DENVER- The [10/10] University of Denver women's lacrosse team will open their 2020 campaign against [20/RV] Stanford at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on Saturday (1 PM MT).

Scouting Stanford:

• Stanford finished their 2019 campaign with a 13-6 record and 7-3 standing in the Pac-12, falling in the Pac-12 championship game to then No. 22, Colorado
• The Cardinal fell in the first round of the 2019 NCAA tournament to Notre Dame 15-9
• Stanford will return 27 players after losing just two seniors from their 2019 squad, while adding nine freshmen to their roster
• Junior attack Ali Baiocco will return for the Cardinal after receiving All-Pac-12, All-Region and All-American honors following her 2019
• Stanford finished the 2019 season ranked ninth in the nation in draw control percentage (.594)
• The Cardinal last faced Denver in its second game of the 2019 season, falling 8-7 on their home turf

2019 Record Breakers:                                          

• The Pioneers will look to build on their record breaking 2019 season after reaching their first ever NCAA quarterfinal in program history
• The Pioneers fell to the eventual National Champion, Maryland Terrapins 17-8 to end their season
• Denver placed five on the West/Midwest All-Region team, the most in program history
• The Pioneers lost 10 seniors, including All-America selection and BIG EAST Defender of the Year, Kate Fischer

Returners:                                                           

• Denver will return 24 players while adding eleven freshmen to their squad
• Notable returners are BIG EAST Attacker of the Year and All-America selection, Quintin Hoch-Bullen, and BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year, Carson Gregg
• Eliza Radochonski, Hannah Liddy and Molly Little all received BIG EAST honors 

Senior Captains:                                     

• Captaining the 2020 Pioneers are seniors Gregg and Laura Milleker

 Preseason Honors:

• Little and Hoch-Bullen were both named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America list for the first time in their careers
• Hoch-Bullen was named BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year while Little, Gregg, Liddy and Radochonski all received Preseason BIG EAST All-Conference honors

Home is Where the W's Are:

• The Pioneers are a combined 20-4 at home the past two seasons seeing a significant advantage on their home turf

Pioneers in the Preseason Polls:

• The Pioneers were picked 13th in the Nike/US Lacrosse poll, 9th in the Faceoff Yearbook top-20 and 10th in both the IWLCA Preseason Coaches Poll and media poll
• Denver was tabbed for a first-place finish in the BIG EAST following a vote of its six head coaches

Key Stats:

• The Pioneers finished the 2019 season ranked second in the nation in assists per game (8.35) and second in scoring defense (7.3).

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