Who: No. 14 Denver (0-0) at Colorado (0-2)
What: Game #1
Where: Boulder, Colo. (Kittredge Field)
When: Sunday, February 28 – 1 p.m. MT
Game Coverage
Stream: Colorado Live Stream
Last Time Out
Denver improved to 7-1 with a 13-6 win over Coastal Carolina at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium before the 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quintin Hoch-Bullen had five goals and three assists to lead the Pioneers with eight points.
DI Series History vs. Colorado
Denver is 4-2 all-time against its young in-state rivals. The Pioneers won the first two meetings between the two programs in 2014 and 2015, Colorado won the next two in 2016 and 2017 and the Pioneers defeated the Buffs by two goals in 2018 and 2019.
Last Meeting vs. Colorado
Hoch-Bullen,
Julia Feiss,
Bea Behrins and
Eliza Radochonski scored two goals apiece and
Carson Gregg made seven saves against seven goals allowed in a two-goal win for the Pioneers in March 2019 in Boulder.
Quick Points
- Molly Little, Radochonski and Sammie Morton were named captains for the 2021 season
- Liza Kelly has a 180-71 all-time record in her 15th season as DU's head coach
- Denver was picked 1st in the BIG EAST women's lacrosse preseason coaches' poll
- The Pioneers had a conference-leading six student-athletes named Preseason All-BIG EAST: Behrins, Hoch-Bullen, Hannah Liddy, Little, Radochonski and Caroline Wiseman. Hoch-Bullen was named BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Little was named BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
- Little and Hoch-Bullen earned Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America honors for the second straight year
- The Pioneers outscored opponents 135-69 last season and ranked 5th in the country in caused turnovers per game (12.5). Individually, Sam Thacker led Denver with 13 caused turnovers while Hoch-Bullen led the Pioneers in scoring with 33 goals, 44 points and seven hat tricks
- Denver had the second-ranked scoring defense in the country en-route to the 2019 BIG EAST regular season title, holding the opposition to 7.3 goals per game. The Pioneers went 16-4 that season and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal for the first time in program history
- Little was invited to a U.S. team tryout for the 2021 Women's World Championship and assistant coach Brittany Read was named to England's training squad for the championship, which ws later postponed
Up Next
One week from Sunday, March 7, Denver begins a seven-game home stand against Arizona State.
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