University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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March 4-May 7 66 The lacrosse team finished a ‘quite respectable’ season as a club sport. Beginning the 1984 season, the team will be elevated to the varsity level. JJ

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 T he University of Denver lacrosse x team finished its final season as a club sport with what Coach Art Strasberger termed, a quite respectable, 8-5 overall record. The Pioneers also had two senior midfielders, Bill Elgo and Matt Hickey named to the Rocky Mountain All-Star team. DU started the season hot gaining victories in their first five contests. The team's opener saw the Pioneers defeat the Colorado School of Mines in a game that, “meant a lot to us (the team), said Strasberger. They had beaten us last season and we wanted to start this season with a win. he commented. A road trip to California over spring break was an unqualified success, enhancing the image of both DU and Colorado lacrosse In an area beyond the Rocky Mountains. An undermanned fifteen player DU team edged Whittier College in a tough game and then trounced a surprisingly weak University of Southern California team 19-3. An overtime victory against the Denver Lacrosse Club on the astroturf at the University of Colorado extended the team's record to 4-0. Behind 9-5 in the third quarter, DU came back to tie and win the game as Bill Eigo ‘ in the winning goal in the pumped sudden d death overtime period. The Pioneers had a lopsided victory over the newly formed Colorado Springs Lacrosse Club before the team fell victim to a mid-season slump due in part to the poor weather, apathy, and over-confidence. At this time, DU dropped 4 of 5 contests, losing to Colorado State University. Stickler's Lacrosse Club and twice to Colorado College. Managing only a win against the Colorado Lacrosse Club, Strasberger commented, everything went wrong at once. The team pulled together to defeat Colorado School of Mines and the University of Colorado before ending the season with a loss to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I powerhouse Air Force. Beginning the 1984 season, the Pioneers will be elevated to the varsity level. The team looks to have a solid nucleas returning even though graduation took several key players. — Doug Towne

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Don't ever tell Jack Rose it never rains in sunny Denver. Colorado. The University of Denver's baseball boss was drenched throughout a damp 1983 season. In fact, conditions were so bod that the Pioneers lost 14 games, and not exactly to the opposition. the DU administration cancelled a Jotal of 14 contests allowing the Pioneers to compete injust 37 games of which DU won only 15 The weather was the same for everybody. Rose said after the disappointing '83 campaign. “'Pueblo was the only team in the area with a good record. I don't know how they aid it either, but all of the teams in the a'ea had lower records than usual. Blazer McClure was this season's record breaker. The sencr outfielder led the club in just about evey offensive category imaginable including home runs, runs batted in and batting average. With McClure, the Pioneer were 122-76 in four years which is .616 baseball. DU's pitching staff received a boost | from a freshman out of Chicago Steve Randecker led the club in wins as well as strike outs. Randecksr was 5-0 and fanned 44 in less than 37 complete frames. Back to offense, the big bats were Brad George, John Galich and Steve Berlin, not to mention McClure. However, the Pioneers locked consistency in the pitching de- I partment, which explains a 15-22 record compared to 31 victories in 1982. For Jock Rose, a domed stadium might just be the answer, but then I again, so would another Blazer McClure. — Mark Pinski