In some Saturday afternoon volleyball, the Marquette Golden Eagles and the Illinois State Redbirds went the distance as the Redbirds took home the win in five sets (25-13, 21-25, 25-17, 16-25, 16-14).
Illinois State dominated early with two 5-0 runs in the first set winning the set 25-13. The Redbirds hit .400. Head coach Ryan Theis cited Illinois State’s serving strategies and his team not executing.
“They had very specific serve strategies that we actually practiced in the morning expecting them to do it and we just didn’t execute it,” Theis said. “We think they’re serving a ball here, they served the ball there and we didn’t execute it.