Volleyball Recap: Marquette Comes Up Short in High-Profile Contest with Blue Valley Southwest

Marquette is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Blue Valley Southwest. The Mustangs fell just short of the Timberwolves by a score of 2-1. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Timberwolves this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-2 on Friday.

Teagan Pocius paced Marquette's offense, picking up seven kills. Pocius were helped by Maggie Smith and Addison Twyman, who contributed eight assists each. Danaya Petkova controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Blue Valley Southwest to victory, but perhaps none more so than Melia Peters, who had 12 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Peters has posted over her last seven matches.

This is the second loss in a row for Marquette and nudges their season record down to 15-13. As for Blue Valley Southwest, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-3 record this season.

Marquette wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 2-1 defeat against Mill Valley on the 11th. As for Blue Valley Southwest, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Blue Valley West on the 11th.