Marquette University Athletics
Volleyball Defeats East Carolina, 3-1
11/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Golden Eagles win 20th match behind 21 kills from Erica Heisser
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GREENVILLE, N.C. ? Marquette concluded its regular season in fine fashion, defeating East Carolina, 3-1 (24-30, 30-27, 30-25, 30-24). Marquette finishes the regular season at 20-6, the most wins since 1985. The Golden Eagles finish 10-3 in Conference USA and finish in a three-way tie for second place with Cincinnati and TCU.
Senior middle blocker Erica Heisser led Marquette in kills for the second-straight night, landing a career-best 21 attacks. Heisser hit 42.1 percent for the night to set the standard for accuracy. As a team, Marquette hit an impressive 25.7 percent.
Four Golden Eagle attackers finished above the 10-kill plateau. Following Heisser?s big match, junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin landed 16 attacks, freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd had 15 kills and sophomore outside hitter Jamie Mueller finished with 10 kills.
Marquette out-killed East Carolina (11-17, 5-8 C-USA), 80-57. Most of the Marquette kills were set up by senior setter Sarah Vernon, who had 63 assists. Vernon was one kill and one dig shy of a second triple double for the season, landing nine kills and recording eight digs.
Coughlin and Mueller had a double-double, recording 11 digs each. As has been the case recently, senior Libero Erin Freer led the defensive effort with 18 digs. Freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown led the net defense with four blocks.
Like its match last night, Marquette dropped the first game, but rebounded to win three straight to take the match. East Carolina hit 41.9 percent in the first game to take the game victory. Kelley Wenert led the way for East Carolina with 13 kills.
Marquette heads into the Conference USA Tournament earning a first-round bye. The tournament, which begins on Friday, Nov. 19, will have the brackets and playing times announced on Sunday, Nov. 14. Marquette will not play until the quarterfinal round on Saturday, Nov. 20.
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