Marquette Athletics | March 28, 2015 Whitlow's hat trick gives No. 12 Marquette sixth one-goal win Conor Gately scored two goals in Marquette's win. Share VILLANOVA, Penn. -- Marquette used a balanced effort on offense to emerge with a 9-8 victory on Saturday afternoon against Villanova at Villanova Stadium. The 12th-ranked Golden Eagles (8-1, 1-1 BIG EAST) were without the services of leading scorer Jordan Greenfield, but received a hat trick from Kyle Whitlow and a pair of goals each from Conor Gately and Blaine Fleming. Midfielder Ryan McNamara added a lone marker, while Grant Preisler scored just the second goal of his career with 6:46 to play to give MU an 8-7 lead. Goalie Jimmy Danaher made 10 big saves between the pipes for Marquette and defenseman B.J. Grill came up huge with a caused turnover with time winding down on Villanova's last offensive possession. Johnny Galloway scored four goals for the Wildcats (5-4, 0-1 BIG EAST), who dropped their third consecutive game. Villanova held the advantage in shots (42-26), ground balls (32-21) and won 11 more faceoffs than their counterparts from Milwaukee, but also turned the ball over four more times (15-11). See 34 NCAA tournament buzzer-beaters from 1977 to 2021 Here's your one-stop shop to reminisce upon 34 buzzer-beaters in March Madness history. READ MORE The 10 most tantalizing early round men's basketball conference tournament matchups March Madness correspondent Andy Katz ranks his top 10 conference tournament first-round or quarterfinal matchups of champs week that will be played Thursday or Friday. READ MORE Men's college basketball new coach rankings: How Marquette coach Shaka Smart has found a home in and built a Big East contender Milwaukee First year Marquette coach Shaka Smart checked in with March Madness correspondent Andy Katz to discuss his first season at the helm. READ MORE