Marquette Volleyball
Werch, Rennie, Wolf Named To Big East All-Conference Team
This slipped past the other day when there was a lot of other things going on, and I wanted to make sure we dropped this in for the historical record. Three Marquette volleyball players were included in the *19* woman all-conference team. No First/Second/Third, no narrowing it down in a sport where only six women are on the floor together. Weird!
Marquette Falls In The Big East Volleyball Championship
And, it’s worse, because the Golden Eagles had the match in their hands, to a certain extent.
VB Advances To The Big East Championship!
The Golden Eagles swept St. John’s and will face Creighton on Saturday.
Big East VB Semifinals Preview: #1 St. John’s vs #2 Marquette
The Golden Eagles return from a long layoff to face off against the East Division champions in the conference tournament semifinals.
VB Qualifies For The Big East Tournament
And they did it by not playing a match since March 6th.
VB games at Xavier canceled
Marquette was set to go to Cincinnati this weekend for two matches to wrap up the regular season, but due to COVID issues with the Golden Eagles, the matches have been cancelled. The Big East tournament is scheduled to take place on April 2nd and 3rd.
#24 VB Splits A Weekend Pair At Butler
Well, that ranking is going bye-bye on Monday, huh?
#24 VB Preview: at Butler
The Golden Eagles travel to Indianapolis for a pair of Big East contests.
VB Holds On To Their AVCA Poll Spot
Without any ranked teams to play and any major upsets in front of them, the Golden Eagles have to be content to stay where they are.
#24 VB Stacks Up Two More Wins
8-2 on the year, Ryan Theis got #300, and in the morale victory department, Sarah Rose got to play.
#24 Volleyball Preview: vs Saint Louis & vs Iowa State
The Golden Eagles take on a pair of non-conference opponents after an unplanned week off.
VB Is Still #24 In The Country
Didn’t play, didn’t move.
#24 VB vs #20 Creighton is postponed
The Bluejays have COVID issues and will not travel to Milwaukee for this weekend's scheduled series. No make up date has been announced yet, but the Big East intentionally left an empty week between the regular season and the conference tournament for these kinds of things. If there are two Big East matches that will be made up if possible, these are the two.
VB Bumps Up 1 Spot In The AVCA Poll
It’s more about Michigan than it is about sweeping DePaul.
#25 VB Sweeps DePaul Twice
And pretty easily, too.
#25 VB Preview: vs DePaul
It’s time for Big East play! There’s a twist this year.
2/17-2/21 Is Gold 4 Sarah at Marquette
Marquette volleyball senior setter Sarah Rose is battling Ewing Sarcoma, and all MU teams will be wearing their gold uniforms for their games and matches between February 17th and the 21st. Also included in this? Creighton Volleyball, who will be visiting the McGuire Center for a pair of matches that weekend.
VB Stays In The AVCA Top 25
There was a bit of doubt after going 1-1 on the road against a ranked team over the past week.
#25 VB Goes 1-1 Vs #19 Creighton
The Golden Eagles go down to Omaha and come back with their first win over the Bluejays since 2017 and their first road win since 2013.
#25 VB Preview: at #19 Creighton x2
The Golden Eagles head to Omaha for a pair of non-conference matches against a Big East rival.
Volleyball Stays Steady In New AVCA Top 25
Staying ranked is the only thing that matters.
#25 Volleyball Downs UNI & Drake
The Golden Eagles go to Iowa and come back with two wins.
#25 VB Preview: at Northern Iowa & vs Drake
The Golden Eagles head to northeast Iowa for a pair of weekend contests.
VB Drops To #25 In New AVCA Poll
Still ranked! That’s all that matters.
#20 VB Splits A Weekend With Illinois State
A physical representation of the idea that it’s hard to beat a team twice in 24 hours.
#20 Volleyball Preview: vs Illinois State
The Golden Eagles play their first official competitive match since December 7th, 2019.
VB Picked 2nd In Big East Midwest Division
Yes, that’s not how things usually go. PLUS: Three Golden Eagles were named to the preseason all-conference team!
VB Spring Preview: The Newcomers
There’s a lot of them, and only two of them are freshmen.
Big East Announces Dates For Spring Championships
And along the way, we get some news about formats for regular season schedules, too.
Volleyball Spring Preview: The Returning Players
Well, we’re getting something resembling a season, so let’s see what head coach Ryan Theis has to work with from the last time we saw the Golden Eagles.
VB Announces Spring 2021 Non-Con Schedule
Ryan Theis isn’t fooling around, not even in a shifted spring season.
VB Ranks #20 In AVCA Spring Preseason Poll
Hey, that’s pretty damn neat.