It took nearly six hours, but the University of Denver women’s tennis team, the No. 7 seed, upset second- seeded Louisiana-Monroe in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference championships Friday in Mobile, Ala. But the Pioneers’ men’s team, the No. 1 seed, was upset by No. 4 Middle Tennessee.
The DU women’s team lost the doubles point and evened the match with a singles win by Steffi Rath. ULM won the next two singles matches, and DU rallied to a 3-3 tie with wins by Caroline Schnell at No. 3 singles and Sophia Bergner at No. 1.
The deciding match went four minutes shy of four hours, with the Pioneers’ Elena Najera posting a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 win over Monica Winkel at No. 2 singles. DU faces No. 3 seed Louisiana-Lafayette in today’s semifinals.
Buffs’ women golfers eight strokes back.
The University of Colorado women’s golf team is in a tie for ninth place after the first day of the Big 12 championship at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Mo.
The Buffs shot a 14-over-par 302, which is only eight strokes behind leader Texas Tech. The competition for medalist honors is as tight as the team competition. Five players are tied for the lead at 1-under 71, and CU’s Emily Talley is one of three golfers one stroke back.
CU dominates decathlon.
The University of Colorado’s Alex Von Hagen, Eddie Taylor and Brock Emory finished 1-2-3 in the decathlon at Colorado State’s Glenn Morris Combined Events Meet, and CU volunteer assistant coach Emily Pearson won the heptathlon.
Von Hagen won three of the five events to finish with 6,667 points. Pearson posted 5,498.
Lamb will lead Outlaws.
Adams State men’s and women’s lacrosse coach Jason Lamb has a summer job: assistant coach with the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse.
Prior to helming the inaugural seasons of the Grizzlies’ men’s and women’s teams, Lamb coached at BYU from 1995-2010. Lamb said working with the Outlaws will make him a better coach and help the ASC program.
“I don’t think any good coach is ever beyond learning,” Lamb said. “I plan on bringing more lacrosse knowledge to the ASC lacrosse program in Alamosa after an exciting summer with the Outlaws.”
Lamb will start working with the Outlaws, whose season begins May 14 vs. the Hamilton (Ont.) Nationals at Invesco Field, at training camp starting next Saturday.
RMAC well-represented at golf regional.
Seven Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference schools from Colorado qualified for the Central Region of the NCAA Division II golf championships. The regionals begin May 2, and the Central and West regions will be held at the University of New Mexico’s championship course. The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs is the No. 1 seed in the region, and the other RMAC schools competing will be Fort Lewis, Colorado State-Pueblo, Colorado Mines, Colorado Christian, Regis and Mesa State.
