Eureka has gone 8-2 against Marquette recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Eureka Wildcats will face off against the Marquette Mustangs at 6:15 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Eureka is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since October 10th on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Parkway South.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Eureka was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-14, 25-13.
Harper Highfill and Shelbi Mead were among the main playmakers for Eureka as the former had 14 digs and four aces and the latter had four digs and two aces. That's the most aces Highfill has posted in her last 12 games.
Eureka was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Marquette's way against Rolla on Wednesday as Marquette made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-21, 25-14.
Eureka has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-14 record this season. As for Marquette, their victory bumped their record up to 20-13.
Eureka beat Marquette 3-1 in their previous meeting on October 9th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eureka since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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