In front of near 1,900 fans on family weekend, No. 19 continued its historic start to the season defeating the Butler Bulldogs (7-7, 1-1 Big East) in four sets (25-12, 22-25, 25-8, 25-19) Saturday night inside the Al McGuire Center.
“Happy to get the win, (it’s) nice to be 2-0 in league play,” Marquette head coach Ryan Theis said. “Some bunches of unforced errors here and there which I think made it pretty tight. I thought about the same time we would make a bunch of errors Butler would step up their game and take advantage.”
With their 11th win, the Golden Eagles have set a program best start to the season in NCAA Division I action.