Senior Reflections: Matt Del Duca

1. What is your proudest moment as a Marquette lacrosse player?

Matt Del Duca: My proudest moment as a Marquette lacrosse player was being part of the first BIG EAST championship. It was a special year with a special group of guys, it was an honor.

2. What is your most memorable experience with the team?

MDD: My most memorable experience with the team was when we traveled to Italy the summer after my freshman year. It was a blast!

3. What's the best advice one of your coaches at MU has given you?

MDD: The best advice I have received here from a coach was to be where your feet are and do not focus on what you cannot control.

4. What's the best advice a teammate has given you?

MDD: The best advice I have ever received from a teammate was from Jimmy Danaher, he told me "It's not about how the bratwurst looks, it's about how the bratwurst is made." Its metaphoric.

5. What's the best advice you could offer future Marquette lacrosse players?

MDD: The best advice I could give a future Marquette lacrosse player is don't do anything I wouldn't do twice.

6. What has motivated you?

MDD: Nothing or nobody has motivated me more than my family to become somebody that they are proud of.

7. Most memorable game?

MDD: My most memorable game here at Marquette was the home opener this year because it was a culmination of the entirety of my four years here. I approached the game with a different sense of excitement.

8. Do you feel a rivalry developing with any opponents you have played?

MDD: Notre Dame is our only rival.

9. How do you think you've changed as a player or person over your career at Marquette?

MDD: I realized the person that I wanted to strive to become every day and what that entails for me to reach it.

10. What have you learned that you will take with you as you move on from MU?

MDD: I have learned that life is short and you need to smile while you still have teeth.

11. What are your post-graduation plans?

MDD: My post-graduation plans are to see the world with my best friends!