With it dark outside and the lights of NCAA Tournament on them, the No. 4 seed Marquette Golden Eagles swept Ball State (25-20, 25-17, 25-17) Thursday night inside the Al McGuire Center to advance to the second round of NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019.
“I thought it was a really balanced effort tonight,” Marquette head coach Ryan Theis said. “Would’ve liked to have played a little bit better defense, but we got that going as the match went on and held them pretty good.”
From the first serve, the Marquette student section was energized and ruckus.