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Asmussen | Spike Squad supplies an electric vibe at Huff Hall

Here's what you won't hear from the Spike Squad at today's Illinois-Marquette volleyball match: swearing and names of the opposing names.

Here's what you will hear: everything else.

"I think a big part of our job is just to get the crowd energetic," Spike Squad co-chair Andrew Martin said.

Energetic can turn into bothersome for the opponents.

"We have a line that we won't cross," Martin said. "It's easy to be extremely annoying in a way that doesn't break the rules."

Clever is cool. Crude is not.

Though today's match is right in the middle of prime class time at 11 a.