Lots of people had a great night on Thursday at the McGuire Center, but the best night easily belonged to Carsen Murray. The all-Big East middle blocker had a match high 12 kills while hitting .478 and adding a solo block and an assisted block to help propel #4 seeded Marquette volleyball to a 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-17) victory over Ball State in the first round of the 2022 NCAA tournament. The win moves MU along to the second round, and marks MU’s first NCAA tournament victory since 2019.
It looked like we were going to get a high quality back and forth contest in the early going between the regular season champs of the MAC and the Big East.