WLAX Travels to Georgetown Saturday for BIG EAST Regular Season Finale

The Marquette University women’s lacrosse team travels to Georgetown on Saturday, April 19 at 11 a.m. CT for its BIG EAST regular season finale.

FS1 has the national television broadcast with Cooper Boardman (play-by-play) and Monika Moore (analyst) on the call.

Marquette and Georgetown have met 14 times with the Hoyas leading the all-time series, 10-4. Two of MU’s wins in the series have come in the last five games including winning at Georgetown during the 2023 season.

BIRELEY NAMED BIG EAST ATTACKER OF THE WEEK
• Meg Bireley earned her second BIG EAST Attacker of the Week honor of the season on Monday.
• Bireley had four goals, one assist and one caused turnover in Marquette’s win over UConn.

BODNER NAMED BIG EAST MIDFIELDER OF THE WEEK
• Hanna Bodner earned BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week honors on Monday for the fourth time this season.
• Bodner had five goals, three draw controls and two caused turnovers in the win over the Huskies.

VELNER EARNS SPOT ON BIG EAST WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
• Mary Velner earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday, her first weekly honor of her career.
• Velner tied her career-highs with three ground balls and three caused turnovers in the win over UConn.

BIRELEY AMONG NCAA LEADERS ON OFFENSE
• Meg Bireley is first in the BIG EAST and seventh in the nation with 57 goals on the season.
• The senior attacker is first in the conference and eighth nationally averaging over a hat trick per game at 4.07 goals per outing.
• Bireley is first in the nation at 10.64 shots per game and 7.50 shots on goal per game.

GOLDEN EAGLES OFFENSE SOARING
• Marquette is fourth in the BIG EAST and 29th in the nation at 13.71 goals per game.
• The Golden Eagles are 17th in the nation in shots per game (33.07), 29th in points per game (20.21) and 29th in assists per game (6.50).

DEFENSE AMONG NATION’S BEST IN CAUSING TURNOVERS
• Marquette is second in the BIG EAST and 16th in the nation causing 10.36 turnovers a game.
• The Golden Eagles have three players who have 15-or-more CTs on the season in Hanna Bodner (17), Mary Velner (16), and Taylor Kotschevar (15).
• MU is ninth in the nation at 19.43 ground balls per game.

BIRELEY FIRST IN PROGRAM HISTORY TO 200 GOALS, 250 CAREER POINTS
• Senior attacker Meg Bireley has 201 career goals and 252 career points in 68 career games with 50 starts for the Golden Eagles.
• Bireley is one of six active players with 200+ career goals and one of 12 active players with 250+ career points.

OSBURN THREE AWAY FROM 100 CAREER GOALS
• Junior attacker Tess Osburn is one goal away from becoming the ninth player in program history to have 100 goals in their career at Marquette.

BODNER CAREER YEAR
• Senior midfielder Hanna Bodner has registered career-highs in points (9), goals (8), assists (4), ground balls (6), draw controls (6) and caused turnovers (3) in the first 13 games this season.
• Bodner is a four-time BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week honoree this season and has 51 points this year (42g, 9a) after having 27 points total her first three years.

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