Marquette women’s lacrosse came into Monday’s game against No. 4 Northwestern with a lot to prove.
The Golden Eagles were coming off their first loss at Louisville, looking to get their first road win of the season and get back above .500, all while beating the Northwestern Wildcats for the first time in program history.
Alas, Marquette (1-2) fell short, losing to No. 1 Northwestern (2-1) 21-3 at Ryan Fieldhouse.
Marquette’s turnovers bring scoring consequences
Northwestern came out hot with the first goal of the game in under 20 seconds. While junior Meg Bireley was able to equalize for Marquette just 57 seconds later, it would be the Golden Eagles’ only goal for the next 25 minutes.