Colorado lacrosse falls to Stanford in Pac-12 Championship Game
May 10, 2021
Junior midfielder Kasey Braun catches the ball from senior attacker Sadie Grozier. April 2, 2021 (Kevin Wu/CU Independent)
Following a comeback win against USC in the Pac-12 semifinals on Thursday, head coach Anne Elliott Whidden’s three-seeded University of Colorado lacrosse team lost to the one-seeded No. 13 Stanford Cardinal in the Pac-12 title game on Saturday.
Despite the loss, it still marked the Buffs’ third appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game. CU has now played in all three Pac-12 title games, the only team to do so since the conference began sponsoring lacrosse in 2018.
STANFORD, Calif. – Colorado senior Sadie Grozier recorded a career-high six goals, including four free-position goals, but No. 13 Stanford just had too much momentum on its side and defeated the Buffs, 17-10, on Saturday at Stanford Stadium in the title game of the Pac-12 Lacrosse Tournament.
The Buffs are now 8-7 while Stanford is 11-0. With the tournament title, the Cardinal earned the Pac-12 automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, while CU will have to wait for the announcement on Sunday to see if its season will be extended.
Colorado s second half was better than the first in just about every stat category, but the one that mattered the most was draw controls. Stanford dominated the draw, winning the first 10 of the game before
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Freshman midfielder Ashley Stokes celebrates after her teammate, Charlie Rudy, scored her third goal of the game during the first half at the Kittredge Field. March 22, 2021 (Kara Wagenknecht/CU Independent)
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