Volleyball Sweeps Villanova to Remain Undefeated at Home

Friday, October 31

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 p.m.

Xavier University

21-2,10-1Big East

Villanova

16-6,7-4Big East

Villanova

Xavier

Volleyball Sweeps Villanova to Remain Undefeated at Home

10.31.25 | Volleyball

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The Musketeers took down the Wildcats in straight sets to improve to 21-2 overall with a perfect 10-0 home record.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier volleyball team won its ninth straight match in a sweep of Villanova on Friday night at Cintas Center.

The Musketeers defended their unblemished 10-0 home record as they took down the Wildcats for the second time this season.

Emma Grace recorded her 1,000th career kill in the match to become the 13th player in program history to record both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in their career.

XU started the match on a 7-0 run and never relinquished their lead throughout the first set, holding the Wildcats to a -.031 hitting percentage.

Anna Taylor led the way in the opening frame, hitting a perfect 1.000 on four kills.

The second set was a back-and-forth game of runs that saw 11 ties and seven lead changes, but McKinley Boehm recorded five kills to help lead the Musketeers to a 25-22 win.

Emma Grace closed out the final set for the Musketeers, racking up six kills including the 1000th of her career and adding eight digs to push XU to a 25-20 victory.

Xavier improves to 21-2 on the season with a 10-1 BIG EAST record while Villanova falls to 16-6 and 7-4 in league play.

notables

Emma Grace notched her 40th career double-double in the match on 10 kills and 15 digs while adding two aces and two blocks.
Anna Taylor also recorded 10 kills while hitting .348 to go along with her four blocks.
McKinley Boehm hit .500 on nine kills and a match-high seven blocks.
Margo Kemp had seven kills and two blocks on a .417 clip.
Macy Hatkevich dished out 35 assists along with eight digs, three kills and an ace.
Kelsey Niesen had 12 digs and four assists to continue her nine-match double digit dig streak.
Julia Grace contributed nine digs and two aces.
The Musketeers held Villanova to just a .078 clip, their lowest mark of the season.