Three Pac-12 teams are ranked in the IWLCA Top-25 for the fourth-consecutive week: No. 19 Stanford, No. 21 USC and No. 23 Colorado.

Stanford can win the outright regular-season crown with a win on Saturday. A USC win and Stanford loss would give both teams a share of the regular-season title. 

The top three seeds for the Pac-12 Tournament are set, with Stanford securing the No. 1 seed and USC also getting a first-round bye as the No. 2-seed. Colorado is the No. 3 seed. The rest of the tournament field is up for grabs among the remaining five teams who are all still in the mix for postseason berths. 

Around the League

• RPI Ranking (through games 4/23): No. 11 Stanford, No. 22 USC, No. 27 Colorado, No. 50 Arizona State, No. 51 UC Davis, No. 71 Oregon, No. 90 California and No. 94 San Diego State.
• Stanford’s Annabel Frist (318) is tied with former Stanford midfielder Genesis Lucero for the most career draw controls in Pac-12 history. 
  • Arizona State’s Zoe Mazur ranks third with 291 and Cal’s Kennedy Goss is fourth in league history with 274.
  • Frist’s 10.5 draw controls per game are the third-most in NCAA DI, and her 6.63 draw controls per game for her career are the 10th most nationally. 
• USC head coach Lindsey Munday notched her 150th career win, and ranks 32nd among active NCAA DI coaches.
• San Diego State’s Cailtlin Boughton continues her strong campaign between the posts, ranking 29th nationally with a .460 save percentage. 
  • Boughton has seven double-digit save performances this season.
• UC Davis’ Grace Gebhardt is second in the league in goals with 45, and is tied-for-third in points with 58.
  • Gebhardt has found the back of the net in every game but one this season.
• Colorado’s Jess Peluso set a new program record for caused turnovers in a single season with 35. Peluso has 45 in her career which is tied for the ninth most in Pac-12 history.
• With five goals this past weekend, Oregon’s Morgan McCarthy now has 115 in her career which ties her with Stanford’s Galen Lew for the tenth-most in Conference history.
• Stanford clinched at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title with its 21-8 win over UC Davis.
  • It's Stanford’s third regular-season title in the last four years.
• California is second in the Pac-12 in save percentage at .449 clip.
  • The Golden Bears are led by Callan Fritsch and her .459 percent save mark.
• The Trojans improved to 14-5 all-time against Colorado and 7-3 at the LA Memorial Coliseum with a 15-6 victory over the Buffaloes this past weekend.
  • Ella Heaney set a new career high with six assists and earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors.
• California got a key Pac-12 win over San Diego State this past weekend in its final home game.
  • Isabel King notched a career-high four goals in the victory. 
• Oregon also got a key Pac-12 victory this past weekend, defeating Arizona State, 20-12.
  • It was Oregon’s largest scoring output since 2020, and the Ducks were led by McCarthy and Anna Simmons who each scored five goals.

This Week 

• No. 19 Stanford has a top-25 road matchup against No. 13 Stony Brook on Thursday, April 24 at 12 p.m. PT to wrap up regular-season non-conference play. Stanford then hosts rival California on Saturday with a chance to clinch the outright regular-season crown.
  • The then-No. 22 Cardinal defeated then-No. 10 Stony Brook on the road in 2022 behind six goals from Ali Baiocco.
  • Stanford has won 23 straight against Cal, and a Golden Bear victory will be their first since 2008.
  • California can make the Pac-12 Tournament with a win this weekend.
• Colorado battles Oregon on Friday, April 26 at 5 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Mountain.
  • Oregon can also clinch a berth with a win, or a loss by San Diego State. The Ducks hold advantages in the various tiebreaker scenarios due to their wins over Arizona State and UC Davis.
• Arizona State squares off against UC Davis on Saturday, April 27 at 12 p.m. PT in a game with big Pac-12 Tournament implications.
  • The winner will secure a berth, and the loser will also make the postseason with losses by California and San Diego State.
• San Diego State hosts No. 21 USC on Saturday at 12 p.m. PT, and an Aztec victory coupled with an Oregon loss will lock in a Pac-12 Tournament appearance for San Diego State.
  • The Trojans hold a 12-1 all-time advantage over the Aztecs, however San Diego edged USC in overtime in 2021.

Preseason Coaches Poll

• USC was selected first in the 2024 Pac-12 Women’s Lacrosse preseason coaches poll. The defending regular season and tournament champion garnered 48 total points and six first-place votes, while Stanford was picked to finish second with 44 points and two first-place selections. 

Returners & Additions

• The Pac-12 returns 13 postseason All-Conference honorees from a season ago, including reigning Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year Claudia Shevitz, the 2023 Pac-12 Co-Goalkeeper of the Year Kait Devir, and Reigning Freshman of the Year Teagan NG.
• The Conference welcomes seven standouts featured on ILWomen’s Class of 2023 Power 100 Incoming Freshmen Rankings: Stanford Aliya Polisky - No. 14, A, Stanford; Lindsey Devir - No. 16, M, Stanford; Ava Arceri - No. 24, M, Stanford; Shae Lembo - No. 32, G, Stanford; Anna Colpack - No. 54, M, Stanford; Ellie Johnson - No. 71, D, Stanford; Anna Regan - No. 86, M, USC.

2024 Pac-12 Tournament   

• The 2024 Pac-12 Tournament is set for May 1-4 at the LA Memorial Coliseum. The event will consist of a six team, single-elimination tournament format, and the tournament field will be based on regular-season conference record. All five contests are slated to broadcast on Pac-12 Network and the Pac-12 Now app. 

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