Musketeers Drop Road Contest at Marquette

Saturday, March 29

Milwaukee, Wis.

3 p.m. ET

Xavier University

1-9 (0-2BIG EAST)

Marquette

8-3 (2-0BIG EAST)

Xavier

Marquette

03.29.25 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Lola Mancuso scored a team-high five goals.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

MILWAUKEE - The Xavier women's lacrosse team fell to Marquette by a score of 19-9 on Saturday afternoon.

The Musketeers drop to 1-9 (0-2 BIG EAST) while the Golden Eagles improve to 8-3 (2-0 BIG EAST).

how it happened

Marquette started the game with five straight goals in the first five minutes of the opening period.

Lily Villaflor scored her third goal of the season assisted by fellow rookie Cameron Yard to open the scoring for the Musketeers.

After two more goals from the Golden Eagles, Lola Mancuso scored her first of the game to mark her 30th career goal.

Marquette scored back-to-back goals again to take a 9-2 lead after the first period.

Mancuso scored her second goal to open the scoring in the second quarter on a free position shot.

The Golden Eagles went on to score five more goals unanswered to end the half with a 15-3 lead.

The Musketeers bounced back in the third period, outscoring the Golden Eagles 3-1 in the quarter.

Julie Cassidy scored her first two goals of the game and Mancuso scored her third for her 19th career hat trick.

Xavier continued their momentum into the fourth quarter, scoring three straight to cut their deficit to 16-9 in the final period.

Mancuso scored two more to notch five goals on the day and Cassidy scored once more for her third career hat trick.

Marquette ended the game on a three-goal scoring run.

notables

Lola Mancuso scored five goals, matching her own program record goal tally in a BIG EAST game. The junior also picked up two ground balls and two draw controls.
Senior Julie Cassidy scored three goals for her third hat trick of the season and also tallied a career-high four draw controls.
Rookie Maya Graham contributed an assist and a draw control.
Cameron Yard scored her first career point with her assist in the first period. She also recorded a caused turnover.
Morgan Handzel recorded five draw controls and is the all-time draw control leader with 75 just this season.
Jada Brandon registered a career-high 16 saves, matching the program record for most saves in a single game.
The Musketeers had 18 draw controls compared to Marquette's 14.