Wednesday, April 3
Milwaukee, WI
12 P.M. CT
Marquette University
5-8 (1-1BIG EAST)
20
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Butler
2-9 (1-2BIG EAST)
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Marquette
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Steiner Leads Marquette in 20-12 Win Over Butler Wednesday Afternoon
4/3/2024 3:30:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
Senior midfielder had career-high nine points
MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University women's lacrosse team defeated Butler, 20-12, in its BIG EAST home opener Wednesday afternoon.
The Golden Eagles (5-8, 1-1 BIG EAST) were led by Leigh Steiner, who had a program single game high tying eight goals on 12 shots. The senior midfielder added an assist, four ground balls and three draw controls.
Josie Kropp had 11 draw controls, her fifth game this season with 10-or-more draw controls, and has 111 on the season to rank first in the conference.
Meg Bireley had four goals, her eighth game this season with 3-or-more goals and has 52 goals on the season.
Tess Osburn and CJ Meehan both had hat tricks.
Butler (2-9, 1-2 BIG EAST) was led by Kate Kaptrosky who had four goals.
NOTABLES:
The Golden Eagles (5-8, 1-1 BIG EAST) were led by Leigh Steiner, who had a program single game high tying eight goals on 12 shots. The senior midfielder added an assist, four ground balls and three draw controls.
Josie Kropp had 11 draw controls, her fifth game this season with 10-or-more draw controls, and has 111 on the season to rank first in the conference.
Meg Bireley had four goals, her eighth game this season with 3-or-more goals and has 52 goals on the season.
Tess Osburn and CJ Meehan both had hat tricks.
Butler (2-9, 1-2 BIG EAST) was led by Kate Kaptrosky who had four goals.
NOTABLES:
- Marquette had season-highs in caused turnovers (13) and ground balls (26).
- Josie Kropp became the third player in program history to have over 200 draw controls in their career.
- Meg Bireley became the fourth player in program history to have over 50 goals in a season.
- Leigh Steiner had a career-high nine points with eight goals and an assist.
- CJ Meehan scored her first career hat trick.
- Lauren Grady had a career-high two assists.
- Marquette travels to No. 13 Denver Saturday at 2 p.m. CT.
Keep up with the Marquette women's lacrosse program all season long through social media by following on X (@MarquetteWLax) and Instagram (@MarquetteWLax) and `liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteWLax).
Team Stats
BU
MU
Shots
24
37
Turnovers
21
19
Caused Turnovers
9
13
Draw Controls
14
22
Free-Position Shots
4
4
Ground Balls
23
26
Game Leaders
G
8
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
4
CT
1
G
4
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
2
G
3
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
1
Players Mentioned
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