HEMPSTED, N.Y. (AP) -- Denver upset nine-time NCAA lacrosse tournament champion Johns Hopkins 14-9 Saturday to reach the national semifinals for the first time in school history.
The Pioneers will play Virginia in Baltimore with a spot in the title game at stake. No school from outside the Eastern time zone has ever won the title, and Denver only won its first tournament game earlier this season.
Todd Baxter and Cameron Flint each scored three goals for the Pioneers (15-2). Goalie Jamie Faus made eight saves.
Kyle Wharton scored three goals for Hopkins, which last won the NCAA tournament in 2007.
Denver coach Bill Tierney is in his second season with the Pioneers after coaching Princeton to six titles from 1988-2009 with the Tigers.
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