Dual proclamations recognize DU Pioneers for outstanding athletic achievement

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Oct. 22 is all about University of Denver Pioneer pride. DU’s Division of Athletics is being recognized with dual proclamations from Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock who are declaring Oct. 22, 2011 “University of Denver Pioneer Athletics Day.” The proclamations celebrate DU’s […]

It was a mere inch — perhaps even just a fraction of an inch — that haunted Kellan Christensen for years. As Christensen watched what would become the penultimate shot of the DU men’s soccer team’s 2007 season sail through the air, the stakes became evident. A true strike would […]

There is little question the memories come with a whiff of sadness every time Gordon Cooper recalls his remarkable football career at the University of Denver. Those memories, after all, are all Cooper and the former Pioneers gridiron greats have to cherish besides the grainy, fading photos of a program […]

Denver men’s soccer begins its defense of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular season crown when the Pioneers take on in-state rival Air Force at CIBER Field at 7 p.m. Saturday. DU is 23-25-4 all-time against the Falcons but is 6-0-1 in the past seven meetings and 15-3-1 since 2000. […]

National Collegiate Hockey Conference gets news members.

Former DU men’s basketball player Phil Heath won the 2011 Mr. Olympia contest, beating out four-time winner Jay Cutler (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010). The contest ran from Sept. 15–18 in Las Vegas. Nicknamed “The Gift,” Heath became the 13th Mr. Olympia winner since the contest started in 1965, joining the […]

Two years ago, not long after the DU women’s golf team had flirted with a national championship before finishing fifth at the NCAAs, head coach Sammie Chergo was appropriately jazzed about progress of the Pioneers’ program. Chergo took over in 1997 before DU officially had a team and literally built […]

DU names co-captains for the first time since 2005-06.

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Denver and No. 22 Auburn have yet to meet in women’s soccer, but there is some history between the two squads. A year ago, Auburn and DU were among the final schools in the conversation for an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. The 11-8-2 Tigers were selected, while the […]

Whether you do it for exercise, transportation or the thrill of flying downhill at top speed, if you’re a student with a longboard, Charlie Irish wants to talk to you. “You see longboarders all over campus. They really are everywhere,” says Irish, founder of the student longboard club. “I’d see all […]

Single game tickets for the 2011-12 Denver Pioneer hockey team go on sale Saturday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m.

DU’s Seppi Stiegler will be honored as the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame’s 2011 male collegiate skier of the year. Stiegler became the fifth Pioneer to win the NCAA giant slalom individual title in 2011, earning All-American honors. He also won two giant slalom races during the regular season […]

Alyssa Bonelli admits her summer routine was a grind — an ultimately fulfilling one, yet a grind nonetheless. First, before the senior on the DU volleyball team could indulge in workouts with her teammates in preparation for her final season, Bonelli had to go to work. Except work for a […]