Volleyball Closes out Season with Road Victory

Sunday, November 16

Indianapolis, Ind.

2 p.m.

DePaul University

14-13,7-9Big East

Butler

12-17,5-11Big East

DePaul

Butler

Katelynn Oxley celebrates after a big point

Volleyball Closes out Season with Road Victory

11/16/2025 2:35:00 PM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Box Score

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Behind 16 kills from freshman Kendall Timme, DePaul volleyball closed out its regular-season Sunday afternoon with a 3-1 road win against Butler. The Blue Demons hit .300 as a team on the way to the road victory to finish with a 14-13 record and 7-9 in BIG EAST play. It marks the fifth winning season in the last six years for the Blue Demons.

"Incredible, gutsy and gritty way for us to finish" said head coach Marie Zidek. "This team had to dig deep to battle today. They found some parts of themselves that allowed us to finish on a high note for our seniors and to send a message to the rest of the league that DePaul will not quit. It was a really nice way to finish."

Jade Dudley-Epps hit .500 on the day with 13 kills and nine blocks, while also contributing five digs. In addition to Timme, Katelynn Oxley rounded out a trio of players with 10 or more kills, contributing 10 at a .455 clip in addition to seven blocks and three assists. Abby Cahill led DePaul with 22 digs, while Amanda Saeger tallied 33 assists in the four sets. Morgan Stewart also contributed eight kills, five digs and two service aces.

HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE
Butler jumped out to an early 11-5 lead off the arm of Elise Ward and a pair of Blue Demon attacking errors. DePaul immediately began chipping away with a 5-1 run, where Oxley was a big part with a pair of blocks and a kill to pull the team within one, 11-12. Stewart tied the match for DePaul at 15 on a service ace, followed by DePaul eventually taking its first lead, 19-18, on a kill from Yagmur Yavuz. The Blue Demons ended the set on a 7-1 run that included back-to-back points from Oxley to end the set.

SET TWO
The Bulldogs once again took an early set lead, 6-2, over DePaul from some Blue Demon errors. Dudley-Epps notched a pair of kills to pull DePaul within two, 7-5. The Blue Demons eventually took a 14-12 lead, before Butler would have four-straight kills for a 17-14 lead they would hold through the remainder of the set to tie the match at 1-1.

SET THREE
Despite Butler continuing to jump out early, the Bulldogs couldn't stop DePaul offensively as the Blue Demons hit .400 in the set to come back from a seven-point deficit. Down 21-16, DePaul used a block to start a comeback that featured six unanswered points to end the set on back-to-back blocks.

SET FOUR
With the set tied at 14, Butler had back-to-back kills by Ward hoping to force a fifth set. DePaul tied the match back at 18 on a Bulldogs service error and block from Meghan Scholz and Dudley-Epps. Still tied, Oxley and Timme fired off back-to-back kills for a 22-20 lead. The set would once again be tied, this time at 22 all, before DePaul would close it out. The Blue Demons ended the match on kills from its offensive attack in Timme and Oxley and a service ace by Eva Hurrle.