CHICAGO – Senior middle blocker Nicole Grochola (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) tied her career-high with 14 kills, and she added a team-best three blocks, to help the Saint Xavier University women's volleyball team (11-6, 9-3 CCAC) earn a four-set victory (25-23, 25-22, 16-25, 25-20) over Governors State University (Ill.) in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action Tuesday night on Bob Hallberg Court at the Shannon Center in Chicago, Ill. Senior setter Samantha Hovey (Mackinaw, Ill./Heartland/Dee-Mack) hit a career milestone for the Cougars, becoming only the 17^th player in program history to collect 1,000 or more assists. She is No. 17 all-time at SXU now with 1,023 assists. Hovey finished the match with 29 assists, nine digs, nine kills and a block.

Junior setter Abbey Opilka (Dyer, Ind./Hanover Central) posted her second double-double of the season, totaling 12 assists and a season-high tying 11 digs, while adding a service ace. With Saint Xavier trailing 12-9 in the fourth set, Opilka held serve to change the momentum, forcing two GSU timeouts, and giving the Cougars a 17-12 advantage. SXU maintained a two-point lead down the stretch to come away with the conference win.

• Fifth year senior libero Avanna Martinez (Coamo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Ponceno) continues to be a force defensively, collecting a match-best 29 digs. She also had four assists.
• Senior outside hitter Jenny Jensen (Orland Park, Ill./Cardinal Stritch/Sandburg) tallied nine kills and a pair of digs.
• Sophomore middle blocker Carrington Smith (Flossmoor, Ill./Marian Catholic) filled the box score with eight kills, two aces, two blocks (one solo), an assist and a dig.
• Senior outside hitter Tara Glynn (Oak Lawn, Ill./Richards) tied her season-high in kills with seven. She added two digs and a block.
• Graduate student defensive specialist Katie DeHaan (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) came away with six digs, three service aces and her second kill of the season.
• Sophomore libero/defensive specialist Taylor Vann (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness Catholic) registered seven digs and an ace, while Senior defensive specialist Ariel Hoskin (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) added four digs.
• Sophomore middle blocker Eva Wintersteen (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) had a career-best three kills, her first two collegiate blocks and her first collegiate dig. She tallied the winning kill for the Cougars.

Saint Xavier (11-6/9-3 CCAC) has a bye week in the conference schedule and returns to the court on October 21 when they host Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) in conference play. The match is slated for a 7:00 pm first serve.