DENVER – The [5/6] University of Denver men's lacrosse program will close out the 2024 regular season by honoring its seniors on Friday night when the Pioneers welcome Marquette to Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. Opening faceoff on Pioneer Vision and 104.3 the Fan HD3 is set for 7 p.m. MT.
SERIES HISTORY:
Denver is 12-2 all-time against Marquette, including 10-0 in BIG EAST regular season match-ups. The Pioneers are 6-1 against the Golden Eagles at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. Denver won 15-14 win overtime in Milwaukee last season.
SERIES HISTORY
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver clinched its eighth BIG EAST regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament with a 7-4 win at Providence last weekend.
Malcolm Kleban made 10 stops and
Alec Stathakis went 11-for-14 from the stripe with six ground balls in the victory.
FULL RECAP
12-STRAIGHT WEEKS IN THE TOP-10
Earlier in the 2024 season, Denver rejoined the top-5 for the first time since 2021, the top-4 for the first time since 2018 and sat at the top spot nationally for the first time since 2017. After starting the campaign outside the top-10, Denver has spent the last 12 weeks inside the top-10. The Pioneers rejoined the top-5 in the USILA poll for the first time since March 4 this week.
2024 CAPTAINS
William G. Tierney Head Men's Lacrosse Coach
Matt Brown named seven captains for the 2024 season.
Four returning captains are back in leadership positions in
Adam Hangland,
Jack DiBenedetto,
Alec Stathakis and
Jake Edinger.
The quartet are joined by
JJ Sillstrop,
Jack Tortolani and
Michael Lampert to round out Brown's first captains.
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
The 2024 Denver Pioneers have players from 20 different states.
Since turning Division I ahead of the 1999 season, the Pioneers have had players from 35 different states.
The 35 states are: Alabama (1), Arizona (3), California (27), Colorado (100), Connecticut (32), Delaware (1), Florida (5), Georgia (6), Idaho (2), Illinois (10), Indiana (2), Iowa (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (2), Maine (2), Maryland (24), Massachusetts (10), Michigan (8), Minnesota (9), Missouri (6), Nevada (3), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (26), New York (21), North Carolina (3), Ohio (22), Oregon (4), Penn (11), Rhode Island (3), Tennessee (3), Texas (10), Utah (1), Vermont (1), Virginia (4), Washington (10).
Last season's roster added three states to that list this season in Iowa (Provenza), Kansas (Eldred) and Utah (Caldwell).
The Pios have had 20+ from seven states: Colorado (100), Connecticut (32), California(27), New Jersey(26), Maryland(24), Ohio (22), New York (21).
Denver's DI student-athletes also cover three provinces of Canada: Alberta (2), B.C. (15) and Ontario (16).
UP NEXT:
Denver will play in the opening semifinal of the 2024 BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship, presented by JEEP on Thursday, May 2 at 3:30 p.m. MT. Denver's opponent will be determined after the three BIG EAST contests this weekend (Denver's game vs. Marquette is the final game of the regular season.
TICKETS:
Single game tickets are on sale now and can be
purchased here.
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