Powered by a match high 13 kills from Taylor Louis and the enthusiasm of over 1,000 local area schoolchildren on Kids’ Day, Marquette beat Xavier in straight sets on Wednesday afternoon, 25-20, 25-20, and 26-24. MU moves to 13-4 overall on the season and 3-2 in Big East matches.
A year ago, Xavier handed Marquette a home loss in their first match of the Big East season, and it seems the Musketeers are comfortable playing in the McGuire Center as they started this match off keeping things close with the Golden Eagles. A kill from Meghan Niemann followed by Niemann extending her program record for assisted blocks by partnering up with Sara Blasier to stuff XU’s Kristen Massa jumpstarted the Golden Eagles offense.