Pirates Journey to St. John’s, Creighton this Week

PREVIEW

Seton Hall will return to the street for a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches this week.  The Pirates will make the quick journey to Queens, N.Y. on Tuesday, Oct. 14 for a match at St. John’s at 12:00 p.m.  On Sunday, Oct. 19, the Pirates will head to Omaha, Neb. for a match at Creighton.  That one begins at 1:30 p.m. ET.

 

MEDIA

Both matches this week will probably be streamed stay on ESPN+ and each could have Live Stats.

 

LAST WEEKEND

Seton Hall dropped a pair of hard-fought BIG EAST Conference matches final week in Walsh Gym.  The Pirates took a set from Marquette in a four-set loss on Friday.  On Saturday, The Hall received the primary two units towards DePaul, however in the end fell in 5 units because the Blue Demons fought again from a 12-6 deficit in set 5.

 

Freshman Sadie Reich (Wantagh, N.Y.) had one other monster weekend, tallying a double-double with 16 kills and 11 digs vs. Marquette on Friday, and one other 20 kills towards DePaul on Saturday.  Both Rylee Nelson (Mazeppa, Minn.) and Emilee Fuller (Louisville, Ky.) collected double-doubles towards the Blue Demons.

 

SCOUTING ST. JOHN’S

Seton Hall and St. John’s will proceed their lengthy rivalry on Tuesday.  The Red Storm personal a slim 22-20 all-time sequence lead and the groups have alternated wins and losses over the past six conferences.  Last season, the groups solely met as soon as with St. John’s successful in 4 units in Queens.

 

St. John’s is coming off a formidable 24-13 season in 2024, which included a 10-8 mark in BIG EAST play.  The Red Storm earned the No. 5 seed within the BIG EAST Tournament, however was swept by No. 4 DePaul within the opening spherical.  St. John’s determined to play within the National Invitational Volleyball Championship and defeated North Carolina A&T, Virginia and Connecticut earlier than falling to Bowling Green within the occasion’s “Fab Four”.  Senior Erin Jones was a unanimous choice to the All-BIG EAST Team.

 

This season, St. John’s was picked to complete fourth within the BIG EAST, in accordance with the convention’s preseason coaches’ ballot.  Jones and Lucrezia Lodi return to steer the Red Storm and have been named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. 

 

The outcomes to this point this season have not been what the Red Storm anticipated.  St. John’s enters its match with Seton Hall with a 5-14 file total and a 1-5 mark in BIG EAST play.  The Johnnies lone BIG EAST victory was a four-set win at Providence on Oct. 3.  Most just lately, they’re coming off a pair of house losses to DePaul (three units) on Friday and Marquette (4 units) on Saturday.  The Red Storm rank final within the BIG EAST in practically each staff class together with hitting proportion, kills per set and digs per set.

 

SCOUTING CREIGHTON

Creighton owns a 21-3 all-time sequence lead towards Seton Hall and has received 20 straight matches.  In truth, the Bluejays have been so dominant, they’ve received 55 consecutive units.  Prior to this run, The Hall received three straight matches, together with a sweep of the common season in 2014.  Creighton acquired the final snicker, nonetheless, that 12 months, defeating Seton Hall in 4 units within the BIG EAST Championship match.

 

Creighton loved a record-breaking 2024 marketing campaign, proudly owning a 32-3 total file whereas going undefeated (18-0) in convention play to seize its eleventh consecutive BIG EAST common season title.  The squad refused to relinquish a set on the 2024 BIG EAST Volleyball Championship, claiming this system’s tenth crown behind sweeps of DePaul and Marquette.  With the league’s computerized bid to the NCAA match, the Bluejays swept South Dakota and Ole Miss to achieve the regional spherical.  The squad’s historic season continued with a four-set victory over two-time reigning NCAA Champion, Texas, earlier than concluding with a tightly contested five-set loss to the eventual National Champion, Penn State, within the Regional Final.

 

The reigning BIG EAST champions earned all 10 attainable first-place votes for 100 factors to steer the 2025 BIG EAST Volleyball Preseason Poll.  Outside hitter Ava Martin was elected Preseason Player of the Year.  Jaya Johnson and Kiara Reinhard joined Martin on the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team

 

The Bluejays enter the weekend with a 13-5 total file and an ideal 6-0 mark in BIG EAST play.  They went simply 7-5 in non-conference play, however their schedule was laden with the nation’s prime opponents together with No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Penn State, No. 4 Louisville, No. 5 Texas, No. 14 Kansas and No. 22 USC.

 

UP NEXT

Next weekend, Seton Hall will head to Indianapolis for a match at Butler on Friday, Oct. 24.  The following day, it is going to journey to Cincinnati for a match at Xavier.