Marquette volleyball comes up short in five-set battle against Illinois

Photo by Marquette Athletics Marquette totals 65 points, recording a new season high. Marquette volleyball’s home-and-home series looked a lot different Sunday afternoon compared to Friday night’s three-set sweep . The Golden Eagles could not find a way to dig themselves out of the deficits they were facing at the front end of the match, and the energy they had on Friday night was mostly turned over to Illinois on their home court. Grappling until the very last few points, Marquette (3-4) was ultimately unable to overcome the Fighting Illini (5-3) after a battle of five sets (15-25, 11-25, 27-25,…