BOULDER –The 25th-ranked University of Colorado lacrosse team defeated the Oregon Ducks 15-6 on Saturday, moving to 5-4 on the season and 4-1 in Pac-12 play. Seniors Miranda Stinson, Samantha Nemirov and Sophie Castillo led the way for the Buffs offensively, combining for 11 goals and four assists, while the defense limited Oregon to just seven shots on goal. WHAT HAPPENED: Stinson opened the scoring a minute into the game and Nemirov put the Buffs on top 2-0 at the 26:51 mark of the first half. Oregon drew the score to 2-1 with 25:24 remaining in the half, but Stinson answered back 11 seconds later to put CU on top 3-1. After a high-scoring first five minutes of action, both defenses settled in as the two teams combined for five turnovers and no goals over the next eight minutes. Then at the 17:10 mark, freshman Chloe Willard scored her first collegiate goal to extend the Buffs' lead to 4-1. Oregon scored the next two goals, cutting the CU advantage to 4-3 with 9:47 remaining in the half. Then the Buffs caught fire, scoring the next five goals to take a 9-3 halftime lead. Stinson sparked the run, scoring three and assisting on one other of the five CU goals over the last 7:23 of the first half. After surrendering the first goal of the second half, Nemirov, Willard and Castillo answered back with three quick goals to stretch the CU lead to 12-4. The Buffs never looked back. Sadie Grozier tallied a pair of goals and Nemirov added her fourth of the day, to bring the final margin of victory to 15-6. DEFENSE: The Colorado defense turned in one of its best performances of the season, limiting Oregon to just 12 shot attempts and generating 24 turnovers, both season-bests. Two Colorado defenders recorded new career-highs in caused turnovers, Olivia Aschman (4) and Eliza Cahill (3), while Macaul Mellor (3) and Elinor Wolf (2) tied career-highs. KEY STATISTICS: Colorado outshot Oregon by a final margin of 44-12, while owning a 29-7 advantage in shots on goal. The Buffs' two leading scorers, Stinson and Nemirov, combined to score nine goals on 22 shot attempts. Colorado also held a 16-7 advantage controlling draws. Making this disparity more impressive, Oregon won the first three draws of the game, before CU won 16 of the next 20. NOTABLE: With four goals, and two assists, Samantha Nemirov registered a point for the 29th consecutive game, tying Darby Kiernan's school record 29-game point-streak Miranda Stinson scored five goals for the third time in the last four games and picked up a career-high five ground balls Two defenders recorded new career-highs in caused turnovers, Olivia Aschman (4) and Eliza Cahill (3), while Macaul Mellor tied her career-high (3) Colorado defense limited Oregon to just 12 shot attempts, the fewest of the season; Oregon's four second-half shot attempts was also an opponent season-low Colorado's defense forced a season-high 17 caused turnovers, the fifth-most in a single game in school history TEAM STATS: Colorado Points: 20 Goals: 15 Assists: 5 Draw Controls: 16 Ground Balls: 28 Saves: 1 Oregon Points: 7 Goals: 6 Assists: 1 Draw Controls: 7 Ground Balls: 13 Saves: 14 UP NEXT: Colorado will host No. 15 Denver on Tuesday at 4 p.m. on Kittredge Field. QUOTABLE: Head Coach Ann Elliott Whidden General "I thought we did a good job in the end of the first half, battling back and making some plays. My message to the team overall is that you got to be ready for your chances, and if you get one opportunity you've got to be ready and confident and make it count and I thought at times we did that, and at other time we didn't and we played a little too undisciplined, and we have got to be a more disciplined team." On improved effort in second half "I thought we did a better job here in the second half but at the same time it goes back to making sure we make our opportunities count. When you're up its easy to just make any play and do anything because maybe it doesn't matter but we play a lot of great teams and when we are in these close games, we got to have the mentality that everything counts. We have to rest our defense a little bit better and at times we did that. Hopefully, we will get the message and grow from this moving into Tuesday's game." On turning point late in the first half "I think obviously for us we try to run where everybody is a threat, and I think for Miranda it wasn't a great yellow card and we have got to be more disciplined. I think Alex said something quick to her and I think she responded at the end of the day and she stepped up and got a little pissed off so I think if you can play well when you're a little bit pissed off, I think you'll be a pretty good player." On defense generating 24 turnovers "Our game plan on defense wasn't any different except we wanted to be aggressive. I think we need to do a better job playing with our feet and playing body defense but at the same time I thought they did a good job being aggressive, crashing in the middle and trying to come up with some ground balls." On what she's learned at halfway point of conference season "I think we learned we have got to be better. At the end of the day we have had spurts when we have done things well and spurts where we haven't played very well. For us, in this second half of our season we have to find some consistency and confidence. We are a very talented team with a lot of potential and if we can flip our mentality a little bit and come every day and play with the same confidence and composure then we are a top team. If not, then any given day anything can happen." Attacker Chloe Willard On dominant performance over final 40 minutes "I think our defense was doing really well at the beginning with the cutters. We got the ground ball and then it translated to the offense and we were about to score." On first career goal "It was really exciting I had a couple free positions in the last couple of games and didn't convert so it was really exiting to get my first goal today." On learning from seniors like Miranda Stinson and Samantha Nemirov "It's really amazing. They are people I look up to a lot and aspire to be like when I'm older, I learn a lot from them."