No. 25 Marquette opened up the Red & White Invitational with a five-set victory (26-24, 25-21, 20-25, 20-25, and 15-9) Friday night over the University of Illinois-Chicago.
“I want to give UIC’s staff and their defense and a lot of credit,” head coach Ryan Theis said in a statement. “They are very well coached and their libero played outstanding.”
The prospects looked grim for MU in the fifth set, as the Flames took sets three and four after MU lead 2-0.
After the Golden Eagles put together a 4-1 run to take a 9-6 lead in the final set, UIC evened things up on a 3-0 run of their own.