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Marquette women's basketball celebrates in its 64-59 win over Creighton in the BIG EAST semifinals' on Mar. 7 2020. (Photo courtesy of the BIG EAST Conference.)

PREVIEW: Women’s basketball looks to right the ship in BIG EAST title game

John Leuzzi , Sports Audio Procuder • March 8, 2021

Marquette women’s basketball looks for its first BIG EAST Tournament Championship since 2017, taking on the No. 1 UConn Huskies Monday night in the finals at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. The...

Jordan King (23) goes in for a layup against Creighton defense Sunday evening. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

Marquette advances to fifth-straight BIG EAST title game

Sam Arco, Sports Reporter • March 7, 2021

The Marquette women's basketball team will head to its fifth consecutive BIG EAST Championship game Monday night after defeating the Creighton Bluejays 64-59 this evening in the BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals.   The...

The Marquette women's soccer team claims a win in their BIG EAST Conference opener game on Sunday afternoon (Photo Courtesy of Marquette Athletics).

Defense comes up big as WSOC stays undefeated after BIG EAST opener

Bryan Geenen, Sports Reporter • March 7, 2021

Marquette women's soccer remains undefeated after taking down the DePaul Blue Demons 2-0 in a mid-afternoon showdown in Chicago. Marquette's two goals came from Katrina Wetherell and Elsi Twombly. The...

Jamal Cain (23) dribbles in Marquette's win over Xavier on National Marquette Day March 6.

Golden Eagles close regular season on high note

Nick Galle, Assistant Sports Editor • March 7, 2021

The Marquette Golden Eagles (13-13, 8-11 BIG EAST) finished their regular season strong with a 66-59 win over the Xavier Musketeers (13-7, 6-7 BIG EAST) on National Marquette Day. It was also Senior...

First-year forward Liza Karlen shoots a jumper in Marquette's win over Providence on Saturday evening (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

Marquette advances to BIG EAST Tournament semifinals

Molly Gretzlock, Assistant Sports Editor • March 6, 2021

The Marquette women’s basketball team defeated No. 7 Providence 68-43 in the BIG EAST quarterfinals behind a strong offensive surge from redshirt senior forward Lauren Van Kleunen. The Golden Eagles...

Senior outside hitter Kaitlyn Lines (9) and her teammates celebrate during the squad's sweep of Butler on Saturday afternoon (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

No. 24 Marquette takes care of Butler in dominant fashion

Jackson Gross, Sports Reporter • March 6, 2021

The Marquette Golden Eagles (9-3, 4-2 BIG EAST) took down the Butler Bulldogs (4-6, 1-3 BIG EAST) on the road in dominant fashion, collecting their seventh straight set victory of the year, winning by...

Lukas Sunesson (9) makes his way past the Creighton defense in the squad's match with the Bluejays on Feb. 20. The junior forward had two goals in Saturday afternoon's 3-1 win against the DePaul Blue Demons (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

Marquette takes home win in first match on road

Nick Galle, Assistant Sports Editor • March 6, 2021

Junior forward Lukas Sunesson scored two goals to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles (4-1, 1-1 BIG EAST) to their first win on the road over the DePaul Blue Demons (0-2-2, 0-2 BIG EAST) on Saturday afternoon. First-year...

Garret Moya (19) works against a Georgetown defender in Marquette's 20-13 loss to the Hoyas on Saturday morning (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

Marquette melts in second half to No. 4 Georgetown

Jack Lewandowski, Sports Reporter • March 6, 2021

Coming into today's game, the Marquette's men's lacrosse team lost two games by a combined margin of three points to Denver and Villanova. Todays match against No. 4 Georgetown seemed as if it wouldn't...

Marquette lost their first game in a month on Friday against Butler (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

No. 24 Marquette loses in five sets to Butler

Molly Gretzlock, Assistant Sports Editor • March 5, 2021

The No. 24 Marquette Golden Eagles (8-3, 3-2 BIG EAST) lost to the Butler Bulldogs (4-5, 1-2 BIG EAST) in five sets Friday evening at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. This is the Golden Eagles'...

The Marquette Women's Lacrosse team got redemption against Central Michigan University on Friday afternoon (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics).

Women’s lacrosse wins third-straight game

Sam Arco, Sports Reporter • March 5, 2021

The Marquette women’s lacrosse team avenged its earlier loss this season to Central Michigan University with a dominating 15-4 victory Friday afternoon at Valley Fields.   After starting the season...

Redshirt junior guard Greg Elliott (5) shoots a jumper during Marquette's matchup with the DePaul Blue Demons on Tuesday night (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

Marquette spoils DePaul’s Senior Night, avoids season sweep

Zoe Comerford, Executive Sports Editor • March 3, 2021

Although it was not the prettiest game by any means, the Marquette Golden Eagles headed down I-94 to Wintrust Arena Tuesday night and snuck out with a 77-71 win over the DePaul Blue Demons on their Senior...

Steve Wojciechowski (kneeling front center) during his home visit in fall 1993 on the evening of his commitment to Duke. (Photo courtesy of Mike Dahlem and Philip Forte.)

A journey filled with overcoming adversity: Wojciechowski’s ‘beat-the-odds’ mentality from Cardinal Gibbons to Marquette

Zoe Comerford, Executive Sports Editor • March 2, 2021
Steve Wojciechowski has overcome numerous obstacles throughout his career to get to where he is today. His former teacher, teammate and coaches credit his success to his toughness and beat-the-odds mentality.
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