As #20*** ranked Buff lacrosse (Last season 13-6 overall, 5-2 in the Pac 12) start their biggest year of change since their inaugural season 12 years ago, with a new conference and new home field coming up, they start off playing a couple of their most familiar opponents and main rivals. 1st off is a trip to Palo Alto to face off against the Stanford Cardinal (1-0) tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon. Then, they head across the Bay for a neutral site contest at Cal Berkeley Sunday afternoon against the USC Trojans (0-1).
(***Re the rankings, the majority of teams already started their seasons last week. In the pre-season coaches' poll rankings, CU started off at #23, but moved up to a tie to #20 after week 1. Stanford went up from #20 to #15 and USC went from #20 to unranked after the Cards whipped the Trojans 18-6 in their season openers.)
Not that it anything, but In last season's final NET rankings (dated 5/26/24; available at https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-women/d1/ncaa-womens-lacrosse-rpi), CU ended up at #24, while Stanford was #15 and USC #28.
Looks like the Stanford game is scheduled to be on the ACC's streaming platform (ACCNX), while no video is showing right now for the USC game. (Further info and links for media options available near the bottom of this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
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Links with more more info on the upcoming opponents:
Stanford :
Roster - https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats/season/2025
Schedule - https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - https://gostanford.com/news/2025/02/13/buffs-on-deck
USC :
Roster - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats
Schedule - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Live video:
Vs. Stanford -Scheduled to be shown on the ACC's streaming platform at https://www.espn.com/espnplus/catalog/461f2718-47e3-3cea-9cd2-1a2b52fb15b3, I assume for those with the appropriate subscription. (It does look like the game is available through the ESPN app and Watch ESPN websites, but it's not clear whether my ESPN+ subscription is enough. From a web search, looks like those whose cable/ satellite/ cord cutting subscription includes access to the ACC Network, that may also give you access to the game.)
Vs. USC - No stream or other video coverage showing as of now.
Link to link to live stats (All games) - http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=colo
For specific games (If blank, not available as I type this.):
Vs. Stanford - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=579833
Vs. USC -
Game notes (For both games) - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2025/2/10/LAX_2025-02-13_16_Game_Notes.pdf
(***Re the rankings, the majority of teams already started their seasons last week. In the pre-season coaches' poll rankings, CU started off at #23, but moved up to a tie to #20 after week 1. Stanford went up from #20 to #15 and USC went from #20 to unranked after the Cards whipped the Trojans 18-6 in their season openers.)
Not that it anything, but In last season's final NET rankings (dated 5/26/24; available at https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-women/d1/ncaa-womens-lacrosse-rpi), CU ended up at #24, while Stanford was #15 and USC #28.
Looks like the Stanford game is scheduled to be on the ACC's streaming platform (ACCNX), while no video is showing right now for the USC game. (Further info and links for media options available near the bottom of this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
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Links with more more info on the upcoming opponents:
Stanford :
Roster - https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats/season/2025
Schedule - https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - https://gostanford.com/news/2025/02/13/buffs-on-deck
USC :
Roster - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster
Stats - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats
Schedule - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Live video:
Vs. Stanford -Scheduled to be shown on the ACC's streaming platform at https://www.espn.com/espnplus/catalog/461f2718-47e3-3cea-9cd2-1a2b52fb15b3, I assume for those with the appropriate subscription. (It does look like the game is available through the ESPN app and Watch ESPN websites, but it's not clear whether my ESPN+ subscription is enough. From a web search, looks like those whose cable/ satellite/ cord cutting subscription includes access to the ACC Network, that may also give you access to the game.)
Vs. USC - No stream or other video coverage showing as of now.
Link to link to live stats (All games) - http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=colo
For specific games (If blank, not available as I type this.):
Vs. Stanford - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=579833
Vs. USC -
Game notes (For both games) - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2025/2/10/LAX_2025-02-13_16_Game_Notes.pdf