FOND DU LAC - Marian University women's volleyball (14-11, 6-6 NACC) took the opening set but fell to IIT 19-25, 25-12, 25-22, and 25-19.
- The Scarlett Hawks jumped out to a fast 8-3 start in set one before a 6-2 run by the Sabres tied things up 9-9.
- Marian was able to take the lead at 11-10 and grow its lead to two at 17-15.
- The Sabres went on a 8-4 run to easily close out set one 25-19.
- After a back-and-forth start to the second with a tied score of 9-9, the Scarlett Hawks would take set two behind a commanding 15-3 run.
- A similar script as set two the two squads would trade points to begin set three with a score of 6-6.
- The Sabres jumped out to a four point lead behind a 5-1 run and would force a Scarlett Hawk timeout.
- The back-and-fourth play continued with the Sabres keeping a four point lead 21-17 but IIT would not go down without a fight.
- IIT ended set three on an 8-1 run taking advantage of what proved to be critical errors by the Sabres.
- Using the momentum from the strong finish, the Scarlett Hawks got out to a 6-0 run and forced a Sabre timeout to start set four.
- Marian crawled back into the fourth set and reduced the IIT lead to three at 12-9 and again at 17-14.
- The Sabre offense never quite got going in the fourth set which would lead to the Scarlett Hawks closing out set four and the match on a 8-5 run.
- Both defenses had a strong day with IIT having the slight advantage in digs 59-57.
- Marian was held under .100 hitting percentage for only the sixth time this season.
- The Sabre offense recorded 32 kills while committing 31 hitting errors.
