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DePaul Hands Villanova Its Fourth Conference Loss of the Season
11/15/2019 9:31:00 PM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
CHICAGO - The Blue Demons are now 12-15 (4-11 BIG EAST) after pushing Villanova to five sets 3-2 (21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 20-25, 15-10) Friday evening.Â
FROM COACH ZIDEK
"Great team win tonight," said head coach Marie Zidek. "Everybody from start to finish kept the pressure on and continued to dial in their matchups. Big props to Kenzie coming in during the fifth set and making some great serves and digs to keep offensive pressure on them. We have been due for a push through moment in five sets and got a nice one tonight. Villanova is a really good team fighting for postseason and I thought our team was dialed in the entire match. So proud of the fight the team showed."
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE » It was back and forth for a majority of the set until Villanova scored six of eight points to lead 16-12, bringing DePaul to its first timeout. Out of the stoppage the Blue Demons went on to knot the score at 20-20 on a Natalie Hayward service ace but a late 3-0 run from Villanova would give the Wildcats the first set 25-21.
SET TWO » The score knotted all the way up to 14-14 before DePaul went on a 4-0 run featuring three-consecutive kills from Donna Brown to put the Blue Demons up 18-14 and force a Wildcat timeout. Out of the break, DePaul maintained the lead and took the second set 25-20 on a Brittany Maxwell kill.
SET THREE » A Claire Anderson service ace put DePaul on the board first. The score knotted at 7-7 before DePaul burst into 15-10 lead urging a Villanova timeout. From there, DePaul distanced the lead to 18-11 for another Wildcat timeout. A Kill from Maxwell gave DePaul the third set 25-19.Â
SET FOUR » Villanova jumped out to a 3-0 lead and DPU knotted the score at 4-4 but called a timeout being down 17-22. Villanova went on to take the fourth set 25-20 forcing a fifth set.
SET FIVE » It was back and forth until an Elana Brueggemann block put DePaul up 7-6. Kills from Donna Brown and Emma Price expanded the lead to 9-6 for a Villanova timeout. DePaul's lead grew to 13-7 after back-to-back kills from Price and another Price kill would seal the deal for the Blue Demons 15-10.
NEXT UP
DePaul hosts Georgetown tomorrow at 6 p.m. for its final home contest of the season.Â
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