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Buffs Open Conference Play Against Stanford
March 14, 2024 | Lacrosse
Game Will Take Place in the Indoor Practice Facility
BOULDER — The No. 19 Colorado Buffaloes are set to welcome the Stanford Cardinal to Boulder where the two teams will square off Friday, March 15 at 3 p.m. for the first Pac-12 Conference game of the season.
Due to weather conditions, the game is set to be played at the Indoor Practice Facility next to the Champions center.
The Buffs are most recently coming off a road win over Marquette, which pushed them to their current 5-2 record. After starting their season 0-2, Stanford has ripped off four consecutive wins. The Cardinal lost their first two games of the year on the road and by just a single score to Virginia and Yale.
Colorado will return to play at home for the first time in nearly a month, after dropping to No. 4 Northwestern back in February. They are 1-1 in Boulder thus far, winning four of their fives games on the road.
Senior Madeline Pisani continues to lead the surge for the Buffaloes, scoring 27 goals through the first seven contests. She has scored three or more goals in every game thus far.
Jess Peluso anchors down on the defensive side for CU, leading the team in caused turnovers (13) and ground balls (13). She is the only player for the Buffs with double-digits in both of those categories.
Stanford Cardinal are led by Sarah Jaques and Aliya Polisky, each with 14 scores on the year, tied for the team lead. They have three other players with double-digit goals and as a team are tied for first in the conference with 15.67 goals per game.
INSIDE THE SERIES
These two programs will face off against one another for the 21st time. Colorado won the last matchup, in the 2023 Pac-12 tournament, 12-11.
The Cardinal have 11-9 advantage thru the first 20 games in the series, but are just 3-4 in Boulder in seven games.
Stanford was the first Pac-12 opponent the Buffs squared up against almost exactly 10 years ago on April 6, 2014.
The game will be streamed here. Live stats can be found here.
