DePaul Clinches BIG EAST Tournament Berth with 3-1 Win Over Xavier - DePaul Blue Demons

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11/19/2021 | 7:00 P.M. CT

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CINCINNATI – DePaul punched its ticket to the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time in program history on Sunday afternoon with a 3-1 victory over Xavier at the Cintas Center.
 
Despite dropping a narrow first set, the Blue Demons pushed through and overwhelmed the Musketeers in the ensuing three sets to win their fourth match in a row and improve to 17-11 on the season and 10-6 in conference play.

DePaul's 17 wins marks the most by a team in a single-season since the 2001 NCAA Tournament Team won 24 matches.  
 
Set scores of the match were: 24-26, 25-21, 25-11, 25-15
 
Hanna Karl led the way with her second double-double of the weekend with 18 kills at a .410 clip to go along with 10 digs and a pair of service aces.
 
On the right side, Emma Price and Bailey Nelson brought the fire power. Price totaled 15 kills to hit .462 while Nelson put down eight balls and totaled three blocks at the net.
 
Donna Brown finished the match with seven kills and a team-high four blocks while Rachel Krasowski totaled a match-high 28 digs and dished out six assists.
 
Molly Murrihy put together an impressive double-double with 25 assists and 10 digs to go along with a service ace while Ashley Cudiamat came off the bench for a double-double performance of 19 assists and 10 digs.
 
The Blue Demons hit .311 on the outing while holding Xavier to .165. The Musketeers were led by 12 kills from Moriah Hopkins and 10 from Kelly Franxman.
 
How it Happened:
 
Set One: The Musketeers jumped out to an 8-3 advantage before the Blue Demons stormed back to tie the set at 13 on a Xavier attack error. Price's sixth kill of the opening set gave DePaul a 22-20 lead before the Musketeers ran off six of the last eight points to take the first set 26-24.
 
Set Two: The second set was a back-and-forth affair with the teams alternating points to 13 apiece. DePaul rattled off three in a row with a Karl kill and block from Nelson and Brown to move ahead 16-13. Aly Kindelberger's first kill of the afternoon put the Blue Demons in front 24-20 before Nelson's fifth kill on the outing handed DePaul a 25-21 second set victory to tie the match at one apiece.
 
Set Three: After being tied at three points apiece, the Blue Demons recorded 12 of the next 13 points with Karl behind the service line to take a 15-4 advantage. DePaul kept its foot on the gas and closed out the set with kills from Brown, Price and Meredith Wallace to take the third set 25-11 and lead the match 2-1.
Set Four: The Blue Demons carried momentum from the third to the fourth and ran out to a 12-4 advantage in the final set. After the Musketeers took three of the next four points, the Blue Demons rattled off four in a row to extend its lead to 17-7 behind a pair of kills from the right side and a Murrihy service ace. DePaul closed out the match with four of the next five points behind kills from Brown, Price and Karl to win the set 25-15 and the match 3-1.
 
From Head Coach Marie Zidek: Hanna Karl had a monster weekend as did our right- sides Bailey and Emma. We don't get those kills without great efforts from our ball control and service game. Took the total team today – it's taken the total team all year. We look forward to reaching higher this week as we prepare for Georgetown and Villanova.
 
Up Next: The Blue Demons will return home for the regular season finale as Villanova and Georgetown visit McGrath-Phillips Arena November 19-20. First serve against the Wildcats is set for 7 p.m. while Saturday's matchup with get underway at 6 p.m. Both matches can be seen on FloSports.
 

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