Lacrosse’s Renaissance Man Ranked Top 25

Black’s crew earns first ever national ranking,

comes in at No. 24

By John Leuzzi john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

For the first time in program history, Marquette women’s lacrosse is nationally ranked.

The Golden Eagles, who have been receiving votes since April 10, made a showing at No. 24 in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Top 25.

Here is what you need to know on the Golden Eagles:

• Marquette’s 15 overall wins are the most wins in program history.

Senior pays it forward in coaching role with Faceoff Factory

By John Gunville john.gunville@marquette.edu

Ground-breaking researcher. Band member. Coach. Rock climber. Photographer. Owner of the highest career faceoff win percentage in Marquette men’s lacrosse history.

This list of epithets worthy of any historic hero belongs to none other than senior face-off specialist Cole Emmanuel.

Emmanuel is majoring in physics and working with Marquette professors on a research project on top of his full-time schedule as a student-athlete.

“We’re studying the biomechanics of face-offs,” Emmanuel said. “One professor from the department, Dr. Vigil, she comes to every game. She has a press pass, she sits on the midline with a super, super high-speed camera, NFL quality, and films every single face off.”

Having experienced major changes prior to the 2015 season and the 2021 season, face- offs are still being figured out by both the NCAA and by face-off specialists. Emmanuel’s study will be the first of its kind.

“There hasn’t been a single scientifically credible analysis of the position ever,” Emmanuel said. “The first thing you do when you’re doing this level of a research project is you look at similar projects. You look at how they analyze things, what methods you can use and there’s just not a single one.”

Junior face-off specialist Luke Rios said Emmanuel’s analytical approach is

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a welcome addition to the face-off room.

“It’s very helpful the approach he has to it because we’re able to really analyti-

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• With its 12-8 win at Villanova Sunday, Marquette secured its eighth road win of the season. It is the first time in program history that the Golden Eagles finished with a perfect 8-0 road record.

• The Golden Eagles are one of six teams in the nation with one or fewer losses this season.

Marquette will round out its regular season Saturday at 12 p.m. CST against No. 3 Denver at Valley Fields. With a win, the Golden Eagles will clinch their first Big East regular season title and the No. 1 seed in next week’s Big East Tournament.