CHICAGO – On a night that the Cougars celebrated 'Senior Night', it was sophomore middle blocker Carrington Smith (Flossmoor, Ill./Marian Catholic) who stood out as she recorded a team-best 10 kills on an impressive .600 attack percentage (10-1-15), along with five blocks (four solos) and a pair of digs to help lead Saint Xavier University women's volleyball (15-9, 13-4 CCAC) to a sweep of Mount Mary University (Wis.) in three sets (25-14, 25-14, 25-21) Tuesday evening on Bob Hallberg Court at the Shannon Center in Chicago, Ill. SXU finished with a team attack percentage of .284 (37-8-102), their second-highest mark of the 2025 season. Their seven solo blocks were also the second-best total of the year.

Before the match, Saint Xavier recognized eight seniors on 'Family/Senior Night'. Fifth year senior libero Avanna Martinez (Coamo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Ponceno), redshirt junior outside hitter Carolina Cosme (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Judson/Colegio Sagrado Corazon de Jesus), senior outside hitter Tara Glynn (Oak Lawn, Ill./Richards), senior middle blocker Nicole Grochola (Burbank, Ill./Reavis), senior defensive specialist Ariel Hoskin (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South), senior setter Samantha Hovey (Mackinaw, Ill./Heartland/Dee-Mack), senior outside hitter Jenny Jensen (Orland Park, Ill./Cardinal Stritch/Sandburg) and senior outside hitter Maggie Sroka (Hickory Hills, Ill./Triton/Argo Community).

• Martinez scooped up a match-best 22 digs with three assists and two service aces.
• Junior setter Abbey Opilka (Dyer, Ind./Hanover Central) issued 18 assists with six digs, aces and a kill.
• Grochola recorded seven kills on a .467 attack percentage (7-0-15), an ace and a solo block.
• Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Delaney Panozzo (Grant Park, Ill./Grant Park) came away with six kills, two digs and a solo block.
• Hovey dished out eight assists, along with seven digs, an ace and a kill.
• Sophomore outside hitter Eva Wintersteen (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) tied her career-high with three kills, adding a block and a dig.
• Hosking collected six digs and an assist.
• Glynn finished with a pair of kills, a dig, a service ace and a solo block.
• Graduate student defensive specialist Katie DeHaan (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) registered four digs and an assist.
• Jensen totaled three digs and two kills, while Sroka chipped in an ace, a dig and a kill.

Saint Xavier (15-9/13-4 CCAC) concludes the regular season with a CCAC contest vs. Judson University (Ill.) at the Shannon Center on Thursday, November 6. The match is slated for a 7:00 pm first serve.