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Assistant coach Unterstein honored by CAA
The DU’s men’s lacrosse volunteer assistant coach Kevin Unterstein was named to the Colonial Athletic Conference’s Silver Anniversary team.
Unterstein played midfield at Hofstra from 2005-2008.
He was one of five Hofstra lacrosse players to be named to the Silver Anniversary team and was honored along with his brother, Chris Unterstein who played at Hofstra from 2003-2006.
In 2009-2010, the CAA is celebrating its 25th anniversary by recognizing Silver anniversary teams in 21 different sports. Unterstein was a two-time All-CAA selection and was an honorable mention All-American in 2007.
Unterstein ranks fourth all-time in the CAA with 245 career ground balls.
In 2008, he was named CAA Defensive Player of the Year and was honored as CAA tournament MVP after he led the Pride to a 10-9 win in the CAA championship game against Drexel.
Haugen named to Norway’s Olympic team
DU sophomore skier Leif Haugen will compete in next month’s Olympic games. Haugen was named to Norway’s Olympic team and will travel with his countrymen to Vancouver in February when the events commence Feb. 12.
This season, Haugen has won both slalom races he has participated in and finished second in his lone giant slalom race. Last year as a freshman, Haugen led the Pioneers to their 20th national championship.
He was named to the All-American First Team for both slalom and giant slalom. He finished second in the giant slalom events at the 2009 NCAA Championships and ended up placing third in the slalom events. At the end of last season, Haugen was named a team MVP and was honored as Pioneer Sportsman of the year.
Following the Olympic games, Haugen plans to return to the Pioneers and finish the rest of the 2010 season.
Gymnastics finishes third at Maryland meet
The DU gymnastics team finished third in a quad meet last Saturday in College Park, Md.
The teams that participated were Maryland, West Virginia and Rutgers.
Freshman Simona Castro Lazo won her first event title on floor earning a 9.850.Fellow freshman Jaleesa Wilson posted a 9.825 on her first floor event.
Sophomore Brianna Artemev participated on the bars and finished tied for first with a 9.800.
Denver started the meet strong, leading after the first rotation.
The Pioneers (6-2) finished with a final score of 192.850, which placed them third behind the West Virginia and Maryland.
West Virginia slightly edged out the host Maryland, 194.600-193.925 to win the meet.
DU’s next meet will take place in Provo, Utah for a tri-meet featuring BYU and Utah State.
The meet will take place on Saturday at 7 p.m. MT.
