2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster
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Jersey Number 33
Meg Bireley
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Glenbrook South HS
- Hometown:
- Glenview, Ill.
Bio
Honors and Awards
All-BIG EAST First Team (2025)
IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region Second Team
IWLCA Senior All-Star Game selection (2025)
Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year (2025)
Preseason All-BIG EAST (2025)
All-BIG EAST First Team (2024)
MU's Most Valuable Player Award (2024)
BIG EAST Attacker of the Week (Feb. 12, 2024, March 4, 2024, March 18, 2024, Feb. 18, 2025, April 14, 2025)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 3, 2023, April 22, 2024, April 29, 2024, March 4, 2025, March 17, 2025, March 24, 2025)
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (April 11, 2022, April 18, 2022)
BIG EAST All-Academic (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
2025 (Sr.): 63G-16A-79 points … All-BIG EAST First Team ... IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region Second Team selection … Two-time BIG EAST Attacker of the Week … Four-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll … Became first player in program history to score 200 goals in their career and record over 250 points … Ended Marquette career as the program leader in goals (207), points (259), shots (504), shots on goal (367) and free position goals (43) … Became program’s all-time points leader vs. Detroit Mercy (March 16) … Became program’s all-time goals leader at Butler (March 22) … 63 goals is the second-most in a single season in program history … Hat-trick-or-better in 12 games … Top 10 in the nation and first in the BIG EAST averaging 3.94 goals per game … Led the nation at 10.63 shots per game and 7.50 shots on goal per game … Career-high nine points vs. Niagara (Feb. 28) and Detroit Mercy (March 16) … Eight points with seven goals vs. Xavier (March 29) … Four goals and one assist in Senior Day win vs. UConn (April 12) ... Ended season with 170 shots and 120 shots on goal, both single season program records ... CSC Academic All-District.
2024 (Jr.): 69G-7A-76 points … Started in all 17 games … Broke single season scoring record with 69 goals … Tied single season shot record with 152 ... Ended the season with 76 points, the third-most in a single season in program history … Scored in every game … 14 games with multiple goals … Eight goals at Ohio State (March 12) tied program’s single game high … Seven goals against Cincinnati (Feb. 11) in the season-opening win … Eight points at Niagara (March 3) with seven goals and one assist … Six goals one assists in last two games of the season at Xavier (April 20) and against Villanova (April 27) … Three-time BIG EAST Attacker of the Week … Unanimous selection to All-BIG EAST First Team.
2023 (So.): 44G-21A-65 points ... No. 10 all-time in career shots taken at Marquette ... In BIG EAST standings she ranked eighth in total assists (21) and assists per game (1.11), sixth in total goals (44), eleventh in goals per game (2.32), fourth in points (65), seventh in points per game (3.42), ninth in shots per game (5.37) and eight for shots on goal per game (4.16) ... Her single season records include ranking fourth for shots on goal (79), sixth for points (65) and goals (44) and ninth for shots (102) ... Ranked third on the team in total goals scored ... Started in all 19 games in the 2023 season ... Tallied two goals, one assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers in season opener against San Diego State (Feb. 12) ... Notched three goals and two assists against Cincinnati (Feb. 19) ... Netted five goals and assisted on another against No.3 Northwestern (Feb. 23) ... Picked up a career-high four ground balls while having another career-best of three caused turnovers to go with four goals and one assist against Eastern Michigan (March 24) ... Totaled a career-high six goals in a winning effort against Georgetown (April 1) ... Had three goals and one assist at Villanova (April 23) ... Put in a free position one goal in a hard fought overtime battle against UCONN in the BIG EAST Semifinal (April 29).
2022 (Fr.): 31G-8A-39 points ... Appeared in all 18 games during her freshman season ... Was one of the league's top freshmen, earning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors on a pair of occasions (April 11, April 18) ... Ranked fifth on the squad with 39 points and fourth with 31 goals ... Scored from the free position six times ... Scored at least one goal in each of the final 14 contests ... Tallied a season-best five points on a season-high four goals and one assist against Villanova (April 9) ... Matched that with a second-straight five-point outing against Butler (April 16) in the following game (three goals, two assists) ... Netted a hat trick in the BIG EAST Tournament against Georgetown (May 5) ... Also tallied six ground balls, three caused turnovers and a draw control on the year.
Prior to Marquette: Lettered (4x) in lacrosse at Glenbrook South High School under head coaches Annie Lesch (2018-20) and Devin McCue (2021) ... Also played three years of field hockey in high school ... A 2019 and 2021 First Team All-State honoree, Bireley all-conference and all-sectional in those two seasons (2020 season cut due to COVID) ... She led her team to a state runner-up finish in 2021 and a third place finish in 2019 ... Glenbrook South was sectional and super-sectional champions in both seasons ... She was named her team's Midfield MVP in 2021 and earned her school's Athletic Academic Award and Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete awards in all four years of high school ... Bireley scored 208 goals with 90 assists and 363 draw controls in her prep career ... She also earned a spot ion the Illinois National Team for the Women's National Tournament in 2018 ... She played club lacrosse for Team One Wildcat under head coach Jayne Roth.
Personal: Daughter of Kelly and Matt Bireley … Has an older sister, Greer, and a twin brother, Gavin ... Greer plays collegiate lacrosse for Butler … Birthday is October 16 ... Majoring in marketing.
