Marquette has gone 3-0 against Dwight recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Marquette Crusaders and the Dwight Trojans are set to duel. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Dwight is hoping to do what Fieldcrest couldn't on Monday: put an end to Marquette's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Marquette came out on top in a nail-biter against Fieldcrest , sneaking past 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Marquette who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-27, 25-22.
Marquette's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Makayla Backos, who had 16 digs and a kill. Backos is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kealey Rick, who had three kills, two aces, and a block.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Dwight, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They skirted past Gardner-South Wilmington 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Dwight got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-16, 24-26, 25-21.
Marquette has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Dwight, their win bumped their record up to 11-12.
Marquette beat Dwight 2-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Marquette repeat their success, or does Dwight have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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