Marquette waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Midland Timberwolves. The Crusaders have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Timberwolves, too.
While Marquette won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-19.
Leading Marquette to victory were Kinley Rick and Makayla Backos. Rick had 11 digs, six kills, and two aces, while Backos had 12 digs and two aces. Backos is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Marquette is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for Midland, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-9.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Marquette and Fieldcrest are set to duel on Monday. Marquette is facing Fieldcrest at the right time seeing as Fieldcrest is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Midland, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Flanagan-Cornell at 7:00 p.m.
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