On Saturday afternoon No. 17 Marquette went into Providence, Rhode Island and left with a win to give them their 14th conference win (25-15, 25-21, 25-14).
After Providence got on the board first, Marquette went on a 5-0 scoring run in the first set. The Golden Eagles continued to put points on the board with the help of six attack errors and three service errors from the Friars. Marquette closed the set on a 4-0 scoring run to win it 25-15.
In the set, Marquette hit .212 and Providence hit .057.
The second set started close before Providence went on a 7-1 run to take an 11-8 lead and force a Marquette timeout.