For the second straight match, Marquette went to five sets in order to pull out a win. This time, though, instead of MU needing to fight off an 0-2 rally to win, it was the Golden Eagles bouncing back from a two-set hole to get a 3-2 (23-25, 16-25, 27-25, 25-22, 15-11) victory over DePaul on Saturday night. Marquette moves to 17-4 overall and 7-2 in the Big East with the victory, while DePaul drops to 11-10 and 5-4 in the league.
Those league records are the most notable part of MU pulling off the rally. With almost the entire league having finished their first pass through the Big East (Providence and Creighton have yet to play each other), Marquette is a game and a half behind Creighton for the top spot in the league, but MU has a two game lead in the standings on everyone else.