Marquette volleyball weekend time changes

The times of Marquette University's weekend volleyball matches at the Al McGuire Center against DePaul have been altered. The Golden Eagles will now face the Blue Demons at 5 p.m. on Friday and at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

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MILWAUKEE – The No. 25 Marquette University women's volleyball team welcomes DePaul to the Al McGuire on Friday and Saturday for the first two matches of a six-game homestand.

Friday's contest, MU's BIG EAST Conference opener, is set to begin at 5 p.m. Central time in Milwaukee, while Saturday's match is slated for a 3 p.m. opening serve. Both games will air live on GoMarquette.com and live statistics will be available.

The Golden Eagles (4-2) are coming off a 3-0 sweep at No. 19 Creighton on Saturday evening and a two-match split with the Bluejays in Omaha, Nebraska. MU middle blocker Savannah Rennie earned BIG EAST Conference Offensive Player of the Week for her play against the Jays, while classmate Taylor Wolf collected honor roll mention.

Wolf leads Marquette in kills with 62 (2.70 per set) and ranks among the team leaders in assists, aces, digs and blocks. She has posted triple-doubles in four of MU's six matches to start the year. Rennie boasts a team-best .333 hitting percentage, 19 blocks and is second in aces with 10.

The Blue Demons will play their first matches of the year this weekend and are coming off a 2019 campaign in which they went 14-16 overall and 6-12 in conference play. DePaul lost kill and point leader Brittany Maxwell but returns senior right-side hitter Emma Price who averaged 2.46 kills and 0.84 blocks per set last season.

Marquette has met DePaul on more occasions than any other BIG EAST opponent (60) and second only to Milwaukee in number of meetings in program history. The Golden Eagles hold a 31-29 edge in the all-time series against the Blue Demons following 18 consecutive wins, with their last loss in the series coming on Nov. 1, 2008. Theis is 12-0 in his Marquette career and has not lost a set to DePaul since Oct. 15, 2016, a five-set win in Chicago.

Following this weekend's action, Creighton comes to Milwaukee Marquette on Feb. 19-20 for a pair of matches at the Al McGuire Center.

Marquette's athletic teams will wear gold jerseys and/or shoelaces in their contests Feb. 17-21 in support of women's volleyball player Sarah Rose, who is undergoing treatment for Ewing's Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer. All are encouraged to use the hashtag #Gold4Sarah to post their support on social media throughout the week. In addition to Rose, the Golden Eagles will also honor seniors Sandy Mohr, Martha Konovodoff, Gabbi Martinez and Elizabeth Orf at Saturday's match for their careers in Blue & Gold.

Keep up with the Marquette University women's volleyball program through social media by following on Twitter (@MarquetteVB) and Instagram (@MarquetteVB) and 'liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteVolleyball).