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Marquette holds on in fifth-set to defeat Texas A&M in season opener

Marquette volleyball opened up the Rainbow Wahine Classic with five-set victory (25-12, 26-28, 25-21, 15-25, 15-13) Friday over Texas A&M.

The Golden Eagles are now 8-0 all-time under head coach Ryan Theis in season openers.

The fifth set was a back and forth battle between both team. After the Golden Eagles led 8-5, the Aggies called a timeout. Following the timeout, Texas A&M went on a 6-3 run to bring the deficit to 11-10.

Behind the poise of MU and firepower of graduate student Taylor Wolf, MU rattled out the 15-13 set win and pick up the overall win.