Volleyball opens November with a sweep over Xavier

For the ninth consecutive season, Marquette volleyball has reached another 20-win season following the team’s sweep over Xavier Friday night (25-21, 25-16, 25-20).

But there was one outfit change: green warmup shirts that said “In this state, no one stands alone.”

This was in support of Ben White, the Middleton High School men’s volleyball coach for the past 18 years, who was diagnosed with lymphoma about two months ago.

Head coach Ryan Theis was a Middleton graduate. He said he is trying to support his high school program as much as he can.

“We wanted to give a shoutout to Ben,” Theis said. “These shirts, they did a boy’s tournament, but the tournament shut down and they took a big group…