Denver Pioneers

Wednesday's college roundup: Old Dominion working on football TV negotiations, including opener at ECU

2013-06-12 16:59:00

Football: Old Dominion’s opener at East Carolina on Aug. 31 and its final home game on Nov. 16 against Charlotte will be regionally televised in more than a dozen states by Fox College Sports, Conference USA announced. But in Hampton Roads, it&...

Review & Preview: Premature 2014 poll, Part 2

2013-06-07 06:00:00

Here is the second installment of our premature poll for next season. The Top 20 will be broken up into four installments, with Friday’s post involving teams ranked from Nos. 15 to 11. Thursday featured Nos. 20 to 16. Monday will highlight teams...

Digest: Sloppy Mystics lose home opener to Dream, 73-63

2013-06-03 00:00:00

WNBA Sloppy Mystics lose home opener to Dream, 73-63 While his players talked of a fresh start throughout training camp, new Washington Mystics general manager and coach Mike Thibault warned that a return to glory would be a long-term goal for the...

Denver's move to Big East could force Johns Hopkins to look elsewhere

2013-05-30 13:27:00

Denver's announcement Thursday that it will leave the Eastern College Athletic Conference and move to the Big East for immediate membership next season could impact Johns Hopkins’ search for a conference that the program can call home. The Big...

Syracuse and Duke can't afford any lapses in men's lacrosse final

2013-05-26 16:50:04

PHILADELPHIA It was late Saturday as coach John Danowski and his Duke assistants rolled through game footage in their Center City hotel. They had finished the first three-quarters of the afternoon's NCAA men's lacrosse semifinal win over Cornell when...

Denver Final Four notebook

2013-05-25 20:35:00

PHILADELPHIA // No one would accuse Bill Tierney of being wishy washy. Despite a scintillating 13-save performance by sophomore goalkeeper Ryan LaPlante in the first half during which he surrendered just two goals, the Denver coach stuck to his season-...

Syracuse unfazed by disadvantage at faceoffs

2013-05-26 11:56:00

All season, Syracuse has dealt with a decided disadvantage at faceoffs. So why should Monday’s NCAA tournament final against seventh-seeded Duke at Lincoln Financial Field here be any different? The top-seeded Orange (16-3) will attempt to capture...

Top-seeded Syracuse scores in the final seconds to beat Denver in Division I semifinal

2013-05-25 18:45:00

PHILADELPHIA — Living dangerously seems to appeal to the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team. Junior attackman Derek Maltz scored after collecting a rebound with 19.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter to lead the top-seeded Orange to a 9-8 win...

Syracuse Final Four notebook

2013-05-25 19:44:00

Syracuse’s senior class is seeking to avoid becoming the first group since 1999 to graduate without capturing a national championship. That determination could be best embodied by senior midfielder JoJo Marasco. The Tewaaraton Award finalist has...

Latest Pennsylvania sports

2013-05-25 21:56:20

SUNDAY, MAY 26 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Philadelphia (Hamels 1-7) at Washington (Detwiler 2-4), 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 5-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-4), 2:10 p.m. WOMEN'S DIVISION I COLLEGE LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP Maryland vs. North Carolina...

Denver vs. Syracuse: Three things to watch

2013-05-25 06:00:00

Denver vs. Syracuse: Three things to watch The series history between these two teams is not very long, but Syracuse has won all three meetings against Denver. But this will be the first time that these programs have met in the NCAA tournament. The...

Denver to face Syracuse in NCAA lacrosse semifinal

2013-05-24 19:35:04

PHILADELPHIA In just seven minutes, his team trailed by seven goals. But the coach's plan was working just fine. It was Bill Tierney's first game as coach at the University of Denver in 2010. He wanted the Pioneers to get a taste of big-time college...

The fourth-seeded Pioneers advanced to their second NCAA tournament semifinal in three years courtesy of the Salisbury transfer's performance in Sunday's 12-11 win over fifth-seeded North Carolina.

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Strength: Offense led by Eric Law (30, 29, pictured), Wesley Berg (39, 13) and Cam Flint (28, 8) ranks No. 5 in scoring (12.6). The Pioneers are battle-tested. They've played in six one-goal games, including four that went to overtime.

2013-04-13 00:00:00

Are the Greyhounds still kings of the ECAC? This has rapidly become one of the premier rivalries in lacrosse. Loyola beat Denver three times in 2012 by a combined five goals. A 10-9 win in the 2012 NCAA quarterfinals propelled gang green to Championship Weekend.

2013-04-10 21:13:35