Bireley Breaks All-Time Goals Record in BIG EAST Opening Win at Butler Saturday

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Marquette University women’s lacrosse senior attacker Meg Bireley broke the all-time goals record on Saturday in MU’s 16-5 BIG EAST opening win over Butler on Saturday.

Bireley opened up the scoring with her 176th goal of her career to pass Grace Gabriel (2016-19) for the most career goals in program history.

The Golden Eagles (6-3, 1-0 BIG EAST) led 9-2 at half and held the Bulldogs scoreless in the second quarter. Bireley had four of MU’s first nine goals.

Marquette held Butler to just three goals the last three quarters.

Tess Osburn tied her career-high of six points with two goals and a career-high four assists.

NOTABLES:

• Marquette improves to 9-0 all-time against Butler.
• Meg Bireley became the all-time leader in shots with 437 for her career.
• Isabelle Casucci had her second hat trick of the season.

UP NEXT: Marquette hosts Arizona State on Tuesday, March 25 at noon CT at Valley Fields.

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NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.