Yes, the jerseys were gold, but that was about it.
Neither the hitting, the defense nor the serving were as good as it needed to be. Not if you want to beat a Goliath.
In its home opener against No. 5 Stanford, No. 24 Marquette volleyball needed to play near perfect volleyball if it had any chance at pulling off the upset. Alas, the Golden Eagles did not do enough, leading to a 3-0 sweep (18-25, 17-25, 22-25) at the hands of the Cardinal.
Marquette was keeping pace with Stanford through most of the first set.