Liz Bartels scored early, Maddy Henry made eight saves, and Villanova provided the insurance for Marquette as the Golden Eagles beat Villanova 2-0 on Thursday afternoon. MU is now 5-2-0 in Big East action and, after the rest of the day’s action, they sit in third place in the conference table.
It’s a tightly packed top of the table, but as you can see from the up to the minute chart from the Big East, Marquette will be able to clinch a conference tournament berth with a win in their next outing.
Bartels was a fireball in the first half, letting rip on five shots in the opening 45 minutes, a total that would have stood up as the match high.