Upland, Ind. – Fifth-year senior middle blocker Courtney Hunter (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais) tallied 15 kills to help lead the Saint Xavier University women's volleyball team (3-5, 0-0 CCAC) to a five-set victory over Huntington University (Ind.) (25-22 27-29, 25-17, 10-25, 16-14) in their first match at the Taylor University (Ind.) Tournament Saturday afternoon in Upland, Ind. and became just the 21^st player in program history to record 1,000 or more kills. Hunter added 15 more kills on a stellar .444 attack percentage (15-3-27) as the Cougars took down the host Trojans in five sets (25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 23-25, 15-8) to wrap up the tournament. The pair of victories extends SXU's winning streak to three in a row.

Match One:

• Senior outside hitter Connie LeBel (Crestwood, Ill./DePaul/Ferris State/Mother McAuley) recorded her third double-double of the season, finishing with a match-best 23 kills with 11 digs and a service ace.
• Redshirt junior setter Samantha Hovey (Mackinaw, Ill./Heartland/Dee-Mack) paced the offense, handing out a season-best 58 assists. She was also tough defensively, coming away with 16 digs for her second double-double of the year. Hovey added a pair of kills and four service aces. Her last two aces won the match, breaking a 14-14 tie on back-to-back serves with a timeout sandwiched in-between.
• Hunter added five digs, three blocks and an ace.
• Junior middle blocker Nicole Grochola (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) collected a career-high 14 kills on a .385 attack percentage (14-4-26) and a career-best three solo blocks.
• Senior outside hitter Abby Gentile (Blissfield, Mich./Lourdes/Blissfield) totaled 11 kills while adding three digs and a block.
• Redshirt junior libero Avanna Martinez (Coamo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Ponceno) registered the second-most digs in her career, amassing 31. It was the third time that she has had 30 or more digs in a match in her time with Saint Xavier. Martinez also had four assists and a service ace.
• Junior defensive specialist Katie DeHaan (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) came away with a season-high 15 digs, while freshman libero Taylor Vann (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness Catholic) scooped up 13 digs in the win.
• Overall, the Cougars posted a season-high 95 digs, 68 kills, 65 assists and four solo blocks.

Match Two:

• Gentile finished with a team-leading 18 kills for a new season-high on a .484 attack percentage (18-3-31) while adding a dig.
• In addition to her 15 kills, Hunter had five blocks (one solo), two aces and an assist.
• LeBel also finished in double-figures in kills with 14, along with 10 digs for her fourth double-double of the year. She added an assist and a block.
• Freshman middle blocker Carrington Smith (Flossmoor, Ill./Marian Catholic) contributed six kills, two digs and a solo block.
• Hovey registered another double-double on the afternoon with 30 assists and a season-best 17 digs. She also had three kills and a pair of aces.
• Martinez tallied 16 digs with seven assists and a kill.
• Sophomore setter Abbey Opilka (Dyer, Ind./Hanover Central) registered 17 assists and three digs.

Saint Xavier (3-5/0-0 CCAC) travels to South Bend, Ind. to play Indiana University South Bend in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action on Thursday, September 5. The match is slated for a 6:00 pm central start.