Timme, Tavares Salomon Power DePaul to Sweep on Senior Day

Saturday, November 14

Chicago, Ill.

5 p.m.

DePaul University

19-8,11-5Big East

Seton Hall

10-18,2-14Big East

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Seton Hall	18	17	20	0
DePaul	25	25	25	3

11/14/2026 8:07:00 PM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

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Blue Demons hit .298, hold Seton Hall to .121 and close regular season with most wins since ‘01

CHICAGO — DePaul volleyball (19-8, 11-5 BIG EAST) closed the regular season with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-20) sweep of Seton Hall (10-18, 2-14 BIG EAST) on Senior Day at McGrath-Phillips Arena, tying the Zidek-era high for regular season wins and posting its best regular season win percentage (.704) since 2001. The Blue Demons' 11 home wins are the most in a season since the early 1990s.

Kendall Timme and Isabela Tavares Salomon led the offense with 11 kills apiece, while Leonor Polezzi ran the attack with 35 assists. Abby Cahill anchored the back row with 17 digs, and Timme added 14 digs to match her season high, giving her an eighth double-double of the year. Jocelyn Paige chipped in six kills on .364 hitting as DePaul posted a .298 team clip and held Seton Hall to .121. Timme hit .300 on Saturday with 11 kills and two errors, and over the weekend she was nearly flawless, putting down 28 kills with only two errors on 62 attempts for a .419 clip.

"Great finish for our seniors, Yagmur and Nora," said head coach Marie Zidek. "The team really rallied around them to make sure their last home match was a positive finish. This group is eager now to prepare for the BIG EAST Tournament this week and eager to go for it."

How it Happened
SET ONE | The set was tied nine times early before DePaul pulled away from a 15-12 lead. The Blue Demons led by as many as eight, 24-16, and finished 25-18 after hitting .367 with a 15-3 kill-to-error margin. Timme, Paige and Jade Dudley-Epps each had three kills, with Dudley-Epps hitting .600.

SET TWO | Seton Hall led 7-3 and forced a DePaul timeout. The Blue Demons outscored the Red Storm 22-10 the rest of the way, tying it at 8-8 and taking a 10-9 lead on a Timme kill. Tavares Salomon had five kills in the set and DePaul closed 25-17.

SET THREE | Seton Hall led by as many as three, 10-7, and was up 12-10 midway through the set. DePaul tied it at 12-12 and outscored Seton Hall 13-8 the rest of the way. Tavares Salomon and Timme each had four kills in the frame, and Martina Diana put away the final kill off a set from Dudley-Epps for a 25-20 win.

Game Notes

DePaul's 19 regular season wins tie 2021 (19-11) for the most in the Zidek era. The 2021 and 2026 teams are the only DePaul teams to reach 19 regular season wins since 2001, when the Blue Demons went 20-7.
The 19-8 record is DePaul's best regular season winning percentage (.704) of the Zidek era, ahead of 2021 (.633) and 2024 (.600).
It is the best regular season winning percentage since 2001 (.741). Before that, DePaul last finished at .704 or better in 1991 (31-6, .838).
DePaul's eight regular-season losses are the fewest since 2001, when the Blue Demons went 20-7, and three fewer than the 2021 team.
DePaul's 11 home wins are the most in the Zidek era, up from the previous high of 10 in 2024.
The Blue Demons swept nine regular season opponents (Milwaukee, Drake, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, UIC, Providence, Butler, St. John's and Seton Hall), tying 2021 for the most in the Zidek era and the most by any DePaul team since 2013, when they had 10.
DePaul held Seton Hall to a .121 hitting percentage and out-dug the Pirates 50-45.

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