# Colorado Buffaloes women's lacrosse

The Colorado Buffaloes women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing University of Colorado Boulder as part of the Big 12 Conference. They play their home games at Kittredge Field in Boulder, Colorado.

## History

The Buffaloes fielded their first lacrosse team in 2014. In their first season they finished with a winning record of 11–8.
In 2017, just the program's fourth season of existence, they started the year 9–0 with highlighted wins over #9 Northwestern, #16 UMass, #14 Denver, and #6 Penn State. The 2017 team would go on to make the 2017 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament, where they would lose in a rematch to UMass.
They continued this success by appearing in the NCAA tournament in both 2018 and 2019.
As of 2023, Colorado has an all time record of 109–60.

## Individual career records

| Record | Number | Player | Years |
| Goals | 210 | Darby Kiernan | 2015–2018 |
| Assists | 77 | Darby Kiernan | 2015–2018 |
| Points | 287 | Darby Kiernan | 2015–2018 |
| Ground balls | 160 | Kelsie Garrison | 2015–2018 |
| Draw controls | 369 | Darby Kiernan | 2015–2018 |
| Saves | 606 | Paige Soenksen | 2014–2017 |
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## Individual single-season records

| Record | Number | Player | Year |
| Goals | 70 | Darby Kiernan | 2018 |
| Assists | 31 | Darby Kiernan | 2018 |
| Points | 101 | Darby Kiernan | 2018 |
| Ground balls | 58 | Sarah Brown | 2018 |
| Draw controls | 159 | Darby Kiernan | 2018 |
| Saves | 203 | Paige Soenksen | 2014 |
| Save % | .525 | Paige Soenksen | 2014 |
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## Seasons

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Ann Elliott Whidden (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (2014–2017) ||||||
| 2014 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 11–7 | 5–4 | T–4th | |
| 2015 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 11–7 | 5–4 | T–4th | |
| 2016 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 13–5 | 7–2 | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 16–4 | 7–1 | 2nd | NCAA First Round |
| Ann Elliott Whidden (Pac-12 Conference) (2018–2024) ||||||
| 2018 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 14–6 | 9–1 | 1st | NCAA Second Round |
| 2019 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 11–8 | 8–2 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round |
| 2020 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2nd | |
| 2021 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 8–7 | 4–3 | 3rd | |
| 2022 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 11–6 | 5–5 | 4th | |
| 2023 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 11–8 | 7–3 | 3rd | |
| 2024 | Ann Elliott Whidden | 13–6 | 5–2 | 2nd | |
| Ann Elliott Whidden (Big 12 Conference) (2025–present) ||||||
| 2025 | Ann Elliott Whidden | | | | |
| Total: | Total: | 132–66 (.667) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
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## Postseason results

The Buffaloes have appeared in 3 NCAA tournaments. Their postseason record is 2–3.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Score |
| 2017 | -- | First Round | UMass | L, 7–13 |
| 2018 | -- | First Round Second Round | Jacksonville #6 Florida | W, 23–18 L, 9–13 |
| 2019 | -- | First Round Second Round | Dartmouth #2 Boston College | W, 16–13 L, 9–21 |
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