Even though the DU ski team won its 20th national championship last season, head coach Andy LeRoy keeps pushing his skiers to get better. Why? It seems complacency is the enemy of supremacy in the NCAA skiing world. “We have been at the top for a while, and that has […]
The University of Denver welcomes another first-class field to the 18th annual Wells Fargo Denver Cup at Magness Arena on Jan. 1–2. Boston College, Nebraska-Omaha and St. Lawrence are set to join second-ranked Denver in the holiday tournament. A showcase format will match the Pioneers against Nebraska-Omaha on Jan. 1 […]
Lacrosse Magazine has named DU lacrosse coach Bill Tierney its 2009 person of the year. Earlier this year, Tierney left Princeton University—where he coached for the past 22 years — to head to the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team. Tierney arrived at DU earlier this year after at 22-year […]
Aug. 28 was a banner day for the DU soccer program. Not only did the women’s team win its first home game of the season, but it did so under the lights in the brand new University of Denver Soccer Stadium, a $9.2 million complex that’s been in the works […]
Second-year DU women’s basketball coach Erik Johnson says his team has the system, culture and work ethic in place to be successful. There’s only one problem. He’s only got nine players. Without a lot of depth, the team will need to stay strong throughout the season, Johnson says, and all […]
With a 1–0 victory over the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in the finals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Nov. 7, the DU women’s soccer team made history by winning its fourth straight conference title. For the team’s seniors, the victory means they will get to close […]
The University of Denver men’s basketball team finished 15-16 with the youngest team in the nation last year. This season, the Pioneers return their top nine players, who contributed a combined 98 percent of Denver’s scoring and rebounding, and add three freshmen to the roster. “This year, 12 guys know […]
In the world of skiing, it might have seemed as if Karine Falck-Pedersen had reached a summit that was hard to top by the time she graduated from the University of Denver last year. In four seasons on the DU ski team — including the NCAA champion ski teams of […]
University of Denver women’s soccer earned its fourth-straight Sun Belt Conference title as the Pioneers beat the University of Arkansas-Little Rock 1-0 in the finals of the SBC tournament Nov. 7. The win earns Denver a trip to the NCAA tournament in College Station, Texas, Dec. 4 – 6. Junior […]
Three-year-old Otto Tschudi (BSBA ’75) had been skiing well over a year when the 1952 Winter Olympics arrived outside his door in Norefjell, Norway. His parents owned a hotel on the edge of the slope where Stein Eriksen — young Otto’s idol — won his first giant slalom gold medal. […]
Blame the frigid weather or the game time changes. Blame bad luck and injuries. Blame the flu. Just don’t blame the chicken Parmesan. No, sir, the chicken Parmesan Mike Schettler (BSBA ’83) cooks up for the University of Denver’s men’s soccer team at pre-game chow-downs is the real deal. “I […]
Trust hockey coach George Gwozdecky to know where the thin ice is. And how to skate around it on his way to 350 wins as DU’s head coach and 500 wins overall. Both marks came Oct. 24 in a road win against Minnesota. Both add to Gwozdecky’s legacy of two […]
The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team and Major League Lacrosse’s Denver Outlaws will face off for the first time in the inaugural Colorado Lacrosse Showcase on Oct. 24. The game will be the first scrimmage of the 2009–10 season for DU and the first time the Pioneers have squared […]
DU sophomore Leif Haugen, captain of the ski team and a native of Lommendalen, Norway, will compete at the World Cup skiing events this weekend in Soelden, Austria, for the Norwegian national team. Haugen has already built an impressive résumé at the University, posting the most successful freshman ski season […]
Even though the game is played on ice, the memories of former DU hockey players and coaches are some of the warmest of their lives. More than 300 faces and voices from DU’s legendary hockey heritage recalled stories, re-lived past glories and rekindled friendships at an Oct. 10 reunion honoring […]