Marian University women’s volleyball (6-9, 1-1 NACC) defeated MSOE 25-19, 25-16, and 25-15 for its first win of NACC play.
 

• The Sabres jumped out quickly on the Raiders to a 9-5 lead but the Raiders scored four straight to tie the opening set.
• Marian responded with seven unanswered points to build a 16-9 lead.
• The Raiders were able to trim the deficit down to four at the end of the set but back-to-back kills from the Sabre offense gave Marian the opening set.
• Another quick start in the second saw Marian jump out to an 11-3 lead.
• Marian was able to build its lead to as large as 12 points at 20-8 before eventually taking the set 25-16.
• The Sabres scored six of the first seven points of the third set only for MSOE to rally and trail 8-6.
• Marian maintained a slim 14-12 lead before scoring the next nine points to lead 23-12 and eventually secure the sweep.

• The Sabres finished with a 41-19 edge in kills and 47-30 advantage in digs.
• From the service line Marian had 10 aces, its fifth match this season with double-digit aces.
• The Sabre defense limited MSOE to just one kill in the second set and a -.011 hitting percentage for the match.
• Marian hit .211 for the match and had at least 12 kills in each set.
• Marian is now 49-14 all-time against MSOE and has won the last three matches.

	Sophomore Olivia Buol finished with a match-high 11 kills on a .400 attack percentage.
	Junior Alanna McDermott finished with a match-high 17 digs and two service aces.
	Junior Jenna Butschlick hit .533 and had a career-high nine kills.