Former Pioneer Maureen Slattery entered her third season as a full-time assistant coach in 2023-24.
Honors and Awards: 2023 ITA Mountain Regional Assistant Coach of the Year...
2023-24: Slattery helped lead Denver to its 10th-straight Summit League tournament and regular-season titles on its way to a 10th-consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. DU achieved its highest ITA national ranking since 2008 (No. 27 in February) before finishing the year ranked No. 57 nationally and No. 3 in the ITA Mountain Regional. The Pioneers remained undefeated in Summit League play since joining the league.
2022-23: Slattery was named the ITA Mountain Regional Assistant Coach of the Year after helping guide Denver to its ninth-straight Summit League title and NCAA tournament berth. DU went undefeated in Summit League play, dropping just a single point en route to its ninth-consecutive Summit League regular-season crown.
2021-22: The Pioneers finished 14-9 and 7-0 in Summit League play in Wardlaw's first season in charge. All seven student-athletes earned all-league honors. The non-conference slate was highlighted by back-to-back 4-3 Power 5 wins at Utah and at home against Iowa in February. Slattery helped guide the Pioneers to the Summit League Tournament title and a trip to the 2022 NCAA Tournament.Â
Prior to 2022: Slattery rejoined the Pioneers as an interim assistant coach in October 2019 after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia where she helped guide the Captains to a combined 26-14 mark. In four seasons as a student-athlete with the Pioneers, Slattery was thrice honored on the All-Summit League team, named 2014 ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year and recognized as 2017 Summit League Player of the Year. In her senior year, Slattery advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Doubles Championships with partner Julia O'Loughin, becoming the program's first Division I All-American. Slattery graduated with a degree in economics in 2017.
