DePaul University Athletics
DePaul University
Georgetown
Blue Demons Sweep Georgetown in BIG EAST Match
10/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Box Score: DePaul 3, Georgetown 0 
CHICAGO - The DePaul volleyball team returned to action less than 24 hours after defeating Villanova and swept Georgetown Saturday night, 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 28-26).
DePaul improves its BIG EAST record to 3-1 (9-7 overall) and now sits alone in second place in the BIG EAST standings. Georgetown falls to 1-4 in the BIG EAST and 5-13 overall.
Colleen Smith secured her eighth double-double of the year and fifth straight after recording match-highs with 30 assists and 12 digs.
Brittany Maxwell led the Blue Demons on the attack with 12 kills on 20 attempts with zero errors. Jasmine King followed with 11 kills and a match-high five total blocks.
The Blue Demons outhit the Hoyas .378-.124 and only committed 10 attacking errors on the night.
DePaul and Georgetown opened the match tied at seven-all after an attacking error from Georgetown. With Jameson MacPhie serving, DePaul went on a 6-0 run and took a 13-7 lead. The Hoyas cut the lead to four at 14-10 off an Alyssa Sinnette kill, but that was as close as the Hoyas would get in the set. DePaul built the advantage to seven off a Georgetown attacking error and cruised to a 25-19 set win.
In the second set, the Blue Demons wasted little time gaining the big lead. Smith produced a service ace to make the score 9-4 and forced Georgetown to call a timeout. Coming out of the timeout, the Hoyas took the next point and DePaul answered with a 4-0 rally. The Blue Demons held a 10-point lead on multiple occasions late in the set and won the frame by the same margin after Maxwell registered a kill.
The third set saw 11 ties, eight lead changes and tight play throughout the entire frame. With the score set at 20-20, Georgetown committed a pair of attacking errors and gave DePaul the two-point lead. The Hoyas called a timeout, eventually tied the set again at 24-all and took the lead at 25-24. After giving up the lead, DePaul called a timeout to regroup. Two clutch kills from Maxwell and King helped DePaul retake the lead. Georgetown tied the match one more time at 26-26 before DePaul forced two attacking errors from the Hoyas to help the Blue Demons clinch the set and the match.
DePaul completes a three-match home stand on Wednesday, Oct. 5 when it hosts Butler for a noon match. The Blue Demons go for their first three-match win streak of the 2016 season.
