Tuesday, March 4
Milwaukee, WI
Noon CT
Marquette University
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Bellarmine University
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Marquette
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O'Grady Sets MU Career Points Record in win over Bellarmine
3/4/2025 2:17:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
O'Grady broke Ryan McNamara's career mark with a hat trick and career-high five assists
Box Score (PDF) | Highlights (YouTube)
MILWAUKEE – Senior attackman Bobby O'Grady scored three goals and added five assists in Tuesday afternoon's 19-11 win over Bellarmine at Valley Fields to become the Marquette University men's lacrosse all-time points leader.
"With our strategy, just getting in the box was the biggest thing, we were really confident in our ability to beat them and get good looks when we were settled down," O'Grady said. "You could see in that third quarter we got away from that strategy, but early on we were going right at them. (Saturday's game at) Harvard, we kind of got pounced and we weren't able to come back so we wanted to do that today and it worked out for us."
O'Grady broke Ryan McNamara's previous record of 152 career points with his fourth point and third assist of the game for the Golden Eagles (3-3). That assist came on Carsen Brandt's first score of the day, which gave MU a 6-3 lead at 13:39 of the second quarter.
"I'm super grateful for all the guys on the team, not just this year, but all the years before. Just super excited for everyone that helped me get here. My family is here, which is really cool and all the coaches are awesome. I'm just really grateful for everyone."
The native of Milton, Massachusetts tied a career best with eight points and his five assists is the first time in his career that he's posted more than two in a single contest.
Fellow senior attackman Nolan Rappis also tied his single-game high with five goals to lead all players. He notched a hat trick by the 9:05 mark of the opening quarter as MU jumped out to a 4-0 lead.
"We've learned a lot about ourselves going against some really highly ranked opponents and we built a ton of momentum this week," said first-year head coach Jake Richard. "Our challenge to the team was to carry that into this game and they absolutely did that when we got off to a hot start. I'm really proud of them because that's not an easy thing to do with a short turnaround."
The Knights (3-5) pulled within 4-3 at the end of the first quarter before a 6-1 scoring run gave MU a commanding 10-4 lead late in the second quarter.
Bellarmine's John Alie scored twice to open the third and assisted a Michael Blaymires man-up score to pull BU back within a pair, 11-9, as things got tight. Rappis and Brandt scored twice to close the third and MU lengthened its lead in the final frame.
The Golden Eagles won 21-of-33 faceoffs in the victory, with all three of Adam Slager, Chandler Caster and Ty Ambush seeing time, and picked up 37 ground balls to 22 for the Knights.
NOTABLE:
Keep up with the Marquette men's lacrosse program through social media by following on X (@MarquetteMLax) and Instagram (@MarquetteMLax) and 'liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteMLax).
MILWAUKEE – Senior attackman Bobby O'Grady scored three goals and added five assists in Tuesday afternoon's 19-11 win over Bellarmine at Valley Fields to become the Marquette University men's lacrosse all-time points leader.
"With our strategy, just getting in the box was the biggest thing, we were really confident in our ability to beat them and get good looks when we were settled down," O'Grady said. "You could see in that third quarter we got away from that strategy, but early on we were going right at them. (Saturday's game at) Harvard, we kind of got pounced and we weren't able to come back so we wanted to do that today and it worked out for us."
O'Grady broke Ryan McNamara's previous record of 152 career points with his fourth point and third assist of the game for the Golden Eagles (3-3). That assist came on Carsen Brandt's first score of the day, which gave MU a 6-3 lead at 13:39 of the second quarter.
"I'm super grateful for all the guys on the team, not just this year, but all the years before. Just super excited for everyone that helped me get here. My family is here, which is really cool and all the coaches are awesome. I'm just really grateful for everyone."
The native of Milton, Massachusetts tied a career best with eight points and his five assists is the first time in his career that he's posted more than two in a single contest.
Fellow senior attackman Nolan Rappis also tied his single-game high with five goals to lead all players. He notched a hat trick by the 9:05 mark of the opening quarter as MU jumped out to a 4-0 lead.
"We've learned a lot about ourselves going against some really highly ranked opponents and we built a ton of momentum this week," said first-year head coach Jake Richard. "Our challenge to the team was to carry that into this game and they absolutely did that when we got off to a hot start. I'm really proud of them because that's not an easy thing to do with a short turnaround."
The Knights (3-5) pulled within 4-3 at the end of the first quarter before a 6-1 scoring run gave MU a commanding 10-4 lead late in the second quarter.
Bellarmine's John Alie scored twice to open the third and assisted a Michael Blaymires man-up score to pull BU back within a pair, 11-9, as things got tight. Rappis and Brandt scored twice to close the third and MU lengthened its lead in the final frame.
The Golden Eagles won 21-of-33 faceoffs in the victory, with all three of Adam Slager, Chandler Caster and Ty Ambush seeing time, and picked up 37 ground balls to 22 for the Knights.
NOTABLE:
- In addition to the career points mark, O'Grady is also the program record holder with 129 career goals.
- O'Grady's five assists are the second-most in program history in a single game. He's tied with four others behind Jake Stegman's six from last season against Detroit Mercy.
- Rappis tied his career high of five goals, which he notched in the Detroit Mercy game this season on March 8.
- Marquette true freshman Hayden Hiltz played the first meaningful minutes of his career as one of the team's top SSDM behind captain Peter Detwiler. Hiltz responded in a big way, picking up three ground balls and scoring his first career goal with 51 seconds remaining before halftime.
- Fellow freshman Noah Snyder continues to provide a dynamic dimension to the MU midfield, scoring a fourth-quarter goal and adding a career-high three assists. All 12 points from Snyder this season have come in the last three contests.
- MU posted a 50-28 edge in shots.
- As a team, the Golden Eagles entered the week third nationally in man-up opportunities with a .643 success rate (9-of-14) this season and were a perfect 3-for-3 on Tuesday.
- Marquette now owns a 6-5 edge in the all-time series against Bellarmine. BU had won the two prior contests to this season.
Keep up with the Marquette men's lacrosse program through social media by following on X (@MarquetteMLax) and Instagram (@MarquetteMLax) and 'liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteMLax).
Team Stats
BELL
MU
Shots
28
50
Turnovers
20
16
Caused Turnovers
6
13
Faceoffs Won
12
21
Extra-Man Opps
5
3
Ground Balls
22
37
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3
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Pen
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GB
3
CT
1
G
2
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
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