I think the biggest question for Marquette men’s lacrosse coming out of last Saturday’s 16-11 win over Providence is either “How much of that was Providence?” or “How much of that was Devon Cowan?”
Providence came into the game 5-4 on the year, but winners in three of their last four games. They snuck through to the end in two recent wins, but maybe that’s just a sign of being tough to beat than having legitimate problems that were holding them back. Marquette went up 9-1 out of the gate and never looked back, which feels an awful lot like “Providence wasn’t nearly as good as that 3-1 in their last four record made them look.