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1 month ago | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
Nestled at the doorstep of the Rocky Mountains, the outdoors have always been a key part of the student experience at the University of Denver. Accordingly, DU has continually tried to enhance this experience. In the last few years, they introduced the James C. Kennedy Mountain Campus (KMC), which, despite its huge advertising push, especially through admissions, most students rarely visit except during First Ascent.
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1 month ago | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
At 6 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, over 2,000 runners gathered at the starting line of the Denver/Colfax Marathon in City Park. The race would commence 26.2 miles through City Park, downtown, Mile High Stadium, Sloans Lake, down Colfax Avenue and back. The race leaders set a hot pace from the start, with the lead group coming through the first ten miles running at a 5:20 per mile pace.
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1 month ago | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
Denver women’s lacrosse won its fifth consecutive Big East tournament title last weekend in Philadelphia, Penn. with a 20-9 win against Georgetown in the semifinal on May 1 and a 14-9 win against Villanova in the final on May 3. The game against Georgetown was a dominant performance from Denver from the start. They went up 7-2 by the end of the first frame and carried this lead for the rest of the game.
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2 months ago | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
It was a big week for both Denver men’s and women’s lacrosse. The women’s team clinched the Big East regular season title with a 17-7 win at home against Villanova, while the men’s team was eliminated from the Big East tournament with an 18-11 loss against Marquette. The women’s team went into their game against Villanova with a three-game win streak and a 4-1 record in the Big East.
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2 months ago | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
On April 14, Denver men’s basketball announced the hiring of their next head coach, Tim Bergstraser. This announcement came after the conclusion of Denver’s basketball season on March 6, where they lost to St. Thomas in the Summit League quarterfinal after finishing the regular season with an 11-20 record. Bergstraser will replace Jeff Wulbrun, who mutually agreed to part ways with Denver basketball after he was placed on leave with two games left in the season.
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2 months ago | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
On March 7, senior alpine skier Sara Rask swept the NCAA Women’s Alpine skiing National Championships at Dartmouth Skiway, winning both the slalom and giant slalom events. Rask became the 19th Denver skier ever to sweep the national championships and just the sixth woman. Rask won her first gold of the week on March 5 after entering her second race in second place overall. In her second run, she made up the 0.12-second gap she needed to win the event. “I was actually very nervous for my second run.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
Both Denver men’s and women’s basketball teams were eliminated from the Summit League playoffs in Sioux Falls, S.D. last week following losses in the quarterfinals and play-in, respectively. DU Women’s basketball, which was seeded at No. 9 in the Summit League following a 2-14 conference record, was matched up against No. 8 Omaha in the play-in game on March 5. They lost 76-68. Denver was slow to start, going down 10-2 just 2:13 into the first quarter.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
Denver men’s basketball hosted Oral Roberts last week, pulling away with a Summit League win, 71-60. Denver took an early lead, led by scoring from freshman guard Sebastian Akins and sophomore guard DeAndre Craig. They each had six of Denver’s first 17, with Akins adding a steal for a fastbreak layup and an assist off the drive for a dunk from junior center Isaiah Carr. This early action gave Denver a 17-7 lead with 12:21 left in the half.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
Denver men’s basketball was on the road in North Dakota this week with games against North Dakota on Thursday and North Dakota State on Saturday. They beat North Dakota, 68-64 and lost in overtime to North Dakota State, 89-84. Thursday’s game against North Dakota was all Denver to start. Freshman guard Sebastian Akins got the scoring going early, with nine of Denver’s first fifteen points. He added a steal and assisted a huge slam from senior forward, Pedro Lopez-Sanvicente.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
duclarion.com | Nick Allen
Denver men’s lacrosse got their first win of the season last Saturday at Air Force with a score of 14-8. Senior midfielder Mic Kelly broke the scoring early, with a spin move to beat his defender and get an open shot on goal, which he put away just 1:10 into the first quarter.
