DENVER – The [RV/RV] University of Denver men's lacrosse program heads to Dallas, Texas, for the first time since 2016 when the Pioneers meet [7/8] Duke for a neutral site match-up at Highland Park High School. Opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT.
DI SERIES HISTORY:
Duke holds a 12-6 edge in the Division I series, having won each of the last seven meetings between the two programs. Prior to Duke's first win in the stream in 2018, the Pioneers had won six of the last eight, putting together a pair of three-game winning streaks from 2011-13 and 2015-17.
FULL DI SERIES HISTORY
LAST TIME OUT:
Following a 2-2 opening quarter, Ohio State exploded for six in the second frame to separate from the Pioneers in a 15-11 win for the visitors on Sunday afternoon at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
FULL RECAP
KELLY'S HOT START TO THE SEASON
- Through the opening eight games of the 2025 season, senior midfielder Mic Kelly has scored a team-high 19 goals.
- The only other Pioneer midfielder to score 18+ goals in the first seven games of the season came in 2013 when then-sophomore Wes Berg came out of the box to score 20 in his first seven games.
- Nationally, Kelly is tied for the third-highest goals per game in the country by midfielders, at 2.38 goals/game.
- In 2020, midfielder Jack Hannah scored 17 goals through the first six games before COVID put an end to the 2020 campaign.
DENVER AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
- Denver is 78-93 in its DI history against teams in the USILA Top-20.
- Denver is 32-27 at home against ranked opponents.
- Denver's 2024 overtime win at Johns Hopkins and its March 20, 2022 win at No. 7 Ohio State are the program's two top-10 road wins since a trip to Notre Dame in 2020, the final game before the COVID-19 shutdown.
CALDWELL ON THE GROUND
- Through the first eight games of his redshirt sophomore campaign, Chris Caldwell has picked up 30 ground balls and nine caused turnovers.
- The 30 GBs is a team-high outside of primary faceoff taker Michael Kraus.
- Caldwell ranks 11th in the country in GBs/Game (3.75) among defenders, LSMs and SSDMs.
- Caldwell is 18 ground balls away from cracking the single-season top-10 in program history for GBs among one of the three defensive field positions.
- Caldwell has 5+ GBs in four different games this season.
ON THIS DATE
- Denver is 3-0 in its Division I era on March 22.
- Teddy MacKenzie had six caused turnovers in a 17-11 win over Rutgers in 2014, tying for the second-most in DU's single game record book.
RESET!
- 2021: Denver's most goals off resets in a single season came in 2021, when the Pioneers scored 42 (92 chances) goals off resets, compared to its opponents 17.
- 2022: The Crimson and Gold had a 23-18 edge in goals off resets.
- 2023: Goals off resets in Denver games in Bill Tierney's final season saw Denver hold an 18-8 advantage.
- 2024: Denver held a 24-11 advantage in goals off resets last season, including 18-6 in games the Pioneers went on to win.
- 2025: Denver leads its opponents in goals off resets this year by a count of 12-7.
- The Pios scored a season-high four goals off resets vs. QPac on 3/2/25.
- Denver's defense has forced 12 shot clock violations this year compared to its opponents' eight.
UNFRIENDLY PIPES
- Denver has hit some unlucky pipes by a margin of 185-109 in the last seven seasons.
- Noah Manning (5), Judge Murphy (2), Mic Kelly (2) and Marek Tzagournis (2) have all hit multiple posts this year (19-11 total).
- Denver hit a season-high four pipes in its 14-7 win over Quinnipiac on March 2.
UP NEXT:
Denver will head south next week to Dallas, Texas, to take on nationally-ranked Duke at Highland Park High School. Opening faceoff is set for 6 p.m. MT.
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