Volleyball Finishes Weekend Undefeated with Providence Sweep

Saturday, October 14

Providence, R.I.

3 p.m.

Xavier University

13-6,6-2Big East

Providence

8-12,2-6Big East

Xavier

Providence

Volleyball Finishes Weekend Undefeated with Providence Sweep

10.14.23 | Volleyball

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Xavier downs Providence in a straight sets victory

By: Dianna Lewis, Xavier Athletic Communications

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Xavier volleyball closed the fourth weekend of BIG EAST action with a straight sets (25-17, 31-29, 25-23) win over Providence on Saturday night.

The Musketeers move to 13-6 (6-2 BIG EAST) on the season and the Friars fall to 8-12 (2-6 BIG EAST).

In the second set, Xavier and Providence played to 31-29 and Xavier came out victorious. This set was the longest in BIG EAST play thus far in the 2023 season.

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• Delaney Hogan, the senior middle blocker, led the Musketeers' offense with her match-high 10 kills and the team-high hitting percentage of .444. Hogan was followed on offense by redshirt sophomore outside hitters Anna Taylor and Emma Grace with nine kills apiece.

• Senior libero Stevie Wolf and Grace both tallied double-digit digs against the Friars, with Wolf averaging 6.33 digs per set. Grace totaled 11 and Wolf boasted the match-high of 19.

• Carrigan O'Reilly registered four kills with 35 assists and three digs, rasing her career total for assists to 3,987. The graduate setter averaged 11.67 assist per set.

• Hogan, Taylor, and redshirt junior Sarah Stevens all recorded three block assists with O'Reilly contributing two. O'Reilly and junior setter Logan Flaugh were the only Musketeers to tally a block solo against the Friars.

• Four Musketeers tallied service aces - Flaugh and O'Reilly led with two apiece and were followed by junior defensive specialist Lucia Corsaro and Grace with one each.

• The Musketeers totaled 47 kills, 39 assists, 54 digs, 12 block assists, two block solos, and six service aces in the three-set match.

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