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WMU 3 Marquette 0 Final

WMU played their best set of the match and possibly the season in the third set, defeating MU 25-9 in the final set. The Golden Eagles really struggled in the third set, hitting -.281 with only four kills and 13 errors in the final set. WMU started off strong again building leads of 14-7 and 20-9 to roll to the 25-9 victory. Katie Eberling and Ashley Turnage had three and two kills respectively in the third set. The Broncos also had five blocks in the third set with Turnage recorded three blocks in her best performance of her young career. The Bronco offense dominated the match, hitting .341 for the match and held Marquette to only a .030 hitting percentage for the match. WMU also had 11 blocks in the match and out dug MU 44-38.

Eberling finished the match with 11 kills and six digs, with Moore recording 10 kills,six digs and four blocks. Mitchell had 30 assits, nine digs and two blocks. Corbett chipped in with six kills and five blocks. The Broncos now improve to 26-5 on the season and Marquette falls to 11-17. The Broncos will plays its final home game of the season tomorrow night against Valparasio University. Saturday night is also senior night and they Broncos will honor their only senior Ashley Vogl in a pre-match ceremony. First serve is approxitimly at 7:30 p.m. and will be 30 minutes after the Marquette vs Miami (Ohio) match.

WMU 2 Marquette 0 After 2 sets

The Broncos dominated once again winning the set 25-17 over MU. The Broncos got off to a fast start once again, going up 14-7 early and never looked back. The Bronco offense hit well once again, hitting .303 for the set with14 kills and four errors and are hitting  .382 for the match. The Golden Eagles hit .200 for the set with 10 kills and four errors. MU is hitting only .174 for the match. Marquette was able to slow the Bronco offense a little bit, putting together four blocks in the set. Moore had five kills in the set to lead WMU with Kate Corbett chipping in with three kills and two blocks. Moore currently leads the Broncos with nine kills through two sets and Eberling has eight kills and five digs for the match. Mitchelle and Caitlin Strimel also have seven digs each through two. I’ll have more after the third set.

WMU 1 Marquette 0 After 1 set

The Broncos dominated the first set, winning 25-17. The Broncos came out very strong and built a 16-9 lead early. Coming out fast was something they wanted to focus on this weekend since they found themsevles getting down early against Ohio last Sunday. The Broncos offense was flawless hitting . 457 with 17 kills and only error. Marquette’s offense on the other hand was poor, hitting inly .154 with 12 kills and six errors. Katie Eberling lead the Broncos with six kills in the opening set. Michelle Moore also had four kills and Jillian Mitchelle recorded 13 assists and is the leader in defense with four digs. The Broncos also had three blockis to the Golden Eagles’ zero. I’ll have more at the 10-minute break.

Western Michigan vs Marquette

Good evening everyone. I am live from University Arena for Marquette vs WMU in the Holiday Inn West Bronco Thanksgiving Challenge. The Broncos need to pick up two wins this weekend over the Golden Eagles (11-16 ,5-9 Big East) tonight and Valparaiso tomorrow to impress the  NCAA Tournament Selection Comittee after losing in the MAC Tournament final to Ohio last Sunday. A win over a Big East foe would impress the committee. The Broncos do have a win over a Big East opponnet this season. WMU beat Notre Dame 3-2 on Sept. 21. The Golden Eagles didn’t even qualify for the Big East Tournament and haven’t played a match since Nov. 16, which was a 3-0 loss to Pittsburgh. I’ll have more after the 1st set.

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