DePaul Drops Four Set Match Against St. John's

Friday, September 27

McGrath-Phillips Arena

7:00 P.M. CT

DePaul University

8-6

St. John's

9-4

St. John's (NY)

DePaul

DePaul Drops Four Set Match Against St. John's

9/27/2019 9:44:00 PM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Box Score

CHICAGO, Ill. - DePaul put up a fight but ultimately fell in four sets 1-3 (20-25, 27-25, 22-25, 21-25) against St. John's Friday evening at McGrath-Phillips Arena.

Brittany Maxwell had her sixth double-double of the season with 17 kills and 15 digs.

FROM COACH ZIDEK

"St. John's is a really good matchup for us and like we expected, they pulled out best volleyball out and we pulled the best out of them," said head coach Marie Zidek. "Their outside hitter had a big time match and she put the team on her back when they needed her most and they served really well. That being said, all the errors from the Xavier match, we corrected and we battled really hard.

"Brittany had an amazing match, Emma was on fire hitting .400 at one point and we had a lot of really good defensive rallies. If we just up our serve receive a little bit, I think we have a good chance of winning that. At the end of the day, it was a really good battle and I am really proud of the team."

HOW IT HAPPENED

SET ONE » A Maxwell service ace gave DePaul the first point of the match. It was a back and forth battle with seven knots in the score before back-to-back kills from Avarie Evans-Allen put DePaul in a 15-12 lead. SJU would eventually go on a 3-0 run to lead by one point, forcing DePaul to call the first timeout of the match. The score would knot two more times but the Red Storm would go on to take the first set 25-20.

SET TWO » Points exchanged back and forth with seven knots in the score occurring before DePaul captured five of six points courtesy of kills from Donna Brown and Elana Brueggemann and a Brown service ace. With DePaul leading 13-9, SJU called the first timeout. The score would remain close and tie seven more times up to 25-25. Back-to-back kills from Evans-Allen would give DePaul the second set 27-25.

SET THREE » The back and forth battle continued, with the score meeting seven more times before back-to-back kills from SJU urged the first DePaul timeout. The score remained close but the Red Storm held the lead for the remainder of the set, taking the third set 25-22.

SET FOUR » St. John's jumped out to a 3-0 lead but DePaul would eventually knot the score at 4-4. The Red Storm recaptured the lead and eventually led by a difference of 14-9. SJU maintained a solid lead until DePaul went on a 3-0 run in crunch time courtesy of two SJU attack errors and a Brown kill. The last two points would go to St. John's, giving them the final set 25-21.

LEADERS

Kills » Brittany Maxwell (17)
Assists » Dolan (24)
Digs » Brittany Maxwell (15)
Solo Blocks » Donna Brown (2)
Aces » Donna Brown (3)

NEXT UP

DePaul hosts one final contest in a nine-match homestand. The Blue Demons will compete against Seton Hall tomorrow at 6 p.m. at McGrath-Phillips Arena.

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