Volleyball Defeats DePaul for 25th Win

Saturday, November 15

Cincinnati, Ohio

12:30 p.m.

Xavier University

25-2,14-1Big East

DePaul

13-13,6-9Big East

DePaul

Xavier

11.15.25 | Volleyball

Box Score

The Musketeers won their 13th straight match with a 3-1 win over DePaul

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier volleyball team won its 25th match of the season with a 3-1 win over DePaul.

The Musketeers match their best win total since 2001, the first time XU made the NCAA Tournament.

DePaul got out to an early 10-2 lead in the opening set, but the Musketeers bounced back with an 8-0 run to take the lead at 13-12.

The Blue Demons continued to fight back, holding XU to just a .140 clip and take a 25-23 set one victory.

Xavier dropped the first set of a match for the first time since October 4.

The second set continued to be a back-and-forth battle between both sides with 10 tie scores, but the Musketeers pulled out a 25-23 win behind four kills from Anna Taylor.

The Musketeers dominated the fourth set, holding DePaul to a -.231 clip on just four kills. Emma Grace tallied six kills in the set to lead XU to a 25-14 victory and take a 2-1 lead.

Xavier closed out the final set hitting .343 behind seven kills from Grace and a combined 21 digs. The Musketeers took a 12-2 lead early and never looked back en route to a 25-15 win.

The Musketeers have secured the No. 2 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament in Milwuakee on Nov. 22-23.

Xavier will close out the regular season tomorrow afternoon against Marquette looking to defend their 12-0 record at home.

XU improved to 25-2 overall with a 14-1 mark in conference play, tying their record for most BIG EAST wins in 2015. DePaul falls to 13-13 with a 6-9 league record.

notables

Emma Grace led the Musketeers with 20 kills and 13 digs for her 42nd career double-double and second match in a row with 20+ kills.
Margo Kemp hit .435 on 12 kills and three blocks, reaching double figures for the sixth time this season.
Macy Hatkevich dished out 48 assists along with 11 digs and four kills for her 26th career double-double.
Anna Taylor contributed 10 kills on a .300 clip to round out the double digit scorers.
Kelsey Niesen posted a match-high 21 digs, her sixth match with 20+ digs this season.
Julia Grace added 14 digs and two aces from the service line.
The Musketeers held an opponent under .150 for the third straight match.
Xavier's defense combined for 75 digs in the match and continues to lead the BIG EAST with 14.91 digs per set.