Marquette Volleyball Earns An At-Large Bid To The 2025 NCAA Tournament!

The drama over whether or not Marquette volleyball had done enough to earn an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament did not last very long on Sunday evening. The Golden Eagles were the 14th team announced in the bracket, setting them up with a first round match against #7 seed Western Kentucky. That match will be on Friday, December 5th, and it will be hosted by the University of Louisville, who double as one half of MU’s potential second round opponents as well. If Marquette can beat the Hilltoppers — more on that in a second — then they will face either the hosting Cardinals or Loyola Chicago in the next round of the 64 team national championship event.

Marquette’s match against Western Kentucky is scheduled for 3pm Central on Friday. If you’re local to Louisville, then you’re looking to head over to L&N Federal Credit Union Arena, which is UL’s volleyball-specific venue on campus. The Louisville/Loyola Chicago contest is at 5:30 Central or 30 minutes after Marquette is finished, whichever is later.

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Western Kentucky earned their way into the NCAA tournament field by way of a 3-2 win over FIU in the Conference USA tournament championship. It is the third straight CUSA tournament title for the Hilltoppers, who enter NCAA play with a record of 27-5 after going 15-1 in the Conference USA regular season. That lone regular season loss in the conference came on October 24th at home against UTEP, who also qualified for the NCAA field as an at-large team and earned a #6 seed in the Texas region side of the bracket. WKU has won 10 straight matches heading into Friday, which includes coming back on October 25th and sweeping UTEP as CUSA went with a “travel & play two” format this season.

The other four losses for Western Kentucky this season? At #6 Louisville, at home against Vanderbilt, at home against Drake….. and at Marquette, as the Golden Eagles swept the Hilltoppers, 3-0. That was an interesting weekend in terms of results as that was WKU’s…

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Publish date : 2025-12-01 04:06:00

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