For most college athletes, continuing to play the sport they love after high school is an easy decision. But for Marquette women’s lacrosse senior defender Erin Dowdle, her path to becoming a Division I athlete wasn’t so clear-cut.
“When I was a junior and senior in high school, I really wasn’t sure if I wanted to play lacrosse in college, so I hadn’t really done much with recruiting process,” Dowdle said. “I started looking at schools I really wanted to go to that didn’t have lacrosse. Ultimately, I decided I wanted to try to play, and I knew I liked Marquette.