At a glance, you could look at Marquette Golden Eagles men’s lacrosse’s 10-7 loss to Robert Morris on Saturday and say “ah, well, 10-7, low scoring, just didn’t go their way.” That’s fair, I suppose.
Instead, though, what I saw was an offensive performance that was some part unable to unlock the RMU defense and some part unable to keep track of the ball. The Golden Eagles committed 22 turnovers in the game, eight more than the Colonials, and had five failed clearances on the afternoon, four in the second quarter alone. MU trailed RMU in shots on the day, 35-32, but just 18 of the Golden Eagles’ 32 shots found their way on frame through the course of 60 minutes.