Box Score

INDIANAPOLIS – The Bulldogs improved to 12-3 on the year with a 3-0 sweep over DePaul on Wednesday night (25-19, 25-20, 26-24). Junior Anna Logan highlighted the evening by reaching 1,013 career kills. The 6-0 outside hitter led all players with 17 kills while adding a match-high 18 digs. She surpassed the 1,000 kill mark in just 71 matches (271 sets played).

Logan took 40 swings against the Blue Demons and only committed five errors to end the night with a .300 attack percentage. Her stat line also included two blocks and one assist. Outside hitter Whitney Beck nearly joined Logan with a double-double performance with 10 kills and nine digs.

The Bulldogs hit .219 as a team compared to just .084 by DePaul. Action at the net was dominated by the Bulldogs with BU posting 14.5 team blocks. DePaul only managed two total team blocks.

Bri Lilly was in the box score with a team-high eight blocks. Freshmen Natalie Ravenell and Rachel Klitzing each chipped in with five. Setter Makayla Ferguson added three blocks in her outing which also included a match-high 32 assists and seven digs.
 
Butler took control of the action early in set one by jumping out to an 8-3 lead. The early five point advantage made DePaul burn their first timeout of the match. The Bulldogs would move forward to grab a 14-5 lead at the midway point. A 4-0 BU scoring run would add to their lead and once again force DePaul to call a timeout.
 
Beck and Logan were awesome in the opener as the duo combined for 11 kills. Beck started the match with four kills off her first four attempts. Logan would get in on that action by picking up five kills on her first five swings of the night.
 
DePaul would never lead in the first set, but they would make things interesting with two 4-0 scoring runs. The first scoring spree moved the score to 14-9 and the second would get the Blue Demons within four points at 17-13. The early deficit proved to be too much to overcome however as Beck moved BU to set point with a kill and a team kill would close the chapter 25-19.
 
Momentum stayed with the home team at the start of set two with Butler enjoying a 5-1 lead. Four-straight points forced an early DePaul timeout. The second large scoring run of the second set would tell the story of Butler's 2-0 lead in the match. BU went on a 5-0 scoring run to increase the lead to 18-10. A kill from Logan moved Butler to set point and yet another team block ended the action with the Bulldogs on top 25-20.

Set three came down to the wire with DePaul putting up a strong fight. The Blue Demons found their first lead of the night at the start of set three, but a 4-0 BU scoring run would turn into a two-point BU lead at 10-8. DePaul battled back to regain the advantage 16-13, but three-straight Bulldog points after a timeout would knot the score at 16-16.

Neither team could pull away from that point forward as the two clubs came together in crunch time at 22-22. A Butler team block would give them the go-ahead score and cause a DePaul timeout. The Blue Demons made some adjustments and posted back-to-back points to reach set point. Logan came alive with the game on the line to deliver yet another kill and a DePaul attack error would move the score to 25-24 in favor of the 'Dawgs. The match would close on the very next serve as Bri Lilly found Whitney Beck for the game-winner.
 
Butler will return to action on Friday, Sept. 29 with a 6 PM match at Georgetown. The following day they will face the Villanova Wildcats at 7 PM.