Marquette celebrates a point in its win against Syracuse Sept. 7 at the Al McGuire Center.
No. 7 Marquette opened up the Redbird Invitational with a five-set victory (29-27, 27-25, 23-25, 19-25, 16-14) Friday over the University of Central Florida.
The prospects for MU looked grim in the fifth set, as the Knights led 10-3. After the Golden Eagles took a timeout, they fought their way all the way to a 14-10 deficit, still needing a big push to win the match.
Behind the firepower of junior Kaitlyn Lines and senior Madeline Mosher, Marquette rattled off six straight points to come back and pick up a win over a team receiving votes in the AVCA Top 25 poll.