Valley Fields during Marquette women’s lacrosse’s game against Georgetown April 13 was a sea of purple. The players wore a purple ribbon around their hair or on their shoelaces and fans in the stands repped purple bands, bags, water bottles and pins. This color coordination wasn’t to support a team — it was to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer. The women’s lacrosse program … [Read more...] about Marquette played annual ‘PanCan’ game to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer
Consuegra’s return is new start for MUWBB
On Wednesday, April 17, it was formally announced that the Marquette women’s basketball team had found their new head coach Cara Consuegra. After a brief stint in the WNBA, Consuegra became an assistant at Marquette from 2004-2011, before spending 13 years as the head coach at Charlotte and amassing a 225-169 record. Marquette valued her history with the program in … [Read more...] about Consuegra’s return is new start for MUWBB
‘I won the match of my life’: Teddy Wong overcame rare brain tumor in high school
Feb. 11, 2020 was the day Teddy Wong’s life changed forever. Just three weeks prior, Teddy — a sophomore in high school at the time — had experienced a grand mal seizure in the middle of the night and was rushed to the hospital. After several tests, it was his mother and father who received the news first — a benign tumor was found in Teddy’s brain, pressing on his optic nerve … [Read more...] about ‘I won the match of my life’: Teddy Wong overcame rare brain tumor in high school
JOURNAL: Burnout
According to the University of Michigan School of Public Health, only 10% of college athletes who struggle with mental health issues seek help. At Marquette, a student-athlete club called SHAPE is working to change this statistic by continuing the conversation of mental health awareness in college athletics. SHAPE stands for Student Health Allies and Peer Educators and the club … [Read more...] about JOURNAL: Burnout
Plugged-in: A New Era
Plugged-in is your one-stop shop for all things Marquette Athletics from the past seven days. Look for Plugged-in every Monday morning. The Cara Consuegra Era Begins Cara Consuegra was hired as the seventh head coach in Marquette women’s basketball history Wednesday, replacing Megan Duffy who left for Virginia Tech. Consuegra was an assistant at Marquette under former head … [Read more...] about Plugged-in: A New Era