CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (3-9, 1-5 Pac-12) at ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (3-8, 2-4 PAC-12)
SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2023 • NOON MST/PDT
SUN DEVIL LACROSSE STADIUM • TEMPE, AZ

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CAL PLAYS AT ARIZONA STATE SUNDAY
— Cal continues a string of three consecutive road games that will conclude its regular-season road slate Sunday at Arizona State
— Arizona State holds a 9-4 advantage in the all-time series after the teams first met in 2018 and has won each of the last eight games, including a 13-9 win in Berkeley earlier this season on April 2
— The teams have faced each other in the quarterfinals of each of the past three Pac-12 Championships with the Bears a winner in Eugene in 2019 for their first-ever victory in the event, and the Sun Devils victorious at Stanford in 2021 and Tempe in 2022
— Other memorable games have included a 13-12 Arizona State overtime victory the first time the teams ever played each other (March 25, 2018), a 17-13 Cal win in Tempe one week later (April 1, 2018) that was the Bears' first Pac-12 victory ever and the first of four straight wins over the Sun Devils, and a wild 21-18 Arizona State win in Berkeley last March 
— The weather forecast for Sunday in Tempe is calling for sunny skies, a temperature of 83 degrees, and winds out of the southeast at two miles per hour for the first draw at noon

LAST TIME OUT: NO. 21 USC DEFEATS CAL, 18-4
— Cal ran into the Pac-12's lone ranked team and co-league leader No. 21 USC last Friday at McAlister Field and the Trojans came away with an 18-4 victory, scoring early and often in a contest Cal never led.
— Maya Lawliss, Kennedy Goss, Avery Hoeft and Belle Tiesi each scored one goal, while Caroline Rojas assisted on Hoeft's goal.
— The Bears played all three of their goalkeepers with Alicia Souliotis (10 GA, 5 SV) in the net for the first half followed by Riley Drullinger (27:58, 8 GA, 2 SV) and Chloe Rand (2:02, 0 GA, 1 SV) in the second.

KENNEDY GOSS ON VERGE OF CAL'S CAREER DRAW CONTROLS RECORD
— Kennedy Goss has moved into second place on Cal's all-time list with 175 career draw controls and is within three of the school's all-time record of 178 set by LizaBanks Campagna (2018-21)
— Goss ranks third in the Pac-12 this season with 56 draw controls 

MORE NOTABLES
— Cal has had a difficult time scoring goals in 2023 including a 5.5 per-game average during its current four-game losing streak. The Bears have scored 10 or fewer goals in eight of their last 10 games.
— When Cal scores at least 13 goals the Bears are 3-0, but when the Bears score 12 or fewer they are 0-9
— Seven Cal players have started all 12 games this season (Kennedy Goss, Maya Lawliss, Kennedy Mason, Quinnlyn Mason, Amanda Morse, Kacie Riggs and Charlotte Smith)
— Cal has had 11 players make their Bear debuts in 2023 including nine freshmen (Elle Anhut, Annette Ciupek, Brynn Gallagher, Avery Hoeft, Josie Lillquist, Clara Page, Amanda Pio, Chloe Rand and Courtney Wong), sophomore Mya Wang and junior Charlotte Smith (a transfer from James Madison), with all but Smith also playing for their first time collegiately
— Cal played a season-high 29 players on Friday at USC including Siena Davies in her season debut
— Cal's victory at Oregon on March 17 was its first Pac-12 road win since a 2019 triumph at Arizona State and only the third since the Pac-12 began sponsoring lacrosse in 2018
— Lawliss became the first Cal player to ever be named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week when the league's first weekly honors of the 2023 season were announced on Feb. 14
— Cal registered a season-high 15 caused turnovers in an 11-10 loss to American on March 12 
— Cal's three wins in 2023 are its most since going 7-12 in 2019
— First-year head coach Jennifer Wong picked up her first win at Cal in the season opener and her Bear debut Feb. 10 at Lindenwood, got her second and first home victory March 9 against Howard, and registered her third and first Pac-12 victory March 17 at Oregon
— Cal will host the 2023 Pac-12 Championship May 3-6 at California Memorial Stadium, with quarterfinal and semifinal games scheduled for May 3 and 4 at 4:30 and 7 p.m. each day and the final on May 6 slated to start at noon
— Cal is celebrating its 25th season of lacrosse in 2023, with the program first gaining intercollegiate status in 1999 as a member of the Western Women's Lacrosse League