We are approaching the start of the 2022 Marquette women’s lacrosse season! We’d better get started on doing some season previewing, huh?
Let’s start with some important things to remember from last season.
- Marquette went 7-9 overall with a record of 4-6 in Big East play
- The Golden Eagles went into the final weekend of conference action with a hope to get into the Big East tournament, and picked up the two wins over Butler that they needed.... but did not get the help elsewhere in the league standings to make that happen
- MU had splits with both Villanova and Georgetown, both on the road, and lost one goal games against both Connecticut and #19 Denver for four of their six losses against Big East foes
- Megan Menzuber led the team in both goals (40) and points (55)
- Caroline Steller led the team in assists with 16
- Erin Dowdle led all Golden Eagles in ground balls (38) and caused turnovers (21)
- Marquette had 15 seniors on the roster thanks in part to four players returning for the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the 2020 season getting shut down in the middle due to the pandemic
- Those 15 seniors include both of MU’s top two scorers and four of the six women who tallied at least 20 points
- It also includes all three women who gathered at least 20 ground balls
- And two of the three women who had at least 10 caused turnovers
- And three of the five women who had at least 10 draw controls, including Emily Cooper who led the team with 96
- And both Sophia Leva and Julianna Horning who combined to play every single minute in net
That 15 seniors part is probably the most impactful part of all of that.