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Women's Lacrosse

Cagan Turns Pink

No. 21 Stanford (0-1) vs. Fresno State (3-0)
Thursday • 6 p.m. | Cagan Stadium | Watch | Live Stats | Game Notes

No. 21 Stanford (0-1) vs. UC Davis (2-2)
Sunday • 1 p.m. | Cagan Stadium | Watch | Live Stats | Game Notes

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STANFORD, Calif. - No. 21 Stanford women's lacrosse will turn Cagan Stadium pink on Thursday to raise awareness for breast cancer. The Cardinal wraps up a three-game homestand with its Pink Game against Fresno State at 6 p.m., and UC Davis on Sunday at 1 p.m.

MATCHUPS

  • Stanford is 11-0 all-time against Fresno State, including an 18-2 victory over the Bulldogs at Cagan Stadium last season. 
  • In 32 all-time meetings with UC Davis, Stanford is 28-4, including an 18-6 home win in 2018.


PINK GAME

  • Stanford is hosting its Pink Game on Thursday to raise awareness for breast cancer.
  • The team will wear pink socks, pink laces and pink warmup shirts.
  • The field lines at Cagan will be painted pink.
  • Pink pom poms and pink gameday programs are available at the main entrance as long as supplies last.
  • Anna Santulli and Marianna Salvatori will be taking over the Stanford Athletics instagram story.
  • Stanford's honorary team captain is Kellee Noonan. Kellee is a breast cancer survivor and she and her husband, Douglas, are loyal fans of the program. Kellee was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2004 and underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatments in 2005. As a 14-year survivor, she shows no indication of any remaining cancer.
  • Cancer research has produced treatments that have progressed in effectiveness but the most important factor is to catch it early with regular exams & mammograms. Don't forget that men can get breast cancer, too so everyone should talk with their doctor if they have concerns.


DC DUO

  • Seniors Genesis Lucero and Julia Massaro are both within striking distance of the program's all-time career record for draw controls.
  • The pair each entered the season in fourth-place in the Stanford record book with 121 draw controls apiece. 
  • Lucero led the team with three draw controls in the season opener and moved alone into third place on the school's all-time list, passing Kelly Myers (2015-18). Massaro is tied with Myers at 123.
  • Next on the list for the draw control duo is Lucy Dikeou, who finished two shy of the school record with 159 draw controls between 2013-16. Kelsey Twist (2002-05) holds the record.


TEAM USA VISIT

  • Stanford hosted Team USA at the US Lacrosse Spring Premiere, Jan. 25-27. 
  • The event featured the U.S. women's national team and U19 team as well as the English National Team, the Japanese developmental team, Fresno State University and the defending Pac-12 tournament champion Stanford Cardinal.
  • Stanford played an exhibition against Team USA and the U19 team. In two quarters against the U19 squad and four quarters against the national team, the Cardinal fell 19-14. 
  • Stanford assistant coach Kristen Carr played for Team USA, as well as former Stanford assistant Caylee Waters.


TEAM CAPTAINS

  • Representing three different classes, senior Julia Massaro, junior Daniella McMahon, junior Mikaela Watson and sophomore Taylor Scornavacco were selected as 2019 team captains.
  • Head Coach Amy Bokker: "They represent all the leadership qualities that our team values—confidence, authenticity, caring and passion—and are committed to carrying out the culture and leadership put in place by those before them."


SENIOR SUMMERS

  • Areta Buness: Environmental engineering research at Stanford's Spormann Lab in the Clark Center, including sulfate-reducing bacteria in the gut microbiome that serve as biomarkers of inflammation.
  • Genesis Lucero: worked at an engineering firm (Hunsacker and Associates) in San Diego.
  • Julia Massaro: worked as an equity research intern at Morgan Stanley in New York City. 
  • Monika Sivilli: interned for ION Marketing Group, a consumer engagement agency in New York City, and shadowed the CEO of Silicon Alley Media, a communication and PR agency. 
  • As a team, Stanford traveled to Fiji and New Zealand where they held lacrosse clinics, soaked in the culture and participated in some humanitarian efforts.


PICKED TO REPEAT 

  • Defending champion Stanford was picked to finish first in the Pac-12 Preaseason Coaches Poll. 
  • The Cardinal earned five of the six first-place votes and totaled 25 points. Colorado earned the other first-place vote and was picked second with 21 points. USC was selected to finish third (17 points) followed by Oregon (13 points), Cal (8) and Arizona State (6). 
  • Last season, the Cardinal was picked to finish third in the conference and then posted the second-most wins in school history (15-5), which included an 8-2 record in the first Pac-12 regular season, where they finished second and went on to win the Pac-12 Tournament.


SCHEDULE NOTABLES

  • Stanford plays nine of its 16 games at home, including four of its six non-conference contests.
  • Stanford plays four games against NCAA Tournament teams from last season.
  • Stanford will have five TV games this season. The contests at Cal (March 16), at USC (March 25), vs. USC (March 31), at Colorado (April 12) and vs. Cal (April 19) will all be on Pac-12 Networks.


INAUGURAL PAC-12 SEASON

  • 2018 marked the first season in Pac-12 history. The conference consists of Cal, Arizona State, USC, Oregon, Colorado and the Cardinal. Each team played each other home and away for a total of 10 conference games. 
  • Stanford played in the first-ever Pac-12 game at Colorado on March 9. Then-sophomore Daniella McMahon won the conference's opening draw control, but the 18th-ranked Cardinal lost a seven-goal first-half lead and fell to the 19th-ranked Buffaloes, 18-16.
  • In the first-ever Pac-12 game at Cagan Stadium, Stanford knocked off arch rival Cal, 21-5, on March 17.
  • Stanford finished the first-ever Pac-12 regular season in second place with an 8-2 conference record. Both losses came to first-place Colorado. 
  • Stanford won the first-ever Pac-12 Tournament and earned the conference's first automatic NCAA berth. As the No. 2 seed, the Cardinal defeated third-seeded USC, 15-14, in the semifinal on Friday, April 27, and then knocked off host and top-seed Colorado, 15-6, to claim the title on Sunday, April 29.
  • Kelsey Murray and senior goalkeeper Allie DaCar became the first duo from the same team to sweep the Pac-12 weekly awards. Murray was the conference's Offensive Player of the Week, and DaCar earned Defensive Player of the Week honors on March 5. 
  • In all, Stanford had five players combine for seven Pac-12 Player of the Week awards.
  • Stanford led the conference with six All-Pac-12 selections, including the first Pac-12 Attacker of the Year in Kelsey Murray, and the first Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Ali Baiocco.
  • Stanford was one of two Pac-12 schools to qualify for the NCAA Tournament (Colorado). 


LAST TIME OUT

  • A wild second-half comeback ended in dramatic fashion as the Cardinal lost at the buzzer in the season opener against Denver, 8-7, at Cagan Stadium on Feb. 8. 
  • Stanford trailed 7-1 at the break and faced a three-goal deficit in the final 90 seconds before a pair of goals set up the final shot of the game from senior Areta Buness, who hit the goalkeeper but the ball nearly trickled over the goal line before the buzzer sounded.


UP NEXT

  • Its the first road trip of the year as the Cardinal gets set to travel East to take on Albany (March 1) and Stony Brook (March 3). After that, Stanford does not leave the Bay Area for another three weeks.