Musketeer Comeback Falls Short to Army

Saturday, September 7

St. Louis, Mo.

12:30 p.m. ET

Xavier University

1-5,0-0Big East

Army

3-3,0-0Patriot

Xavier

Army West Point

09.07.24 | Volleyball

Box Score

Multipe Musketeers recorded career-highs in the five-set battle.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

ST. LOUIS - The Xavier volleyball team was unable to complete the reverse sweep of Army at the Billiken Invitational, dropping their final match 3-2 (21-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-19, 9-15). The Musketeers return home with a 1-2 record on the weekend.

After falling behind two sets, Xavier took advantage of an 8-1 run to win the third set and gain momentum into the fourth. After a back-and-forth battle in the fourth, the Musketeers pulled away with a 7-0 run to take a 21-14 lead and eventually force a fifth set.

Xavier drops to 1-5 (0-0 BIG EAST) while Army moves to 3-3 (0-0 Patriot).

notables

Emma Grace recorded her third straight double-double and the 14th of her career with a season-high 15 kills along with 12 digs. The redshirt junior also tallied both her 500th kill and dig during the match.
St. Louis native Anna Taylor notched a new career-high 18 kills for her third consecutive double digit game.
Sophomore Elouise Czajkowski recorded career-highs in digs (13) and assists (4).
Quinci Thomas put away a career-high 10 kills on no errors for a .435 clip.
The Musketeers recorded 66 kills, the most since last season's record 67 in the opener against Indiana St.
Margo Kemp had 10 kills with one error to continue to lead the team with a .385 hitting percentage.
Sarah Stevens had seven kills on no errors along with six blocks.
Xavier recorded a season-high 81 digs, the most since last season's five-set win over No. 11 Creighton with 87.
The Musketeers also hit a season-best .257.
Logan Flaugh dished out a career-high 50 assists, the most by any Musketeer since 2022. The senior setter also recorded 10 digs her fifth double-double as well as a career-high five kills.
Stevens and Taylor were named to the Billiken Invitational All-Tournament Team.

up next

Xavier will face crosstown rival Cincinnati in the Musketeers' home opener on Thursday at 6:00 p.m and Kent State will visit Cintas Center on Friday at 6:00 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on FloSports.