Volleyball sweeps Villanova on road

Photo by Zach Bukowski Allie Barber (10) attempts a kill in Marquette's 3-2 loss to Creighton. She led the Golden Eagles with 18 kills Friday night at Villanova.VILLANOVA, PENNSYLVANIA — No. 12 Marquette traveled to Pennsylvania Friday and took home a sweep over BIG EAST foe Villanova (25-22, 25-22, 25-19).

“It was just a really good team performance tonight,” head coach Ryan Theis said. “There were two huge points where kids stepped in and did their jobs, and it was awesome.”

Marquette got out to a slow start in the first set.

“(There were situations where junior) Martha (Konovodoff) was in position to make a dig, dug it a little low, the second touch went nuts,” Theis said. “We overpassed a…