Marquette came up short at Ohio State Friday afternoon, losing 11-9 after a back-and-forth game.
Neither team led by more than two goals in the first half, and Marquette had a 5-4 lead at halftime. Marquette scored two goals within the first six minutes of the second half, including senior Grace Gabriel’s third goal of the day. MU had a 7-4 lead, but then Ohio State shut out the Golden Eagles for the next 10 minutes and went on a 4-0 run. Liza Hernandez scored three of the Buckeyes’ four goals.
Menzuber put an end to Ohio State’s 4-0 run with 13 minutes left and scored her second goal of the day to tie the game at 8-8, but two more goals for Ohio State made the score 10-8.