Marquette University Athletics
Volleyball Beats Tulane, 3-0
11/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Marquette advances to C-USA semifinals
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? Marquette allowed just 56 points to Tulane in a 3-0 (30-24, 30-19, 30-13) sweep in the quarterfinal round of the Conference USA Tournament.
Marquette was led by senior middle blocker Erica Heisser, who had 15 kills. Senior setter Sarah Vernon logged 32 assists and senior Libero Erin Freer had 14 digs.
?It was unreal,? said head coach Pati Rolf. ?The three seniors brought their game to a new level. They?ve been playing well, but I don?t think I?ve seen them play this well.?
Marquette dominated at the net, hitting 33.9 percent and didn?t hit below 30.0 percent in any game. Marquette had no fewer than 17 kills in each of the three games and had less than six errors in each frame.
The Golden Eagles out-killed Tulane 53-32 and out-blocked the Green Wave 9.5-5.0. Marquette also owned advantage in digs 49-46.
?We had tremendous discipline on defense and blocking,? Rolf said. ?We took another step forward tonight.?
Marquette led most of the night. The Golden Eagles trailed in game one 21-20, but found itself behind only one other time at 1-0 in the third game. After trailing 21-20 in that first game, Marquette went on a 7-0 run to take a commanding six point lead and eventually won the game.
The second game was even until 7-7. Marquette pulled away a bit to lead 21-18, where it begin its domination. The Golden Eagles scored 39 of the next 53 points and held Tulane to just one more point in the second game.
In the third game, Marquette had little trouble racing out to a 9-1 lead and by as many as 18, cruising to the easy win.
Marquette, the third seed, advances to the semifinal round where it will meet second-seeded Cincinnati on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. EST.
?We?re looking forward to playing Cincinnati and C-USA player of the year Julie DuPont again,? Rolf said. ?They have decent size, but we matchup well with them. It should be a decent match.?
Cincinnati defeated Marquette, 3-0, in the teams' only meeting on October 1 in Milwaukee.
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