DENVER – The [16/16] University of Denver men's lacrosse program will return to the east coast this weekend to take on Yale on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET/10 a.m. MT. Saturday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
DI SERIES HISTORY:
Yale has won all four previous meetings in the series. The two programs are set to meet for the fourth consecutive year of a home and home series. Denver and Yale first met in 2005, a 10-9 win for the Bulldogs in New Haven.
FULL SERIES HISTORY
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver had 10 different goal scorers, led by a hat trick from freshman
Chris Merageas and a four-point afternoon for senior
Noah Manning in a 14-7 win over Quinnipiac on Sunday afternoon to complete Denver's 2-0 weekend at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
FULL RECAP
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 11-5.
- The Pios scored a season-high four goals off resets vs. QPac on 3/2/25.
- Denver's defense has forced nine shot clock violations this year compared to its opponents' six.
UNFRIENDLY PIPES
- Denver has hit some unlucky pipes by a margin of 181-108 in the last seven seasons.
- Noah Manning (3), Judge Murphy (2), Mic Kelly (2) and Marek Tzagournis (2) have all hit multiple posts this year (15-10 total).
- Denver hit a season-high four pipes in its 14-7 win over Quinnipiac on March 2.
ON THIS DATE
- Denver is 3-1 in its Division I era on March 8.
- Former Pioneer Erik Adamson netted a sock trick in a 10-7 win over No. 8 Notre Dame on March 8, 2014 in the Pacific Coast Shootout in California.
SPREADING THE WEALTH
- Denver has had 10 different players score goals in a game in 24 of Denver's wins since the start of 2015.
- Since Matt Brown was named a full time assistant in 2008, the Pioneers have had 10 or more players score goals in a game 31 times.
- Denver had 10 different goal scorers against Cornell on Feb. 25, 2024 the first time the Pioneers had that production against a top-10 foe since Feb. 20, 2016 vs. No. 3 Duke.
- The Pioneers have had five different players score at least two goals 22 times since the start of the 2014 season, including in the 2024 NCAA First Round against Michigan (2024: 3 | 2021: 3 | 2020: 0 | 2019: 2 | 2018: 2 | 2017: 5 | 2016: 1 | 2015: 4 | 2014: 2).
- Nine different players scored in Denver's win at Air Force on Feb. 8.
- Denver had 14 players earn at least a point in an 18-5 win over Marist on February 28.
- Denver had 10 different players score and 13 record points in a 14-7 win over Quinnipiac on March 2.
UP NEXT:
Denver will return to the east coast next weekend for another Ivy League match-up on Saturday as the Pioneers visit Yale. The game will faceoff at 12 p.m. ET/10 a.m. MT, and be broadcast on ESPN+.
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