WLAX Dominates Eastern Michigan on Sunday, 15-4

Sunday, March 17

Milwaukee, WI

12 P.M. CT

Marquette University

3-6

Eastern Michigan

3-4

Eastern Michigan

Marquette

3/17/2024 3:19:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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Meg Bireley leads all scorers with five goals

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University women's lacrosse team dominated Eastern Michigan on Sunday, 15-4.

The Golden Eagles (3-6, 0-0 BIG EAST) were led by Meg Bireley, who had 5 goals on a career-high 15 shots. Leigh Steiner tied her career-high with four goals.

Marquette tied its season-high with 12 caused turnovers and were led in defense by senior captain Faith Chmielewski, who had a career-high four caused turnovers.

The Golden Eagles had a season-high 47 shots, two away from the program record for shots in a game. MU dominated the draw, winning 18-out-of-23 draw controls. Josie Kropp had 13, her third game this season with 10-or-more draw controls.

Eastern Michigan (3-4, 0-0 MAC) was led by Mackenzie Blackwell, who had three goals. The Eagles were held scoreless in the final 30 minutes of play.

NOTABLES:

Marquette improves to 2-0 against Eastern Michigan. The Eagles have scored just five goals in both games.
Golden Eagles had a season-high 22 ground balls.
Brynna Nixon moved into second all-time in wins in program history (19).
Meg Bireley tied the single game program record with 15 shots.
CJ Meehan had a career-high two assists.
Audrey Brett had a career-high two draw controls.
Brynna Nixon tied her career-high with seven ground balls.

UP NEXT:

Marquette hosts Central Michigan on Friday, March 22. Faceoff is at 3 p.m. CT at Valley Fields.

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