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Volleyball Falls to Cross-Town Rival Wis.-Milwaukee, 3-1
10/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 10, 2006
MILWAUKEE - Despite the 1,000th career kill by junior Kimberley Todd, the Marquette volleyball team was unable to overcome Wis.-Milwaukee as the Golden Eagles fell, 3-1 (30-22, 30-19, 25-30, 30-20), to the Panthers Tuesday night at the Al McGuire Center. With the loss, MU fell to 8-10 on the season, while UWM improved to 11-5.
Wis.-Milwaukee took control of game one early on, scoring seven of the first nine points. Behind the hand of Todd, who recorded three kills in the next six points, Marquette rallied with a 5-1 run to cut the Panther lead to one at 8-7. The Golden Eagles kept the game close, down just two at 13-11, but at that point UWM went on a 7-1 run to take an eight-point lead at 20-12, prompting an MU timeout. Marquette scored three of the next four points out of the break, all coming on kills by Todd, to cut the lead to six at 21-15, but Wis.-Milwaukee scored the next four points, increasing its lead to 10 at 25-15. The Golden Eagles would cut their deficit to six, but only before the Panthers won game one, 30-22.
Game two started much like the first, with UWM jumping out to a four-point lead, ahead 7-3. A 3-0 run by the Golden Eagles cut the Panther lead to one, but Wis.-Milwaukee answered with a 6-1 run to increase its lead to 14-8. UWM extended its lead to seven at 17-10, forcing a timeout by MU, but out of the huddle, the Panthers increased their lead to 10 at 23-13. They went on to win the game, 30-19, taking a 2-0 lead in the match.
Todd gave Marquette just its second lead of the match, 2-1, early in the third stanza, connecting on a set from junior Monica Renfow from the left side to reach the millennium mark. The Golden Eagles increased their lead to four at 11-7, prompting a timeout by the Panthers. Out of the break, UWM scored three consecutive points to cut the lead to one, but MU answered with three straight to increase its lead back to four at 14-10. Wis.-Milwaukee called its second timeout, still down by four at 19-15, and got within one at 23-22. Freshman Leslie Bielski made a block on the next point, igniting a 4-1 run by the Golden Eagles, as they went on to defeat the Panthers 30-25 in game three.
Todd led Marquette, which hit 38.5 percent as a team, with six kills.
Frame four started out in the hands of the Wis.-Milwaukee team, early, as it took a 10-3 lead. The Panthers increased their lead to 10 at 19-9, and then 13 at 25-12, before taking the frame 30-20.
Todd finished with 18 kills and now has 1,010 in her career. She also recorded 11 digs for her 10th double-double this season.
Mueller tallied eight digs and is now just two shy of tying current assistant coach Erin Freer (2001-04) for the all-time lead at 1,405.
The Golden Eagles return to BIG EAST play, Oct. 14, when they travel to Syracuse, N.Y., to take on the Orange at 2 p.m. ET.
