Oregon Ducks at No. 23 CU Buffs women’s lacrosse
OPENING DRAW: Friday, 6 p.m., Prentup FieldTV: Pac-12 MountainRECORDS: Oregon 8-5, 2-4 Pac-12 Conference; Colorado 10-5, 4-2.KEY PLAYERS: Oregon — M Morgan McCarthy, Sr. (38 goals, six assists); M Anna Simmons, So. (33 goals, six assists); A Lauren Rismani, Jr. (13 goals, 24 assists); A Haley Cummins, Sr. (20 goals, eight assists); A Riley Taylor, Jr. (17 goals, eight assists); M Rachel Pallo, So. (14 goals, two assists); GK Thayer Hubbard, So. (.430 save percentage; 10.11 goals-against average). Colorado — M Madeline Pisani, Sr. (49 goals, 10 assists); M Ashley Stokes, Sr. (30 goals, 24 assists); A Eve Hritzuk, Gr. (30 goals, eight assists); M Sydney Zimmerman, Sr. (15 goals, eight assists); A Rachel Kennedy, So. (14 goals, nine assists); GK Danielle Heintz, Sr. (.360 save percentage; 11.00 goals-against average).NOTES: Colorado will honor its seniors before the game with Senior Night celebrations. … Colorado is coming off a 15-6 loss against USC on the road last week. The six goals scored was the Buffs’ lowest total of the season. … Buffs’ sophomore Jess Peluso set a new school record for the most number of caused turnovers in a season with 35. … Oregon is coming off a 20-12 win at home against Arizona State. … CU leads the all-time series with Oregon 16-1. … The Friday contest is the regular season finale for both teams. Regardless of the result, CU will be the third seed in next week’s Pac-12 Conference tournament, with a Wednesday matchup against the sixth seed in Los Angeles. The sixth spot remains up in the air going into the final weekend of the regular season. … Colorado fell to No. 23 in the IWLCA top 25 poll after the loss to USC. … Oregon’s Thayer Hubbard is a former standout at Fairview High. … This will be the first regular season lacrosse game played at Prentup Field, although the venue hosted the 2018 Pac-12 women’s lacrosse tournament.
