Colorado
Marquette
No. 19 Buffaloes to Take on Marquette
March 07, 2024 | Lacrosse
BOULDER — The No. 19 Colorado Buffaloes are set to play the Marquette Golden Eagles Friday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 2 p.m. It will be the final non-conference game for CU before they open up Pac-12 play.
The Buffs sit at 4-2 through six games, with both losses coming against top-10 ranked teams. Marquette is also 2-4 through their first six games.
Colorado is coming off a week on the road where they split against Central Michigan and No. 6 Michigan. They took care of business against the Chippewas, but fell short in Ann Arbor against the Wolverines.
"I think since Michigan we have regrouped and been focused in film and practice," Ann Elliott Whidden stated. "We are excited to play. We have to find success on the road to be successful this season, and this will be a great test for us. Our leadership will be huge for us and I know our crew is focused on the mission at hand."
Senior midfielder Madeline Pisani continued her streak of scoring three or more times in a single game, and has done so in all six games for her squad this season. She has 24 goals overall, still atop the leader board for the Pac-12 Conference.
Those 24 goals on the season are the most goals scored by a CU player in the the first six games of a single season. The previous-high was 23 goals scored by Charlie Rudy in the first six contests of the 2021 season.
Jess Peluso currently leads the Pac-12 Conference with 12 caused turnovers and is third in ground balls with 13. She logged a career-high four CTO's against Michigan last week.
Marquette opened their season with a win over Cincinnati, but would drop the following three games. Two of those losses came against Louisville and Northwestern on the road, the two opponents CU has played at home so far this year.
The second win for the Golden Eagles was over Detroit Mercy, and most recently lost to Niagara this past Sunday.
"Looking forward to another opportunity to play," coach Whidden said. "This is a good Marquette team and their record doesn't reflect what they are capable of doing. They were in NCAA tournament last year, they have played solid teams leading up to us and we have to come out strong and focused on the details. The difference for us will be in our commitment to the details."
INSIDE THE SERIES
These two teams haven't played each other since the 2017 season, when the Buffaloes captured an impressive 20-6 win in Boulder.
CU is 3-0 all-time against Marquette, winning those games consecutively in 2015, 2016, 2017. Two of those wins were at home while the other was on the road. Marquette has yet to score more than eight goals in a single game against Colorado.
Friday's game can be streamed here. Live stats can be found here.
