Up Next: A rematch of last year's Big
East championship match: Creighton at 6 pm tonight.
With a record of 22 - 9 after falling in five sets in the Big
East championship match, Marquette is headed to Ames, Iowa, for the first round of this year's national championship tournament.
Not exact matches
# 22 John Van Ryn
EAST ORANGE One of best doubles players in U.S. history, winning 14 of 16 Davis Cup
matches (with Wilmer Allison) and six Grand Slam
championships.
Marquette's last victory against Providence came in the 2013 Big
East tournament
championship match.
Leads of 1 - 0 and 2 - 1 fell to the wayside on Saturday afternoon, as Marquette lost to # 17 Creighton in five sets, 3 - 2, in the 2017 Big
East tournament
championship match.
Marquette came away with a 2 - 1 advantage in the series, losing in Omaha in the regular season, but taking the Milwaukee end of the regular season and, most importantly, the Big
East tournament
championship match, which was also back in Omaha.