DENVER – The [9/9] University of Denver men's lacrosse program, presented by Your Hometown Toyota Stores, will head right back to Milwaukee this week for the BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship, presented by Jeep, when the Pioneers take on [12/13] Villanova on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. CT/7:30 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network and 104.3 the Fan HD3.
DI Series History vs. Villanova
Denver is 16-4 all-time against Villanova, including 8-2 in the last 10. Earlier this season, Denver defeated the Wildcats 12-6 on
Bill Tierney Day, in-front of a sold out crowd at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. Villanova won the last match-up in the BIG EAST Tournament, ending the Pioneers 2022 season in Washington D.C. Denver is 3-1 against Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament, and won the only NCAA Tournament meeting between the two programs in 2011.
Last Time Out – No. 11 Denver 15, Marquette 14 (OT)
Richie Connell led the Denver offense with six points on four goals and two helpers. The four goals tied for Connell's most in a Denver uniform.
Stephen Avery broke a 14-14 deadlock on the Pioneers second possession of overtime to send the Pioneers to their ninth victory of 2023.
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 166-58 at DU and 438-151 in his 39
th season as a college head lacrosse coach.
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).
Notes:
- Sillstrop leads Denver with a 13-game active point streak (30 goals and 5 assists during streak).
- Denver is eighth in the country in senior class wins with 44.
- Alec Stathakis enters the weekend facing off at 60.8% this season and has brought his career average this season up to 60.2%.
- In Tierney's 14 seasons at Denver, the Pioneers crossed the 300,000 miles mark last weekend and will have flown an approximate 303,737 miles after this weekend.
- Bill Tierney has a winning record against 64 different programs in his history, and a losing record against just eight. Tierney has losing records against only two programs that he's met at least five times (Syracuse and Virginia).
- Associate head coach Matt Brown was named the Pioneers next head coach on April 20.
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