EVANSTON — Ongoing renovations at Welsh-Ryan Arena haven’t pushed the Northwestern volleyball team out of town like their men’s basketball counterparts, but down the road a couple miles. To Evanston Township High School were the primary colors at Beardsley Gym are the Wildkits’ orange and blue.
Add in a large, orange-clad contingent from the Libertyville volleyball program supporting Illinois freshman and Wildcats alum Morgan O’Brien and an undercover invasion by the Spike Squad — removing their purple gear and revealing themselves after the first Illinois point — and the Illini had a bit of home court advantage away from home.