Volleyball Drops Contest at UConn, 3-1

Saturday, October 4

Storrs, Conn. (UConn Volleyball Center)

4 p.m.

St. John's University

5-12,1-3Big East

UConn

13-3,2-2Big East

St. John's (NY)

UConn

Photo by: Vincent Dusovic

10/4/2025 7:20:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score UConn Box Score

Ella Parker sets career-high 16 kills

STORRS, Conn. – The St. John's volleyball team (5-12, 1-3 BIG EAST) fell to UConn (13-3, 2-2 BIG EAST) at the UConn Volleyball Center on Saturday afternoon, 3-1. The scores of the sets were 23-25, 25-22, 20-25, and 19-25.

The Red Storm managed to take the second set off a team hitting percentage of over .340 and tied their season high with 11 total team blocks.

Ella Parker secured a career-high 16 kills to lead the Johnnies. Erin Jones paced the team with 21 assists, and Rashanny Solano Smith notched a team-high 17 digs.
Jones pitched in 14 digs of her own for her fifth double-double of the season.

To begin the first frame, UConn held an early three-point advantage, but the Johnnies quickly responded to knot the score at 8-8. At the media timeout, the Huskies led 15-13, but the Red Storm rallied to tie the score at 16-16. The home team's lead bubbled to as many as five at 22-17, but St. John's erased their third deficit of three or more and tied the frame at 22-22. UConn went on to win 25-23.

The Huskies jumped out to an early 10-4 start in the second stanza. St. John's clawed its way back to 12-12, and after a successful coaches' challenge from Head Coach Joanne Persico, the visitors took the lead, 13-12. The two teams would trade points to 18-18 before a Barbara Costa dos Santos block gave the visitors the lead, 19-18. At 22-22, Jones fired a kill and tooled a block to trigger set point. Martina Ghezzi tooled a block of her own as the Johnnies took the stanza, 25-22, to tie the match at one set apiece.

The third set featured another series of deadlocks to 7-7, but the visitors engineered a 3-0 run to force a UConn timeout at 10-7. The middle part of the set saw the Huskies come back to take a three-point lead at 18-15. The hosts held on to take the set, 25-20.

Much like the second frame, the fourth started with a UConn 10-4 run. The advantage would bubble to as many as eight at 18-10, but the Johnnies would not go down quietly as they cut into the lead, 22-18. The Huskies held on to take the set, 25-19, and won the match, 3-1.

St. John's is back in action next weekend as they host a pair of BIG EAST matches at Carnesecca Arena. On Friday, Oct. 10, DePaul makes its way to Queens for a 7 p.m. first serve. The following day, the Johnnies get ready for a 5 p.m. match with Marquette.