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BALTIMORE - University of Denver midfielder Colin Woolford (Norwalk, Conn.) was selected with the second pick of the third round (20th overall) by the Charlotte Hounds in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft on Friday afternoon at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Woolford played in all 19 games for the 2015 National Champions, scoring 10 goals and tallying three assists for the Pioneers. The Connecticut, native scored six of his 10 goals in Denver's six 2015 postseason games, including a pair of goals in the BIG EAST Championship.

"Colin is one of the hardest working guys that in my 36 years of college lacrosse I've had the pleasure of coaching, probably in my top-5," head coach Bill Tierney said. "He's made himself a very good lacrosse player. Colin's got the athletic gifts of being tall, strong and fast, but he's the only one that can take credit for his skill set from the time that he has put in. He's a prototypical MLL midfielder in that he can dodge downhill, shoot with both hands and get back on defense if needed."

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ABOUT DENVER: 2015 USILA Head Coach of the Year Bill Tierney enters his seventh season in 2016 after not only leading Denver to its first National Championship in 2015, but also becoming the first NCAA Men's Lacrosse Division I head coach to win National Championships at two different institutions. The Levittown, N.Y., native also has an NCAA-record seven National Championships.

Denver returns three of its top four point getters from a 2015 team that finished the campaign on a 13-game winning streak en-route to a National Championship. Junior Connor Cannizzaro (Cazenovia, N.Y.) shattered Denver's single-season points record in his first season with the program, finishing with 90 points on 57 goals and 33 assists. Classmates Zach Miller (Steamburg, N.Y.) and Tyler Pace (Coquitlam, B.C) return in the Denver midfield after finishing with 61 (26G, 35A) and 49 (22G, 27A) points, respectively in 2015.

Two-time USILA All-American, including 2015 second-team selection, Christian Burgdorf (Westfield, N.J.) and 25-game starter Pat Karole (Glen Ridge, N.J.) will return for the Pioneers defense in 2016.

Denver had five Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans represented in the 2016 Face-Off Yearbook. The Pioneers also checked in at No. 2 in the 2016 Face-Off Yearbook Top-20 and No. 2 in the Lacrosse Magazine Preseason poll and on January 11 were picked atop the USILA/Nike Preseason Coaches' Poll for the second-consecutive season.

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