Xavier Volleyball Wins 20th Match

Saturday, October 25

Cincinnati, Ohio

4 p.m.

Xavier University

20-2,9-1Big East

Seton Hall

6-15,0-10Big East

Seton Hall

Xavier

10.25.25 | Volleyball

Box Score

The Musketeers swept Seton Hall on Saturday afternoon to improve to 9-0 at home with a 20-2 overall record.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier volleyball team took down Seton Hall in straight sets on Saturday afternoon in Cintas Center.

The Musketeers continue their nine-match unbeaten home streak with the win and improve to 9-1 in league play.

XU reaches 20 single-season wins for the first time since 2022 and just the second time since 2016.

Xavier hit a season-high .345 in the match with seven players recording at least four kills each. 16 players saw action in the match.

Emma Grace led the Musketeers to a 25-15 first set win, tallying five kills alone while XU hit a match-high .480 in the opening frame.

McKinley Boehm tallied all four of her kills in the second set and added two blocks as Xavier cruised to a 25-13 set win, never relinquishing their lead after a 2-1 start.

XU closed out the final set behind four kills each from Charlotte Moriarty and Quinci Thomas while the defense notched 18 digs en route to a 25-19 final set win.

Xavier improves to 20-2 with a 8-1 league mark while Seton Hall falls to 6-15 and 0-10 in BIG EAST play.

notables

Charlotte Moriarty led a balanced Musketeer attack with eight kills and six digs to go along with two blocks and an ace.
Margo Kemp followed up with six kills on an error less .750 clip and added two blocks of her own.
Emma Grace also recorded six kills with eight digs and two aces.
Anna Taylor hit a team-leading .800 on four kills in her two sets of play.
Kelsey Niesen led the defense with 16 digs, her eighth-straight double digit performance.
Macy Hatkevich had 13 assists, three digs and two aces in just two sets.
Jenna Barhorst posted 11 assists and six digs, recording an assist on 65 percent of her sets.
The Musketeers were only aced two times in the match.
The Pirates posted a .053 hitting percentage while Xavier held SHU to just 23 kills and 32 digs, the lowest marks of any opponent this season.

up next

Xavier continues their homestand into next weekend to host Villanova and Georgetown. The Musketeers will face the Wildcats on Friday night in Cintas Center with first serve set for 6:00 p.m.