In a high-scoring affair, the Butler women's lacrosse team was defeated 22-16 by the Marquette Golden Eagles on Wednesday afternoon. Butler falls to 5-8 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST, while Marquette improves to 14-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play.
How it happened
Marquette opened the game hot on offense by scoring the game's first five goals. Elise Latham scored the first goal of the day for the Bulldogs off an assist from Kaley Attaway. Butler scored three more goals and allowed four goals to trail 9-4 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Butler went on a run of their own. Luci Selander led the charge, scoring three of Butler's five consecutive goals. Attaway and Kate Kaptrosky also got on the board with goals of their own to tie things up at 10 a piece with 6:26 left in the half. The Golden Eagles answered the run with four straight goals, but Butler finished the second quarter with three consecutive goals from Kaptrosky, Ella Squibb, and Leah Rubino to cut the deficit to one goal at halftime.
Following a high-scoring battle in the first half, the second half began with a defensive battle. Only three goals were scored in the quarter. Marquette scored two of them and Lauren Dunne scored one. The rest of the quarter was full of defensive stops with Lauren Buckley leading the way for Butler. Buckley had seven of her career-high 12 saves in the third, keeping Butler in the game down just 16-14.
Marquette was able to put it away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Butler 6-2.
Notable Stats
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Luci Selander logged a career-high eight points. The contest was also the second time this season she has scored five goals or more in a single game.
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Lauren Buckley made a career-high 12 saves.
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Butler scored nine goals in the second quarter, the most in a quarter this season. They also scored 13 goals in the first half, the most in any half this season.
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22 of Butler's 25 shots were on goal.
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Eight different players scored a goal in the game.
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Ella Squibb and Ella Bolin scored their first goals of the season.
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Marquette's Mary Schumar led the game in points (11) and assists (9)
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Marquette's Ellie Henry earned 15 of the Golden Eagles' 26 draw controls.
Up Next
Butler hosts UConn for Senior Day on Saturday. First draw is set for 11 a.m.