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Volleyball Prepares for Final Matches of 2025 Season
11/13/2025 5:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Red Storm will host No. 12 Creighton for Senior Night and travel to Seton Hall
QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's volleyball team (9-18, 5-9 BIG EAST) will wrap up the 2025 campaign over the weekend with a home-and-away series. On Friday evening, the Red Storm welcome No. 12 Creighton (21-5, 14-0 BIG EAST) to Queens for Senior Night, with celebrations beginning at 6:45 p.m. as the program honors the careers of the four graduating seniors: Martina Ghezzi, Erin Jones, Lucrezia Lodi and Ludovica Zola. On Sunday, Nov. 16, the Johnnies travel across the Hudson River to conclude the 2025 season at Seton Hall. First serve against the Pirates is set for 1 p.m.
Friday's match in Carnesecca Arena will air on ESPN+, as Johnny Gadamowitz and Paige Band are on the call for the final home match of the season. Sunday's match is set to air on SNY and the Pirates Sports Network. Sunday's contest will mark the first time the Red Storm have been on live TV since the 2019 BIG EAST title match aired on FS2. Both matches will feature live stats on redstormsports.com.
Entering this weekend, Jones is two digs away from becoming the first player in BIG EAST history to record 1,000 career kills, assists and digs, and the second active player across the NCAA (regardless of division) to accomplish the feat.
St. John's wrapped up its final Midwest road swing with a split weekend, falling at Marquette on Friday night before bouncing back with a win at DePaul on Saturday afternoon. The Red Storm opened the weekend with a 3-0 loss to Marquette at the Al McGuire Center. Chloe Bell led the offense with a career-high-tying 10 kills on .471 hitting, while Ghezzi also reached 10 kills. Jones paced the attack with 28 assists, and Rashanny Solano Smith anchored the defense with a match-high 17 digs.
On Saturday, St. John's closed the road trip on a high note, taking down DePaul 3-1. The Red Storm served 12 aces, their second-highest total of the season. Ghezzi powered the offense with 16 kills, while Ella Parker added 13 and Bell chipped in 11.
Last time against Creighton, the Red Storm headed to Omaha for the start of their three-match road swing and fell to No. 13 Creighton, 3-0. Jones led the Johnnies with eight kills, while Martina Capponcelli dished out 18 assists. On the defensive end, Solano Smith paced the team with 13 digs.
Previously against Seton Hall, St. John's secured a 3-1 victory to earn its first BIG EAST home win of the season. Ghezzi powered the Red Storm with a career-high 18 kills, marking her fourth straight match with double-digit kills at the time. Jones and Capponcelli split setting duties, tallying 20 assists apiece, while Solano Smith anchored the defense with 16 digs. Capponcelli also added a career-best four service aces.
Heading into the final weekend, No. 12 Creighton has solidified itself in the BIG EAST Conference Tournament. With a 21-5 overall record and a perfect 14-0 record in league play, the Bluejays sit atop the conference standings.
In their last five matches at Carnesecca Arena, Creighton is 4-1. The last time the Red Storm topped the Bluejays in Queens was back in October of 2021, in a 3-1 win over then-No. 16 Creighton. The win still serves as the program's most recent victory over a ranked opponent.
As a team, the Bluejays rank in the top two of all offensive statistical categories in the BIG EAST. Creighton sits first in team hitting percentage, swinging .277, and first in kills, averaging 13.83 per set.
Creighton's offensive unit is led by Ava Martina, who leads the team with 387 kills, while Kiara Reinhardt paces the conference in hitting percentage at .422. Annalea Maeder quarterbacks the offense with 933 total assists, which currently leads the BIG EAST. Defensively, three Bluejays have recorded over 200 digs, with Sydney Breissinger leading the way with 242. Reinhardt anchors the net with 91 total blocks, including 17 solo stuffs.
Head Coach Bryan Rosen is in his inaugural season at the helm of the Creighton volleyball program and owns a 1-0 record against the Johnnies.
Seton Hall enters the final weekend with a 6-19 record this season and is winless in BIG EAST play. This will be the second meeting between the Pirates and the Red Storm this season. In October, the Johnnies picked up a 3-1 win on Field Trip Day. In their last five trips to Walsh Gymnasium, the Johnnies are 3-2, and over the last 10 matches between the two teams, St. John's holds a 6-4 advantage.
Sadie Reich leads Seton Hall in kills with 286, with four other players contributing more than 100 kills. Gwen Adler leads the offense with 334 total assists. On the defensive side, Rylee Nelson ranks seventh in the BIG EAST in digs per set with 3.71, collecting 289 total digs. Four other Pirates have recorded more than 110 digs this season. Asli Subasili guides the Seton Hall blocking unit with 79 total blocks.
Head Coach Shannon Thompson is in her fourth season leading the Pirates volleyball program. All-time, Thompson is 2-4 against the Red Storm.
Upon the conclusion of the weekend, the Red Storm will prepare for the offseason. In December, the program will host its annual Walk-A-Thon. For more information about St. John's volleyball and the Red Storm, follow the team on Instagram and X.
