Marquette women’s volleyball extended its winning streak to five games with a three-set victory (25-15, 25-17, 25-13) against the Xavier Musketeers in Cincinnati Sunday afternoon.
The first frame was relatively close until the Golden Eagles got out to a 17-9 lead. Marquette finished the first set 25-15, collectively hitting its best of the afternoon at 0.448. Meanwhile Xavier struggled with its offense, only hitting 0.100, capitalizing on nine of 30 kill attempts.
Marquette opened the second set with an 8-0 run. The Golden Eagles maintained that lead for the rest of the set and at one point had an 18-8 advantage.