Volleyball has home-road split against DePaul and UConn

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MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University women's volleyball team hosts DePaul on Wednesday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center before heading to UConn for a Saturday matinee at Gampel Pavilion.

Both contests will air live on FloSports, with Dan Avington calling Wednesday's matchup between the Blue Demons and Golden Eagles from Milwaukee.

Opening serve on Wednesday is slated for noon, while Saturday's match in Storrs, Connecticut is set for 3 p.m. Central time.

Admission to Wednesday's match at the Al McGuire Center is free for all Marquette faculty, staff and students.

MARQUETTE (16-3, 7-1 BIG EAST): The Golden Eagles claimed a pair of victories over St. John's and Seton Hall this past weekend and currently sit alone in first place in the BIG EAST Conference standings at 7-1. Marquette is 19th in the NCAA's latest RPI ranking and is in search of its first league title since 2013. Taylor Wolf earned her fourth BIG EAST weekly honor on Monday, has recorded four triple-doubles on the year and leads MU with 3.06 kills and 3.75 points per set.

Outside hitter Hope Werch, among the national leaders in aces per set, had six over the weekend and is now in possession of 172. She's five from tying the program record of 177 set by Christine Norgle (1985-88).

Marquette is hitting a league-best .279 in 2021 with over 14 kills per frame and redshirt freshman Carsen Murray paces the conference with a mark of .354 (100-20-226). The Golden Eagles rank 10th nationally in hitting percentage and 11th in kills.

DEPAUL (12-8, 5-3 BIG EAST): The Blue Demons come into the Al McGuire Center on a three-match winning streak, with two victories last weekend against Seton Hall (sweep) and St. John's (five sets). DPU currently sits fourth in the BIG EAST standings, only trailing Marquette, Creighton and Connecticut.

Jill Pressly leads DePaul in kills, averaging 3.55 per set, while Donna Brown has managed 158 terminations on a .337 hitting percentage. Aly Kindelberger has totaled 69 blocks on the year, while Rachel Krasowski averages over five digs per set.

SERIES WITH DEPAUL: The Golden Eagles are 38-27 all-time against DePaul and are in the midst of a 21-match winning streak. In the most recent matchup on Oct. 3, MU picked up a sweep thanks to a well-balanced offensive attack in Chicago. DePaul's last win in the series came in five sets on Nov. 1, 2008.

UCONN (14-6, 6-2 BIG EAST): Connecticut is coming off a huge weekend, having toppled then-No. 19 Creighton in addition to defeating Providence. The Huskies sit third in the conference standings, with their lone BIG EAST losses coming against MU and Georgetown.

Caylee Parker leads her squad with 236 kills, while Kennadie Jake-Turner sits second in the BIG EAST with a .341 hitting percentage. Jake-Turner also paces the Huskies' blocking with 83, and libero Karly Berkland has notched 4.34 digs per set.

SERIES WITH UCONN: MU has a 7-3 edge in the all-time series and has won the last four meetings. Most recently, Marquette beat out UConn on Oct. 1 in a four-set victory at the Al McGuire Center. MU's last trip to Storrs in the fall of 2011 resulted in a 3-1 win and UConn's last win in the series also came in four sets at Gampel Pavilion in Oct. 2009.

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