Well, picnic season is officially over for Marquette men’s lacrosse.
Three of Marquette’s final four opponents in the 2017 season — Notre Dame, Duke and Denver — are ranked in the top 10 of the newest Maverik media top 20 poll. Providence, the fourth team? Unofficially ranked #22 in the country.
That’s the path that Marquette has to take if they want to get back to the NCAA tournament in 2017. It’s probably not going to be fun! Marquette has a combined record of 1-12 against the three top 10 ranked teams in program history, and a lot of those games were not close.