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Five takeaways from volleyball’s exhibition match against Northwestern

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It didn’t take long for Marquette volleyball to dust off its offseason cobwebs.

After their eight month break, the No. 24 ranked Golden Eagles kicked off the 2024 campaign with a 3-0 sweep (25-23, 27-25, 25-13) over Northwestern in a preseason exhibition Friday at the Al McGuire Center.

“I thought that we learned some things, which was great. I thought we came out and served really tentative (but) passed really, really well,” head coach Ryan Theis said.

“And a lot of it could be nerves or just, again, playing somebody else, right?