Marquette is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Valor College Prep. The Mustangs narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Wildcats 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Mustangs have posted since September 12th.
Their offense was headlined by Maggie Smith and Teagan Pocius, who picked up eight kills apiece. They got some help from Addison Twyman and her 15 assists. Smith was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Marquette is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Valor College Prep, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-3.
Marquette has already played their next contest, a 2-0 loss against Franklin on the 20th. As for Valor College Prep, they will be playing at home against Friendship Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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