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Virginia Plays Stanford to Open NCAA Tournament

May 10, 2018

NCAA First Round
No. 18 Virginia vs. No. 11 Stanford
Date/Time Friday, May 11, 6 p.m.
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Location Harrisonburg, Va. | Sentara Park
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 18 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (9-9) will begin play in the 2018 NCAA Tournament by taking on No. 11 Stanford (15-4) in the first round on Friday (May 11) at 6 p.m. at Sentara Park in Harrisonburg, Va.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
The game will be streamed live on Madizone HD Sportsnet. Links for live stats and the live stream are available on VirginiaSports.com.

CAVALIER TIDBITS

  • Virginia is 35-27 all-time in the NCAA tournament.
  • The Cavaliers are tied for third with Princeton for the most wins in tournament play, trailing only Maryland and Northwestern.
  • Virginia’s 62 games played is second behind Maryland’s 86.
  • The Cavaliers lead the ACC in free position percentage (.492), are second in ground balls per game (19.28) and caused turnovers per game (8.89).
  • Senior Kasey Behr (Northport, N.Y.) has been named a Tewaaraton Award nominee. Behr has scored a hat trick in the last three contests. Behr is tied for second on the team with 50 goals this season and has moved into seventh all-time with 147 career goals.

STANFORD

  • Stanford won the PAC-12 championship with a 15-6 win over Colorado on April 29.
  • The Cardinal has won four straight games entering the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
  • Stanford is averaging 15.79 goals per game to rank 11th nationally, and is 10th in the nation with a 9.26 goals allowed average.
  • Kelsey Murray leads the team with 89 points on 50 goals and 39 assists.
  • Julia Massaro has a team-high 83 draw controls and adds 36 ground balls.
  • Goalkeeper Allie DaCar is averaging 8.16 saves per game with a 9.19 goals-against average.

SERIES INFO
This will be the first meeting between Virginia and Stanford.

TICKETS
Tickets for the first and second rounds will be $5 per day with general admission seating. Children two and under enter free. To purchase tickets, you can call the JMU ticket office at 540-568-3853 or email at athletic-ticket@jmu.edu. Fans can also purchase tickets online through the link above.

UP NEXT
 The winner of Friday’s game will advance to the NCAA Second Round to take on No. 3 seed JMU at noon on Sunday in Harrisonburg, Va.

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