Palos Heights, Ill. – Senior setter
Kaleigh Ritter (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) recorded her third double-double of the season with 29 assists and 13 digs and senior outside hitter
Connie LeBel (Crestwood, Ill./DePaul/Ferris State/Mother McAuley) posted her sixth double-double of the year with 14 digs and 11 kills to help lead the Saint Xavier University women's volleyball team (7-9, 4-0 CCAC) to a three-set victory (25-16, 25-18, 27-25) over Trinity Christian College (Ill.) Tuesday evening at the Devos Gymnasium in Palos Heights, Ill. With the win, SXU improves to 4-0 in conference play to remain undefeated in the CCAC along with No. 17 Viterbo University (Wis.), who is 5-0. Ritter added five kills, while LeBel had a pair of assists and two service aces.
- Fifth-year senior middle blocker Courtney Hunter (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais) finished with a match-best 14 kills on a .407 attack percentage (14-3-27) along with six digs.
- Redshirt junior libero Avanna Martinez (Coamo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Ponceno) tallied 11 digs with five assists and an ace.
- Junior middle blocker Nicole Grochola (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) recorded five kills and she had an assist.
- Junior outside hitter Jenny Jensen (Orland Park, Ill./Cardinal Stritch/Sandburg) also had five kills while adding two digs.
- Freshman defensive specialist Taylor Vann (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness Catholic) scooped up six digs and she had two service aces.
- Redshirt junior setter Samantha Hovey (Mackinaw, Ill./Heartland/Dee-Mack) had two aces as well and she had a pair of digs.
Saint Xavier (7-9/4-0 CCAC) travels to Sylvania, Ohio to play Lourdes University (Ohio) in a non-conference match on Friday, September 27. The match is slated for a 5:00 pm central first serve.