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After an exciting regular season where the No. 1 seed was determined in the final weekend, the six league teams are headed to Boulder for the inaugural Pac-12 Women’s Lacrosse Tournament with regular-season champion and top-seed COLORADO playing host at Prentup Field, April 26-29. The winner of the tournament secures the Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Half the field is ranked in the top-20 of the IWLCA poll, STANFORD leads the way at No. 13 with the Buffs directly following at No. 14 and USC at No. 20.

The Pac-12 Tournament begins on Thursday, April 26 with the first round. No. 4-seeded OREGON (4-6, 8-8) and No. 5-seed CALIFORNIA (2-8, 6-11) meet for the first game at 12 p.m. PT/1 p.m. MT. No. 3-seed USC (6-4, 9-7) and No. 6-seed ARIZONA STATE (1-9, 6-11) matchup for the second game at 3 p.m. PT/4 p.m. MT.

On Thursday, April 27, the winner of the Ducks-Bears game plays Colorado at 12 p.m. PT/1 p.m. MT for the first game of the semifinals. The winner of the Trojans-ASU first-round matchup plays No. 2-seed STANFORD at 3 p.m. PT/4 p.m. MT for a chance to advance to the title game.

Following a practice day on Saturday, April 28, the first-ever Pac-12 women’s lacrosse champion will be crowned on Sunday, April 29 at 11 a.m. PT/12 p.m. MT.  All five games of the tournament will be televised on Pac-12 Mountain, with the championship game broadcast on Pac-12 Network, as well. Games can also be watched on the Pac-12 Now app.

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TEAM NOTES:

No. 1-seed Colorado clinched first-ever Pac-12 regular season title in the second-to-last weekend of the season after defeating Stanford (11-10) in overtime to break the tie for first in the Conference standings. In just its fifth year of existence, solidified its No. 1 seed by defeating Oregon in the final weekend of play. CU is led by senior Darby Kiernan, a five-time Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, including claiming the last three-straight from Apr. 9-Apr. 23. She also picked up an IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week nod on April 18.

Stanford is the No. 2-seed after finishing second in the Conference standings. The Cardinal swept the weekly awards three times this season and picked up one IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week nod in Allie Dacar on March 28. Stanford finished the season topping the Conference stats in eight categories, including goals per game (15.88), assists per game (6.59), draw controls per game (15.94) and points per game (22.47). Stanford is in the top 10 in the NCAA stats in four categories, including top-five rankings draw controls per game (4th, 15.94) and shots per game (5th, 35.94).

USC finished third in the Conference and claimed the No. 3-seed. The Trojans’ No. 20 national ranking in the IWLCA poll marks the 40th-consecutive week they have been ranked in the poll. USC won the last two MPSF tournament titles (2016, 2017) before the Pac-12 sponsored women’s lacrosse. USC tops the Conference stats in turnovers per game (13.06), ranking fourth in the NCAA.

Oregon is the No. 4-seed after a successful season, including recording the program’s first win over a ranked opponent since 2008, defeating then-No. 16 USC (18-11) on April 8. The Ducks are second in the Pac-12 in assists (5.88) and draw controls (14.44) per game, while leading the league in saves per game (10.12). They are also the only team in the Pac-12 with three players in the top 10 in goals and points per game.

California picks up the No. 5-seed after a regular season that saw 13 Bears score at least one goal and eight of those 13 have tallied at least 10 scores. The Bears are third in the Conference in turnovers per game (14.94). Senior defender Elizabeth Koehler received a Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 19.

Arizona State rounds out the playing field with the No. 6 seed. The Sun Devils celebrate a season of firsts with this being their first year as a varsity program. The season was highlighted by an overtime win over California (12-11) on March 25. The underclassman-heavy team does not graduate a single member on the roster this year.