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Marquette comes up short in season opener against Denver

The Marquette Golden Eagles (0-1, 0-1 BIG EAST) fell to the Denver Pioneers (3-2, 1-0 BIG EAST) 10-9 Saturday afternoon in their first game of the 2021 spring season.

Junior midfielder Alex Simmons led the charge for Denver and posted his first career hat trick after scoring three goals in the first quarter. Simmons would finish with four on the game, all of which came in the first half.

Marquette redshirt junior attacker Griffin Fleming posted a hat trick in his first game since 2019. He also assisted redshirt junior attacker Anthony Orsini’s goal in the third quarter to finish with four points on the afternoon.