Xavier Sweeps Kent State for First Home Win

Friday, September 13

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 p.m.

Xavier University

2-6,0-0Big East

Kent State

1-6,0-0MAC

Kent St.

Xavier

09.13.24 | Volleyball

Box Score

The Musketeers combined for a season-high .375 clip.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier volleyball team defeated Kent State 3-0 (25-22, 29-27, 25-17) on Friday night in the Musketeers' first win at home and the first sweep of the season.

After a back-and-forth first set, Xavier took advantage of a late 3-0 run to take a 23-20 lead. The Musketeers hit .341 in the set led by Anna Taylor's five kills.

Kent State started set two dominantly with two separate 4-0 runs to take an early 9-2 lead. The Musketeers fought back with a 5-0 run of their own to cut the deficit to 13-12. The Golden Flashes pulled away again, but Xavier tied it up at 19-19. The end of the set went back-and-forth while the Musketeers fought off two set points before Taylor's back-to-back kills gave Xavier set point and the Musketeers delivered.

Xavier rolled through the final set with Emma Grace putting down a dominant kill for the first point, and the Musketeers never looked back.

The Musketeers improve to 2-6 (0-0 BIG EAST) while the Golden Flashes fall to 1-6 (0-0 MAC).

Notables

Anna Taylor recorded a new career-high 20 kills on a .545 clip.
Logan Flaugh dished out 49 assists, one shy of her career-high, while averaging 10.26 assists per set.
Margo Kemp tallied 13 kills with only one error for a .667 hitting percentage. She also recorded three aces at the service line.
Freshman Kelsey Niesen earned her first start in the libero jersey and recorded a career-high 19 digs.
Emma Grace followed up defensively with 13 digs.
The Musketeer offense had a season-low 11 errors in the win.

Up Next

The Musketeers head across the river for the NKU Invitational next weekend. Xavier will play Northern Kentucky on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and Miami (OH) on Friday at 6:00 p.m.