MLAX drops OT heartbreaker to No. 9/10 Georgetown, 15-14

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MILWAUKEE – Jackson Rose scored the tying goal with 15 seconds left in regulation, but the Marquette University men's lacrosse team fell 15-14 in overtime to No. 9/10 Georgetown on Saturday at Valley Fields.

Senior Devon Cowan scored a season-high four goals and freshman goalie Lucas Lawas made big plays in his first career start for the Golden Eagles (6-6, 1-2 BIG EAST), who led by a pair midway through the third. Cowan's fourth gave MU its last lead, 12-11, with eight minutes remaining before three-straight scores by the Hoyas to reclaim a two-goal advantage themselves.

MU's Will Foster scored with 1:02 remaining to pull MU within one and Logan Kreinz claimed a ground ball on a Luke Williams faceoff win and the Golden Eagles called timeout. Cowan had his number called again in the waning seconds, and though his shot was saved by GU's Danny Hincks, Jackson Rose was on the spot for the rebound and buried the tying-score with 15 seconds to play.

The Hoyas (7-3, 3-0 BIG EAST) were able to claim the OT faceoff and Tucker Dordevic buried his 33rd goal of the year 1:22 into the extra period for the win.

Jake Stegman had a season-high six points on two goals and four assists.

NOTABLE:

The game was MU's first overtime game since an 11-10 double OT loss to Drexel on March 12 of last season.
Georgetown has won its last seven games after starting the year with three losses.
MU picked up 30 ground balls to 27 for the Hoyas, who entered the game second in the country in ground balls per game, picking up 41.00 per contest.
Georgetown leads the all-time series 8-5 and has won each of the last five meetings, including two games each of the previous two seasons.
Marquette is 3-3 against the Hoyas at home, though only one of those previous games, a 9-8 overtime win in 2018, was played inside the seasonal dome at Valley Fields.
The win for the Hoyas is their first OT win over MU. Marquette won the first two OT meetings in 2014 and 2018.
Including this game, Georgetown has entered each of the last seven meetings ranked.
Stegman pushed his MU season-record assist total to 27 and is now second in program history with 52 career assists, behind just Conor Gately's 63.
Cowan moved past Conor Gately (2013-16) and John Wagner (2016-19) in the MU record book and now has 81 career goals and is second behind Ryan McNamara's 102 scores.
Bobby O'Grady scored twice and is now third behind McNamara and Cowan with 78 career goals.
Mason Woodward picked up four ground balls for MU and is 12 behind Marquette all-time ground ball leader Liam Byrnes (218) with 206 in his career.

UP NEXT:
MU closes the month of April with games at No. 13 Villanova on April 22 and on Friday, April 28 against No. 11/12 Denver in Milwaukee for Senior Night.

Devon Cowan finished with a season-high four goals but Marquette dropped a heartbreaker to No. 9/10 Georgetown in OT. #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/GWvSfMtCK5
— Marquette Lacrosse (@MarquetteMLax) April 15, 2023

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