QUICKLY: The University of Colorado lacrosse team has won back-to-back Mountain Pacific Sports Federation games against St. Mary’s and at UC Davis, but the Buffaloes (6-5, 3-1) face their biggest challenge of the season with a visit to No. 8 Stanford on the Cardinal’s Senior Day.
SCOUTING THE STANFORD CARDINAL: Stanford, the defending conference tournament champion, saw its six-game winning streak put to bed on Friday, falling 13-12 to Denver. The tight defeat was just Stanford’s second loss of the season, with its first dating all the way back to March 2 when Vanderbilt edged Stanford 16-15 in overtime. Stanford have eight wins, including three on the road against other ranked teams, including then-No. 11 Towson, No. 14 Georgetown and most recently, No. 6 Notre Dame (an 11-10 win in South Bend). Sophomore Lucy Dikeou led Stanford against Denver with three goals, five draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover. Dikeou, the reigning MPSF Offensive Player of the Week, leads the team this season with 15 caused turnovers, ties a team-high 17 goals and 24 points and ranks second on the Cardinal with seven assists. The Cardinal has a deep bench, with 17 other players netting goals, with two-sport star Hannah Farr leading the way with 17 goals, 22 ground balls and 21 draw controls. Prior to this week’s games, Farr ranked in the conference’s top five in game-winning goals, free-position goals and ground balls per game. The Cardinal also ranks in the MPSF top three and the nation’s top 25 in win percentage, ground balls per game, scoring offense, scoring margin and caused turnovers. Lead goalie Lyndsey Munoz holds a 9.44 goals-against average (entering the week ranked fourth in the conference and 31st in the nation). She has allowed 88 goals, while grabbing 52 saves in 560 minutes of play.
PAC-12 NETWORKS: Watch the Buffs take on the Cardinal on the Pac-12 Mountain and Bay Area Networks, with Jason Knapp doing play-by-play and Kara Lentz providing analysis. New to the Networks? Find out where to watch at http://pac-12.com/channel-finder.
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