Colorado Snuffs Sun Devils in Senior Day Showdown

Saturday, April 25

Noon

Colorado

12-3, 4-1

Arizona State

8-9, 3-2

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Arizona St.	2	1	0	2	5
Colorado	7	4	3	5	19

April 25, 2026 | Lacrosse

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Buffs Score a Season-High 19 Goals to Finish 2026 Perfect at Home

By: CUBuffs.com

BOULDER – Thanks to an offensive deluge in which the ball found the back of the net 19 times, combined with a defensive mastery that has become typical, the No. 15 Colorado Buffaloes cruised to an emphatic 19-5 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils to close out the regular season with a satisfying Senior Day on Saturday, April 25, at Kittredge Field.

The Buffaloes (12-3, 4-1) finished the regular season a perfect 7-0 in Boulder for just the fourth time ever. It was their first unblemished record at home since 2020, when the Buffs finished 3-0 in a campaign truncated by COVID-19. The last time Colorado was undefeated at home in a full season was in 2018, when the Buffs went 8-0.

"A great opportunity for us today," said Head Coach Ann Elliott Whidden. "Arizona State's a great team that always gives us a hard time so I'm proud of the team for how they came out and we were able to execute especially on the offensive end. I thought they did a great job of taking advantage of their opportunities and on the draw control we had a lot of control of the game."

Colorado improved to 10-4 against the Sun Devils, while also exacting a measure of revenge against the team that ended the Buffaloes' season in last year's Big 12 tournament on home soil at Prentup Field.

"It's really exciting," said senior Maddie Shoup on the win. "I feel like we know this team from last year and have a little bit of a chip on our shoulder especially with them ending our season last year. I think being able to celebrate Senior Day and being able to play them is just amazing. I think we all came out ready to play and were very successful."

Shoup scored a goal and added three assists to close out the regular season with a team-high 30 goals and 47 points. Colorado was led on the day by junior Teagan Ryan, who scored four goals with two assists, and freshman Rowan Edson, who scored a season and career-high four goals of her own.

CU dominated the game with 19 draw controls to Arizona State's eight while also causing 10 turnovers. The Buffs outshot ASU 38-12 and had 20 shots on goal to the Sun Devil's eight.

How It Happened
Colorado opened the scoring with 12:26 to go in the first quarter when Shoup delivered a perfect pass directly in front of the goal to Ryan, who scored to put the Buffs up 1-0. Shoup then doubled CU's lead with a goal at 9:53 to give CU a 2-0 advantage.

Arizona State would answer with a pair of goals to tie the game at 2-2 before Colorado opened the floodgates by finding the net six straight times. Rachel Kennedy and Edson each scored within 30 seconds to give the Buffaloes a 4-2 lead before Molly Reed found the back of the net with 3:20 to go in the first to put CU ahead 5-2. Edson scored again less than a minute later and Kennedy added her second with just 42 seconds left to extend Colorado's lead to 7-2 after one period.

Just 45 seconds into the second quarter, the Buffaloes hit paydirt again when Ryan scored her second goal on an assist from Lily Assini to put CU up 8-2. ASU added a goal to cut the deficit to 8-3 with 11:06 to go in the second quarter but the Buffaloes erupted for seven more goals to take a commanding 15-3 lead and essentially put the game away.

Colorado closed out the fourth quarter outscoring Arizona State 4-2 to cruise to the 19-5 win. The Buffaloes got goals from nine different players on the day, with Kennedy recording a hat-trick, seniors Assini and Reed each scoring twice, and Jaimey Hill, Averi Gardner, and Natalie Myslinski adding a goal apiece.

Up Next
The Buffs will head into the 2026 Big 12 women's lacrosse tournament in Gainesville, Fla. as the two seed with a rematch against three-seed Arizona State in the conference semifinal. The match will take place on Thursday, April 30 at 5 p.m. MT and will be broadcast live from Donald R. Dizney Stadium on ESPN+

Notes
Colorado finishes the regular season having not allowed any opponent to reach 10 goals… The Buffs are now 8-2 all-time in Big 12 play and have outscored conference opponents 65-30 this year… CU's 19 goals surpassed the previous season of 18 (vs. Stetson on Mar. 15)… Edson set a career-high in goals (4), shots (6), shots on goal (6), points (4), and caused turnovers (1)… Gardner led the Buffs with five draw controls… Assini has recorded a point in 31 straight games, while Kennedy has scored a goal in seven straight… Goalkeeper Elena Oh, who came into the game leading the Big 12 in save percentage added two saves… Myslinski scored a goal for the second time this year (she also scored once vs. Stetson on Mar. 15).

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