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Volleyball Travels to St. John's and Seton Hall
10.01.26 | Volleyball
CINCINNATI – Xavier volleyball travels to St. John's and Seton Hall for BIG EAST matches Oct. 1 and 2.
The Musketeers face the Red Storm Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. in Queens, N.Y. and Seton Hall Saturday, Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. in South Orange, N.J.
Xavier is 9-4 overall following a 2-0 start to league play. Xavier swept Georgetown to open BIG EAST play and defeated Villanova in a thrilling five-set match.
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Xavier Musketeers (9-4, 2-0 BIG EAST) vs. St. John's Red Storm (11-4, 1-1 BIG EAST)
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Xavier Musketeers (9-4, 2-0 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (8-6, 0-2 BIG EAST)
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Gabby Semona and Margo Kemp earned BIG EAST Player of the Week honors following a dominating conference opening weekend. Semona leads the conference in hitting percentage in league matches with a .593 clip. Against Villanova she hit .650 and totaled 18 kills on the weekend. Kemp had a season high 15 kills and a new program all-time top 10 mark with a .700 clip against Villanova. Kemp also leads the BIG EAST in blocks in conference games while averaging 1.75 per set.
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Charlotte Moriarty ranks in the top 10 in league matches in aces and digs. She is fourth in the BIG EAST in conference games in digs with 3.88 per set and sixth in aces with four total. Moriarty also ranks seventh in the BIG EAST in in kills in overall matches with 156 total and 3.18 per set.
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Four Musketeers have at least 11 aces this season so far, including Moriarty, who leads the team with 20. Kasey Quenichet ranks second for the Musketeers with 13 and Kelsey Niesen and Macy Hatkevich each have 11.
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Niesen continues to lead the Musketeers in digs with 212 this season and 4.33 per set.
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As a team, the Musketeers rank second in the BIG EAST in both kills and digs. XU averages 13.06 kills per set and 15.29 digs per set. After conference opening weekend, Xavier leads in league action in digs, blocks and kills in the BIG EAST. Through two conference matches, XU tallies 111 kills, 21.0 blocks, and 130 digs.
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St. John's is 11-4 overall and 1-1 in the BIG EAST. The Red Storm most recently fell 3-1 to No. 25 Creighton at home.
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St. John's libero, Rahanny Solano Smith was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll following a league best 44 digs to open conference play. The senior tallies 323 total digs this season, averaging 5.87 per set.
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Carola Tesoro leads St. John's in kills with 229 this season. Tesoro is hitting .276 with 4.24 kills per set.
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St. John's leads the BIG EAST in assists (12.95/s), kills (13.67/s), digs (15.38/s), and points (17.38).
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Xavier leads the overall series 14-10 against the Red Storm. Most recently in 2025, Xavier defeated St. John's 3-1 at home.
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Seton Hall is 8-6 overall and 0-2 in the BIG EAST. The Pirates dropped all six sets in match ups against St. John's and No. 25 Creighton.
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Kennedy Horn for the Pirates ranks in the top 10 in the BIG EAST with a .325 hitting percentage. Horn has 55 kills so far this season and three aces.
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Mia Clyburn leads Seton Hall in blocks with 37.0. She has three solo blocks and 34 block assists.
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The Pirates rank fourth in the BIG EAST in assists with 620 total and 11.92 per set. Seton Hall also ranks third in the league in digs behind Xavier, averaging 14.54 per set.
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Against Seton Hall, Xavier is 18-5 overall. In the last meeting, the Musketeers swept the Pirates at home in 2025.
Sept. 28 – Gabby Semona – BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Sept. 28 – Margo Kemp – BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 13 – McKinley Boehm– BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Sept. 7 – McKinley Boehm – BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Aug. 31 – Charlotte Moriarty, Kelsey Niesen – BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll
(first place votes)
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Creighton, 100 (10)
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Villanova, 86
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Marquette, 82 (1)
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Xavier, 75
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DePaul, 62
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Georgetown, 49
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UConn, 48
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St. John's, 36
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Butler, 34
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Providence, 20
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Seton Hall, 13
Preseason BIG EAST Volleyball Player of the Year
Abby Harrell, Sr., OH, Villanova
Preseason All-BIG EAST Team^
Elise Ward, Sr., OH, Butler
Abbey Hayes, So., OH, Creighton
Ayden Ames, Jr., MB, Creighton
Jaya Johnson, Sr., RS/MB, Creighton*
Kendall Timme, So., OH, DePaul*
Kamryn Lee-Caracci, So., MB, Georgetown
Carson Tyler, Jr., OH, Marquette
Rashanny Solano Smith, Sr., L, St. John's
Abby Harrell, Sr., OH, Villanova
Campbell McKinnon, Jr., MB, Villanova*
Macy Hatkevich, Sr., S, Xavier*
Margo Kemp, Rs-Jr., MB, Xavier
McKinley Boehm, Rs-So., MB, Xavier
*Denotes unanimous selection
^Denotes tie in voting
