 145 shots he faced in October, finishing with a .959 save percentage and a 1.27 goals-against average, which helped him post an undefeated 4-0-0 record.
The junior goalie from Nova Scotia currently ranks second in the nation in save percentage and is third in goals-against average.
His save percentage and goals-against average are the best in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
Cheverie’s brilliant October included more than just national top numbers.
He broke a DU school record when he registered 223:51 consecutive shutout minutes.
Cheverie’s new mark shatters the previous record of 208:42 set by Peter Mannino in 2005.
The record included a pair of consecutive 3-0 victories over Minnesota, which earned him WCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Besides the awards, the broken record, and the outstanding numbers, Cheverie has been most impressive in situations that matter the most.
The goalie has not allowed a power-play goal yet this season, killing off all 27 man-down situations.
Men’s soccer hosts conference tournament
The University of Denver Soccer Stadium will host the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men’s Soccer tournament this week.
The first round of the tournmanet commences on Thursday afternoon and will conclude Sunday afternoon with the conference championship.
The tournament’s No. 1 seed is Sacramento State, who went undefeated in conference play in the regular season.
After a pair of conference wins, DU claimed the tournament’s No. 5 seed and will play Cal-State Bakersfield in the first round.
The conference semi-finals will take be played late Friday afternoon and into Friday night.
The tournament will have a day off on Saturday and will resume with Sunday’s championship game.
In its inaugural season, the new soccer stadium gets to host all eight MPSF teams and the conference’s 17th soccer tournament.
The MPSF tournament champion will play against the Atlantic 10 Conference champion.
The winner of that game will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Sherlock, golfer of the month
DU’s Stephanie Sherlock and Florida Atlantic’s Ben Silverman were named the Sun Belt Conference’s golfers of the month.
In October, Sherlock golfed in four different events.
During the Tar Heel Invitational, hosted by University of North Carolina, the senior finished tied for 42nd out of 93 individuals.
The next weekend at the Stanford Intercollegiate tournament she finished tied for No. 33 out of 80 individuals.
In Palo Alto, Sherlock golfed on a par 71 course and was able to golf for par on Oct. 17.
Next for Sherlock was an impressive weekend at the NCAA Fall Preview, which took place in Wilmington, N.C.
At the Fall Preview, Sherlock finished tied for No. 7 out of 87 golfers. The No. 7 place finish was Sherlock’s season high.
She placed amongst the top golfers with only a 2-over par, golfing a low-round score of 71 on Oct. 24.
The performances at both the Stanford Intercollegiate and the NCAA Fall Preview stood out from previous events, because she was able to score a team low, 71, during two seperate events.
So far this season, Sherlock leads the Pioneers and the Sun Belt Conference with a 73.08 scoring average.
Sherlock’s conference leading scoring average has been earned through 12 rounds of golf. DU’s women’s golf team has taken a break for the winter.
The Pioneers season starts up again on Monday, Feb. 8 when they travel to Palos Verdes, Calif., to take part in the Northrupp Grumman Regional Challange.
In the spring, Sherlock looks to continue her early season success and lead the Pioneers to ther conference title.
