Gotta have the ball to score and the Golden Eagles did not do that in the rain in Rhode Island.
We can keep this recap of Saturday’s men’s lacrosse game between Marquette and Providence extremely light and breezy.
You can count offensive possessions in a lacrosse game by adding up faceoff wins, clearance attempts, and failed opponent clearance attempts. In Marquette’s case on Saturday, that number adds up to 31.
Marquette’s turnovers, by quarter, on Saturday at Chapey Field in Rhode Island: 5, 8, 4, 5. That adds up to 22.
Marquette turned the ball over on 22 of their 31 possessions in this game. That is 70.97% of the time.
Was it raining and generally speaking awful in Providence? Sure was, but the Friars didn’t have any problems, coughing it up just 10 times on their 37 offensive possessions. That left them 27 useable possessions, and the Friars turned those into a goal 14 times.
Your final: Providence 14, Marquette 2.
Bad! And! Lightyears worse than last week’s very tough double OT loss to #14 Georgetown.
Up Next: Marquette takes their 6-5 overall record and their 1-2 Big East record off to Philadelphia next week. They’ll face Villanova on Saturday, April 19, with first draw set for 11am Central time. The Wildcats are 6-5 on the year but a perfect 3-0 in the Big East after beating St. John’s 10-7 at home on Saturday.