Xavier University Athletics
Xavier University
11-6,4-2Big East
Creighton
10-8,5-1Big East
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier | 27 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 1 |
| Creighton | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Xavier Falls in Four Sets to Creighton in Omaha
10.11.26 | Volleyball
OMAHA – The Xavier volleyball team fell in four sets to Creighton in Omaha, Neb. Sunday, October 11.
The Musketeers move to 11-6 overall and 4-2 in BIG EAST matches.
Xavier won the first set 27-25. Charlotte Moriarty opened the match with consecutive aces to put the Musketeers on the board. The teams were tied at five points after a kill from Margo Kemp, but the Bluejays would go on an 8-1 run to go up 12-6. Creighton would extend their lead 18-12 with a kill and a block. Two kills for the Musketeers and a Bluejay error would narrow Creighton's lead to just three points. A Musketeer attack error would drive Creighton up 21-16 before Xavier would go on a four-point run. All four points came from XU kills with Moriarty claiming two. Back-to-back errors from the Bluejays would tie the match 23 all and a kill from Catherine Flaharty would respond to Creighton's kill to tie it at 24 all. Tied up at 25 points each, freshman Cami Sher drove in a kill for set point, followed by a kill from Moriarty to seal the set for the Musketeers.
The Musketeers would drop the second set 25-18 to Creighton to tie the match. Once again, the Musketeers would be the first on the board in the second frame with a kill from freshman Gabby Semona. A five-nothing run would send the Bluejays up 9-3 in the second set. Xavier would not erase the deficit for the remainder of the frame despite 10 kills for the Musketeers. In the second set, Creighton managed eight attacking errors, including four consecutive errors.
The third set went to Creighton with a 25-16 score. Flaharty found the first kill for Xavier of the Musketeers' 10 kills in the frame. Kemp had one kill and one ace for the Musketeers in the third set. XU went up on a four-nothing run including three Bluejay errors for the lead at 6-5, but Creighton would reclaim the lead with a nine-nothing run and not share the lead for the remainder of the set.
The Bluejays ended the match with a 25-12 fourth set. Kemp had the first two kills of the frame for Xavier combined with one more in the set for three total. Moriarty, Semona, Sher, Flaharty and Hatkevich also had kills in the set. Moriarty would make the final kill of the match for the Musketeers off an assist from Jamison Gordon.
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Moriarty had a team high 16 kills in the loss while hitting .170 with two aces and 19 digs.
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Kelsey Niesen had 15 digs including a pancake dig to help the Musketeers win a point.
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Kemp had an ace and seven kills in the match. She also had one solo block.
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Sher had seven kills against Creighton, which is just one off her career high of eight in a single match. Sher now has 22 total kills on her rookie season.
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As a team, Xavier hit .176 against the Bluejays. Xavier hit .250 in the first frame and .273 in the final set.
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Xavier volleyball returns home Friday, October 16 to host Providence. The match is set to begin at 6 p.m.
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UConn comes to Cincinnati Saturday, October 17 for a 6 p.m. match against the Musketeers. The match will feature a Dig Pink theme in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
