Xavier University Athletics
Friday, September 6
St. Louis, Mo.
12 p.m. ET
Xavier University
0-4,0-0Big East
1
vs
3
Illinois State
2-3,0-0MVC
1
2
3
4
F
Illinois St.
25
17
25
25
3
Xavier
23
25
18
21
1
Musketeers Fall to Redbirds in St. Louis
09.06.24 | Volleyball
Anna Taylor, Margo Kemp and Emma Grace led the team with 12 kills each.
ST. LOUIS - The Xavier volleyball team dropped their first match at the Billiken Invitational, 3-1, to Illinois State. The Musketeers battled off three match points after falling behind by as much as six points in the final set.
Xavier falls to 0-4 (0-0 BIG EAST) while the Redbirds improve to 2-3 (0-0 MVC).
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- Margo Kemp recorded a career-high 12 kills on a .391 hitting percentage.
- Emma Grace recorded 12 kills and 21 digs for her 12th career double-double.
- Anna Taylor also tallied 12 kills including the 500th of her career.
- Logan Flaugh dished out 44 assists along with nine digs.
- Charlotte Moriarty matched her career-best eight kills and recorded nine digs with two aces.
- Lucia Corsaro added 11 digs and Elouise Czajkowski tallied a career-high 10 to hold down the back court.
- The Musketeers outpaced the Redbirds with 53 kills to their 49 and a team best .191 hitting percentage this season.
- Xavier's 11 service errors are the most by the team thus far into the young season.
up next
Xavier will play the host team Saint Louis at 8 p.m. ET on Friday evening. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
ILS
XU
Kills
49
53
Errors
22
23
Attempts
145
157
Hitting %
.186
.191
Points
65.0
66.0
Assists
46
48
Aces
7
5
Blocks
9
8
Game Leaders
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
2
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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