MLAX falls 11-8 at No. 6/9 Georgetown

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WASHINGTON – Graduate faceoff specialist Luke Williams won 19-of-22 faceoffs on Saturday afternoon at Cooper Field against No. 6/9 Georgetown, but the Marquette University men's lacrosse team fell, 11-8, despite an early fourth quarter comeback.

Junior midfielder Will Foster scored two of his career-best five goals in the first three minutes of the fourth to tie the game, 7-7, before four-straight markers from the Hoyas.

"I'm proud of the effort and toughness displayed by our guys today against an excellent Georgetown team," Marquette head coach Andrew Stimmel said. "I really thought Luke and Will had big-time games. We were right there in the fourth but just didn't have enough today to get it done. We will continue to improve and have another great opportunity next week against Providence."

The Golden Eagles (4-7, 0-2 BIG EAST) led 3-1 midway through the first quarter, but allowed Georgetown to mount a 6-1 run heading into the final frame.

The Hoyas (8-2, 2-0 BIG EAST) were led by two goals apiece from Aidan Carroll, Alexander Vardaro and Patrick Crogan and goalie Anderson Moore made 14 saves in net.

NOTABLE:

MU's Luke Blanc became the ninth player in program history to reach 50 career goals at the 5:47 mark of the opening quarter to put MU up, 3-1.
Blanc scored twice in the loss, while Bobby O'Grady was the only other player in addition to Blanc and Foster to score for MU.
Williams won his first nine faceoffs and picked up seven ground balls in the first half.
Williams' ground ball total of 15 is the second-highest mark of his career, just one off his personal best of 16, recorded back in 2022.
Georgetown leads the all-time series 9-5 and has won six-straight games against MU.
The Hoyas have won each of their last eight games since opening the season with losses at Loyola Maryland and to then-No. 13 Johns Hopkins at home.
MU midfielder Jake Stegman notched three assists for his 10th career game with at least three helpers and third game this season.
MU attackman Nolan Rappis made his first start of the season for the injured Devon Cowan.

UP NEXT:
Saturday concludes a season-long five-game road swing for the Golden Eagles, who return to Milwaukee next weekend to host Providence in their league home opener on Saturday, April 13 at 2 p.m. Central time.

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