2 members of Marquette men’s lacrosse team killed in car crash in Milwaukee on Friday

Two members of the Marquette men’s lacrosse team were killed in a car crash near campus on Friday, the school announced Saturday. Other members of the team, who were in the car at the time of the incident, were hospitalized and treated for injuries.

Though Marquette initially declined to identified the students, the school later confirmed that the two players who were killed are Noah Snyder and Scott Michaud, both sophomores. Snyder was an attacking player from Irving, New York, while Michaud was a goalie from Springboro, Ohio.

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“Please keep Noah and Scott’s parents, siblings and families, and the Marquette Athletics and college communities in your prayers. Noah and Scott’s lives were taken too soon and we share in the heartbreak of their teammates, coaches and those who knew them personally,” university president Dr. Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a statement on social media.

All athletic events were canceled out of respect for the two students, and a mass was held by the university on Saturday.

The crash took place in downtown Milwaukee, with police saying that a 41-year-old driver hit another vehicle with six occupants on Friday evening, via the Associated Press. Police confirmed that two of the passengers in the car, later identified as Michaud and Snyder, were pronounced dead at the scene.

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The other four occupants, three of whom were also on the lacrosse team, sustained injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening. The 41-year-old driver has been taken into custody, with police saying that an investigation is ongoing.

Per the university, Snyder and Michaud were both on the Big East All-Academic team during their first year at the school. Snyder was a student in the College of Business Administration, per the school, while Michaud was a biomedical sciences major.

Snyder played in 13 games for Marquette last season, starting in the final three, and recorded nine goals and seven assists for the team.