Marquette Women’s Lacrosse Preview: vs UC Davis

This is the only UC Davis mascot picture available from either Getty or USA Today. TAKE MORE MASCOT PICTURES! | Credit: Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports The question is whether Marquette will grow from their narrow loss to #23 Georgetown or allow letting that game slip away from them carry over emotionally into this game, just two days later, much less the rest of their season.

At this point of the year, sitting at 5-4 through nine games and 0-1 in the Big East, it’s clear that the only way forward to calling this season a success will be by qualifying for the Big East tournament and getting some postseason participation on the board. We’ll get into it more this weekend, but there’s a clear pathway to one of the four conference tournament spots for Marquette right now after giving up a lead to the Hoyas. MU can’t impact that pathway at all on Monday afternoon, but taking care of business against UC Davis might be able to set themselves up for success through the remaining five games of league action.

You just can’t let one disappointing loss turn into a second one, and then go into what amounts to a must-win conference game carrying all of that baggage. Going into a league game that you need to win coming off a win after a strong performance against a ranked team even if that was a loss? That’s an entirely different can of worms, and it’s definitely one that head coach Meredith Black will want to open up for her troops for this matinee game.

Game #10: vs UC Davis (5-4) Date: Monday, March 23, 2026 Time: 12pm Central Location: Andy Glockner Memorial Bubble, Valley Fields, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Streaming: ESPN+ Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Bluesky Updates: @AnonymousEagle Marquette is 2-0 all time against UC Davis. The meetings have been spread out a bit, with Marquette winning 5-4 in overtime back in 2015 and then 19-17 three years ago . Both previous contests were in Davis, which is a little bit outside of Sacramento.