Taylor Records 1000th Career Kill in Win Over UConn

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Taylor Records 1000th Career Kill in Win Over UConn

11.08.25 | Volleyball

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The Musketeers took down the Huskies in four sets to pick up their 12th straight victory.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - The Xavier volleyball team defeated UConn, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon for the Musketeers' 24th win of the season.

The Musketeers have secured the No. 2 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament with two games remaining in the regular season.

Xavier has won its last 12 straight matches and six straight on the road and are tied with No. 1 Nebraska for most wins in the country (24).

The last time Xavier won 24 games was 2007, the same year they made their second and most recent NCAA Tournament appearance.

XU opened the first set hitting a massive .500 with only one error. Emma Grace led the way with seven kills on a .538 clip while Macy Hatkevich dished out 12 assists to help Xaiver take a 25-19 set victory.

Grace contributed another seven kills in the second set while Anna Taylor added five including the 1000th of her career. XU led the whole way through the second set to take. 25-22 win.

The Huskies fought back in the third set with Emma Werkmeister tallying nine kills. UConn led through the majority of the third set until the Musketeers tied at 19-19, but the Huskies battled to a 25-222 set three victory.

The fourth set was a defensive battle with both teams recording 18 digs. Xavier held UConn to a .000 clip in the set behind four blocks including three from Taylor. The Huskies led by as much as six in the set, but the Musketeers fought off three set points and ended the game on a 3-0 run behind two kills from Charlotte Moriarty to take the set at 28-26.

Xavier improves to 24-2 with a 13-1 BIG EAST record while UConn falls to 18-8 and 7-7 in league play.

notables

Emma Grace recorded 21 kills and 12 digs for her 41st career double-double and sixth match with 20+ kills.
Anna Taylor notched her 1000th career kill in the match for a total of 15 kills and four blocks on a .364 clip.
Macy Hatkevich tabbed her 25th career double-double on 37 assists and 14 digs.
Charlotte Moriarty added nine kills while hitting a career-high .438.
Kelsey Niesen led the defense with 18 digs and added six assists.
McKinley Boehm had five kills and five blocks to hit .308.
The Musketeers have matched their highest win total since 2007 at 24. The last time Xavier made the NCAA Tournament was the same year.

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Xavier wraps up the regular season at home next weekend against DePaul and Marquette. First serve against the Blue Demons is set for 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Musketeers will then face the Golden Eagles at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday for Senior Day.