Xavier Continues Home Stand with Georgetown and Seton Hall

Friday, November 1

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 p.m.

Xavier University

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Xavier Continues Home Stand with Georgetown and Seton Hall

10.30.24 | Volleyball

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The Musketeers enter the second half of BIG EAST play with a 6-4 record.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier volleyball team welcomes Georgetown and Seton Hall to Cintas Center this weekend.

The Musketeers defeated both teams on the road this year, taking down the Hoyas 3-1 after a 3-2 win over the Pirates the night before.

Xavier is currently in a three-way tie for fourth place in the BIG EAST standings with UConn and Villanova. All 11 teams have played each other once thus far into the season and eight games remain ahead for each team in the path to the BIG EAST Tournament which consists of the top six teams.

match information

NOVEMBER 1 | 6:00 PM

Xavier Musketeers (8-12, 6-4) vs. Georgetown Hoyas (8-14, 1-9)
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NOVEMBER 3 | 1:00 PM

Xavier Musketeers (8-12, 6-4) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (8-13, 2-8)
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about the musketeers

Three Musketeers earned BIG EAST Weekly Awards after a 2-0 weekend at home for Xavier as they took down UConn and Providence.
Logan Flaugh was named the Setter of the Week for the first time in her career after leading the BIG EAST with 11.63 assists per set. The senior dished out a career-high 56 assists and 12 digs in the five-set win over UConn on Friday and followed up with another double-double on Sunday, totaling 37 assists, 10 digs and four kills including her 500th career dig. The veteran setter led the team to a season-high .386 hitting percentage in the win over Providence.
Emma Grace picked up her first weekly award of the season as the Defensive Player of the Week. As an outside hitter, Grace led all BIG EAST players with 5.25 digs per set along with 3.50 kills per set. She recorded a career-high 30 digs against UConn to go along with 16 kills and two aces. She followed up on Sunday with 12 kills and 12 digs on a season-best .476 clip. The redshirt junior was perfect in serve receive with no errors on 23 total attempts. She is the highest-ranking outside hitter in the league with 3.58 digs per set.
Margo Kemp was named the Freshman of the Week for the third time this season, ranking second in the league this week with a .472 hitting percentage on 2.50 kills per set and 0.63 blocks per set. In the win over UConn, she tallied 13 kills and four blocks while hitting .478 and followed up with seven kills on a .462 clip against Providence. The redshirt freshman is the highest ranking rookie with a .409 hitting percentage in conference matches.
The Musketeers average 15.86 digs per set, the third highest mark in the league with four players averaging above 2.50 digs per set including Emma Grace (3.58), Lucia Corsaro (3.42), Logan Flaugh (2.64) and Kelsey Niesen (2.61).

scouting the hoyas

Georgetown is currently 8-14 with a 1-9 BIG EAST record, sitting at 10th in the league standings.
Xavier is 21-2 all-time against the Hoyas, winning the last nine straight including last month's matchup in Washington D.C.
Berkeley Ploder ranks third among BIG EAST players with 1.12 blocks per set while the team averages 2.06 combined.
Kamryn Lee-Caracci led the Hoyas with 14 kills on a .344 clip when the Musketeers visited Georgetown last month.
Freshman Dionna Mitchell notched a double-double in the match with 11 kills and 18 digs.
The Hoyas combined for 12 blocks against the Musketeers, the most by any conference opponent this season.

scouting the pirates

Seton Hall enters the weekend with a 8-13 record (2-8 BIG EAST) to place them at ninth in conference standings.
Xavier has won the last five straight over the Pirates including a 3-2 victory in New Jersey last month for a 17-4 all-time series record.
SHU ranks second in the conference with 2.20 blocks per set led by Asli Subasili's average of 1.08.
Hadlee Ackerman averages 3.62 digs per set for the fourth-best mark in the league.
Perri Lucas had 16 kills in the Pirates' five-set loss to Xavier on Oct. 12.
Madison Klungel was one kill short of a triple-double in the match, finishing with 48 assists, 19 digs and nine kills.

big east standings

TEAM	CONF.	PCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Creighton	10-0	1.000	19-2	.905	W12
Marquette	9-1	.900	15-6	.714	W9
DePaul	7-3	.700	15-7	.682	W2
UConn	6-4	.600	18-4	.818	L2
Villanova	6-4	.600	13-8	.619	W1
Xavier	6-4	.600	8-12	.400	W2
St. John's	5-5	.500	16-8	.667	W2
Butler	3-7	.300	5-17	.227	L2
Seton Hall	2-8	.200	8-13	.381	L3
Georgetown	1-9	.100	8-14	.364	L6
Providence	0-10	.000	7-14	.333	L10