The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

Sports

Photo by Doug Peters/douglas.peters@marquette.edu

Volleyball clinches BIG EAST Tournament berth

Andrew Goldstein, [email protected] November 16, 2015

It certainly wasn’t pretty, but Marquette has secured its place to play postseason volleyball. The Golden Eagles split a pair of road games this weekend, losing in five sets to St. John’s Saturday...

Men’s basketball falls to Belmont in season opener

Jack Goods, [email protected] November 14, 2015

Henry Ellenson did all he could to keep the Golden Eagles in the game in his Marquette debut. When it appeared it was slipping away from Marquette in the second half, Ellenson scored seven points in a...

Photo by Doug Peters/douglas.peters@marquette.edu

Volleyball one win from tournament berth

Andrew Goldstein, [email protected] November 13, 2015

Marquette volleyball’s magic number is one. One win in the final four matches or one Butler loss will send Marquette to its sixth consecutive BIG EAST conference tournament. After that, it could...

Photo by Ben Erickson/benjamin.a.erickson@marquette.edu

Volleyball signs 3 top-100 recruits for 2016

Andrew Goldstein, [email protected] November 12, 2015

Marquette volleyball has officially announced the 2016 recruiting class, featuring three players — middle blocker Allie Barber, outside hitter Madeline Mosher and setter Lauren Speckman. All three are...

Ellenson scored 16 points in the teams scrimmage on Monday (Photo by Doug Peters/douglas.peters@mu.edu).

Q&A with standout freshman Henry Ellenson

Wire Staff, @MUWireSports November 12, 2015

Marquette Wire's Dan Reiner and Jack Goods caught up with freshman power forward Henry Ellenson to talk about his life on and off the court in his first few months on campus. How much progress have...

Photo courtesy of Matthew Fiebig

Quidditch wins inaugural home tournament

Robby Cowles, [email protected] November 12, 2015

Club Quidditch went undefeated in its first home tournament this past weekend, going 7-0 and beating Minnesota in the finals to win the tournament. It was the club’s first tournament championship of...

Photo by Ben Erickson/benjamin.a.erickson@marquette.edu

New kids on the block: MU freshmen add leadership to young team

Dan Reiner, [email protected] November 12, 2015

At 6:15 on any given morning, while most of Marquette’s campus sleeps, you can find freshman Matt Heldt in Kasten Gym at the Al McGuire Center practicing his post game and working on free throws. Not...

(Photos by Doug Peters/doug.peters@mu.edu)

Big men on campus: Three-man rotation poses serious matchup nightmare

Jack Goods, [email protected] November 12, 2015

The era of small ball at Marquette is over. Head coach Steve Wojciechowski, with a bit of help from former coach Buzz Williams, has assembled one of the top frontcourts in the country. The crown jewel...

Marquette womens basketball released its non-conference schedule Tuesday on Twitter.

Kieger poised for sophomore crusade

Andrew Goldstein, [email protected] November 12, 2015

“It’s almost basketball season!” exclaimed Marquette women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger seemingly out of the blue as she waited for her media day press conference. Such spontaneous...

The introduction Matt Heldt and Henry Ellenson allows for a change in scheme (Photo courtesy of Maggie Bean/Marquette Images).

Men’s basketball transitions to man-to-man defense

Andrew Goldstein, [email protected] November 12, 2015

Avid fans of Marquette basketball will notice a lot of obvious differences between this year and last year’s teams, but one of the biggest differences will be a bit more subtle. Head coach Steve Wojciechowski...

(Photo by Doug Peters/douglas.peters@mu.edu)

Jajuan Johnson ready to live up to expectations

Peter Fiorentino, [email protected] November 12, 2015

It would be rather difficult to call the 2014-'15 basketball season a success for junior Jajuan Johnson. The guard's numbers dropped off from his freshman season in nearly every statistical category....

MUWBB: prep teammates reunite at MU

Andrew Goldstein, [email protected] November 12, 2015

Amani, Natisha and Allazia. It has been pretty difficult over the past few years to hear or see one of these names and not find one of the other two in close proximity. Pull up Prospects Nation’s...

Load More Stories