St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Hosts Longtime Rival Seton Hall On BEDN
10/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
QUEENS, N.Y. - St. John's will look to move above .500 in the conference standings when they host longtime rival Seton Hall in a midweek match on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN). The Red Storm (13-8, 3-3 BIG EAST) will face the Pirates (9-10, 3-4 BIG EAST) at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14.
FOLLOW THE MATCHES LIVE
Wednesday's match will air live on the BEDN, which can be viewed on the Fox Sports GO app.
Live stats will be available via GameTracker - RedStormSports.com.
Fans can keep up with all of the live action by following the St. John's volleyball Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/StJohnsVB.
SCOUTING SETON HALL (9-10, 3-4 BIG EAST)
- Last weekend, Seton Hall went 1-1 in league play at home with a 3-0 victory against Butler and a 3-2 lost to Xavier.
- The Pirates have been very sound defensively as they are fourth in the BIG EAST in digs per set at 15.23 and fifth in opponent hitting percentage (.211).
- Leading the defense is junior Tessa Fournier, who currently is second in the conference in digs per set (4.75).
- Freshman Sophia Coffey runs the offense for the Pirates with a 663 assists on the season. Senior Amanda Hansen leads the team in total kills (195) and ranks sixth in the league in hitting percentage (.316) and eighth in points per set (3.43).
- Head coach Allison Yeager is in her fourth season with Seton Hall and ninth overall.
- Seton Hall leads the all-time series over St. John's by one (12-11), including winning both matches last season (10/1/14 and 10/30/14).
RED STORM SWEEPS PROVIDENCE ON THE ROAD
- The Red Storm (13-8, 3-3 BIG EAST) got its seventh sweep of the season, and its first in league play after defeating Providence (10-10, 1-5 BIG EAST), 3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-15) on the road Saturday afternoon.
- St. John's defense proved to be the difference as the Red Storm held the Friars to a .031 attacking percentage while also forcing 25 errors.
- The Red Storm, who also is the BIG EAST leader in blocks, was again active at the net as they outblocked the Friars 11-5.
VILLANOVA DEFEATS ST. JOHN'S IN STRAIGHT SETS
- For the first time in conference play, St. John's (12-8, 2-3 BIG EAST) was defeated in straight sets.
- The Red Storm were unable to take a frame away from Villanova (14-4, 4-1 BIG EAST) as the Wildcats won, 3-0 (21-25, 16-25, 20-25) on Wednesday night in Carnesecca Arena. With the victory, the Wildcats now lead the all-time series 14-12.
- Senior Karin Palgutova finished with 10 kills, five blocks and service aces two.
BIG EAST AND NCAA RANKINGS (as of Oct. 12, 2015)
- With 2.65 blocks per set, St. John's leads the BIG EAST and 29th in the NCAA.
- With 1.43 blocks per set, Danisha Moss leads the BIG EAST and 21st in the NCAA.
- With 292 total kills, Palgutova ranks second in the BIG EAST and tied for 29th in the NCAA.
- With 710 total assists, Deniz Mutlugil ranks third in the BIG EAST.
- With 3.89 kills per set, Palgutova ranks second in the BIG EAST.
- With 4.40 points per set, Palgutova ranks third in the BIG EAST.
- With a .318 hitting percentage, Julia Cast ranks fourth in the BIG EAST.
- With 3.34 digs per set, Delaney D'Amore ranks 10th in the BIG EAST.
RED STORM CAREER LEADERS
- With 1,707 kills, Palgutova currently ranks second all-time in program history. (No. 1: Jackie Ahlers, 2002-04, 06 - 1,766 kills)
- With 4,296 total attacks, Palgutova currently ranks first in program history.
- With 124 service aces, Palgutova currently is third in program history. (No. 1: Kristy Mercein, 1998-01 - 132 aces)
- With 999 digs, Palgutova currently is 10th in program history.
- With 3,245 assists, Deniz Mutlugil currently ranks fourth in program history.
- With 1,480 digs, Shawna-Lei Santos currently ranks fourth in program history.
ST. JOHN'S 1,000 KILL/1,000 DIG CLUB
Palgutova is looking to become just the third player to join the 1,000 kill/1,000 dig club in the program history. She currently has 1,707 career kills and is one dig away from 1,000.
- Kristine Knobel, 1995-99 (1,255 kills, 1720 digs)
- Olga Roudovski, 1997-00 (1,541 kills and 1,048 digs)
- Karin Palgutova, 2012-present (1,707 kills and 999 digs)
PALGUTOVA AND SANTOS AMONG NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
- With 1,707 kills, Palgutova currently ranks sixth.
- With 4,296 total attacks, Palgutova currently ranks eighth.
- With 4.00 kills per set, Palgutova currently ranks 10th.
- With 1,480 digs, Santos currently ranks 36th.
UP NEXT
St. John's will head to the Midwest this weekend for a pair of matches at DePaul on Friday, Oct. 16 and Marquette on Saturday, Oct. 17.
