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INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler volleyball team will be in action this weekend with home matches lined up against #16 Marquette and DePaul. The Bulldogs will host the Golden Eagles on Friday night at 6 PM. Sunday's tilt vs. the Blue Demons will get started at 1 PM on Sunday. Each match will stream live on FloSports.com.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Friday is Girl Dad Day at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
- Butler leads the BIG EAST in team attacks per set (37.12) and ranks 21st in the NCAA.
- Butler is second in the conference in both blocks per set (2.28) and total blocks (182).
- Jaymeson Kinley leads the BIG EAST in digs per set (5.45) and ranks 10th in the NCAA.
- Kinley is the only Bulldog to play in all 80 sets this season. She ranks 17th in the NCAA in total digs (436).
- Mariah Grunze (10 kills, 10 digs) and Cora Taylor (26 assists, 10 digs) each had a double-double at UConn.
- Taylor ranks fifth in the BIG EAST in assists per set (9.31). She had a season-high 49 assists at DePaul.
- Grunze ranks third in the conference in attacks per set (10.41) and Marisa Guisti ranks third in blocks per set (1.08).
- Butler recorded a season-high 13 service aces in the win over Providence.
- Butler's last win vs. a ranked opponent came in 2013 with a 3-1 victory over #22 Creighton.
- Amina Shackelford hit .407 against Providence with a team-high 14 kills in just 27 swings.
- Butler is 9-18 all-time against Marquette. Their last win over the Golden Eagles came in 2021 (3-2).
- Butler is 21-12 all-time against DePaul. BU won in Chicago earlier this season to snap three-straight Blue Demon wins.
 
BIG EAST STANDINGS
Creighton 10-0, 18-3
Marquette 10-1, 19-2
St. John's 7-3, 16-7
Xavier 6-4, 13-7
UConn 5-5, 11-10
Butler 5-5, 11-11
Seton Hall 4-6, 13-9
DePaul 3-8, 7-16
Providence 2-8, 10-12
Villanova 2-8, 6-16
Georgetown 2-8, 4-17
The 2022 BIG EAST Tournament will feature a newly expanded six-team field
 
SCOUTING #16 MARQUETTE: The Golden Eagles improved to 19-2 overall with a 3-2 win over DePaul on Wednesday night. The only losses this season for Marquette came to #6 Wisconsin (3-1), and #21 Creighton (3-2). Winners of four-straight, Marquette will attempt to sweep Butler this season after posting a 3-1 victory over the Bulldogs on Sept. 24. Butler won the second set that day 25-22. Megan Sheridan and Mariah Grunze each had 11 kills in the setback. Cora Taylor posted a double-double with 30 assists and 10 digs. BU's dig leader was Kinley Jaymeson with 25. Jenna Reitsma paced the Creighton offense with 13 kills and added 15 digs. Yadhira Anchante was also in the box score with a double-double.
 
Carsen Murray leads the conference in hitting percentage (.412) and sits at third in the BIG EAST in blocks per set (1.19). As a team, the Golden Eagles rank in the top three in the BIG EAST in hitting percentage, assists, kills, service aces, and opponent hitting percentage.
 
SCOUTING DEPAUL: The Blue Demons are 7-16 this year after taking a loss to #16 Marquette. DePaul snapped a five-match skid with a recent 3-0 sweep at home over Seton Hall, but they came up short in the Dig Pink Match vs. the Golden Eagles. Butler defeated DePaul 3-1 in Chicago to signal the start of the BIG EAST action. Amina Shackelford led BU to victory with 22 kills on just 41 attempts (.380%). The Bulldogs ended the match with a season-high 63 kills.
 
Rachel Krasowski sits at second in the conference in digs per set (5.02) and Jill Pressly ranks fifth in the BIG EAST in kills per set (3.67). As a team, they rank fifth in the conference in kills with an average of 13.08 per set.
 
BIG EAST LEADER: Jaymeson Kinley leads the BIG EAST Conference and ranks 10th in the NCAA in digs per set (5.45).
 
Kinley's 42 digs at Xavier were the second most in a single match by a Butler player in program history (45 by Jessica Taylor vs. UIC, Sept. 12, 1989). Her 42 digs are also the fourth most recorded by any player in the NCAA in a five-set match.
 
RECORD SETTING PACE: Jaymeson Kinley is on pace to set two Butler school records this season. Her average of 5.45 digs per set would be a single-season record and she would also own the career digs per set record at 5.28.
 
Kinley will reset her own records. Entering the season, her career digs per set average rested at 5.19. She also averaged 5.40 digs per set, which is a current BU record.
 
TAYLOR TIME: Cora Taylor only had one service ace during the non-conference slate, but has 11 in matches vs. BIG EAST opponents.
 
Taylor recorded a season-high three service aces at Providence.
 
DARBY GETS IT DONE: Freshman Brooklyne Darby has recorded a service ace in four-straight matches.
 
Darby has six aces over her last four appearances. 10 of her 13 aces have been recorded against BIG EAST foes.
 
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Megan Sheridan recently reached 500 career kills (532) and is now closing in on 100 career blocks. The senior has 21 total blocks this season moving her career total to 95.
 
Sheridan recorded a career-high four blocks vs. DePaul in 2021. She is coming off an 11-kill match vs. Providence.
 
SHACKELFORD STATS: Amina Shackelford had 80 kills over 12 non-conference matches, but has erupted with 136 over just 10 BIG EAST matches.
 
Shackelford has reached a double figure kill total in nine of her last 10 matches. She has hit over .300 against DePaul, Marquette, Villanova and Providence.
 
CHERRY CHIPS IN: Destiny Cherry hit .625 at UConn and .353 at Providence. The sophomore only had two errors over 25 attempts.
 
39 of Cherry's 46 kills this season have been recorded against BIG EAST opponents. She has also added 2+ blocks in six-straight matches.
 
TRIPLE THREAT: Butler has three players with 200+ points this season. Grunze (280.5), Shackelford (257.5) and Sheridan (205).
 
Both Shackelford and Sheridan already have more points this year than they recorded all of last year.
 
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs will play their next four matches away from Hinkle Fieldhouse. November will open with matches at St. John's and Seton Hall. The following weekend BU will play at Villanova and Georgetown.
 
Butler opened BIG EAST action with four-straight road matches from Sept. 23 - Oct. 2.