At the 7:57 mark of the fourth quarter on Saturday afternoon, Ryan Nawrocki scored the third of three straight goals for Providence, and the second in the last 12 seconds. That put the Friars up 10-6 after Marquette had pulled within one at 7-6 on the first goal of the fourth quarter.
That 12 second whammy sure felt like the door had swung shut on Marquette.
When Kevin McCordic scored with 2:26 left to push PC’s lead back to four at 11-7, it definitely felt like the door to victory was closed. Sure, weird things happen, but it had taken Marquette more than 56 minutes to score seven goals.