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Buffs Head to Los Angeles for Showdown with USC
April 18, 2024 | Lacrosse
BOULDER — The No. 21 Colorado Buffaloes (10-4, 4-1 Pac-12) are set to face off against the No. 22 USC Trojans (10-4, 4-1 Pac-12) in Los Angeles this Sunday, April 21 at 1:00 p.m. MDT. The winner of this game will be at least the No. 2 seed or better in the upcoming Pac-12 tournament.
The Buffs will head into the coliseum on Sunday riding a three-game winning streak and winning six of their last eight games. USC is coming off their first conference loss of the season to Stanford, who currently leads the Pac-12 standings.
Colorado matched their season-high in goals, with 20, in back-to-back wins over Arizona State and Kent State this past weekend at home. Ashley Stokes claimed Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors after posting 18 points across two games.
Stokes tallied a career-high seven goals, the most by any Buff this season, along with four assists to finish with 11 points in the game against Kent State. It's the most points scored in a single game by a Buff since Darby Kiernan had a school record 12 points in 2018 against Jacksonville.
Madeline Pisani is the only CU player to score in every game this season. Stokes has scored in all but one game, a game where she tied the school record with seven assists in a win over ASU.
Pisani leads the conference with 47 goals, while the next closest sits at 41 goals. She has seven games this season in which she has scored four or more goals. Pisani is averaging 3.35 goals per game on the year, which currently ranks fifth all-time in program history.
Jess Peluso is another Buff who leads the conference in a major statistical category, with 34 caused turnovers through 14 games. It's a wide gap between Peluso and the others, with two tied at 23 for second place. Peluso enters Sunday's contest tied with the school record for caused turnovers in a single season (34) and just needs one to stand alone in the record book. She is averaging 2.43 CTOs a game, which would shatter another school record if that were to stand with a few remaining games.
Defender Camryn Stoner earned her first career goal this past Sunday at home. Proving she can get it done on the offensive end, her best work is still on the other half of the field. Stoner is tied for the fourth-most ground balls in the Pac-12 with 27.
INSIDE THE SERIES
The Buffaloes have not found much success recently against the Trojans, dropping the last five games. CU last beat them during the 2021 season, they last won in LA in 2019.
GAME INFORMATION
Sunday's stream can be found here. Live stats can be found here.
