Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:
Marquette men’s lacrosse hung with a top 15 opponent on Saturday, giving them everything they could handle, gained and lost a multi-goal lead in the third quarter, got back out in front in the fourth quarter, lost the lead, and ended up losing in overtime.
That’s what happened to Marquette against #10 Georgetown last Saturday, and that’s what happened to Marquette against #13 Villanova this Saturday. Heck, the scores were nearly identical: 15-14 to the Hoyas, 16-15 to the Wildcats. The only true difference? Marquette was the team that forced overtime against the Hoyas, scoring twice in the final 70 seconds to prompt the extra session, while this time around, it was Villanova dragging the Golden Eagles into a sudden victory format with an Austin Fraser goal with just 33 seconds to go.