The lacrosse team (9-5, 4-5 in the Pac 12) is scheduled to end their regular conference regular season as they host the Oregon Ducks (3-12, 1-8) at Kittredge Field. As part of the game, assume there will be senior day festivities after the game for what is a LARGE group of 15 (11 "regular" seniors plus 4 who took advantage of an extra "Covid year").
The game is scheduled to be on the Pac 12 Networks. (Links and more info available below.)
Go Buffs!
Game preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/4/21/lacrosse-buffs-host-ducks-in-home-finale.aspx
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BOULDER – 11 seniors and four fifth-year seniors will step onto Kittredge Field for the last time in the Black and Gold when Colorado hosts Oregon on Friday (4 p.m. MT/Pac-12 Networks).
The 15 departing seniors have been through the wringer in their time at CU. The group had to persevere through the tragic death of a teammate, a sudden hospitalization of another teammate and a certain pandemic that has changed the world.
"This is a special group," head coach Ann Elliott Whidden reminisced. "It's been a challenging few years as it has been for everybody across the country. For us in particular, our fifth-year student-athletes [dealt with] going through the loss of a teammate in Julia [Sarcona], going through Aine [Williams] who is in her fifth year now [after] being sick and so unsure of what that situation was. That's hard to come in your freshman year and while things did get easier, they also didn't because then we went into COVID and all the challenges there.
"I think this group has really grown through the challenges and I'm really proud of the way they've individually and collectively grown and added to our team. They have had such a strong impact on the culture of this team."
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Oregon (3-12, 1-8 Pac-12) has lost its last six games since a quick two-game win streak towards the end of March. The Ducks have been outscored by a 49-goal differential margin this season and haven't scored more than 12 in the current stretch.
"We still want to win a Pac-12 championship," Elliott Whidden reiterated. "We understand that it's harder than it would have been if we could have been successful last weekend. We have to focus on what we can control and we have a great opportunity in Oregon and a great opportunity in Denver [regulars season finale]. We believe in ourselves and know we can win those games."
For the 15 seniors, Friday offers one last chance for them to make an impact in Boulder.
"We haven't talked about it too much in terms of [the team having a sense of urgency for the seniors] that aspect," Elliott Whidden explained. "I've thrown it back to the group of 15. It's more of a challenge to them of how do they want to end? What do they want to do? and making sure that that group, which is a large group of us, is passing that sense of urgency and belief in themselves down to everybody else. "
Colorado's Senior Day celebration will be held postgame.
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More on the Ducks:
Roster - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats/2022
Schedule/ results for this season - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://goducks.com/news/2022/4/20/...ead-to-boulder-for-regular-season-finale.aspx
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Media links (Applicable to both games):
Live stats - https://admin.cubuffs.com/sidearmstats/wlax/
Games notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/4/21/2022_Lacrosse_Notes_Oregon.pdf
Live Video - Game is scheduled to be shown on the Pac 12 Oregon and Mountain channels. For anyone with a subscription to any Pac 12 Network channel, I'm guessing the game will also be viewable on the Pac 12 App, or through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-lacrosse/event/2022/04/22/oregon-colorado .
The game is scheduled to be on the Pac 12 Networks. (Links and more info available below.)
Go Buffs!
Game preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/4/21/lacrosse-buffs-host-ducks-in-home-finale.aspx
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BOULDER – 11 seniors and four fifth-year seniors will step onto Kittredge Field for the last time in the Black and Gold when Colorado hosts Oregon on Friday (4 p.m. MT/Pac-12 Networks).
The 15 departing seniors have been through the wringer in their time at CU. The group had to persevere through the tragic death of a teammate, a sudden hospitalization of another teammate and a certain pandemic that has changed the world.
"This is a special group," head coach Ann Elliott Whidden reminisced. "It's been a challenging few years as it has been for everybody across the country. For us in particular, our fifth-year student-athletes [dealt with] going through the loss of a teammate in Julia [Sarcona], going through Aine [Williams] who is in her fifth year now [after] being sick and so unsure of what that situation was. That's hard to come in your freshman year and while things did get easier, they also didn't because then we went into COVID and all the challenges there.
"I think this group has really grown through the challenges and I'm really proud of the way they've individually and collectively grown and added to our team. They have had such a strong impact on the culture of this team."
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Oregon (3-12, 1-8 Pac-12) has lost its last six games since a quick two-game win streak towards the end of March. The Ducks have been outscored by a 49-goal differential margin this season and haven't scored more than 12 in the current stretch.
"We still want to win a Pac-12 championship," Elliott Whidden reiterated. "We understand that it's harder than it would have been if we could have been successful last weekend. We have to focus on what we can control and we have a great opportunity in Oregon and a great opportunity in Denver [regulars season finale]. We believe in ourselves and know we can win those games."
For the 15 seniors, Friday offers one last chance for them to make an impact in Boulder.
"We haven't talked about it too much in terms of [the team having a sense of urgency for the seniors] that aspect," Elliott Whidden explained. "I've thrown it back to the group of 15. It's more of a challenge to them of how do they want to end? What do they want to do? and making sure that that group, which is a large group of us, is passing that sense of urgency and belief in themselves down to everybody else. "
Colorado's Senior Day celebration will be held postgame.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
More on the Ducks:
Roster - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats/2022
Schedule/ results for this season - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://goducks.com/news/2022/4/20/...ead-to-boulder-for-regular-season-finale.aspx
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Media links (Applicable to both games):
Live stats - https://admin.cubuffs.com/sidearmstats/wlax/
Games notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/4/21/2022_Lacrosse_Notes_Oregon.pdf
Live Video - Game is scheduled to be shown on the Pac 12 Oregon and Mountain channels. For anyone with a subscription to any Pac 12 Network channel, I'm guessing the game will also be viewable on the Pac 12 App, or through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-lacrosse/event/2022/04/22/oregon-colorado .
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