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No. 20 Stanford (12-4, 7-3) vs. Oregon (3-14, 1-9)
Thursday, April 25 • 7:30 p.m. • Pape Field • Eugene, Ore. • Pac-12 Network
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STANFORD, Calif. - No. 20 Stanford women's lacrosse begins the Pac-12 Conference Tournament on Thursday at Pape Field. The third-seeded and defending tournament champion Cardinal matches up with the host and sixth-seeded Oregon Ducks in the opening round at 7:30 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks. 

If Stanford wins, the Cardinal will advance to take on No. 22 Colorado in the semifinals on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The championship game is slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday. Each of those games would also be on Pac-12 Networks at Pape Field. 
 

MATCHUPS

  • Stanford is 17-3 all-time against Oregon, including nine straight wins that dates back to a 2012 defeat at Cagan. The Cardinal defeated the Ducks, 15-8, in the first meeting this year on March 10—Stanford jumped out to an 8-0 lead before the Ducks closed to within 8-5. And just 11 days prior to this Pac-12 Tournament opener, Stanford jumped out to a 16-6 lead at Pape Field and held on to win, 18-12. 
  • Should Stanford advance, the Cardinal is 7-5 all-time against Colorado. The teams split the regular season this year with the Buffaloes winning on Stanford soil, 20-13, on March 8, while the Cardinal was victorious in overtime in Boulder, 13-12, on April 12. Last season, Colorado  won both regular season games—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. 


SENIOR SUMMERS

  • Four Stanford seniors have led the Cardinal to 54 victories, including the inaugural Pac-12 Tournament championship last season, and two NCAA tournament appearances thus far. Here are their future plans after this season:
  • Areta Buness: is coterming to get her Master's in Biology, focusing on environmental microbiology. She spent the summer doing environmental engineering research at Stanford, including sulfate-reducing bacteria in the gut microbiome that serve as biomarkers of inflammation.
  • Genesis Lucero: will play lacrosse for a fifth year while completing a Masters in biomechanical engineering. She will also be working with Pediatric Regenerative Medicine at Stanford conducting studies in tissue regeneration and medical devices. After Stanford, she plans on attending medical school to pursue a career as a trauma surgeon while also working to develop innovated biomedical devices. 
  • Julia Massaro: will graduate with a degree in management science and engineering, and will soon be working in management consulting for the Boston Consulting Group. 
  • Monika Sivilli: will be participating in a Stanford SENSA fellowship at Real Industry, a nonprofit that mentors university students in the arts and technology industry. 

DRAW CONTROL RECORDS

  • Senior Julia Massaro has set the program's draw control records for a game, season and career this year. 
  • On April 14, in the last visit to Pape Field, Massaro's 18 draw controls broke the program's single-game standard of 11 which she set at Cal last season. 
  • In the same game at Oregon on April 14, Massaro broke her own single-season record for draw controls, which was 86 in 2018. Entering this weekend, she has won 95 in 2019. 
  • On March 23 at Arizona State, Massaro surpassed the program's 14-year-old career draw controls record of 161 held by Kelsey Twist (2002-05). Massaro is the first player in school history to win more than 200 draw controls (216 entering the Pac-12 Tournament).


DRAW CONTROL DUO

  • Senior Genesis Lucero also passed Kelsey Twist's old career record with her 162nd career draw control on March 29 against Arizona State.
  • The duo of Massaro and Lucero have combined for more than 370 draw controls since stepping on campus together in the Fall of 2015.
  • Last season, Julia Massaro's 86 draw controls suprassed Lucy Dikeou, who had held the school record with 64 since 2015. Then-junior Genesis Lucero also broke Dikeou's record with 67 draw controls in 2018. 
  • This season, Massaro became the first Cardinal to win 60 draw controls in back-to-back seasons. She is also the first to win 70 and 80 in back-to-back seasons as well.


SEASON NOTABLES

  • Entering the weekend...
  • Stanford is three seconds away from being 15-1 this season. Three of Stanford's four losses have come at the buzzer. The Cardinal scored the potential game-tying goal in the season opener against Denver but it was ruled to cross the goal line after the buzzer. The Cardinal also scored the potential game-tying goal with one second left at USC on March 25, but it was disallowed as a dangerous follow through. On March 31, Stanford lost to the Trojans in the third overtime.
  • Stanford's only losses this season were to ranked teams—at the buzzer in the season opener against now-No. 14 Denver, against No. 22 Colorado on March 8, in the final second at No. 17 USC, and in overtime against the Trojans. 
  • 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). It also halted Stony Brook's 33-game home winning streak at LaValle Stadium, which dated back to 2016.
  • The Cardinal is currently in the middle of its second four-game winning streak this season. Stanford has won four at least four straight in all 11 seasons under head coach Amy Bokker.
  • Head Coach Amy Bokker won her 150th career game at Stanford with a 17-6 victory over rival Cal in the regular season finale on April 19. She is the winningest coach in school history, and has 244 career wins.
  • Stanford is 6-1 on the road this season, including two wins over ranked opponents (then-No. 10 Stony Brook and No. 22 Colorado).


PLAYER OF THE WEEK FIRSTS

  • Sophomore goalkeeper Trudie Grattan became the first player to win three Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week awards in a season and career on March 25. Grattan also won on Feb. 25 and March 4.
  • Grattan was the first Pac-12 goalkeeper to win the weekly Pac-12 award in back-to-back weeks—just the second player (any position) to win two straight defensive honors. 
  • Stanford swept the Pac-12 Player of the Week awards for the second time this year and fifth time in the two-year history of the awards on April 15. Sophomore Ali Baiocco and senior Julia Massaro won offensive and defensive recognition, respectively.
  • Baiocco was also named the Brine/US Lacrosse National Player fo the Week on March 5.


PAC-12 LEADERS

  • Stanford leads the conference with 14.3 goals per game, 6.7 assists per game and 21.0 points per game. The Cardinal also leads the Pac-12 with 15.4 draw controls per game and .448 shooting percentage.
  • Ali Baiocco leads the league with 71 points and is second with 48 goals. She also ranks third in the conference with 23 assists.


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.


PICKED TO REPEAT 

  • Defending champion Stanford was picked to finish first in the Pac-12 Preseason 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 inaugural Pac-12 regular season, where they finished second and went on to win the first Pac-12 Tournament.


SCHEDULE NOTABLES

  • Stanford played nine of its 16 games at home, including four of its six non-conference contests.
  • Stanford played four games against NCAA Tournament teams from last season.
  • Stanford had five TV games this season, all 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

  • On a Senior Day that featured senior Monika Sivilli's first career hat trick, Stanford capped the regular season with its fourth straight win, 17-6, over Cal at Cagan Stadium on Friday evening.

 

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UP NEXT

  • The Cardinal/Ducks winner will play No. 22 Colorado in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday night at Pape Field. 
  • The Pac-12 Tournament Championship is slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday on Pac-12 Network.