Marquette won the last time they faced Serena, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Marquette Crusaders had just enough and edged the Serena Huskers out 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Crusaders.
Marquette had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-16, 25-18.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Marquette to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kinley Rick, who had ten digs, seven kills, three aces, and a block. That's the most aces Rick has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Makayla Backos, who had 16 digs and two aces.
Marquette has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Serena, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Marquette's road trip will continue as they head out to face Midland at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Midland is coming into the contest with four straight defeats at home, meaning Marquette will have to defend against a team hungry for a win. As for Serena, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Earlville at 6:30 p.m. on October 15th.
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