DENVER – Junior Cliff Smith (Surrey, B.C.) and freshman Jamie Lincoln (St. Cathariens, Ontario) combined for nine goals as the No. 20 University of Denver men's lacrosse team defeated visiting No. 16 Colgate 15-5 at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium Saturday afternoon.

“This win was a great way to start our season,” head coach Jamie Munro said. “We knew Colgate was a highly ranked opponent, and we came out to prove ourselves this afternoon.”

Six Pioneers had multi-point games as Smith led Denver with five goals and Lincoln added four in his debut for DU. Denver (1-0-0) received two goals and one assist each from senior Brett Koll (Fort Collins, Colo.) and sophomore Ilija Gajic (Burnaby, B. C.).

Colgate (0-1-0) took a 1-0 lead less than one minute into the game off a Brandon Corp goal. The Pioneers responded with seven straight goals, including back-to-back goals by Koll in a span of 1:03 to open the Denver scoring.

With 11:34 remaining in the second period, Colgate's Corp netted his and the team's second goal of the game. However, Lincoln's third goal of the game put Denver up 8-2 with 2:54 to go in the half. The Pioneers held the six-goal lead at halftime.

“Today was a good team effort,” Munro said. “We knew some of our new guys were going to be scoring goals. We feel really good about the team's balanced offense because we have lots of guys who we know can score.”

Lincoln netted his fourth goal of the game with 12:15 remaining in the third period before sophomore John Dickenson (Dallas, Texas) increased Denver's lead to 10-2 at the 5:25 mark of the third period. In the final 2:43 of the third, Colgate's Kevin Colleluori and Denver's Smith each scored a pair of goals.

Corp scored his third goal of the game off an unassisted effort with 14:54 to play, bringing Colgate within seven at 12-5. However, it was not enough for the visiting Raiders as the Pioneers scored three unanswered goals in the game's final 13:25 for the 15-5 victory.

Denver faces No. 8/10 North Carolina on Saturday, February 23 at 1:30 p.m. at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium before opening their road schedule on March 1 at UMBC at 11:00 a.m.

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DENVER, Colo. (2/16/08)-Colgate University junior Brandon Corp (Chittenango, N.Y.) tallied five points on three goals and two assists, but it was not enough to as the 16th-ranked men's lacrosse team fell to No. 20 Denver 15-5 at Barton Lacrosse Stadium in the season opener. Cliff Smith led the Pioneers with a game-high five goals.

Corp put the Raiders in front with a man-up score just 51 seconds into the game. Sophomore Zack Craumer (Greenwich, Conn.) provided the assist on the goal to register his first collegiate point.

Denver (1-0) responded in a big way, as the Pioneers rattled off seven unanswered goals for the six-goal lead with 11:34 remaining in the second quarter. Three different players had two goals during that stretch for Denver, while the Pioneers held Colgate to just five shots in the first quarter.

Corp stopped the run 16 seconds later off of a pass from rookie midfielder Jim Carroll (Nesconset, N.Y.). Denver's Jaime Lincoln sparked a three-goal run with a pair of scores before Raider junior Kevin Colleluori (Bethpage, N.Y.) got on the board with a goal to make it a 10-3 game with 2:43 remaining in the third quarter. Corp set up the score to earn his third point of the game.

Denver answered with a goal 59 seconds later to pull ahead by eight, 11-3 in the final minute of the third frame. Colleluori and Corp combined again 35 seconds later to make it a seven-goal game again, but the Pioneers would score the final goal of the quarter to head into the final stanza in front 12-4.

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