Athletics & Recreation

Members of the Alpine Club get their ski legs at Loveland Ski Area in January. Each year, the club hosts the Ellington Beginner Ski Trip, offering transportation, beginner lessons, a lift ticket and gear rentals for steeply discounted rates. Photo: Wayne Armstrong

Alpine Club’s era of exploration

  The little cabin no longer stands near Loveland Pass, but Robert Margolis’ college memories still live there. They are the nights when Margolis (BSBA ’84) and his buddies from the Alpine Club would unstack a pile of mattresses and flop across the floor, relaxing in a high-elevation oasis after […]

DU again named top NCAA Division I non-football school

The University of Denver has again claimed the top spot among NCAA Division I non-football schools, earning its eighth Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup over the last nine years. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) awards Directors’ Cups each year to the top schools in NCAA Divisions I–III […]

Women’s club lacrosse team wins Division II national title

Women’s club lacrosse team wins Division II national title

On May 7, the University of Denver women’s club lacrosse team won the 2016 Women’s Club Lacrosse Association (WCLA) Division II National Championships, gaining a national title for the first time since the team’s 2008 inception. The final game took place in Winston-Salem, N.C., where DU defeated the University of […]

Men’s lacrosse looks to defend NCAA title, hosts first-round game Sunday

Men’s lacrosse looks to defend NCAA title, hosts first-round game Sunday

The second-seeded University of Denver men’s lacrosse team will begin its national title defense Sunday at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on campus. The Pioneers will host the winner of a Wednesday play-in game between Hobart and Towson at 1 p.m. MT. Denver’s No. 2 seed is its highest in program […]

Women’s lacrosse to join Big East for 2017 season

The University of Denver women’s lacrosse team will move to the Big East Conference for immediate competition in the 2017 season. The women’s lacrosse team will be the second Denver team in the Big East, along with the men’s lacrosse team, which joined in 2014. The women’s team will compete […]

Nina McGee wins DU’s first-ever NCAA gymnastics title

Nina McGee wins DU’s first-ever NCAA gymnastics title

University of Denver gymnast Nina McGee finished her record-breaking career in the most fitting way possible: winning DU’s first NCAA gymnastics title. The Denver senior scored a 9.950 on floor, the highest score on the event across both of Friday’s semifinals at the NCAA National Championships, earning her the place […]

Hockey season ends with Frozen Four loss to North Dakota

Hockey season ends with Frozen Four loss to North Dakota

The University of Denver hockey team lost to the University of North Dakota on Thursday night, falling 4-2 in the NCAA Semifinal at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. Defensemen Will Butcher and Matt VanVoorhis provided the offense for the Pioneers, erasing a two-goal deficit in the third period, while starting […]

DU hockey players win major awards on eve of Frozen Four

University of Denver hockey players Gabe Levin and Danton Heinen received prestigious awards on Wednesday during Frozen Four Media Day in Tampa, Fla. Denver battles the North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Amalie Arena in Tampa at 6:30 p.m. MDT on Thursday, April 7. Levin won the Elite 90 Award, given to the […]

Men’s hockey team excited for first Frozen Four appearance in 11 years

Men’s hockey team excited for first Frozen Four appearance in 11 years

The University of Denver hockey team is heading back to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time since 2005, when the Pioneers captured the program’s seventh national title. The Pioneers beat Boston University 7-2 on March 26 before defeating Ferris State University by a score of 6-3 the following […]

Gymnast McGee advances to NCAA finals

Gymnast McGee advances to NCAA finals

University of Denver gymnast Nina McGee qualified to her second consecutive NCAA national championship after finishing second in the all-around at Saturday’s NCAA regionals in Minneapolis. This will be the 17th straight season that at least one DU gymnast has advanced to the NCAA National Championships. McGee also claimed the […]

Men’s hockey advances to Frozen Four for the first time since 2005

Men’s hockey advances to Frozen Four for the first time since 2005

For the first time since 2005, the University of Denver men’s hockey team is heading back to the Frozen Four. The Pioneers defeated Ferris State by a score of 6-3 on Sunday to win the West Regional portion of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. The Pioneers […]

Pioneers name alumnus Rodney Billups head men’s basketball coach

Pioneers name alumnus Rodney Billups head men’s basketball coach

University of Denver Vice Chancellor for Athletics & Recreation Peg Bradley-Doppes announced Monday that former Pioneers point guard and current University of Colorado assistant coach Rodney Billups, a 2005 graduate of DU’s Daniels College of Business, has been named the new head coach of the DU men’s basketball team. Billups […]

Men’s hockey team advances to NCHC Frozen Faceoff with win over Nebraska

Men’s hockey team advances to NCHC Frozen Faceoff with win over Nebraska

The University of Denver men’s hockey team completed an opening round playoff sweep of the University Nebraska-Omaha in thrilling fashion on Saturday night, winning 4-3 in double overtime. The game marked the longest game ever played in Magness Arena history. Denver will now travel to Minneapolis to face the St. […]

Pioneers ski team wins 23rd national championship

The University of Denver ski team has won its 23rd national championship after completing competition at the 2016 NCAA Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colo. this past week. Denver finished first overall in the team standings with 567.5 points, ahead of the University of Colorado (491.5) and the University of Utah […]

DU downs Colorado College in historic ‘Battle on Blake’

DU downs Colorado College in historic ‘Battle on Blake’

The University of Denver hockey team defeated Colorado College 4-1 Saturday night at the historic “Battle on Blake,” an outdoor game played at Coors Field in downtown Denver in front of an announced crowd of 35,144 — a new record for any University of Denver sporting event. Freshmen Jarid Lukosevicius, […]