Marquette Golden Eagles men's lacrosse

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Marquette Golden Eagles
men's lacrosse
Marquette Golden Eagles logo.svg
Founded2011;13 years ago (2011)
University Marquette University
Head coachJake Richard (since 2024 season)
Stadium Valley Fields
(capacity: 2,000)
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Conference Big East
Nickname Golden Eagles
ColorsBlue and gold [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
(2) - 2016, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
(2) - 2016, 2017

The Marquette Golden Eagles men's lacrosse team represents Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and competes in the Big East Conference of NCAA Division I. The Golden Eagles play their home games at Valley Fields starting in 2016 and were formerly coached by Joe Amplo.

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History

Starting a program

Marquette started talking about adding a new program to its offerings in the summer of 2010. The athletic department eventually settled on lacrosse since the school lacked a spectator spring sport, and by September the move was approved by the Board of Trustees. The University partnered with former college head coach Dave Cottle, who led the search committee for the program's first coach. Marquette introduced former Hofstra assistant Joe Amplo as head coach on February 27, 2011. [2]

2015: Put on the map

The first two years of play for the Golden Eagles went as expected. Marquette went 5–8 in its first season, earning the program's first victory on March 2, 2013 against Air Force, [3] and 6–10 in the second season. [3] It was 2015 when Amplo and his team started turning heads.

Marquette started its season defeating two straight ranked opponents, No. 18/16 Lehigh [4] and No. 17/19 Hofstra. [5] On February 16 the Golden Eagles entered the media and coaches' top 20 for the first time in program history. [6] They would move as high as 9th in the media poll. [7]

However, Marquette couldn't hold on down the stretch. Losses to Georgetown, [8] Bellarmine, [9] Notre Dame, [10] Duke [11] and Denver [12] ended the Golden Eagles tournament hopes.

Tournament Time

Despite the strong 2015 season, Marquette hadn't accomplished its goal of making the NCAA Tournament. The team wouldn't have to wait much longer.

After defeating Villanova in the first round of the BIG EAST tournament, the Golden Eagles shocked the lacrosse community on May 7, 2016, defeating then-No. 1 Denver 10-9 for the Golden Eagles' first BIG EAST title. The loss was the first for Denver in their three years of BIG EAST play and the Pioneers first home loss in 22 games. The win was only the second for a Marquette program over a top ranked team, and the first since the men's basketball team took down Kentucky in 2003. Liam Byrnes was named the tournament's most valuable player. [13]

The win propelled the Golden Eagles from an on-the-bubble team to the sixth best seed and Marquette's first tournament appearance in just its fourth season of play. Marquette hosted its first NCAA Tournament game on May 14, 2016, a 10–9 loss to perennial powerhouse North Carolina. [14] The Tar Heels would go on to defeat Maryland 14-13 in overtime for their first NCAA title since 1991. [15]

All-time head coaches

YearsHead CoachRecordPostseason
2012–2019Joe Amplo52-530–2
2020-2024Andrew Stimmel21-410–0
2025-Jake Richard——
–Total73-940–2

Season results

The following is a list of Marquette's results by season as an NCAA Division I program:

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Joe Amplo (Independent)(2012–2013)
2013Joe Amplo 5–8
Joe Amplo (Big East Conference)(2014–2019)
2014Joe Amplo 6–104–22nd
2015Joe Amplo 10–63–23rd
2016Joe Amplo 11–54–12nd NCAA Division I First Round
2017Joe Amplo 8–82–34th NCAA Division I First Round
2018Joe Amplo 6–83–2T–2nd
2019Joe Amplo 6–82–35th
Joe Amplo:52–53 (.495)18–13 (.581)
Andrew Stimmel (Big East Conference)(2020–2024)
2020Andrew Stimmel 3–40–0††
2021Andrew Stimmel 4–83–7T–4th
2022Andrew Stimmel 4–112–34th
2023Andrew Stimmel 6–81–45th
2024Andrew Stimmel 4–100–55th
Andrew Stimmel:21–41 (.339)6–19 (.240)
Total:73–94 (.437)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.

Awards

All-Americans

  • Tyler Melnyk (2014 Honorable Mention)
  • Liam Byrnes (2016 Second Team)
  • B.J. Grill (2016 Third Team)
  • Jake Richard (2016 Third Team)
  • Mason Woodward (2021 Honorable Mention)

Big East Coach of the Year

  • Joe Amplo (2014)

Big East Defensive Player of the Year

  • Liam Byrnes (2016)
  • Noah Richard (2019)

First-Team All-Big East Selections

  • B.J. Grill (2014, 2015)
  • Tyler Melnyk (2014)
  • Liam Byrnes (2015, 2016)
  • Kyle Whitlow (2015)
  • Ryan McNamara (2016, 2017)
  • Noah Richard (2018, 2019)
  • John Wagner (2018)
  • Nick Grill (2019)
  • Tanner Thomson (2019)
  • Bobby O'Grady (2022)
  • Devon Cowan (2021, 2023)
  • Mason Woodward (2021, 2023, 2024)

Golden Eagles in the Pros

Seven Golden Eagles were drafted in the Major League Lacrosse Draft, eight in the National Lacrosse League Draft and one in the Premier Lacrosse League Draft.

The following Golden Eagles players were selected in the Major League Lacrosse Draft:

PlayerYearTeam
Liam Byrnes2016 Florida Launch
Jake Richard2016 New York Lizards
B.J. Grill2016 Denver Outlaws
Ryan McNamara2017 Rochester Rattlers
Andy DeMichiei2017 Ohio Machine
Noah Richard2019 Chesapeake Bayhawks
Luke Anderson2020Chesapeake Bayhawks

[16]

The following Golden Eagles players were selected in the National Lacrosse League Draft:

PlayerYearTeam
Tyler Melnyk2014 Edmonton Rush
Andrew Smistad2014 Calgary Roughnecks
Liam Byrnes2016 Georgia Swarm
Kyle Whitlow2016 Colorado Mammoth
Tanner Thomson2019 Saskatchewan Rush
John Wagner2019 New York Riptide
Connor McClelland2020 Saskatchewan Rush
Mason Woodward2023 New York Riptide
Luke Williams2024 Calgary Roughnecks
Caleb Creasor2024 Saskatchewan Rush

[17] [18]

The following Golden Eagles players were selected in the Premier Lacrosse League Draft:

PlayerYearTeam
Noah Richard2019 Atlas Lacrosse Club
Mason Woodward2024 Utah Archers

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