Lacrosse Opens Pac-12 Tournament Against Arizona State

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).