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Women's Lacrosse

Two Foes, One Love

No. 15 Stanford (4-1, 0-0) vs. No. 23 Colorado (1-3, 0-0)
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Friday, March 8 • 6 p.m. PT • Cagan Stadium • | Watch | Live Stats | Game Notes

No. 15 Stanford (4-1, 0-0) vs. Oregon (2-3, 0-0)
Sunday, March 10 • 1 p.m. PT • Cagan Stadium | Watch | Live Stats | Game Notes

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STANFORD, Calif. - No. 15 Stanford women's lacrosse brings its four-game winning streak back to Cagan Stadium this weekend as the Cardinal hosts Colorado in its annual One Love game on Friday at 6 p.m., and Oregon on Sunday at 1 p.m.


ONE LOVE

  • Stanford is hosting its One Love on Friday to raise awareness around relationship violence.
  • The field lines at Cagan will be painted blue in honor of the One Love Foundation. 
  • The team will be wearing blue warmup shirts.
  • Players will be posting pledges against relationship violence around the field.
  • For more information, visit www.joinonelove.org/.


PREGAME CLINIC/TEAM MEAL

  • Stanford will host a pregame clinic and the option to eat pregame meal with the team!
  • When/Where: March 10 at Maloney Field. 
  • For:  Grades 1-8
  • Time: 8:45-10:00 am (Clinic), 10:00 am (Pre-Game Meal)
  • Cost: $50 (includes registration fee)/$15 Pre-Game Meal Option
  • Sign up: stanfordlacrossecamp.activesb.net/Cardinal_Lacrosse_Clinic.htm.

 

MATCHUPS

  • Stanford is 15-3 all-time against Oregon, including seven straight wins that dates back to a 2012 defeat at Cagan. In the last matchup on The Farm, the Cardinal defeated the Ducks, 17-9, on Senior Day last season.
  • Stanford is 6-4 all-time against the Buffaloes. Colorado won both regular season games last season--Stanford fell 18-16 in Boulder and 11-10 in overtime at home. But the Cardinal won the Pac-12 Tournament title game over Colorado, 15-6, in Boulder.


PLAYER OF THE WEEK SWEEP

  • Stanford swept the Pac-12 Player of the Week awards for the fourth time in the two-year history of the awards. Sophomores Ali Baiocco and Trudie Grattan won offensive and defensive recognition, respectively.
  • Grattan was 2-0 with 22 saves (11.0/game) and a .468 save percentage on the East Coast. She set a career-high with 10 saves on Friday, and then surpassed that with a career-best 12 saves in the win at No. 10 Stony Brook.
  • For the week, Baiocco finished with 13 points on 11 goals and two assists, and scooped up five ground balls. She had a career-high six goals in the win at No. 10 Stony Brook. 
  • Grattan is the first goalkeeper to win the weekly Pac-12 award in back-to-back weeks and just the second player (any position) to win two straight defensive honors. 
  • Baiocco earned her second career weekly conference award. She was also a recipient last season and is the first Cardinal to win offensive honors since Kelsey Murray on March 5, 2018.


TOP 10 ROAD WIN

  • Stanford's 15-12 victory at No. 10 Stony Brook on March 3 was the program's first road victory over a top 10 opponent since Feb. 28, 2015 at No. 10 Ohio State (12-10).
  • Stanford also halted Stony Brook's 33-game home winning streak at LaValle Stadium, which dated back to 2016.


SEASON NOTABLES

  • Stanford's only loss this season was at the buzzer in the season opener, 8-7, against Denver, who now ranks No. 9 in the lastest IWLCA poll.
  • The Cardinal has won four straight for the first time since a seven-game stretch from March 11-April 5 last season. Stanford has had at least one four-game winning streak in all 11 seasons under head coach Amy Bokker.
  • Stanford leads the Pac-12 in assists per game (7.25), points per game (21.5), shot percentage (.491) and draw controls per game (15.5).
  • Ali Baiocco leads the Pac-12 in goals per game (3.75) and is second in points per game (4.75). 


DRAW CONTROL 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. 
  • Both have moved up a spot in the record book, passing Kelly Myers (2015-18), who had 123 during her career. Massaro is now third all-time in Stanford history with 139 draw controls, while Lucero is currently fourth with with 137.
  • 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.
  • Last season, Julia Massaro set the single-season school record for draw controls in 2018 as she suprassed Lucy Dikeou, who had 64 in 2015. Massaro set the record with 86 draw controls in 2018. Then-junior Genesis Lucero also broke Dikeou's record with 67 draw controls in 2018. 
    In the same game she set the Stanford single-season record, Massaro set the Stanford single-game standard with 11 draw controls against Cal on April 20.


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

  • It was a career day for sophomore Ali Baiocco, junior Daniella McMahon and junior Mikaela Watson as each posted hat tricks to boost Stanford, 16-13, at Albany on Friday afternoon. 
  • A career-high six goals from sophomore Ali Baiocco and career-best 12 saves from sophomore Trudie Grattan led Stanford to a 15-12 victory at No. 10 Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon.


UP NEXT

  • Stanford plays three straight road games and does not return home for 19 days. 
  • The Cardinal heads to Cal on Saturday, March 16 for a 5 p.m. matchup, and then heads to Arizona State (Saturday, March 23 at 11 a.m.) and USC (Monday, March 25 at 4 p.m.).