Volleyball Secures Another BIG EAST Road Victory at Georgetown

Saturday, October 5

Washington, D.C.

3 p.m.

Xavier University

5-9, 2-2BIG EAST

Georgetown

11-7, 1-3BIG EAST

Xavier

Georgetown

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Volleyball Secures Another BIG EAST Road Victory at Georgetown

10.06.19 | Volleyball

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Xavier sets numerous season-highs in five-set match

By: By Mark Leopold, Xavier Athletics Communications

WASHINGTON D.C. - Volleyball claimed a five-set victory on the road against Georgetown on Saturday. Highlights included Xavier tallying a BIG EAST season-high 18 blocks including Chaffee's team-high 9 blocks (1 solo, 8 assisted) and Madi Kutruff setting a new season-high 33 digs in the match. The final score was 23-25, 26-24, 25-20, 20-25, 15-8.

• Xavier will host a pair of BIG EAST matches at Cintas Center on October 11-12 against Seton Hall and St. John's.

Highlights

• Five Musketeers earned new season-high dig totals: Madi Kutruff (33 - Xavier season-high), MaryAnn O'Toole (21), Carrigan O'Reilly (11), Kelly Franxman (8) and Jayda Carlton (3).

• Five Musketeers also earned new season-high block totals: Ellie Chaffee (9 - Xavier season-high), Lauren Hanlon (8), Jayda Carlton (8- tied personal season-high), Moriah Hopkins (6), Kelly Franxman (1).

• Kelly Franxman was fully cleared to play for the first time this season entering weekend, and in her first full-match action she led Xavier in kills with 11.

Summary

• Despite falling behind 0-3 early, Xavier fought back to tie the score at 7 in Set One. The score would tie 10 more times and change hands four times throughout the set. This set the tone for a highly competitive match that ultimately went the distance. Besides the early advantage, neither team could muster more than a three-point lead, and Georgetown took the opening set 25-23.

• Set Two was just as tight, with 10 ties and five lead changes. At 7-6, the set was still up for grabs. Then, Xavier broke out a huge 6-0 run to gain a big edge, but Georgetown would later respond with a 7-0 run of their own to try and take back control. Xavier came back to tie the score at 19, and the race was on to take the two-point lead necessary to clinch Set Two. In the end, it took the Musketeers an extra point, but they won the set 26-24.

• The pivotal Set Three began in Georgetown's favor, as they held a two-point edge for most of the early-going. However, with the score tied at 9, Xavier went on a 5-1 run that would prove to be the turning point in the match. The Hoyas crept closer but never got to level the score, and Xavier finished by a score of 25-20.

• For a change of pace, Xavier began with the 2-0 edge, but once again, the teams found themselves tied at 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17. With Xavier leading 20-19, the Hoyas woke up and scored the final six points of the set to force the 15-point tiebreaker that is Set Five.

• With no room for error, Xavier went on a 4-0 run to break a 2-2 tie. The teams switched sides with the Musketeers holding an 8-3 lead, and that is as close as Georgetown would get. Xavier won the fifth set decidively by a score of 15-8 to clinch the match and theor second BIG EAST victory.

Up Next

• Xavier will host a pair of BIG EAST matches at Cintas Center on October 11-12 against Seton Hall and St. John's.