women’s basketball (15-10, 7-5 SBC)

DU 66, Troy 43

DU 79, FAU 55

 

what went right

The Pioneer’s defeated Troy 66-43. Juniors Britteni Rice and Kaetlyn Murdoch scored 22 points each while sophomore Emiko Smith dished out seven assists.

 

what went wrong

Not to much went wrong in this showdown. The Pioneers won back to back games after defeating Florida Atlantic 79-55 last Wednesday night at Magness Arena.

 

up next

The Women’s basketball team will be in action on February 16th against Louisiana-Monroe for the annual Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association Pink Zone event.

 

skiing

Third place finish at the Denver Invitational

 

what went right

Sophomore Andrew Dougherty had a fourth place finish in the men’s 21K freestyle. He was only 33.8 seconds behind Utah’s Miles Havlick who won the 21K freestyle race with a time of 59:23.8.

 

what went wrong

The Pioneers finished the three day competition with a total of 808 points, falling short of rival University of Colorado’s 879 points. University of Utah finished in second place with 869 points.

 

Up Next

On Saturday Feb. 25, the Ski team will compete in the Giant Slalom competition in Park City, Utah.

Men’s Tennis

 

New Mexico St. 4, DU 3

 

what went right

 

DU’s Yannick Weihs and Andrew Landwerlen both brought home victories in respective singles matches. Landwerlen then teamed up with Jens Vorkefeld to win No. 1 doubles 8-3, and Weihs teamed up with Jonathan Kidane to win No. 3 doubles 9-8.

 

 

what went wrong

 

New Mexico State won four singles matches to gain the victory against DU. NMSU was able to defeat the Pioneers in the No. 1, No. 2, No. 5, No. 6 singles as well as No. 3 doubles competition.

 

 

Up Next

 

Denver will take on the wildcats of the University of Arizona on February 20th, 2011 in sunny Tucson Arizona.