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Volleyball earns conference tournament birth with fifth-straight sweep

Marquette volleyball has made it a habit as of late to gift every one of its opponents with a nice big broom.

The Golden Eagles (18-6, 12-1 Big East) extended that tradition to a fifth-straight match Wednesday night with a 25-18, 25-16, 25-22 sweep over the Butler Bulldogs (6-19, 4-9) at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

The win makes Marquette the second team to have secured a spot in the Big East tournament, with its next opponent and only conference foe to beat it, No. 5 Creighton, being the first.

The Golden Eagles were led by Aubrey Hamilton and her 12-kill, .