Sylvania, Ohio – Multiple players established new career-highs for the Saint Xavier University women's volleyball team (8-9, 4-0 CCAC) as the Cougars rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Lourdes University (Ohio) in five sets (25-18, 21-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-12) to earn a non-conference victory Friday evening in Sylvania, Ohio. Senior outside hitter Connie LeBel (Crestwood, Ill./DePaul/Ferris State/Mother McAuley) came away with a career-best and match-high 28 kills, redshirt junior libero Avanna Martinez (Coamo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Ponceno) posted a career-high and match-best 34 digs and junior defensive specialist Katie DeHaan (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) registered the first 20-dig performance in her collegiate career, finishing with 22. SXU collected 117 digs on the evening, the most since September 14, 2021 when they had 114 digs in a five-set triumph over Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) in Bourbonnais, Ill.

• LeBel also had 19 digs for her second consecutive double-double and her seventh on the season, while adding four service aces. Martinez chipped in six assists.
• Senior setter Kaleigh Ritter (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) dished out 52 assists, along with 12 digs for her fourth double-double of the year. She also had an ace and a block.
• Fifth-year senior middle blocker Courtney Hunter (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais) tallied 17 kills, with three blocks (one solo) and a dig.
• Junior middle blocker Nicole Grochola (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) recorded her second double-digit kill effort of the season with 10. She also had two blocks and a dig.
• Freshman middle blocker Carrington Smith (Flossmoor, Ill./Marian Catholic) had eight kills, two blocks and a pair of digs.
• Junior outside hitter Jenny Jensen (Orland Park, Ill./Cardinal Stritch/Sandburg) posted five kills, two blocks (one solo) and two digs.
• Freshman defensive specialist Taylor Vann (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness Catholic) was the fifth Cougar to come away with 10 or more digs, collecting 15. She also had two service aces.
• Redshirt junior setter Samantha Hovey (Mackinaw, Ill./Heartland/Dee-Mack) scooped up eight digs with four assists, while junior defensive specialist Ariel Hoskin (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) added a pair of aces and a dig.

Saint Xavier (8-9/4-0 CCAC) returns to the Shannon Center to host St. Ambrose University (Iowa) in a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) contest on Tuesday, October 1. The match is scheduled for a 7:00 pm start in Chicago, Ill.