Marquette is 2-8 against Eureka since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Marquette Mustangs will challenge the Eureka Wildcats at 6:15 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Marquette is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest victory since September 19th on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Rolla with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-21, 25-14.
Meanwhile, everything went Eureka's way against Parkway South on Wednesday as Eureka made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Eureka took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-14, 25-13.
Eureka's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Harper Highfill, who had 14 digs and four aces, and Shelbi Mead, who had four digs and two aces. That's the most aces Highfill has posted in her last 12 matches.
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.
Marquette's win bumped their record up to 20-13. As for Eureka, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-14 record this season.
Marquette came up short against Eureka in their previous matchup on October 9th, falling 3-1. Can Marquette avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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