Marquette is 2-8 against Eureka since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Marquette Mustangs will venture away from home to face off against the Eureka Wildcats at 5:45 p.m. Marquette will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Monday, it was close, but Marquette sidestepped Webster Groves for a 3-2 victory.
Marquette had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 26-28, 22-25, 25-18, 25-18, 15-7.
St. Dominic typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Eureka proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Crusaders. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
The final score came out to 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 25-23.
Harper Highfill went supernova for Eureka, getting 26 digs and nine aces. The dominant performance gave Highfill a new career-high in aces.
Eureka was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Marquette's record is now 17-10. As for Eureka, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season.
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