DePaul Drops Road Match to Red Storm

Friday, November 8

Queens, N.Y.

6 p.m.

DePaul University

16-9,8-5Big East

St. John's

17-10,6-7Big East

DePaul

St. John's (NY)

11/8/2024 9:02:00 PM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Box Score

Scholz records career-high nine blocks in defeat

QUEENS, N.Y. – DePaul volleyball fell to St John's 1-3 (25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 20-25) Friday evening. The Blue Demons fall to 16-9 overall, and 8-5 in conference play.

The Blue Demons were paced on offense by graduate student Audrey Klemp, who added 14 kills for her fourth consecutive match in double-figures. Fellow graduate student Jill Pressly poured in 13 kills, extending her streak in double-figures to five matches.

Setter Ashley Cudiamat registered 19 assists and 12 digs for her sixth double-double in BIG EAST play, while fellow setter Amanda Saeger contributed 21 assists of her own.

Libero Rachel Krasowski guided the defensive effort for the Blue Demons with 14 digs. Middle blocker Meghan Scholz posted her career-high with a match-leading nine blocks, while junior Katelynn Oxley tallied six.

St. John's was led by 15 kills each from junior Erin Jones and senior Giorgia Walther.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

SET ONE
DePaul jumped in front 3-0 to open the first stanza, led by an ace from sophomore Nora Mannion and kills from Pressly and Kindelberger. The sides battled the rest of the way through, tied at 11 and again at 16. The Blue Demons pulled away late, propelled by two kills each from Juncu and Oxley, taking the set, 25-23.

SET TWO
A 5-0 scoring run from DePaul gave them another early advantage in set two. Four Blue Demon attack errors allowed the Red Storm to claw their way back, tying the set at ten. Five kills from Giorgia Walther and two more DePaul errors earned St. John's the set, 25-21.

SET THREE
The two sides swapped points the first half of the set, with neither squad amassing more than a two-point lead. Four different Blue Demons recorded kills in the first ten points, including Klemp, Kindelberger, Juncu, and Pressly. Even at 20 points apiece, three late kills from Lodi gave the Red Storm the 25-23 set win.

SET FOUR
St. John's went on a 5-0 run early, led by two service aces from Jones, and they extended their lead to as many as six in the middle of the set. DePaul came within two points late after three Klemp kills, but the Red Storm closed the match-clinching set, 25-23.

UP NEXT
The Blue Demons conclude their weekend in Villanova, Pennsylvania against the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday, November 9. First serve is set for 6 p.m. CT, and the match can be streamed on FloCollege here.

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