Volleyball Finishes Non Conference Play at Northern Kentucky Invitational

Thursday, September 19

Highland Heights, Ky.

6 p.m.

Xavier University

Northern Kentucky

Volleyball Finishes Non Conference Play at Northern Kentucky Invitational

09.18.24 | Volleyball

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The Musketeers are coming off of a sweep of Kent State last Friday at home.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Xavier volleyball team will head across the Ohio River to compete in the NKU Invitational this weekend to face Northern Kentucky and Miami (OH). Matches will not be streamed this weekend but will be available on Live Stats.

Xavier enters the final week of non conference play with a 2-6 record (0-0 BIG EAST). The Musketeers opened their home slate last week with a loss to Cincinnati on Thursday and a sweep of Kent State on Friday.

tournament information

SEPTEMBER 19

Xavier at Northern Kentucky
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SEPTEMBER 20

Xavier vs Miami (OH)
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about the musketeers

Logan Flaugh ranks second in the BIG EAST with 10.29 assists/set. Her 49 assists in the Musketeers' sweep of Kent State is the most by any BIG EAST player in a three-set match this year.
Xavier hit a season-best .375 against Kent State, the second-best percentage by a BIG EAST team this season.
Margo Kemp's team-leading .378 is the third-best in the league. She hit a career-high 13 kills against Kent State with only one error for a .667 clip, tied for the best percentage by a BIG EAST player this season.
Anna Taylor hit .545 against Kent State with a career-high 20 kills for the eighth-highest percentage by a BIG EAST player. She is the first Musketeer since 2022 to record 20+ points in a match and leads the team with 3.23 points per set.

scouting the norse

Northern Kentucky enters the tournament at 2-7 (0-0 Horizon) with two of those losses coming from Top-10 teams.
The Norse were picked to finish second in the Horizon League poll this year after making it to the conference championship semifinals a season ago.
NKU ranks third in the league with 16.03 digs per set led by Lucy Cluxton's 4.88 digs per set that rank second in the conference.
Xavier is 12-4 all time against the Norse with an eight-game win streak, most recently a 3-1 win last season.

scouting the redhawks

Miami has a 5-4 record entering this weekend and was picked to finish 10th in the MAC preseason poll.
The Redhawks are 12-5 all time against the Musketeers despite Xavier winning the last two matchups, most recently a five-set battle in 2022.
Miami leads the MAC with 2.42 service aces per set and ranks second in the league for opponent hitting percentage (.163).
Gentry Warrick leads the conference with 1.27 blocks per set.