Game thread- #22 lacrosse hosts #19 Virginia Tech (Sunday, Noon)

[AztecBuff]

Especially with the NCAA lacrosse championship tournament only consisting of 26 teams, assume this game is a BIG opportunity for the Buffs to pick up a nice resume- building win / potential informal "tie-breaker" over #19 (Coaches' poll)/ #17 (Inside Lacrosse poll) ranked VTech if the Buffs have to compete for one of the 13 at-large spots come tournament selection time.

Beat the Hokies!

Preview-


Direct link - http://cubuffs.com/news/2018/3/1/la...t-no-19-virginia-tech-in-top-25-match-up.aspx

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BOULDER — For the third time this season, the No. 22 Colorado Buffaloes will be involved in a top-25 match-up as they host the No. 19 Virginia Tech Hokies at Kittredge Field on Sunday, March 4, at 12 p.m.

Admission is free, as is parking in Lot 416. Overflow parking is available in the RG Zone next to the Coors Events Center (just off of Regent Dr. and Colorado Ave).

HOW TO WATCH: Links to the free live stream and live stats are available at CUBuffs.com.

ABOUT THE BUFFS: Colorado is ranked 22nd in the latest IWLCA after starting the season 2-2. Last weekend the Buffs improved to .500 with a 17-12 win against San Diego State, which extended CU's win-streak at Kittredge Field to 11 straight.
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ABOUT VIRGINIA TECH: Virginia Tech is ranked 19th in the IWLCA Poll. In addition, the Hokies are 17th in the media poll and are 15th in the U.S. Lacrosse poll. They have recorded 4-2 record this season, which includes a 17-14 win over then-No. 10 Duke. Their only two losses this season have been to ranked opponents. VTU suffered a 16-11 loss to then-No. 16 James Madison and an 11-5 loss to then-No. 8 USC.

Tristan McGinley has recorded a team-best 14 goals this season and leads the Hokies with 29 draw control wins. Marisa Davey is second on the team with 13 points, nine goals and four assists. Patty Petty and Emma Crooks each have 11 points, which is third on the team. Petty's 11 points are all goals, which Crooks has 10 goals and one assist.

Defensively, Mary Claire Byrne has a team-high 12 caused turnovers in addition to 19 ground balls. Meagh Graham has been in goal for all six games this season, playing 332:42 minutes. She has recorded a .453 save percentage while allowing 10.46 goals per game.

THE SERIES: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
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PROMOTIONS: The first 250 fans will receive a CU beanie.

UP NEXT: The Buffs finish their four-game home stand as they open the Pac-12 schedule next week. CU will host Stanford on Friday, March 9, and on Sunday, March 11, California will be in Boulder.
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Live Video (Free stream) - http://pac-12.com/live/cubuffs

Live Stats - http://www.sidearmstats.com/cu/wlax/

 

[hokiehead]

Well, I'll be damned. No idea Tech was ranked or was visiting.

 

[AztecBuff]

 

[Buffnik]

I'll be there. Can't wait!

Go Buffs!

 

[Buffnik]

8-0 Buffs with 12:30 left in the 1st. Team looks GOOD.

 

[MarkW]

Wow - Buffs maul Hokies (What is that anyway?)

 

[AztecBuff]

Well that's impressive. CONGRATS BUFFS!

 

[AztecBuff]

Article on the win-


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BOULDER – Playing its third top-25 match-up in five games, the Colorado lacrosse team knew it needed to make a statement. And that is exactly what the No. 22 Buffaloes did as they defeated No. 19 Virginia Tech in dominating style (18-3) on Sunday afternoon at Kittredge Field.

The win moved the Buffs to 3-2 overall as they enter Pac-12 Conference play next week, while the Hokies are now 4-3.

Three Buffs accounted for 13 of CU's 18 goals. Junior Miranda Stinson tallied five goals, while senior Carly Cox and junior Samantha Nemirov each had four goals.

But it was not all offense as CU's defense held strong and allowed a season-best three goals against an offense that entered the game averaging 13.17 goals per game. Redshirt sophomore Julia Lisella, in just her second career start, stopped a career-high 11 shots.
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DEFENSE: CU's defense stifled Virginia Tech, holding the Hokies to a season-low three goals.

KEY STATISTICS: Colorado had 22 of its 25 shots on goal. The Buffs led in all of the major stat categories. They won 12 of 22 draw controls, recorded 18 of 32 ground balls and had 11 saves to the Hokies' four. CU also cleared on 23-of-24 attempts.
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Box score - http://cubuffs.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wlax&id=11187

Highlights (featuring Samantha Nemirov interview) -


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And now it's on to the inaugural Pac 12 women's lacrosse season (AND what will be the 1st GAME of Pac 12 lax play ever), with a great test*** to start off conference play!
(***Like the Buffs, the #25 Cardinal will also be coming off a recent "best win of the year", as they went to Durham and easily handled #16 Duke on Friday 15-5.)



GO BUFFS!

 

[Buffnik]

Left at half. Buffs dominated. Team is not very tall this year, but the speed, quickness and stick skills are elite. Very balanced team, too. A couple stars, but you can’t key on them too much or the rest of the squad will kill you.

 

[AztecBuff]

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BOULDER — After a dominating 18-3 victory against then-No. 19 Virginia Tech on Sunday, March 4, the Colorado Buffaloes moved up in all three of the national polls. CU's highest ranking is 15th in the Cascade/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. The Buffs (3-2) are also 19th in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association and are 20th in the NIKE/U.S. Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
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(With Stanford being so close to the Buffs in the rankings, it looks to be a VERY important home game this Friday.)

 

[Daaah]

Smoke em if you got em. Bye bye, Vatech.