Marquette volleyball earned its first BIG EAST win of the season Friday night at Jake Nevin Field House, defeating the Villanova Wildcats in four sets (20-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-14) in its conference opener.
The Golden Eagles would build an early 7-3 lead in the first set, before the Wildcats went on a 11-3 run to flip the set and take a 14-10 lead forcing Marquette to call a timeout. Marquette was unable to regain the lead, bringing the deficit as low as three in five separate occasions, as sophomore Riley Homer finished the set with a kill to hand the Wildcats the 25-20 set win.