PUEBLO, Colo. (April 24, 2019) - The Colorado State University-Pueblo women's lacrosse team wraps the regular season with a pair of road games April 25 and April 27. The ThunderWolves battle Oklahoma Baptist University Thursday at 5 p.m. MT and then travel to Adams State University Saturday for a 1 p.m. tilt. 

LAST TIME OUT

The ThunderWolves were awarded an RMAC victory Saturday when Fort Lewis College had to forfeit the game due to a lack of healthy players. The two teams scrimmaged, as the Pack honored their three seniors, Taylor Christensen (M, Colorado Springs, Colo.), Ane Marie Horton (G, Long Beach, Calif.) and Allison Wurscher (A, Tigard, Ore.).

PLAYOFF SCENARIO

CSU-Pueblo is 4-8 overall with a 2-5 RMAC record. If the ThunderWolves secure both wins this weekend the four conference victories would be a new program record.

Reaching 4-5 will likely get the Pack into a tie for fifth or sixth in the RMAC standings, as the top six teams advance to the RMAC Tournament. CSU-Pueblo will be scoreboard watching, as Westminster enters the weekend with three conference wins and plays a winless Adams State University team and an undefeated Regis Rangers squad. If the Griffins were to finish 4-5 and tie with the ThunderWolves, WC would have the tie breaker with a win against the Pack (13-9, April 14). University of Colorado Colorado Springs will also be in the mix, as they stand at 4-4 entering a road contest at Rockhurst University (5-3 RMAC). A three-way tie at 4-5 would move the tie breaker to head-to-head competition between the three teams. All three are 1-1 against each other, so the next breaker is goal differential in those games against each other. The ThunderWolves have a -2 differential with a two-goal win against UCCS and the four-goal loss to WC, Westminster owns a -1 differential after losing to the Mountain Lions by five and winning by four against the Pack and finally UCCS has a +3 differential with a five-goal win and two-gal deficit. In that scenario, UCCS gets the five seed and the Griffins are the sixth seed. If Westminster wins both and UCCS loses, the head-to-head with the Mountain Lions would go to the Pack for the sixth seed. 

THE THUNDERWOLVES

Senior Allison Wurscher (A, Tigard, Ore.) leads the team with 36 points, which is comprised of 19 goals and 17 assists. Her 17 assists is eighth in the RMAC with 1.42 assists per game. 

Senior Taylor Christensen (M, Colorado Springs, Colo.) leads the team with 27 goals and is second with 32 points. She also leads the team with 61 shots with 49 on goal, while her 5.67 shots per game ranks fifth in the RMAC. Christensen is fourth in caused turnovers per game at 2.42 (26 total) and fifth in draw controls per game at 4.42 (53 total). She leads the team with 37 ground balls to rank ninth in the league with 3.08 ground balls per game.

Sophomore Emily Eller (Keller, Texas) has 20 goals on 31 shots for a .645 percentage and has put 28 of 31 shots on goal (.903). Her eight free position goals leads the team.  

Horton owns a .448 save percentage to rank fifth in the RMAC. Her 125 saves is the second most in the league (25th nationally), while her 10.4 saves per game is good for fourth in the conference (19th nationally). 

Junior defender Britney Smith (Oregon City, Ore.) has 30 ground balls to rank second on the team. She adds nine caused turnovers to sit third on the squad. Sophomore defender Emily Brewer (St. Louis, Mo.) has 27 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers (second on the team).

Sophomore Olivia Tener (Boise, Idaho) ranks second on the team with 31 draw controls. She adds 13 goals and one assist for 14 points. 

With 21.8 ground balls per game the team is fifth in the league and No. 30 nationally. 

The team's four player-down goals is first in the league, while the eight player-up goals are tied for the fourth most.

MILESTONE WATCH

Senior Taylor Christensen (Colorado Springs, Colo.) earned 100 caused turnovers for her career against Colorado Mesa (March 31). At Lindenwood (April 7), she reached 100 career goals and surpassed 200 draw controls. 

Senior Allison Wurscher (Tigard, Ore.) has 87 career goals.

THE BISON

The Bison are 5-7 overall with a 1-6 conference record. The team owns a 3-3 home record and most recently lost 20-2 at home against Rockhurst.

OBU scores 14.25 goals per game and allows 13.6 goals per contest. The Bison lead the league with 29.1 ground balls per game and are second with 15.8 draw controls per contest. 

Lauren McCormack has 38 goals this season to rank fourth in the RMAC with 3.17 goals per game. Her 5.92 shots per game is also fourth. McCormack leads the RMAC wiith 134 draw controls (11.2 DCs per game) and ranks 10th in caused turnovers per game with 1.33. Madison Gordon is seventh in ground balls per game with 3.42, while Lauren Scott is 10th in the category with 3.0. Goalie Courtney Barnickle is seventh in saves per game (6.3) and eighth in save percentage (.421). 

THE GRIZZLIES

Adams State is 0-11 on the season and 0-7 in RMAC play. The Grizzlies have a -20.5 scoring margin, as they allow 21.8 goals per game and score 1.3 goals per contest.

Madison Gerchow is eighth with 3.9 draw controls per game. Goalie Louisa Sanchez has 10.7 saves per game to rank second in the RMAC.

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado State University – Pueblo competes in 22 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.