Women's Lacrosse Falls to Marquette in BIG EAST Matchup

Saturday, April 8

Milwaukee, Wis.

3:30 p.m.

Xavier University

4-7, 0-3BIG EAST

Marquette

12-1, 2-0BIG EAST

Xavier

Marquette

Women's Lacrosse Falls to Marquette in BIG EAST Matchup

04.08.23 | Women's Lacrosse

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The Musketeers posted seven goals against the Golden Eagles

By: Dianna Lewis, Xavier Athletic Communications

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. - Xavier women's lacrosse fell to Marquette 22-7 on Saturday afternoon.

The Musketeers fall to 4-7 (0-3 BIG EAST), while the Golden Eagles advance to 12-1 (2-0 BIG EAST).

NOTABLES

• Sawyer Walker posted the team-high of two goals in the contest - each unassisted. The junior midfielder was also the only Musketeers to tally an assist. Walker added one draw control and one ground ball to her stats.

• Jessica Harrison was the first to get the Musketeers on the board with a free position goal. The graduate midfielder went 1-2 in her free position shots and added one draw control and one ground ball.

• Four additional Musketeers tallied goals - freshman midfielder Erin Berls, sophomore midfielder Julie Cassidy, freshman attacker Lola Mancuso, and graduate attacker Riley Halloran.

• Freshman goalkeeper Marina Piszczor put up nine saves against Marquette in 60 minutes of goal time.

• Freshman midfielder Kiera Armitage recorded the team-highs of three draw controls and three ground balls.

• The Musketeers totaled seven goals, eight draw controls, six caused turnovers and 12 ground balls.

UP NEXT

The Musketeers will return to action Sunday, April 16 when they host No. 3 Denver. First draw set for 11:00 a.m. ET from Corcoran Field.

HIGHLIGHTS

THOUGHTS BY COACH DECKER

I loved what our team did today. With 11 freshmen, one sophomore, two juniors, and three grad students on the field and an incredible sideline crew, Xavier lacrosse was stamped all over this game today. Marquette has a very seasoned team, not a single freshman in their starting lineup and the majority of their production across the field coming from upperclassmen.

Marquette has been having a great season this year, no doubt about it. We took out their top scorer and held her to one of her lowest production games of the season. Marquette has a great senior defender on the draw circle with one of the quickest first steps I've seen. Quite honestly, her work off the draw put us a huge disadvantage. The draw score ended up being the game score.

As far as Xavier goes, it was our best second-half of the year. We beat Marquette in shots, ground balls, clear percentage, and tied on the draw circle. Our shooting percentage in the first half was 75% and fell off in the second half but we increased the amount of shots we took. We had 5 turnovers in the second half which is a 50% improvement on our average.

The players out there today wearing Xavier across their chest were only scratching the surface of their potential as rookie players and they held up well against seasoned veterans who are wrapping up their careers. I like the future of Xavier in the Big East.