JACKSONVILLE,\u00a0Fla. –\u00a0The Marquette University women’s lacrosse team (3-3)\u00a0fell to\u00a0Jacksonville\u00a0(4-0),\u00a015-13,\u00a0Sunday\u00a0afternoon\u00a0in the Sunshine State.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Golden Eagles were led by Sarah Beth Burns<\/a>, who tied a career-high with four goals, including two from the free-position. Dani Serrano<\/a> led with six points (two goals, career-high four assists), while Hanna Bodner<\/a>, Tess Osburn<\/a>, and Ella Mautz<\/a> each added a pair of scores.\u00a0Burns and Riley Jenkins<\/a> each tallied four draw controls, while the goalkeeping duo of Mikayla Yang<\/a> and Jillian Howell<\/a> combined for nine saves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n After the hosts scored the opening goal, Bodner found the back of the net on the ensuing possession to knot the game at one. A\u00a0string of three-straight goals pulled the score to 4-1 for the Dolphins,\u00a0the Golden Eagles answered with a\u00a0six-goal stretch of their own, including\u00a0two each\u00a0from Serrano\u00a0and Burns, to take a\u00a0three-goal\u00a0lead\u00a0early in the second period.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Dolphins\u00a0stopped the Golden Eagle rally\u00a0with a pair of scores,\u00a0but a huge save from\u00a0Howell and a behind-the-net feed from Serrano to Osburn brought the lead back to two for Marquette.\u00a0JU would score the next\u00a0four-straight to retake the lead,\u00a010-8, heading into halftime.\u00a0<\/p>\n A defensive battle broke out to open the third period, as it took\u00a0nearly eight\u00a0minutes for a team to score, but Osburn found the back of the net off an assist from Adrianna Commodari<\/a>\u00a0to break the scoring drought\u00a0and bring\u00a0MU within one.\u00a0Marquette found the equalizer from Jenkins, knotting the game at 10, but\u00a0the Dolphins\u00a0would score the two-straight\u00a0to regain the lead.\u00a0Burns tallied her third of the day off\u00a0an eight-meter attempt to\u00a0cut the deficit, but\u00a0JU would tally a late score\u00a0to lead, 13-11, heading into the final quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n JU would add\u00a0another two to open the fourth, extending the lead to four, 15-11, but Mautz would find her second goal of the game to end the scoring run and bring the Golden Eagles within three.\u00a0Burns added her\u00a0fourth with\u00a0under two to go to cut the deficit to two, but\u00a0timely\u00a0saves led to the hosts taking the game, 15-13.\u00a0<\/p>\n UP NEXT\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n MU\u00a0wraps their season-long\u00a0four-game\u00a0road stretch this Friday, March\u00a06 at Youngstown State. First draw is set for 11 a.m. CT.\u00a0<\/p>\n NOTABLES\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tTess Osburn<\/a> scored\u00a0two\u00a0goals, the first time scoring multiple goals in a game since Feb. 13 against Central Michigan and her fourth time this season\u00a0
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\n\t\tOsburn moved to fifth all-time in career goals scored\u00a0with 128 career goals, surpassing\u00a0former Golden Eagle great\u00a0Megan\u00a0Menzuber\u00a0
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\n\tHanna Bodner<\/a> tallied\u00a0multiple goals\u00a0for the fifth time this season, finishing with\u00a0two\u00a0
\n\tSarah Beth Burns<\/a> posted her\u00a0first hat trick of the season,\u00a0tying\u00a0a career-high\u00a0with\u00a0four\u00a0goals\u00a0
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\n\t\tBurns has tallied a score in each game she has played this season, and tallied her\u00a0fourth game with multiple goals this season\u00a0\u00a0
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\n\tDani Serrano<\/a> recorded her fourth game this season with 5+ points, recording\u00a0six\u00a0points this afternoon\u00a0
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\n\t\tSerrano posted\u00a0two\u00a0goals, her fourth of the season with multiple goals\u00a0
\n\t\tSerrano posted\u00a0a career-high\u00a0four\u00a0assists, her third\u00a0game\u00a0of the season with\u00a03+\u00a0assists\u00a0
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