The Marquette Crusaders are taking a road trip to take on the Seneca Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Marquette comes in on five and Seneca on ten.
Last Monday, Marquette was able to grind out a solid win over Indian Creek, taking the game 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Marquette took both sets by at least nine points. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-16.
Marquette can attribute much of their success to Makayla Backos, who had five kills, five digs, and a block. That's the most aces Backos has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Kealey Rick, who had two aces.
Meanwhile, Seneca earned a 2-0 victory over Gardner-South Wilmington on Wednesday.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant Seneca was: they took both sets by at least 17 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-8, 25-6.
Marquette is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Seneca, they pushed their record up to 15-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Marquette came up short against Seneca in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Marquette avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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