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NCAA DI Womens Lacrosse - 2023 Big East Semi-Final 1 - #2 Marquette Golden Eagles at #3 UConn Huskies, Morrone Field, Storrs, Connecticut.

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Marquette Women's Lacrosse defeats UCONN 12-9 at Valley Fields in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, 15 April 2023.

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Marquette Women’s Lacrosse at Georgetown on April 1, 2023

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Marquette Women's Lacrosse headshots during 2024 Media Day on Tuesday September 17, 2024 at the Al McGuire in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Brynna Nixon

Position:
Goalie
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Fife HS
Hometown:
Bonney Lake, Wash.

Honors and Awards
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (April 17, 2023, Feb. 18, 2025, March 4, 2025)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 20, 2023)

2025 (Sr.): Played in 15 games with 15 starts … Became program’s all-time wins leader with 25th career win over Detroit Mercy (March 16) … Recorded 300th save against Northwestern (March 7) the third player in program history to have over 300 saves … Ended Marquette career with the second-most minutes played (2,794), third-most saves (364) and fifth-best goals against average (13.57) … Four games with 10-or-more saves … Career-high 13 saves at Colorado (March 11) … 97 saves on 362 shots faced … .353 save percentage … 14.13 goals against average.

2024 (Jr.): Played in 16 games with 14 starts … 5-9 record … .329 save percentage … Totaled 92 saves … Third in the BIG EAST at 2.12 ground balls per game … Seventh in saves at 5.75 per game … Moved into second all-time in program history with 21 career wins … 11 saves and six ground balls at Jacksonville (Feb. 24) … 10 saves at Louisville (Feb. 16) … Career-high seven ground balls against Eastern Michigan (March 17).

2023 (So.): Started in all 19 games ... 15-4 record ... Totaled 147 saves ... .408 save percentage ... Four games with double-digit saves ... Seven ground balls and seven saves against San Diego State (Feb. 12) ... 11 saves against Northwestern (Feb. 23) ... 12 saves vs. Louisville (March 19) ... 11 saves at Georgetown (April 1) ... Career-high 14 saves vs. UConn (April 15).

2022 (Fr.): 1-0 record, 28 saves, .346 save percentage ... Made nine appearances in net during her freshman campaign, totaling 251 minutes ... Faced 108 shots ... Recorded 12 ground balls, including a season-high three versus Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament (May 5) ... Earned her first career win after totaling six saves in 45 minutes against Central Michigan (March 27) ... Posted a season-best nine saves at Louisville (Feb. 18).

Prior to Marquette: Nixon played four years of lacrosse at Fife High School, where she was a three-time all-conference and two-time all-state selection under coaches Brandon Hazzard and Curtice Estes ... Holds the Fife career save percentage record at 60.5 percent ... Helped the Trojans to league titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021 ... Played club lacrosse for the Seattle Starz under head coach Lyndsey Gillis ... Also played three years of basketball in high school, as well as one of softball and two of football.

Personal: Daughter of Jason and Shelli Nixon ... Has one older sibling, Maille ... Was the first female football player to throw a touchdown pass in the state of Washington ... Started playing football in the third grade ... Is majoring in political science.