So maybe the Big East semifinals didn’t quite go the way Marquette women’s lacrosse wanted them to go. It got interesting late, as the Golden Eagles scored seven straight goals across the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth quarter to tie the game up. That was the good news, but at the end of 60 minutes, it was #24 UConn advancing past #19 Marquette to Sunday’s Big East title game.
That dropped Marquette to 15-3 on the season. Marquette’s only other losses in 2023 were once in the non-conference portion of the schedule, falling 21-14 to then-#3 and currently #1 Northwestern and not again until the regular season finale, when they took a 12-5 loss to then-#3 and currently #5 Denver.