Marquette women’s lacrosse officially began their season Sunday, falling 18-3 to No. 7 Notre Dame.
The Fighting Irish got out to a hot start in the first half, scoring four goals in the first 10 minutes. It wasn’t until the 12:13 mark that Marquette got on the board when sophomore Shea Garcia found the back of the net. Junior Caroline Steller followed up with another Golden Eagle goal seven minutes after.
Marquette trailed 11-2 at halftime and both Notre Dame’s Maddie Howe and Samantha Lynch scored three goals in the first half.
ND’s pace did not slow down in the second half outscoring Marquette 7-1 in the half cruising to a dominating 18-3 victory.