The No. 15 Colorado College women's lacrosse team makes its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance when it takes on No. 10 Pomona-Pitzer on Sunday, May 11th at noon PT.
How To Follow
All games in the NCAA Tournament will be broadcast on NCAA.com, but links to the live stream and live stats can be found at CCTigers.com under the women's lacrosse
schedule page.
The Tale of the Tape
CC (18-3) enters the weekend riding a three-game winning streak, including two wins in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament that the Tigers captured for the second-straight season.
If CC wins on Sunday, it will set a program record for wins in a season. It won last week against UW-Eau Claire, marking the second 18-win season in team history.
This is the Tigers' 13th appearance in the big dance. They have a 13-12 record in the tournament and will look to make another run after last year's trip to the Sweet 16. Two wins against Aurora and Chicago propelled the Tigers to the Sweet 16 before falling to the eventual national champion, Middlebury.
Pomona-Pitzer (17-2) has won eight straight games since a 16-6 loss to Williams College on March 21.
The Sagehens won their fourth consecutive SCIAC Tournament title after defeating rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15-12 to earn the automatic bid.
All-Conference Players
Ten Tigers were named All-WIAC selections, including three who won major awards. Sophomores
Charlotte Iler and
Sofia Mancino were named the conference Offensive Player and Midfielder of the Year, respectively. Junior
Cassidy Schnaufer won Defensive Player of the Year.
Iler secured first-team honors for the second straight year and was named the Newcomer of the Year last season. She leads the conference with 83 points, while tying for the lead with 58 goals and ranking sixth with 25 assists. Iler has produced 14 hat-tricks and scored a season-high six goals against Rhodes College (Tenn.) on March 14. She had a season-best nine points (five goals, four assists) against Catholic University (D.C.) on March 12.
Mancino is second in the WIAC with 80 draw controls and fourth with 53 goals. She had a season-high five goals in the WIAC Tournament championship game against UW-Eau Claire on May 3. Mancino added a season-best seven ground balls against the University of Chicago (Ill.) on March 8.
Schnaufer leads the conference with a 6.45 goals against average and a .541 save percentage. She posted shutouts against Hamline University (Minn.) on March 29 and Augsburg University (Minn.) on April 13.
The Rematch
The Sagehens will be looking to get back at the Tigers for handing them their first loss of the season on March 20. P-P was ranked No. 9 then, and CC was coming off an upset loss to SUNY New Paltz.
CC had a 70.3 shot-on-goal percentage, and four players scored multiple goals.
Sofia Mancino,
Charlotte Iler, and
Oliv Janerico combined for seven goals.
It was the first win over Pomona Pitzer since 2022 and ended a five-game losing streak against the Sagehens.