Marquette Wire

After a one-week hiatus due to finals week, I’m back with another notebook. No. 9 Marquette men’s basketball dropped its second game of the year this week after suffering a second half collapse in a 71-63 loss at Dayton. Here are some thoughts from the 0-1 week: Bench inconsistencies show up yet again The Golden Eagles’ bench has been a talking point in this notebook multiple … [Read more...] about Baltz’s Book: Bench inconsistencies show up at the wrong time, an unusually bad second-half spells disaster for the Golden Eagles

All it took was one timeout to spark the run.  Justina Hernandez had just rattled home a trey to give Milwaukee its lead of the afternoon, 28-27 with 8:11 to play in the second quarter. Consuegra signaled for timeout, visibly frustrated by her team’s defense effort.  Then came a stop, and then another, and then a third consecutive stand, — which was followed by a fourth. The … [Read more...] about Women’s basketball wins seventh straight thanks to Volker’s 21-point effort

DAYTON, Ohio — It looks like two different teams. There’s Marquette, then there’s this weird, distant, almost unrecognizable opposite. There’s the Golden Eagles, but there’s also some ground dweller, who cannot get off the Earth let alone reach nearly as high. There’s the No. 6 team in the country bubbling with a free-flowing offense and suffocating with a free-flowing-killing … [Read more...] about No. 6 Marquette’s defense was bad, but Kam Jones’ foul trouble was deadly in loss to Dayton

It might not have been the ending that they had envisioned, but it was their reality.  Two of the nation’s top 16 teams were in the ring Friday afternoon, going blow-for-blow. One was going to advance, while the other packed its bags to head home.  No. 5 Marquette Volleyball (25-9, 16-2 Big East) took every punch that No. 1 Penn State had and more at Rec Hall in University … [Read more...] about No. 5 Marquette volleyball’s season comes to an end as it falls 3-1 in the Sweet 16 to No. 1 Penn State