No. 23 Marquette kicked off its 10-game homestand with a four set win (25-19, 25-14, 27-29 and 25-19) over Loyola University Chicago Tuesday night in front of a nearly packed Al McGuire Center.
“Great student section tonight, awesome job from our marketing team, thanks to the students for coming out. I saw some athletes and it looked like a lot of first-years enjoying a free piece of pizza,” Marquette head coach Ryan Theis said. “I thought our serving looked the best it had and that had something to do with being at home.”
Neither side allowed each other much breathing room in the first set, keeping the score tied 16-16 midway through the frame.