GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com)--- The Green Bay volleyball team began the Hyatt Regency Marquette Invitational with a loss against #8 Marquette (19-25, 23-25, 18-25).

Green Bay 0, Marquette 3
Despite playing against another top-10 opponent on the season, the Phoenix weren't rattled and never lost their composure during the match.  The Golden Eagles were just too strong on the offensive-side of the net, claiming 19 more attack-attempts and earning 13 more kills off of those.  Taylor Wolf led the way for the squad offensively, recording 15 kills while hitting a solid .367 percentage.  In her first career-start, sophomore Alexis Dorner added 5 kills.  Freshman Zoi Sherolli contributed 5 kills as well.  Senior Maddie Yoss claimed 28 of the 34 assist and added two aces.

Set one (19-25) was a close one between Green Bay and Marquette.  The Phoenix led late in the set at 18-15, but the Golden Eagles rallied to claim the set.  Defensively, the team was up for the challenge and claimed 8 block-assist and 22 digs.  Despite neither team clicking offensively, Marquette tallied 4 more kills and claimed one less error than Green Bay, which were the difference.  Ashley Sledge and Taylor Wolf led for the Phoenix offensively, contributing 4 and 3 kills a-piece.

Set two (23-25) yet again was a tight one between Green Bay and Marquette.  The Golden Eagles started out hot and took the early lead. However, the Phoenix went on a 4-0 run midway through to knot thing up at 15-15, and even took the 16-15 lead off a kill from Zoi Sherolli.  Marquette then went on a small run of their own, but Green Bay once again tied the set at 22-22.  Unfortunately, the Golden Eagles offense was too much, with them owning a .366 hitting percentage, which propelled them to take the second set.  Taylor Wolf led the way offensively for the squad, recording 6 kills.  Brenna Hesse had herself a strong second set for the Phoenix as well, claiming 7 digs.

Set three (18-25) saw Marquette claim set and the match.  Green Bay went on a 4-0 early to even up the set at 6-6.  The teams went back-and-forth till 10-10, but the #8 ranked team took the lead and never looked back.

Green Bay defensively was led by freshman libero Brenna Hesse who had 19 digs on the night.  Taylor Wolf followed her up with 12, and junior Micaela Kent added 10 also for the Phoenix.  As a team, Green Bay logged a total of 7 blocks.  Junior Ashley Sledge owned 5 block-assist, and Zoi Sherolli followed with 4 of her own.

Next Game
The Phoenix will have two matches tomorrow (September 21^st) at the Al McGuire Center.  The first match of the day will be against the defending MVC Champions, Northern Iowa, at 12:00 p.m. CT followed by a matchup with Saint Louis at 5:00 p.m. CT.

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