Sixteen hours after taking down No. 25 Illinois, No. 19 Marquette hosted another team from the Land of Lincoln in Illinois State Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center.
And in similar fashion to Saturday night, the Golden Eagles defeated the Redbirds in straight sets (25-15, 25-17, 25-18) in their non-conference finale.
“Really great effort, I thought Illinois State was possibly the best passing team we’ve played all year and they did a great job handling our serve but we actually out passed them,” Marquette head coach Ryan Theis said. “That was a goal going in and I’m really proud of our passers for doing that.