No. 24 Volleyball falls in four sets to No. 13 Kansas
The struggles against ranked teams continue. After going 0-7 against ranked opponents last season in conference play, Marquette volleyball (1-2) is once again struggling against top-25 teams. The No....
View ArticleNo. 24 volleyball falls 3-1 to Western Michigan in third-straight loss
There was a lot for No. 24 Marquette volleyball to be upset about. There was the lowly, season-worst .175 hitting percentage — which stemmed from not being able to hit over .200 in three of the sets or...
View ArticleMUVB notebook: A disappointing homestand sees Marquette drop out of top 25 poll
It wasn’t the homecoming Marquette volleyball envisioned. After opening the season with a road sweep over Eastern Illinois, the Golden Eagles dropped three-straight matches at the Al McGuire Center...
View ArticleMUVB notebook: Marquette earns first ranked non-con win in two years, and...
Saturday’s 3-1 victory over No. 24 Dayton was Marquette volleyball’s first non-conference win over a ranked opponent in two years. Before that, the Golden Eagles hadn’t beaten a top 25 team in the...
View ArticleSarah Franklin’s career-high 33 kills spells demise for Marquette in 3-1 loss
MADISON — Marquette volleyball said hello to the Kohl Center when it won the first set. It promptly said goodbye when it lost the next three. In their first-ever trip to the 17,000-seat arena, the...
View ArticleMarquette’s Kohl Center Classic game against Wisconsin illustrated...
MADISON — Tuesday’s trip to the state capital was a full circle moment for Marquette head coach Ryan Theis. After opening in January of 1998, the Kohl Center played host to the 1998 NCAA Division I...
View ArticleMarquette volleyball goes 1-1 in Pitt Invitational
It was a weekend of sweeps for Marquette volleyball. It started with the Golden Eagles (4-4) handing out a sweep of their own, and ended with them getting a taste of their own medicine. Marquette...
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MUVB notebook: Yadhira Anchante’s historic end to non-con slate, and other...
Marquette volleyball finished off its five-game, three-week road trip to end non-conference play over the weekend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Golden Eagles beat East Carolina before falling to No....
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Over a decade in the making: Ella Foti will head to Pepperdine to play sand...
The first time Ella Foti played sand volleyball, she hated it. The limited movement? Not a fan. The difficulty of playing in the sand compared to on the hardcourt? No chance. Having to play in the...
View ArticleMarquette volleyball sweeps UConn in first home match in three weeks
What’s the saying, again? Oh ya, there’s no place like home. Just ask Marquette volleyball. In the Golden Eagles’ (5-5, 1-0 Big East) first match inside the Al McGuire Center since Sept. 8, they came...
View ArticleNatalie Ring’s nine kills lead Marquette to 3-0 win over Providence
It’s never happened before, and it doesn’t appear it’s going to happen anytime soon. Marquette volleyball (6-5, 2-0) improved to 20-0 all-time over Providence (7-6, 0-2) Sunday afternoon at the Al...
View ArticleMUVB notebook: Libero musical chairs gives Naber first start, and other thoughts
Marquette volleyball started Big East play with two sweeps. The unofficial 29th-ranked Golden Eagles (6-5, 2-0 Big East) beat the then-undefeated UConn Huskies Friday night before downing the...
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Natalie Ring profiting off redshirt year spent increasing range and...
Long after most all the Marquette players and coaches would shuffle off the court after practice last season, the oratorio of the volleyball’s constant pummeling of the hardwood still echoed throughout...
View ArticleMarquette drops its first Big East game of the season, falling 3-1 at No. 6...
Things were not looking up for the team in blue and gold. Senior middle blocker Elise Goetzinger had just notched her tenth kill of the match to put No. 6 Creighton (12-2, 3-0) up 22-19 late in the...
View ArticleGolden Eagles remain undefeated in Big East home matches with sweep over Butler
What you get when you mix five people with at least seven kills — which equated to an efficient .342 hitting percentage — with 10 blocks is what Marquette volleyball and Butler experienced on an early...
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MUVB notebook: Carsen Murray’s sky-high efficiency, a stalwart defense, and...
Some notes after Marquette volleyball’s (7-6, 3-1) 1-1 week: Murray’s efficiency sky-high Carsen Murray has been hitting the ball as efficiently as ever. Her .406 season-hitting percentage leads both...
View ArticlePREVIEW: Marquette travels to St. John’s for Big East Tournament semifinal...
Coming into last season, Marquette women’s volleyball had never lost to St. John’s twice in the same season. However, the Red Storm changed that last November, when they bested the Golden Eagles in...
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MUVB notebook: Hamilton’s standout road swing, and other thoughts
Some thoughts on Marquette volleyball (9-6, 5-1) after a 2-0 week: Golden Eagles show mettle on the road Ryan Theis knew Marquette’s road trip to St. John’s was going to be difficult. “St. John’s...
View ArticleMarquette completes reverse sweep against DePaul in five-set thriller
It was the picture perfect ending to a picture perfect comeback. After being just 25 points away from being swept at home by an unranked opponent for the first time since Nov. 6, 2015, the Golden...
View ArticleAubrey Hamilton continues dominant stretch, sparks comeback with career-high...
So here she is, Aubrey Hamilton, the outside hitter who sprung up in the village town of Hartland, ventured three hours east to the college town of South Bend for two seasons, then came back only 30...
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