DENVER – The No. 8 University of Denver women's lacrosse program will host No. 20 Connecticut in its BIG EAST home opener on Saturday at 12 p.m. MT in a rematch of last season's BIG EAST Women's Lacrosse Championship game. Saturday's game is the program's inaugural Pride Game.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Pioneers got off to a hot start last Saturday, scoring 11 of the first 12 goals in a 17-8 win at Butler to open the conference slate with a victory.
Bea Behrins led the Pioneers offense with eight points on seven goals and an assist, while
Sam Thacker tied a career-high with six ground balls to go with five caused turnovers to lead the Denver defense.
FULL RECAP
D1 SERIES HISTORY VS. CONNECTICUT:
Denver is 6-0 all-time vs. the Huskies, winning the previous meetings at Peter Barton in 2008 and 2017. A year ago, the Pioneers and Huskies met three times. The first was a 14-13 triple overtime game in Storrs. Two days later, the Pioneers defeated UConn 11-7. In the BIG EAST Championship Game, the Pioneers scored the final five goals to win 13-7.
QUICK HITS:
- Abby Jenkins became the 12th Pioneer in program history to pick up 100 draw controls in a career.
- Jenkins is one draw controls away from eighth place in Denver's single-season history (currently at 59).
- Jenkins' nine draw controls at San Diego State on March 27 tied for the 10th most in a game in Denver's DI history.
- Jenkins' 114 career draw controls is four behind Steph Greenless for ninth in Denver's DI history.
- Big East Defensive Player of the Week Sam Thacker has 40 caused turnovers on the season, three behind Layne Voorhees 2017 campaign for third in Denver's DI history.
- Thacker's 88 caused turnovers is three behind Crystal Jack's 91 for seventh in program history.
- Bea Behrins has 170 goals, 17 off Steph Greenlees' 187 for third in program history.
- Behrins 216 career points is 15 points behind Greenlees' 231 for sixth in DU's DI history.
UP NEXT: Following Saturday's game, the Pioneers will head east for back-to-back weekends, starting with a trip to Georgetown on April 15 at 2 p.m. MT.
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