DENVER – The [RV/RV] University of Denver men's lacrosse program, presented by Your Hometown Toyota Stores, will leave the state of Colorado for the first time this weekend when the Pioneers travel to [13/16] Duke. The game at Koskinen Stadium will be at 4 p.m. ET/2 p.m. MT, and be broadcast live on ESPNU.
 
DI Series History vs. Duke
Duke holds a 10-6 lead in the series and has won each of the last five meetings between the two programs. Denver's last win at Duke came in February of 2013 when the ninth-ranked Pioneers beat the sixth-ranked Blue Devils 14-12. Prior to Duke's run of wins in the series, the Pioneers won three-straight from 2015-17, defeating the Blue Devils in back-to-back Cobb County Classic games in 2015 and 2016 before hosting Duke ab PBLS in 2017 (won 14-9).
 
Last Meeting vs. Duke
Denver and Duke played to a high-scoring 5-5 first quarter in Durham last February, but the Blue Devils used a 4-1 second-quarter to kickstart a run that saw the home team win the game 19-10. JJ Sillstrop had five goals and an assist in the loss.
 
Last Time Out – Air Force 12, Denver 10
Sillstrop had Denver's first hat trick of the season and Alec Stathakis went 17-for-23 with 14 ground balls from the faceoff stripe, but the Pioneers fell to Air Force 12-10 last Saturday in Colorado Springs.
 
Bill Tierney's Final Season
Head coach Bill Tierney will roam the Denver sidelines for his 14^th and final season in 2023. Tierney enters the game at 158-55 at DU and 430-148 in his 39^th season as a college head lacrosse coach.
 
Friday's game is the 26th meeting between the only two head coaches to reach 400 Division I wins. Tierney leads 13-12. It will also mark the 14th time the two coaches are meeting with their current programs, a 7-6 edge for Duke's John Danowski.
 
All Across the Country
The 2023 Denver Pioneers have players from 19 different states, bringing the program's total in the Division I era to 35 different states. The 2023 Pioneers added three new states to the program's list: Iowa (Michael Provenza), Kansas (Cade Eldred) and Utah (Chris Caldwell).
 
TICKETS: Season and single game tickets for the 2023 Denver men's lacrosse season are on sale now, and can be purchased here.
 
UP NEXT: Denver will open the 2023 season on February 4 when the Pioneers host Utah on Saturday at 12 p.m. MT at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.  
 
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