St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
Northeastern
Northeastern Tops St. John's, 3-1
9/22/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 22, 2013
BOSTON, Mass. - The Red Storm's four-match weekend road trip was capped off with a 3-1 loss (25-23, 18-25, 19-25, 25-27) at Northeastern on Sunday afternoon. After winning three-straight matches during the Bryant Invitational, St. John's had a quick turnaround in facing Northeastern - a squad that went 20-7 overall last season. With the loss, the Red Storm moves to 11-5 on the season, while the Huskies improved to 7-6.
The Red Storm nearly extended the match to five sets with a tightly played fourth game that saw six lead changes and the score tied nine times. While trailing, 23-21, St. John's came back and took match point on back-to-back kills by sophomore Karin Palgutova and a block by Palgutova and redshirt freshman Briana Guzman.
However, Northeastern promptly went back on top, 25-24, with a kill and a block. St. John's managed to tie the score at 25-25 with another kill by Palgutova, but kills by Northeastern's Kelly Bacon and Jamie Bredahl gave the Huskies a 27-25 set victory and ended the match.
Bacon posted a double-double with a match-high 24 kills on a .388 hitting percentage and 12 digs.
Palgutova and sophomore Deniz Mutlugil collected their fourth and third double-doubles of the season, respectively. Palgutova racked up a team-high 19 kills and added 10 digs, while Mutlugil had a match-high 46 assists and 10 digs. The duo also combined for seven blocks with Palgutova collecting five and Mutlugil picking up two.
Junior Aleksandra Wachowicz - the MVP of the Bryant Invitational - recorded 16 kills, narrowly missing her third double-double with nine digs. She also added a pair of service aces and a pair of blocks.
In the back row, sophomore libero Shawna-Lei Santos led the squad with 16 digs and also added a pair of assists and a service ace, while junior Morgan Thomas picked up nine digs and a service ace.
The middle blockers - junior Ashley Boursiquot and sophomore Amy Zimmer - combined for nine blocks. Boursiquot had a match high six blocks (one solo) and added six kills. Zimmer contributed three blocks and added four kills. Guzman, who appeared in the final set, chipped in a pair of blocks.
UP NEXT
St. John's will begin BIG EAST play with a home match against Seton Hall on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. The Red Storm is 10-9 all-time versus the Pirates, winning the last matchup, 3-1, on Oct. 26, 2012 at Carnesecca Arena.
