Bergs’ five goals and stellar defense leads Pioneers to first lacrosse National Championship The Denver University Pioneers are Men’s Lacrosse National Champions! These are words that have been wished upon but never spoken. In 2011, 2013, 2014 they made it to the Final Four but get knocked out on the first day. But on this day those words can be heard all the way back to Denver. Senior…
The Denver Pioneers have won the NCAA championship, defeating Maryland from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. After the game we caught up with head coach Bill Tierney to discuss the win and how Wes Berg performed all tournament, along with how it feels to bring the first ever championship title to the Denver Pioneers.
Denver wins a memorable game, will face Maryland on Championship Monday. In what is sure to go down as a NCAA classic, the Denver Pioneers defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11-10 in overtime and will advance to Championship Monday for the National Championship. Wesley Berg scored three times including the game winner just 2:03 into overtime. “I was thankful that…
In game one of the Final Four semi-final we a defensive game for the first 45 minutes. Then both teams woke up scoring a combined ten goals in the 4th quarter. Five of the goals came off the stick of Notre Dame So. Sergio Perkovic (Notre Dame scored 6 total). This was an instant classic of a college game. Denver’s defense sttod tall by holdin the Irish scoreless for 19:48. …
NCAA Championship Lax Eve Day has arrived. We are only 24 hours from the start of the Division 1 Championship weekend. So what better way to start then to have practice. The #1 overall Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were first to take the field. The Irish finished the regular season at 12-2 (loses to Duke and Denver). The Irish defeated Towson 12-10 and Albany 14-10 to make it to…
The regular season is over and boy was it exciting. No one expecting Toronto to play as well as they did with Colin Doyle and Garrett Billings out for most of the year, then they trade Billings and get a bit stronger with Kevin Crowley. Rochester another 13 win season, and the Bandits coming into the playoffs red hot. Edmonton and Colorado fought it out til about a month to…
Drexel starts defense of 2014 CAA Title; Round 1 vs Towson This afternoon at 4 pm the No. 2 Drexel Dragons will start the defense of their CAA title as they face the No. 3 Towson Tigers. Both Drexel and Towson ended with a 3-2 record in the CAA, but Drexel received the higher seed due to defeating Towson 11-10 last week….
One week to go. Edmonton has clinched the west, Colorado is the number two seed. In the east, Buffalo is locked at number three, but the story in the east is who will be number one. A Rock win on Friday (or a Rochester loss Saturday) and they have home floor throughout the playoffs. Should the Rock lose and Rochester win, Rochester is number one in east and Toronto will…
Last night the Rochester Knighthawks (12-5) defeated the New England Black Wolves (4-11) 14-6 in front of 8,535 fans at the Blue Cross Arena on Military Appreciation Night. A small part of the crowd came from Philadelphia in support of their former Wings players, and some others made the trip from Connecticut to support their Black Wolves. This game had a couple implications. The…
The New England Black Wolves were eliminated from the playoffs last night. We caught up with Brett Manney to discuss the team’s first season.