Xavier University
15-9,8-5Big East
Butler
11-14,5-8Big East
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | 27 | 18 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 2 |
| Xavier | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 |
11.04.26 | Volleyball
CINCINNATI – Xavier volleyball topped Butler, 3-2, at Cintas Center on Wednesday evening.
Xavier is now 15-9 overall and 8-5 in BIG EAST play.
The Bulldogs took the first set 27-25. Butler led 13-8 before the Musketeer outscored the Bulldogs 7-2 to tie it at 15-15, eventually moving in front at 21-20. Xavier had set point at 24-23, but the Bulldogs closed it out with a 4-1 run to take the set. Charlotte Moriarty and Quinci Thomas each had four kills, the Musketeers had 14 for the set.
Xavier took a 25-18 win in the second set to even the match at 1-1. It was tied at 8-8 before the Musketeers built the lead out to seven, 19-12 Butler would get no closer than four for the remainder of the set. Charlotte Moriarty had five of Xavier's 16 kills for the set, with the Musketeers hitting .406 for the set.
The Musketeers opened up the third set with three-straight points and led by as many as six 11-5, before a 5-1 run for Butler pulled the Bulldogs within two. Xavier used a 7-0 run, which included three aces from Jenna Barhorst, to build the lead back out to nine before taking the 25-12 win to move in front, 2-1. Xavier had five service aces in the set, led by Barhorst's three.
The Bulldogs evened it at two sets each with a 25-23 win in set four. Butler jumped out to a 8-4 lead but the Musketeers responded with an 8-1 run, featuring four aces, to move in front, 12-9. The fourth set featured 16 ties and seven lead changes, with Butler closing out the set with a 4-1 run.
Xavier took the early lead in the fifth set, going ahead by three, 7-4, before Butler battled back to even it at 8-8. The Bulldogs would pull even with the Musketeers two more times, with the two team going into the final stretch tied, 12-12. Xavier never relinquished the lead, closing out the match with three straight points to take the 15-12 set win, taking the match, 3-2. Charlotte Moriarty and Gabby Semona each had four kills as the Musketeers finished the set with 11 total.
- Three Musketeers had at 12 or more kills, led by 18 for Charlotte Moriarty.
- Gabby Semona finished with a career-high 16 kills, and Quinci Thomas had 12, a season-high.
- As a team, Xavier hit .323, the second best mark for the season, with 64 kills.
- Xavier had 11 aces, one off its season high, led by a career-best five from Jenna Barhorst.
- Gabby Semona and Charlotte Moriarty each had a pair of service aces, a season-high for Semona.
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Xavier is back at Cintas Center to host Creighton on Saturday, Nov. 7, set for a 3 p.m. start.
