O'Grady sets MLAX career scoring mark in loss to Michigan

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NAPLES, Florida – Junior Bobby O'Grady scored four goals to break the Marquette University men's lacrosse all-time scoring record, but MU fell 20-12 to No. 13/12 Michigan at Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium on Saturday evening.

O'Grady tied Ryan McNamara's scoring record of 102 career goals at the 1:15 mark of the opening quarter and set the new standard as time expired in the second quarter. Defenseman Noah Verlinde heaved the ball down the field in the clear to O'Grady who was behind an U-M defender. The native of Milton, Massachusetts was able to corral the ball and get it on cage for the record score.

The Golden Eagles (3-2) were outshot 50-38 by the Wolverines and turned the ball over 16 times.

Michigan (3-1) won 23-of-35 faceoffs and was led in scoring by Lehigh-transfer Justin Tiernan's five scores. Ryan Cohen added four goals for U-M, while Michel Boehm had a hat trick.

NOTABLE:

The Southwest Florida Shootout is in its third season and MU is in the event for the second year in a row.
O'Grady passed MU all-time scoring leader Ryan McNamara (102) in just his 35th career game (it took McNamara 64 games to reach the mark).
Michigan holds a 4-2 advantage in the all-time series.
Marquette won last year's meeting in the Southwest Florida Shootout, 14-9, behind a career-high four goals from midfielder Griffin Fries.
Marquette sophomore midfielder Jake Bair posted his first career hat trick.
Verlinde assisted on two of O'Grady's four goals, doubling the graduate defenseman's career point total of one entering the game.
The two Midwestern programs have met all but one season (2021) since 2018 and played the last game of the 2020 NCAA lacrosse campaign, a 13-12 win by the Wolverines in Ann Arbor.
MU (2013) and Michigan (2012) both played their first seasons of NCAA Division I lacrosse a little over a decade ago, though each took different paths to get to that point. MU started its program from scratch, while the Wolverines were elevated from a club program under former head coach John Paul.
The two teams faced each other consistently in exhibition games prior to their first regular season meeting in 2018, which was a 12-7 win by Michigan in Ann Arbor.

UP NEXT: The Golden Eagles return to action on Saturday, March 2 against Utah at Valley Fields in Milwaukee.

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