St. John’s Drops Road Match to DePaul - St. John's University Athletics

Friday, November 13

Chicago, Ill.

8 p.m.

St. John's University

19-9,9-6Big East

DePaul

18-8,10-5Big East

Team	1	2	3	Final F
St. John's (NY)	23	29	20	0
DePaul	25	31	25	3

11/13/2026 10:57:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Red Storm concluded the regular season at RV Marquette tomorrow

CHICAGO – The St. John's volleyball team fell in straight sets on the road to DePaul on Friday night in McGrath-Phillips Arena. St. John's went toe-to-toe with DePaul in a marathon first two sets.

The Red Storm (19-9, 9-6 BIG EAST) had chances to take both of the first two frames from the Blue Demons (18-8, 10-5 BIG EAST) but ultimately fell in the final set. The set scores were 23-25, 29-31 and 20-25.

St. John's fired 45 kills as a team and recorded 48 digs. Carola Tesoro logged her fifth consecutive match with a double-double, tying for the match-best with 17 kills and adding 11 digs. Lejla Hadziredzepovic tallied 10 kills on the evening. Amanda Caputi led the offense with 25 helpers. Rashanny Solano Smith led all players with 12 digs, and Tesoro served a trio of aces.

Both teams were in lockstep to start the contest, with neither allowing a lead of more than two. The opener featured 10 tied scores leading up to the media timeout, with DePaul leading 15-14. Following a St. John's timeout at 17-15, the Blue Demons extended the advantage to three at 19-16. As DePaul entered the red zone, the Johnnies ripped off a 3-0 run to knot the set at 20-20. St. John's was able to fend off set point twice, but DePaul got the only point it needed to take set one, 25-23.

Back-to-back service aces from Tesoro put the Johnnies up 6-2 to kick-start game two. DePaul jumped back within one at 6-5, but the Red Storm kept the Blue Demons honest through the media timeout at 15-11. The four-point cushion held into the red zone for St. John's at 20-16. The Blue Demons eventually erased the deficit to come within one at 20-19 and eventually take the lead at 21-20. With the score leveled at 22-22, both teams dug in and played to 29-29, but in the end, DePaul claimed the marathon set at 31-29 and took a 2-0 match lead.

St. John's opened the third frame with a 4-1 spurt and forced DePaul to take an early timeout. The home team would settle in and come back to within one at 8-7 before eventually taking the lead into the media timeout at 15-13. The Blue Demons continued to press on as the advantage grew to five at 21-16. With its back against the wall, St. John's was able to fend off match point three times, but it still wasn't enough to prevent DePaul from claiming the final set, 25-20, and the match.

St. John's concludes the regular season against RV Marquette tomorrow afternoon. First serve from the Al McGuire Center is set for 6 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT).