We’re back! Well, more accurately, Marquette women’s volleyball is back!
It’s been just short of five months since the MU volleyball spring season came to a dull thump of a finish as the Golden Eagles lost to Creighton in the Big East championship and then unfortunately missed the NCAA tournament for the first time in a decade. With the tournament field reduced from 64 to 48 teams and just 18 at-large teams, the margin for error for teams like Marquette from non-power conferences was razor thin. A 12 match regular season compounded that problem, and while the Golden Eagles probably could have weathered the storm of losing to Illinois State (they won the MVC and made the NCAAs) as well as a pair of losses to Creighton, both on the road, it’s possible that the fourth loss of the spring did them in.