Photo Credit: Rich Barnes
DENVER – The University of Denver men’s lacrosse program will release its 13-game regular season schedule through Twitter beginning at 10 a.m. MT on Wednesday morning. Games will be released every 20 minutes from the @DU_MLAX Twitter account, and will use #MLAXSchedule15.
Denver, coming off its third Championship Weekend appearance in the last four years, returns three of its four USILA All-Americans from a team that finished 16-3 a year ago, including seniors Wesley Berg (Coquitlam, B.C.) and Erik Adamson(Anaheim Hills, Calif.). DU’s sophomore class includes USILA Honorable Mention All-American Christian Burgdorf(Westfield, N.J.), Inside Lacrosse Freshman of the Year Zach Miller (Steamburg, N.Y.) and ACC Freshman of the Year and Maryland transfer Connor Cannizzaro (Cazenovia, N.Y.). 2014 BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year Ryan LaPlante (Fort Collins, Colo.) is also set to return for his senior season.
Denver’s midfield returns senior Sean Cannizzaro (Cazenovia, N.Y.), who has 26 points in 45 career games, with 16 of his 26 coming a year ago. Classmate and long stick midfielder Mike Riis (Carlsbad, Calif.), along with sophomore Tyler Pace(Mission, B.C.) and junior Chris Hampton (Bethesda, Md.) will bolster the Pioneer midfield. Junior attacker Jack Bobzien(Littleton, Colo.) averaged 3.32 points a game a year ago, and netting 42 goals in 19 games.
Fans can put a deposit down on their 2015 Denver men’s lacrosse season tickets at the following link. Season tickets will go on sale at the end of October.