TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati volleyball team earned a four-set win over rival Xavier on Thursday night inside the Cintas Center.
The Bearcats (5-2) shook off a slow start to defeat the Musketeers in four sets.
Junior Carly Glendinning posted her first career 20-piece with a team-high 21 kills at an impressive .348 hitting percentage. Freshman Fallon Stewart added a personal-best 16 kills while local product Sydney Nolan registered her first career double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs.
Defensively, libero Faith Frame and defensive specialist Julie Wittekind shined in the victory. Frame posted a match- and career-high 27 digs. Wittekind chipped in six digs, an ace and was perfect on service reception.
In the first set, the Bearcats took a 10-7 lead before the Musketeers responded with seven straight points (14-10). The run proved too large to overcome as Cincinnati dropped the opening set, 25-19. The Bearcats hit just .128 compared to the Musketeers' clip of .233.
Cincinnati rattled off three straight kills, including back-to-back from Stewart, to lead 14-9 in the second set. The Bearcats scored the final five points to win the frame, 25-14. UC hit a set-high .438 with 15 kills and only one attacking error on 32 swings.
The third set saw 11 ties and four lead changes. With Xavier up by a point (18-17), Cincinnati scored the next three to reclaim the lead and never look back. The Bearcats outscored the Musketeers 8-3 to win the set, 25-21. Nolan accounted for five of UC's final seven points.
The Bearcats used a 6-0 scoring run to take control of the fourth set, going on to win the frame 25-21. Glendinning totaled seven kills while Frame posted nine digs in the stanza.
Cincinnati held Xavier's offense to below .100 in the final three sets.
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UC will open the home portion of its schedule against Kent State at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The match will serve as Cincinnati's annual Tribute to #10.
The Bearcats (5-2) shook off a slow start to defeat the Musketeers in four sets.
Junior Carly Glendinning posted her first career 20-piece with a team-high 21 kills at an impressive .348 hitting percentage. Freshman Fallon Stewart added a personal-best 16 kills while local product Sydney Nolan registered her first career double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs.
Defensively, libero Faith Frame and defensive specialist Julie Wittekind shined in the victory. Frame posted a match- and career-high 27 digs. Wittekind chipped in six digs, an ace and was perfect on service reception.
In the first set, the Bearcats took a 10-7 lead before the Musketeers responded with seven straight points (14-10). The run proved too large to overcome as Cincinnati dropped the opening set, 25-19. The Bearcats hit just .128 compared to the Musketeers' clip of .233.
Cincinnati rattled off three straight kills, including back-to-back from Stewart, to lead 14-9 in the second set. The Bearcats scored the final five points to win the frame, 25-14. UC hit a set-high .438 with 15 kills and only one attacking error on 32 swings.
The third set saw 11 ties and four lead changes. With Xavier up by a point (18-17), Cincinnati scored the next three to reclaim the lead and never look back. The Bearcats outscored the Musketeers 8-3 to win the set, 25-21. Nolan accounted for five of UC's final seven points.
The Bearcats used a 6-0 scoring run to take control of the fourth set, going on to win the frame 25-21. Glendinning totaled seven kills while Frame posted nine digs in the stanza.
Cincinnati held Xavier's offense to below .100 in the final three sets.
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UC will open the home portion of its schedule against Kent State at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The match will serve as Cincinnati's annual Tribute to #10.