Volleyball Defeats Georgetown in Five Set Thriller

Friday, October 3

Washington, D.C.

7 p.m.

Xavier University

13-2,2-1Big East

Georgetown

9-7,2-1Big East

Xavier

Georgetown

Volleyball Defeats Georgetown in Five Set Thriller

10.03.25 | Volleyball

Box Score

Emma Grace and Charlotte Moriarty led the way with 15 kills each.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

WASHINGTON - The Xavier volleyball team took down Georgetown in five sets on Friday night to hand the Hoyas their first BIG EAST loss of the season.

Emma Grace exploded for eight kills in the first set as XU led the whole way en route to a 25-21 win.

The Hoyas took advantage of multiple runs throughout the second frame including a late 3-0 stretch to take a 25-22 victory.

Xavier hit a match-low .129 in the third set with only nine kills to drop a 25-19 decision in the frame.

The fourth set was an offensive battle as Xavier hit .440 and Georgetown hit an even .500 clip, but the Musketeers fought out a 27-25 win behind five kills from Charlotte Moriarty.

The Musketeers opened the final set on a 4-0 run and never relinquished their lead with a perfect side out percentage. Margo Kemp had four kills on five attempts in the fifth set to lead XU to a 15-8 win.

Xavier improves to 13-2 with a 2-1 BIG EAST record while Georgetown falls to 9-7 and 2-1 in league play.

notables

Charlotte Moriarty matched her career-high with 15 kills while hitting .310.
Emma Grace also tallied 15 kills to go along with 10 digs, three aces and three blocks en route to her 36th career double-double.
Margo Kemp had 11 kills and five blocks to hit .450 while also adding two aces behind the service line.
Macy Hatkevich dished out 40 assists and had nine digs, just one shy of her 23rd career double-double. The junior also tabbed a career-high four aces including one to force the fifth set.
Kelsey Niesen had 14 digs, three aces and a career-high eight assists.
McKinley Boehm hit .429 on seven kills and three blocks.
Anna Taylor contributed nine kills and a block.
The Musketeers combined for a season-high 13 aces in the match.
Xavier improves to 2-0 in five-set matches this season.