Marquette won the last time they faced Pattonville, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Marquette Mustangs came out on top against the Pattonville Pirates by a score of 2-0.
While Marquette won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-22.
Marquette was led to victory by Mckenzie Fitzmaurice and Chelsea Plunkett. Fitzmaurice had five aces, while Plunkett had eight digs. The dominant performance gave Fitzmaurice a new career-high in aces.
Despite the loss, Pattonville still got an impressive performance from Jenna Cochran, who had nine digs.
Marquette is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Pattonville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-5.
Marquette didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 victory against St. Dominic on the 26th. Pattonville has also already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win against Lutheran South on the 26th.
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