The Colorado Buffaloes women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing University of Colorado Boulder as part of the Big 12 Conference. They play their home games at Kittredge Field in Boulder, Colorado.

History The Buffaloes fielded their first lacrosse team in 2014. In their first season, they finished with a winning record of 11–8.

In 2017, just the program's fourth season of existence, they started the year 9–0 with highlighted wins over #9 Northwestern, #16 UMass, #14 Denver, and #6 Penn State. The 2017 team would go on to make the 2017 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament, where they would lose in a rematch to UMass in the NCAA tournament first round.

They continued this success by appearing in the NCAA tournament in both 2018 and 2019. In 2018, they defeated Jacksonville 23–18 in the first round before losing to Florida 13–9 in the second round. In 2019, the Buffaloes defeated Dartmouth 16–13 in the first round before a second-round loss to Boston College.

In 2026, Colorado won its first Big 12 tournament championship, defeating Florida 8–6 in the final. The Buffaloes returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven years and went on to their first Elite 8 (Quarterfinals) appearance in program history.

Individual career records RecordNumberPlayerYears Goals 210 Darby Kiernan 2015–2018 Assists 77 Darby Kiernan 2015–2018 Points 287 Darby Kiernan 2015–2018 Ground balls 160 Kelsie Garrison 2015–2018 Draw controls 369 Darby Kiernan 2015–2018 Saves 606 Paige Soenksen 2014–2017 Source:

Individual single-season records

RecordNumberPlayerYear Goals 70 Darby Kiernan 2018 Assists 31 Darby Kiernan 2018 Points 101 Darby Kiernan 2018 Ground balls 58 Sarah Brown 2018 Draw controls 159 Darby Kiernan 2018 Saves 203 Paige Soenksen 2014 Save % .525 Paige Soenksen 2014 Source:

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Postseason results

The Buffaloes have appeared in 4 NCAA tournaments. Their postseason record is 4–4. Year SeedRoundOpponentScore 2017 – First Round UMass L, 7–13 2018 – First RoundSecond Round Jacksonville#6 Florida W, 23–18 L, 9–13 2019 – First RoundSecond Round Dartmouth#2 Boston College W, 16–13 L, 9–21 2026 #8 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals JacksonvilleDenver #1 Northwestern W, 10–9 W, 11–9L, 12–13 Source:

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