No. 11 Marquette beat the St. John’s Red Storm in four sets (25-23, 28-26, 23-25, 25-15) Friday night, dropping just its sixth set of BIG EAST play.
After nine lead changes and 10 ties in the first set, Marquette won six of the last 10 points for a 25-23 victory.
The Golden Eagles seemed like a completely different team in the second frame, getting out to a dominant 7-2 lead. Though MU kept that advantage for most of the set, St. John’s used a 9-2 run to tie it at 19-19. Marquette fought off three set points to win the set 28-26.