On March 18th, Marquette men’s lacrosse beat then-#5 Penn State. I was a little surprised that a Golden Eagles team with a record of 4-3 was deserving of top 20 poll votes in the Inside Lacrosse rankings following that win, but they were earning the votes, and beating a top five team is impressive, so whatever, hooray for everyone.
Since then, Marquette has gone 2-3, including losses in three of their last four games and losses in both games they played since last week’s poll came out with MU still earning votes. Both losses were to ranked teams, with then-#6 Cornell smashing the Golden Eagles 21-11 in Ithaca, followed by then-#10 Georgetown squeaking out a 15-14 overtime victory at Valley Fields.