Marquette athletics announced plans to honor late men’s lacrosse players Scott Michaud and Noah Snyder, who were killed in car crash on Sept. 5. There will be moments of silence before every athletic program’s first home competitions, starting with this weekend’s volleyball, women’s soccer and men’s soccer matches, the university wrote in a news release Thursday. Teams will … [Read more...] about Marquette athletics announces plans to honor Scott Michaud and Noah Snyder during competitions
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Club swim team ready to make a splash with full season in new rec center
“Dark.” “Crammed.” “Old yellow-ish lighting.” That is how club swim president, Jake Van Lanen, a junior in the College of Education, described the former practice location for Marquette club swim. The team was forced to practice in the basement of Straz Tower amid the construction of the new Wellness + Helfaer Recreation Facility over the course of the last two years. “We had … [Read more...] about Club swim team ready to make a splash with full season in new rec center
A spear is just one way Chris Allen is sharpening women’s soccer team’s culture
Chris Allen walked along the beaches of Lake Michigan in Port Washington, looking for a flat stone and a piece of driftwood to make a spear. Yes, it was going to be used for hunting — but not in the traditional sense. It was going to be used to hunt opposing teams. After every game, Allen hands out his ‘Tip of the Spear” MVP award — a literal spear. The player who receives it … [Read more...] about A spear is just one way Chris Allen is sharpening women’s soccer team’s culture
Natalie Ring ‘walking the walk’ in career season
Natalie Ring is right where she wants to be. Here, in Marquette volleyball head coach Tom Mendoza’s office, sitting cross-legged on one of his black leather chairs, sipping an Emergen-C Vitamin C drink. Here, donning a championship blue Marquette volleyball long-sleeve t-shirt. Here, hours before the 2025 home-opener against Western Kentucky, talking about what her senior … [Read more...] about Natalie Ring ‘walking the walk’ in career season
Flooding damage keeping Valley Fields pavilion closed
Mike Jahner was in the Wisconsin Dells when the early August 1,000-year flood ruined parts of Milwaukee, and damaged Marquette’s campus. That, coupled with the high water levels, was why the Menomonee River Valley was inaccessible and Jahner heard about Valley Fields’s damage only through overhead pictures from the North 16th Street viaduct. But it was enough that Jahner, … [Read more...] about Flooding damage keeping Valley Fields pavilion closed