MARQUETTE — Things appeared to be going Escanaba’s way after the fourth set of a Great Northern Conference volleyball match here Thursday night.

After dropping the first two sets the Eskymos rallied to force a fifth and a pair of kills by senior Landry Bray helped them take a 2-1 lead in the finale.

Marquette responded with five unanswered points, gaining a 6-2 lead on a service ace by junior Claire Parent en route to a 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 17-25, 16-25, 15-8) victory over the Eskymos.

“We got momentum in the third and fourth sets,” Esky coach Beverly Ziebell said. “By the time the fifth set came around the girls were trying too hard. Our girls don’t have a problem getting energy. They were looking for the holes and stuck with them all the way. We put up a good fight. They just had the mo

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