A strong team effort on Friday afternoon led to a 3-0 Marquette win over Miami-Ohio. It was MU’s first match in this weekend’s Hampton Inn Invitational hosted by IUPUI in Indianapolis, and the W moved Marquette to 2-2 on the year.
The first and third sets were fairly similar in nature, with Marquette winning both easily on scores of 25-14 and 25-16 respectively. The second set was different, as the Golden Eagles had to stave off set point at 24-23 in order to pull out a 26-24 win. Freshman Hope Werch was the key player on the late rally, pairing up with fellow freshman Elizabeth Orf on a block to create the 24-all tie, then getting the set-clinching kill after a Manon Geoffroy service ace.