Marquette entered their tilt with Fieldcrest on Monday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They skirted past the Fieldcrest Knights 2-1. For the Crusaders, this counts as revenge for the 2-0 defeat the Knights walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2023.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Marquette got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-27, 25-22.
Marquette's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Makayla Backos led the charge by getting 16 digs and a kill. Backos is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Kealey Rick, who had three kills, two aces, and a block.
Marquette has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Fieldcrest, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-11-1.
Marquette and Dwight are set to duel on Thursday. As for Fieldcrest, they will square off against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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