MILWAUKEE — The Marquette women's volleyball team earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Volleyball tournament and will host Ball State at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee on Thursday. 

What You Need To Know

  • The Marquette women's volleyball team earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Volleyball tournament

  • The Golden Eagles will host No. 13 seed Ball State at roughly 7 p.m. on Thursday

  • This will be the Golden Eagles' 11th NCAA trip in the last 12 seasons

  • Marquette (27-3, 17-1 BIG EAST) was the BIG EAST Conference regular season co-champions with Creighton

This will be the Golden Eagles' 11th NCAA trip in the last 12 seasons.

Marquette will also host fifth-seeded Georgia Tech and Wright State on Thursday and the winner of each matchup in Friday's second round at 6 p.m. CT. The Georgia Tech/Wright State match is slated for 4 p.m. CT on Thursday and Marquette's match will follow at roughly 7 p.m.

All first and second round matches will be played Dec. 1-3 at campus sites. Teams winning both matches will continue to regional play Dec. 8 & 10. Regional winners will advance to the national semifinals and championship final Dec. 15-17a at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Golden Eagles (27-3, 17-1 BIG EAST) were the BIG EAST Conference regular season co-champions with Creighton. Marquette fell in five sets to Creighton in the BIG EAST Championship match in Omaha over the weekend. 

You can view the full NCAA Bracket here.