Marquette men’s lacrosse entered its regular season finale against No. 18 Denver Friday night with BIG EAST Tournament implications on the line all around the conference.
The Golden Eagles suffered a 16-8 loss to the Pioneers at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, locking up the No. 4 seed in next week’s conference tournament.
Redshirt sophomore attacker Jake Stegman opened the scoring for Marquette just two minutes into the contest, but Denver would respond with five-straight goals to end the first quarter leading 5-1.
The Pioneers wouldn’t stop the scoring there, however, as they would extend their lead to 7-1 before redshirt sophomore attacker Devon Cowan stopped the home sides’ 7-0 scoring run and the Golden Eagles’ 17-minute goalless streak at the time.