Buffs Head To The Pac-12 Tournament

BOULDER - The Colorado lacrosse team heads to Berkeley this week to face the Oregon Ducks in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.

The No.3-seeded Buffs (9-7, 7-3) swept No.6-seeded Oregon (5-11, 1-9) in their regular season matchups, taking a tight 15-14 overtime victory while in Eugene Ore., and dominating the Ducks in a 15-5 victory just last Friday in CU's final game of the regular season.

The matchup is a repeat of the first round of last year's Pac-12 tournament when CU was upset 14-10 by the Ducks.

Colorado's most recent game against Oregon saw nine different CU players find the back of the net. Sam McGee led the offense with three goals, while senior Carley Farella scored for the first time this season and earned a single-game career high with two goals. Sophomore Katie McLean earned her first career goal on a free position attempt in the last two seconds of the game.

Although Oregon earned 14 draw controls to Colorado's nine, the Buffs only had 12 turnovers while Oregon had 17. As a result, CU picked up 13 ground balls in comparison to Oregon's six, and the Buffs were able to take advantage of their possession with 24 shots on goal while Oregon had 13 shots on goal.

The Oregon attackers who did manage to slip past CU's defense then had to face goalkeeper Grace Donnelly. The senior had nine saves during the game for a .615 save percentage.

One CU player who had a surprisingly quiet day was fifth-year Charlie Rudy. It was the first game all season where Colorado's leading attacker hasn't scored a single goal. It also marked the first time in 11 games that Rudy hasn't earned a hat trick.

Even without Rudy putting points on the board, the Buffs dominated the Ducks and will look to do the same in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament this Wednesday at 8 p.m. MT.

Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals

If the Buffs defeat Oregon in the Pac-12's first round, they'll play No. 2 Stanford Thursday at 8 p.m. MT.

Check out the whole Pac-12 Tournament schedule here.

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Players Mentioned

Grace Donnelly

Carley Farella

Sam McGee

Katie McLean

Charlie Rudy