CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (3-9, 1-5 PAC-12) at UC DAVIS AGGIES (7-4)
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023 • 1 PM PDT
UC DAVIS HEALTH STADIUM • DAVIS, CA

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CAL ENDS REGULAR-SEASON ROAD, NON-LEAGUE SLATES AT UC DAVIS 
— Saturday's contest at 1 p.m. PT is the only scheduled meeting between Cal and UC Davis in 2023  
— Cal has a 15-11 all-time record against UC Davis including a wild 16-15 comeback victory the last time the teams met on April 16, 2022, when the Golden Bears scored the final six goals of the contest and Amanda Morse had a career-high five goals including three of the final six and the game-winner with 0:40 remaining       
— The weather forecast for Saturday in Davis at first draw is calling for partly cloudy skies, a temperature of 66 degrees, and winds out of the south at six miles per hour

LONG HOMESTAND ON THE HORIZON 
— After Saturday's game at UC Davis, Cal will finish the regular-season with three consecutive home games against Oregon (April 21), Colorado (April 23) and Stanford (April 28) before hosting 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       

LAST TIME OUT: CAL FALLS AT ARIZONA STATE, 15-6
— Six different Golden Bears scored in the contest with Hanna Deringer, Josie Lillquist, Kennedy Mason, Quinnlyn Mason, Kate Rothman and Mya Wang each picking up a single goal
— The Bears assisted on five of their six goals with Avery Hoeft, Maya Lawliss, Quinnlyn Mason, Caroline Roxas and Wang and getting one apiece.
— The Bears played three goalkeepers with Riley Drullinger (10 GA, 4 SV) getting the start and playing the entire first half before Alicia Souliotis (3 GA, 3 SV) was in net for the third quarter and Chloe Rand (2 GA, 3 SV) for the fourth

KENNEDY GOSS ON VERGE OF CAL'S CAREER DRAW CONTROLS RECORD
— Kennedy Goss has 177 career draw controls and has moved to within one of the school's all-time record of 178 set by LizaBanks Campagna (2018-21)
— Goss ranks tied for fourth in the Pac-12 this season with 58 draw controls 

MORE NOTABLES
— Cal has had a difficult time scoring goals in 2023 with an average of 9.46 per game including at a clip of 5.60 per contest during its current five-game losing streak
— The Bears have scored fewer than 10 goals in each of their last five games
— Cal is 3-0 when the Bears score at least 13 goals and 0-12 when they score 12 of fewer
— Seven Cal players have started all 13 games this season (Kennedy Goss, Maya Lawliss, Kennedy Mason, Quinnlyn Mason, Amanda Morse, Kacie Riggs)
— 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'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 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