ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES (1-3, 0-0 A-10) AT CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (1-3, 0-0 PAC-12)
THURSDAY. FEB. 29, 2024 • 2 P.M. PST
CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL STADIUM (BERKELEY, CA)

CAL CONTINUES 5-GAME HOMESTAND THURSDAY AGAINST ST. BONAVENTURE
— Cal and St. Bonaventure are meeting for the first time. Both teams have opened the 2024 season at 1-3. The Golden Bears began their campaign with a home victory over Akron followed by road losses at Le Moyne and Cornell, and then at home to Lindenwood. St. Bonaventure has a win in its only home contest against Bucknell but has been defeated in all three of its road contests at Akron, Siena and UC Davis.
— Thursday's forecast in Berkeley at 2 p.m. first draw calls for rain with a 73% chance of precipitation, a temperature of 58 degrees, and winds from the south/southwest at 22 miles per hour.
— Cal's current five-game homestand that began with a loss to Lindenwood last Friday will run through March 12 and is Cal's longest stretch of consecutive regular-season home games since playing five in a row at California Memorial Stadium from March 3-16, 2017, as well as one shy of the school record of six straight at home to open the 2007 campaign (Feb. 22 – March 15, 2007).
— After the current five-game homestand concludes, Cal will play at home only three more times for the remainder of the regular season.

LAST TIME OUT: CAL LOSES HEARTBREAKER TO LINDENWOOD, 8-7 
— Cal's third straight loss in its most recent game last Friday was an 8-7 heartbreaker at home to Lindenwood, which scored the final three goals over the last 5:38 after the Golden Bears had led 7-5. Cal had trailed 4-1 early in the third quarter before an impressive stretch when the Bears scored six of the contest's next seven goals to take a 7-5 advantage.
— Kennedy Goss, Alyssa Studdert and Mya Wang each finished with a pair of goals for the Bears, while Kennedy Mason had one. Goss, Studdert and Courtney Wong each also had one assist. Callan Fritsch recorded a career-high 16 saves and played the entire game in goal for the first time.
— Lindenwood held advantages statistically in shots (28-23), shots on goal (24-15) and ground balls (23-16), while also making 3-of-4 free position shots with Cal 0-of-3. Cal committed eight more turnovers than the Lions (22-14), while both teams were successful on 21 clear attempts with Cal 21-of-22 and Lindenwood 21-of-26. Cal won the draw control battle, 10-9.

NOTABLES
— After a season-opening 19-10 win over Akron on Feb. 9 that featured its most goals since a 20-10 home victory over Saint Mary's on April 7, 2017, Cal has scored a total of just 20 goals in its last three games.
— To celebrate and in honor of Black History Month, the lacrosse program has played Lift Every Voice and Sing before home games in February. 
— Cal is close to even with its opponents in nearly every team statistical category with the only significant differences coming in advantages in draw controls (53-38) and clear percentage (.887-.807), as well as disadvantages in turnovers (69-53) and caused turnovers (20-30). 
— Mya Wang recorded Cal's most memorable individual offensive performance of the season with a career-high six goals and one assist for a career-high seven points against Akron
— Kennedy Goss has increased her all-time leading Cal draw control total to 225 after picking up a team-leading 23 in the first four games.
— Cal has played three goalkeepers in the first four games in Callan Fritsch, Alicia Souliotis and Chloe Rand, but Fritsch has started all four contests.
— Cal has had the same starting lineup in each of its first four contests.
— Cal has played 26 of the 33 players on its roster, including nine who have made their Cal debuts.
— Cal's game at Cornell started in a memorable heavy snow squall and the field was blanketed with the white stuff just minutes into the contest.
— Cal is playing its sixth and final season in the Pac-12 before officially becoming a member of the ACC on Aug. 2. The Pac-12 began sponsoring women's lacrosse in 2018. The league's 2020 schedule was canceled due to COVID. The Pac-12 added San Diego State and UC Davis for the 2024 season to bring its total members for women's lacrosse to eight. The teams will play a single, round-robin , regular-season format for the first time after having faced each other twice in league games previously.