St. Louis, Mo. - The Marian women's lacrosse team opened their 2025 season traveling to St. Louis, Mo. to take on No. 6 Missouri Baptist. The Knights fell 9-13 to the Spartans. The Knights are now 0-1 on the year.

The Spartans opened up the first quarter with two unanswered goals before the 10 minute mark. The Knights took three shots on the quarter but were unsuccessful due to Missouri Baptist's goalies defensive skills, ending the quarter with the 2-0 lead over Marian.

The Knights brought the heat into the second quarter with four unanswered goals in the first five minutes of play. Rylie Boezeman and Ella Grace Giedd each recorded a singular goal while Ruby Mason was able to secure two. Giedd, Lizzie Piercy, and Alex Dean were each able to tally an assist on three of the four goals. With Marian in the 4-2 lead Missouri Baptist was able to decrease the margin with a goal at the 8:14 mark. Giedd with the assist of Dean and Tori Farkas with the assist of Piercy fired back at the Spartans push with a goal each. The home team fired off one more goal before the end of the quarter to bring the score 6-4 in favor of Marian. 

The Spartans dominated in the third quarter with four unanswered goals to draw the lead once more. The Knights fired off three shots, with three being a tad to wide and two being on target but couldn't compete with Missouri Baptist's defensive skills. The third quarter ended with a score of 8-6 in favor of the home team.

Much like every other quarter Missouri Baptist opened up with three goals to extend their 11-6 lead. Marian was able to fire back with an unassisted goal from Dean, a goal for Giedd off of a free position shot, and a goal from Boezman with the assist from Mason to bring the deficit down to two. Missouri Baptist was able to have the last strike scoring two more goals to end the game 13-9 and secure the victory over Marian.

Offensively Ella Grace Giedd led the team in goals with three while Ruby Mason and Rylie Boezeman had two. Tori Farkas and Alex Dean each had a goal as well. Dean and Mason led the team in shots with seven each. Dean also led the team in assists with Piercy where they both claimed a pair. Defensively Dean led the team in ground ball recoveries with five and caused turnovers with three. Mason led the team in draw controls as well with three.

Marian will be back in action tomorrow as they take on No. 5 Benedictine in Atchison, Kan. tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.. 

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