Buff LACROSSE (7-3 overall; 2-1 in the Pac 12) heads down the road for an important non-conference game with the #12/13 ranked DU Pioneers (7-3' 2-0 in the Big East) this Wednesday night. Then, it's back to conference play*** as the team heads to Northern California in a face off with the UC- Davis Aggies (8-4, 1-2) Saturday afternoon.
(***Identical to what I wrote about last week's opponent, SDSU, this will be the only time CU will be facing UC- Davis as fellow Pac 12 members. (The Aggies and Aztecs were named associate Pac 12 members for lacrosse starting this season.) However, the annual matchups will continue as, after also being conference-mates for a few years in the MPSF, it's been announced that Davis will be joining the Buffs in the Big 12 for lacrosse.)
Note - In the latest NCAA release for the RPI ratings (as of 3/31, https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-women/d1/ncaa-womens-lacrosse-rpi), CU is at #31, while DU is #13 and Davis #50.
(As I mentioned in my last game thread, the lacrosse NCAA tournament is much smaller most other team sports, and there are only 14 at-large teams selected. Therefore, I'm GUESSING that if the Buffs want to get in the conversation to be one of those 13, they will need to upset DU and/ or USC (who currently is at #16 in RPI), as well as take care of business in their 4 other remaining regular season matches. (Of course, the Pac 12 tourney will always give them a chance at earning the conference auto-bid.))
The DU game is showing on their schedule as being on Altitude TV, and then on streaming for those who, I assume (???) have a premium subscription for DU athletics. The UC - Davis game is showing as being available on their Youtube channel, (Link(s) and more info for video coverage is available further down this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
(No preview(s) available as I type this.)
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Links with more info on the upcoming opponents:
DU :
Roster - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats/2024
Schedule - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
UC - Davis :
Roster - https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats
Schedule - https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Games Notes -
Vs. DU :
Live video - Game is scheduled to be available for those whose TV / Streaming provider carry Altitude, and / or at https://denverpioneers.com/watch/?Live=766&type=Live for those who have a premium subscrption for DU streaming content..
Live Stats - https://denverpioneers.com/sidearmstats/wlax/summary
Vs. UC - Davis :
Live video - Game is scheduled to be available on Davis's Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBt24Z0w7VYdjntejUBFIZQ ) .
Live stats -
(***Identical to what I wrote about last week's opponent, SDSU, this will be the only time CU will be facing UC- Davis as fellow Pac 12 members. (The Aggies and Aztecs were named associate Pac 12 members for lacrosse starting this season.) However, the annual matchups will continue as, after also being conference-mates for a few years in the MPSF, it's been announced that Davis will be joining the Buffs in the Big 12 for lacrosse.)
Note - In the latest NCAA release for the RPI ratings (as of 3/31, https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-women/d1/ncaa-womens-lacrosse-rpi), CU is at #31, while DU is #13 and Davis #50.
(As I mentioned in my last game thread, the lacrosse NCAA tournament is much smaller most other team sports, and there are only 14 at-large teams selected. Therefore, I'm GUESSING that if the Buffs want to get in the conversation to be one of those 13, they will need to upset DU and/ or USC (who currently is at #16 in RPI), as well as take care of business in their 4 other remaining regular season matches. (Of course, the Pac 12 tourney will always give them a chance at earning the conference auto-bid.))
The DU game is showing on their schedule as being on Altitude TV, and then on streaming for those who, I assume (???) have a premium subscription for DU athletics. The UC - Davis game is showing as being available on their Youtube channel, (Link(s) and more info for video coverage is available further down this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
(No preview(s) available as I type this.)
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Links with more info on the upcoming opponents:
DU :
Roster - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats/2024
Schedule - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
UC - Davis :
Roster - https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats
Schedule - https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Games Notes -
Vs. DU :
Live video - Game is scheduled to be available for those whose TV / Streaming provider carry Altitude, and / or at https://denverpioneers.com/watch/?Live=766&type=Live for those who have a premium subscrption for DU streaming content..
Live Stats - https://denverpioneers.com/sidearmstats/wlax/summary
Vs. UC - Davis :
Live video - Game is scheduled to be available on Davis's Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBt24Z0w7VYdjntejUBFIZQ ) .
Live stats -
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