All five of Marquette’s goal scorers recorded hat tricks, led by a six goal outing from Grace Gabriel, and the Golden Eagles outlasted Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon, winning 19-15. MU is now 1-0 in Big East play and 5-4 on the season.
From the jump, it was clear that this was not going to be an easy victory for the Golden Eagles. Not only did Cincinnati score first, but after Marquette scored the next two goals, the Bearcats started trading goals back and forth with Marquette across the first 10 minutes of the game. Amanda Donovan scored the first goal of the second 20 minutes of the game to put UC up 5-4, and then it was Marquette’s turn to answer and tie on Charlotte McGuire’s 20th goal of the season.