(MARQUETTE COMMUNICATIONS) MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University women’s volleyball team swept Providence, 25-10, 25-19, 25-15, on Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center to improve to 2-0 in BIG EAST Conference play.
“I thought we did a pretty good job defensively, making it tough for them to score,” 11th-year MU head coach Ryan Theis said following the victory. “We did a good job and they didn’t get any easy points.Our blockers were doing a good job getting in front of hitters and I thought we had service pressure throughout the match. It was tough for them to get good looks, or clean looks, to get the ball on the floor.”
The Golden Eagles (6-5, 2-0 BIG EAST) combined to hit .330 (45-10-106) and redshirt sophomore Natalie Ring led the way for the first time in her career with nine kills. Middle blocker Carsen Murray posted a match-high four blocks and MU posted nine total on the afternoon.
Marquette hit .378 in the 25-10 first set victory and forced the Friars into seven hitting errors and a mark of -.023 (6-7-44) in the frame. Providence (7-6, 0-2 BIG EAST) managed just 23 total kills on the afternoon, against 21 attack errors, and only one player, Kayla Grant, reached five kills individually.
NOTABLE:
- This is the lone meeting between MU and PC this season due to the BIG EAST’s new conference scheduling formula.
- The Golden Eagles are a perfect 20-0 all-time against Providence and have won the last 59 sets against the Friars (60 of 62 overall). PC’s only set victories came in the second and third frames of a 3-2 MU win in the first meeting between the two on Sept. 10, 1999.
- MU is 13-0 against PC in Milwaukee.
- Ring’s nine kills tied a career best, which she also recorded on Sept. 8 against Western Michigan.
- Marquette has won at a 75.5 percent clip (225-73) since joining the league and is 140-29 (.828) in BIG EAST matches under head coach Ryan Theis.
- MU is 101-14 (.878) in BIG EAST play over the last seven seasons (2017-23) under Theis.
UP NEXT: The Golden Eagles head to Omaha, Nebraska for a nationally televised match on Tuesday against No. 6 Creighton. MU and the Bluejays will clash at D.J. Sokol Arena and the match airs live on FS1.
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