NEW YORK – University of Denver freshman goalie
Cole French (Danville, Calif.) has been named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday.
French played the final 42 minutes in goal in his collegiate debut on Saturday in the Pioneers' 15-12 win at St. John's. Brother of senior captain
Austin French, Cole stopped 10 of 16 shots on goal, leading the conference in save percentage last weekend.
Junior attack
Ethan Walker (Peterborough, Ontario) and freshman faceoff specialist
Brett Boos (Parker, Colo.) were named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll. Walker netted his third career sock trick, while Boos won 23-of-31 faceoffs, picking up eight ground balls.
Earlier on Monday, Denver moved up a spot to 12
th in the USILA Coaches' Poll and up two spots to 13
th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Denver also bumped up two spots in the Lacrosse Magazine Poll from 14
th to 12
th.
Denver Men's Lacrosse in the Polls – Week 10
Coaches' Poll - 12
Media Poll – 13
Lacrosse Magazine Poll - 12
Past Opponents Update (Coaches/Media)
[RV/RV] Air Force – W, 11-4
[3/3] Duke – L, 10-9
[-/-] Utah – W, 15-6
[-/-] Cleveland State – W, 16-8
[RV/RV] North Carolina – W, 12-10
[11/12] Notre Dame (in Costa Mesa, Calif.) – L, 10-7
[13/14] Towson – W, 7-6
at [-/RV] Princeton – L, 14-13
[19/18] Georgetown – W, 16-9
[20/RV] Villanova – L, 12-11
at [-/-] St. John's – W, 15-12
Future Opponents Update (Coaches/Media)
April 20 – [-/-] Providence
April 26 – at [-/-] Marquette
UP NEXT: The Denver men's lacrosse team,
Presented by Your Hometown Toyota Stores, will return home this weekend (April 20) to take on Providence. DU's home regular season finale will faceoff at 12 p.m. MT on Altitude 2 and ESPN Denver 1600. Denver will then close out the regular season on April 26 with a trip to Marquette. The 2019 finale will faceoff at 8 p.m. CT/7 p.m. MT on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN Denver 1600.
TICKET INFORMATION: Single game tickets for the remaining home games are on sale, and can be
purchased here.
Postseason Watch Party Locations:
For all nationally televised 2019 postseason contests throughout Denver Athletics, join one of Denver's Official Watch Parties at the following locations: Crimson and Gold, Stadium Inn, The Pioneer and Smiling Moose.
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