All-BIG EAST First Team (2025)
IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region Second Team
IWLCA Senior All-Star Game selection (2025)
Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year (2025)
Preseason All-BIG EAST (2025)
All-BIG EAST First Team (2024)
MU's Most Valuable Player Award (2024)
BIG EAST Attacker of the Week (Feb. 12, 2024, March 4, 2024, March 18, 2024, Feb. 18, 2025, April 14, 2025)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 3, 2023, April 22, 2024, April 29, 2024, March 4, 2025, March 17, 2025, March 24, 2025)
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (April 11, 2022, April 18, 2022)
BIG EAST All-Academic (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
2025 (Sr.): 63G-16A-79 points … All-BIG EAST First Team ... IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region Second Team selection … Two-time BIG EAST Attacker of the Week … Four-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll … Became first player in program history to score 200 goals in their career and record over 250 points … Ended Marquette career as the program leader in goals (207), points (259), shots (504), shots on goal (367) and free position goals (43) … Became program’s all-time points leader vs. Detroit Mercy (March 16) … Became program’s all-time goals leader at Butler (March 22) … 63 goals is the second-most in a single season in program history … Hat-trick-or-better in 12 games … Top 10 in the nation and first in the BIG EAST averaging 3.94 goals per game … Led the nation at 10.63 shots per game and 7.50 shots on goal per game … Career-high nine points vs. Niagara (Feb. 28) and Detroit Mercy (March 16) … Eight points with seven goals vs. Xavier (March 29) … Four goals and one assist in Senior Day win vs. UConn (April 12) ... Ended season with 170 shots and 120 shots on goal, both single season program records ... CSC Academic All-District.
2024 (Jr.): 69G-7A-76 points … Started in all 17 games … Broke single season scoring record with 69 goals … Tied single season shot record with 152 ... Ended the season with 76 points, the third-most in a single season in program history … Scored in every game … 14 games with multiple goals … Eight goals at Ohio State (March 12) tied program’s single game high … Seven goals against Cincinnati (Feb. 11) in the season-opening win … Eight points at Niagara (March 3) with seven goals and one assist … Six goals one assists in last two games of the season at Xavier (April 20) and against Villanova (April 27) … Three-time BIG EAST Attacker of the Week … Unanimous selection to All-BIG EAST First Team.
2023 (So.): 44G-21A-65 points ... No. 10 all-time in career shots taken at Marquette ... In BIG EAST standings she ranked eighth in total assists (21) and assists per game (1.11), sixth in total goals (44), eleventh in goals per game (2.32), fourth in points (65), seventh in points per game (3.42), ninth in shots per game (5.37) and eight for shots on goal per game (4.16) ... Her single season records include ranking fourth for shots on goal (79), sixth for points (65) and goals (44) and ninth for shots (102) ... Ranked third on the team in total goals scored ... Started in all 19 games in the 2023 season ... Tallied two goals, one assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers in season opener against San Diego State (Feb. 12) ... Notched three goals and two assists against Cincinnati (Feb. 19) ... Netted five goals and assisted on another against No.3 Northwestern (Feb. 23) ... Picked up a career-high four ground balls while having another career-best of three caused turnovers to go with four goals and one assist against Eastern Michigan (March 24) ... Totaled a career-high six goals in a winning effort against Georgetown (April 1) ... Had three goals and one assist at Villanova (April 23) ... Put in a free position one goal in a hard fought overtime battle against UCONN in the BIG EAST Semifinal (April 29).
2022 (Fr.): 31G-8A-39 points ... Appeared in all 18 games during her freshman season ... Was one of the league's top freshmen, earning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors on a pair of occasions (April 11, April 18) ... Ranked fifth on the squad with 39 points and fourth with 31 goals ... Scored from the free position six times ... Scored at least one goal in each of the final 14 contests ... Tallied a season-best five points on a season-high four goals and one assist against Villanova (April 9) ... Matched that with a second-straight five-point outing against Butler (April 16) in the following game (three goals, two assists) ... Netted a hat trick in the BIG EAST Tournament against Georgetown (May 5) ... Also tallied six ground balls, three caused turnovers and a draw control on the year.
Prior to Marquette: Lettered (4x) in lacrosse at Glenbrook South High School under head coaches Annie Lesch (2018-20) and Devin McCue (2021) ... Also played three years of field hockey in high school ... A 2019 and 2021 First Team All-State honoree, Bireley all-conference and all-sectional in those two seasons (2020 season cut due to COVID) ... She led her team to a state runner-up finish in 2021 and a third place finish in 2019 ... Glenbrook South was sectional and super-sectional champions in both seasons ... She was named her team's Midfield MVP in 2021 and earned her school's Athletic Academic Award and Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete awards in all four years of high school ... Bireley scored 208 goals with 90 assists and 363 draw controls in her prep career ... She also earned a spot ion the Illinois National Team for the Women's National Tournament in 2018 ... She played club lacrosse for Team One Wildcat under head coach Jayne Roth.
Personal: Daughter of Kelly and Matt Bireley … Has an older sister, Greer, and a twin brother, Gavin ... Greer plays collegiate lacrosse for Butler … Birthday is October 16 ... Majoring in marketing.
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