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Lacrosse Opens Pac-12 Tournament Against Arizona State

by GoDucks.com
Apr 30, 2024

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon lacrosse earned the fifth seed in this year's Pac-12 Tournament and is set for a matchup with fourth-seeded Arizona State on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. PT.
 
The Ducks and Sun Devils square off in the first game of the tournament for the opportunity to face top-seeded Stanford on Thursday. Oregon's last win in the Pac-12 Tournament came in 2022 when the Ducks knocked off Colorado in the quarterfinal round.
 
GAME INFO
When: Wednesday, May 1
Where: LA Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles, Calif.
Time: 4:30 p.m. PT
Watch (Pac-12 Networks): https://pac-12.com/womens-lacrosse/event/2024/05/01/oregon-vs-arizona-state
Live Stats: http://statb.us/v/ore/526181
Tournament Homepage: https://usctrojans.com/sports/2024/4/23/usc-trojans-pac-12-womens-lacrosse-tournament-central-coliseum-information.aspx
 
NOT SO MID
Senior midfielder Morgan McCarthy was named the 2024 Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year after another incredible season for the Ducks. McCarthy enters the tournament with a career-high 42 goals and is one of just eight players nationally – and the only in the Pac-12 – with 40-plus goals, 30-plus draw controls and 15-plus caused turnovers.

  • First Oregon player to win Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year.
  • Three-straight all-conference second team selections.
  • 10th on the Pac-12's all-time leading scorers list with 119 in her career.
  • 11th Duck to score 100 career goals.
  • Nine hat tricks this season with three 5+ goal games.
  • Third in program history with 164 career draw controls.
  • Scored a career-high six goals against Furman (March 10).

DUCKS IN THEIR DRUMMOND ERA
First-year head coach Jessica Drummond has wasted no time putting her stamp on the program she competed for from 2009-12. With a 20-12 victory over Arizona State in the home finale, the Ducks set a new single-season program mark with seven home wins, a direct result of her emphasis to "Defend Papé Field" this season. A defensive coach in her time at Vermont, Drummond has brought a new edge to the Oregon defense as the Ducks have held eight opponents under 10 goals this season after doing so just three times across the last three seasons combined.

  • Oregon has clinched its first winning season since 2017.

MENACING MIDFIELD
Oregon's midfield trio of Morgan McCarthy, Anna Simmons and Rachel Pallo have been a do-it-all combo for the Ducks this season. The trio has started each of UO's 14 games and combined for 89 goals, 125 draw controls and 50 caused turnovers.

  • Simmons and McCarthy are the only players in the Pac-12 with 30-plus goals and 15-plus caused turnovers this season.
  • Pallo is one of two players in the league with 50-plus draw controls, 25-plus ground balls and 10-plus caused turnovers. Her 59 draw controls are the fifth most in a season in program history.
  • Trio has accounted for 61.9 percent of Oregon's draw controls (125/202).

SUPER SIMMONS
Sophomore midfielder Anna Simmons has been a revelation for Oregon this season. The youngest of the Ducks' six team captains is second on the team with 33 goals and leads the Ducks with 20 caused turnovers.

  • Two games with six goals and five total hat tricks this season.
  • Broke the program record for fastest goal, scoring in five seconds against Marist. Did so again against UC Davis.
  • One of five players in the Pac-12 with 20-plus caused turnovers.
  • Career highs in goals (33), assists (6), points (39), caused turnovers (20) and draw controls (34).

 
 

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