Big East coaches are buying Marquette women’s basketball stock.
The Golden Eagles — the only Division I team to return all of its players from last season — were picked second in the conference preseason poll with 85 votes, just 15 behind the conference leader UConn. It’s an eight-place jump from last year for the blue & gold, the largest increase from one year’s preseason poll to the next in conference history.
EVERYONE is BACK. Expectations are high in MKE.#WeAreMarquette | #playwithHEART pic.twitter.com/G6iigQgybi
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Three Marquette players were also named to the preseason All-Big East first team: fifth-year guard Lee Volker, junior forward Skylar Forbes and junior guard Halle Vice. Three player honorees is the most the program has seen since 2018 with four.
Forbes — who was named to the 2024-25 all-conference first team — led the team in points-per-game (15.8), 3-pointers made (49), and free throw percentage (.909.)
Volker clocked in 1000 minutes on the court last season, and got to work averaging career-highs of 12.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals.
And Vice put up big defensive numbers, averaging 7.4 per game for 236 total.
Not 1️⃣ , not 2️⃣ BUT 3️⃣ Golden Eagles named to the All-@BIGEAST preseason team.#WeAreMarquette | #playwithHEART pic.twitter.com/PaJJR7eTk2
— Marquette WBB (@MarquetteWBB) October 21, 2025
The second season of the Cara Consuegra era starts Nov. 3 against Winthrop.
This article was written by Sofie Hanrahan. She can be reached @sofia.hanrahan@marquette.edu or on Twitter @SofieHanrahanMU.