WHO: No. 23 Denver vs. Air Force
WHAT: DU's final home meet of 2026
WHERE: Magness Arena (Denver, Colorado)
WHEN: Monday, March 9, at 5:45 p.m. MT
 
MEET PROMOTIONS
Denver will celebrate Fan Appreciate Day with its annual Carnival on the Concourse, which is free for all ticket holders and features activities, games and prizes. Fans are encouraged to arrive early with doors opening at 4:30 p.m. MT.
 
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver tallied its second highest score of the season with a 196.725 on Friday to finish in first at a tri meet hosted by Air Force with San Jose State. DU started with its strongest road performance of the year on floor with a 49.400 before setting a new season high on vault with a 49.250 in the second rotation.
 
Four DU gymnasts won titles in the meet, led by senior Cecilia Cooley 's ties atop of the beam and floor podiums. Fellow senior Mila Brusch and junior Maddison Reidenbach shared the vault title as well. Reidenbach was second in the all-around after setting a new career high of 39.425.
 
EYE ON THE RANKINGS:
Rankings will be released on Monday morning, ahead of DU's home meet against Air Force. Denver's 196.725 from the Air Force tri meet on Friday will factor in to the rankings released on March 9, but that evening's scores will not count toward the rankings until March 16.
 
As of Saturday, March 7, and based on the national rankings released on March 2, Denver ranked No. 23 nationally and once again ranked inside the top 25 on all four events after moving up a spot on vault to No. 25 with an NQS improvement of a quarter tenth. The bars squad also boosted its national ranking by one, moving up to No. 21.
 
Cooley did not compete in the all-around last week but maintained a spot in the Week 9 rankings, coming in tied for No. 25. An unfortunate out-of-bounds on floor kept her from increasing her NQS on the event, though she was once more nationally ranked on the event in a tie for No. 23.
 
QUICK HITS:

• Denver will host a meet on a Monday for just the fourth time since 2010 and the first since 2018 in the March 9 meet.
• Sunday's meet is the second of two in four days for Denver this weekend – both against Air Force.
  • After DU made the trip to the Air Force Academy on Friday, the Falcons will make the return trip to Denver on Monday, March 9.
  • This is the quickest turn around between meets for Denver this regular season.
• Denver finishes its regular season with three non-conference meets, beginning with this weekend's home-and-away competitions against Air Force.
• DU continued its streak of not counting a fall all year long after overcoming a fall in the No. 2 spot on beam in Friday's meet at Air Force.
• All 14 of Denver's gymnasts have competed in at least one full lineup for DU this season, and each of them have made a collegiate debut on at least one event.

SCOUTING THE FALCONS:
Air Force is having a record-breaking season with multiple program records set so far including its 196.425 on Friday against DU that reset its overall school record for a second time in 2026. Maggie Slife, who won the all-around and three more event titles in Friday's tri meet, is building off what was a breakout season in 2025 by also breaking AFA individual records this season and is ranked in the top 10 nationally in the all-around and on bars as of March 2.
 
AFA is Denver's most frequent opponent in its more than 50 year history, and DU now holds a 110-4-0 record following Friday's meet at Air Force. The Falcons last made the trip to Denver on March 3, 2024, in what was also DU's home finale. Denver earned a 198.025-194.050 win in that meet.
 
This weekend's meets mark the seventh time that Denver and Air Force have faced off twice in the same week and the first since March 4-6, 2016.
 
View DU's complete history against Air Force.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
Denver finished its 2026 regular season with a trip to Oregon State on Saturday, March 14, before opening up the postseason at the 2026 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship on Saturday, March 21.
 
TICKETS:
Tickets for the 2026 University of Denver gymnastics season are now on sale and can be purchased online, by calling 303-871-4625 or by visiting the Ritchie Center Box Office.