Marquette spent most of Friday afternoon eliminating doubt.
The #2 seeded Golden Eagles turned in a VINTAGE~! Marquette performance in the Big East tournament semifinals, downing #3 Connecticut 3-0 on set scores of 25-14, 25-18, and 25-13. MU crushed the Huskies in the hitting department, recording a .248 hitting percentage on the offensive end and holding UConn to just .034 on their side of things.
MU took control of the first set on a 5-0 run featuring a pair of kills from Ellie Koontz that left the Golden Eagles up 13-8. The Huskies hung around and managed to get it as close as three points repeatedly….