Emma Grace Records 1000th Career Dig In Xavier's Sweep of DePaul

Saturday, October 18

Chicago, Ill.

6 p.m. ET

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Emma Grace Records 1000th Career Dig In Xavier's Sweep of DePaul

10.18.25 | Volleyball

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The Musketeers earned their sixth straight win and fourth sweep of the season.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CHICAGO - The Xavier volleyball team won its sixth straight match with a road sweep of DePaul on Saturday night to improve to 7-1 in the BIG EAST. The Musketeers remain in second place in the league standings behind No. 13 Creighton.

Four different Musketeers finished with double digit kills in the match as the Musketeers hit .299 as a team.

Both teams hit above .300 in the first set with three Musketeers and four Blue Demons recording at least three kills in the opening frame. Emma Grace hit an error less .353 on six kills in the offensive battle as XU took a 25-22 win.

After a back-and-forth start to set two, DePaul went on a late 10-1 run to make it a 24-20 game in their favor, but XU fought off five set points to fight for a 29-27 win a take a 2-0 lead in the match.

Xavier hit a match-high .314 in the final set behind six kills on a personal .625 clip from McKinley Boehm. The redshirt freshman also assisted on all three of Xavier's team blocks in the set to hold DePaul to just 10 kills in the set.

Xavier improves to 17-2 with a 7-1 league record while DePaul 11-8 with a 4-4 mark in conference play.

notables

Emma Grace notched her 1000th career dig late in the third set en route to her 39th career double-double on 10 kills and 13 digs.
Anna Taylor led the Musketeers offensively with a match-high 12 kills and added two blocks while hitting .474.
McKinley Boehm contributed 11 kills on a .400 clip along with five blocks.
Charlotte Moriarty rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 kills with seven digs and two blocks.
Macy Hatkevich dished out 38 assists with seven digs and three kills.
Kaya Hood earned her first career start for XU on five kills and two blocks.
Kelsey Niesen had 10 digs in her 20th-straight match at libero.
Julia Grace notched six digs and XU's two aces.
The Musketeers had a season-low two service errors.

up next

Xavier returns to Cintas Center next weekend to kick off a four-game home stand. The Musketeers will host St. John's on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and Seton Hall on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in Cintas Center.