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Post by voleiboluno on Sept 30, 2024 19:42:29 GMT -5
Creighton, DePaul, St. John’s, and Xavier Earn First #BIGEASTvb Awards in Conference Play
Women's Volleyball 9/30/2024 2:00:00 PM
BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
Giorgia Walther, Sr., OH, St. John’s
Walter totaled 33 kills, 13 digs, four blocks, and an ace as St. John’s opened BIG EAST play 2-0 with victories over Seton Hall (3-1) and Georgetown (3-0). The senior’s 4.71 kills per set led all conference competitors this week. Against the Pirates, Walther notched a match-best 22 kills on .333 hitting with seven digs and a block. In Sunday’s sweep of the Hoyas, she contributed 11 kills, six digs, three blocks, and a service ace.
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
Rachel Krasowski, Gr., L, DePaul
Krasowski was the cornerstone of a Blue Demon defense that gave up just one set in a pair of league matches, averaging a BIG EAST best 4.86 digs per set this week. In Wednesday’s conference-opening victory over Xavier (3-1), the graduate student contributed 22 digs and four assists. At Butler (W, 3-0), Krasowski logged 12 digs with three assists.
BIG EAST Setter of the Week
Kendra Wait, Sr., S, Creighton
Wait averaged a league-leading 11.67 assists per set, helping Creighton hit a combined .423 in a pair of sweeps to open BIG EAST play. In Friday’s 3-0 victory over Providence, the senior dished out 29 assists with five digs, three kills, and a pair of blocks. In Sunday’s sweep of UConn, Wait recorded 41 assists, eight digs, three blocks, and a kill.
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Margo Kemp, RS-Fr., MB, Xavier
Kemp was an all-around threat for the Musketeers, averaging 3.00 kills and .86 blocks per set this weekend. In Wednesday’s conference-opener at DePaul (L, 3-1), the Pennsylvania product registered 10 kills, a match-high six blocks, and two digs on .350 hitting. In Saturday’s sweep of Butler, Kemp led all competitors with 11 kills on .500 hitting, adding four digs and two aces.
BIG EAST Honor Roll
Jill Pressly, Gr., OH, DePaul
Pressly totaled 30 kills and 20 digs as DePaul opened BIG EAST play 2-0. The graduate outside hitter logged 17 kills and 12 digs against Xavier (W, 3-1) for her sixth double-double of the season.
Hattie Bray, RS-Jr., MB, Marquette
Bray hit .500 with eight kills and eight digs as Marquette opened BIG EAST play without giving up a set, defeating UConn (3-0) and Providence (3-0) this weekend. She was especially effective against the Friars, logging six kills on 11 errorless swings.
Erin Jones, Jr., S/RS, St. John’s
Jones continued an electric campaign for the Red Storm, contributing 33 digs, 29 kills, 14 assists, two aces, and two blocks over a pair of victories this weekend. In a 3-1 victory over Seton Hall, Jones produced a match-leading 18 digs with 16 kills for her seventh double-double of the season. Her eighth double-double followed in Sunday’s sweep of Georgetown behind 15 digs and 13 kills.
Ozzie Ozonoh, Sr., MB, Villanova
Ozonoh averaged a team-best 1.14 blocks per set with 15 kills on .433 hitting as Villanova opened BIG EAST play undefeated. The senior middle blocker enjoyed a career day against Seton Hall (W, 3-1) with a personal high of eight kills to go along with a match-best five blocks, three of which were solo stops.
Sarah Stevens, RS-Sr., MB, Xavier
Stevens hit a massive .609 this weekend, totaling 16 kills and eight blocks in matches against Butler (W, 3-0) and DePaul (L, 3-1).
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Post by avid 2.0 on Oct 4, 2024 20:30:40 GMT -5
Creighton took care of business against Butler.
Xavier sweeping St Johns is beyond tragic.
Nova is up 2-0 (about to be 2-1) on DePaul
UConn swept Georgetown
Seton Hall got past Providence in five sets
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Post by hangonsloopy on Oct 4, 2024 21:06:47 GMT -5
Creighton took care of business against Butler. Xavier sweeping St Johns is beyond tragic. Nova is up 2-0 (about to be 2-1) on DePaul UConn swept Georgetown Seton Hall got past Providence in five sets Nova finishes off DePaul in 4. Huge road win for the Wildcats |
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Post by hangonsloopy on Oct 6, 2024 13:35:12 GMT -5
Does Villanova have a chance to make the NCAA tournament without getting wins against Marquette/Creighton?
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Post by avid 2.0 on Oct 6, 2024 13:46:45 GMT -5
Does Villanova have a chance to make the NCAA tournament without getting wins against Marquette/Creighton? I dont think any BEast team does. Maybe if UConn runs the table (they're borderline Top 50 right now I Think) but I dont think they even have a top 50 win. |
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Post by boxcariii on Oct 7, 2024 8:36:58 GMT -5
Does Villanova have a chance to make the NCAA tournament without getting wins against Marquette/Creighton? I dont think any BEast team does. Maybe if UConn runs the table (they're borderline Top 50 right now I Think) but I dont think they even have a top 50 win. Agreed on the at-large front. There's always the auto bid via conference tourney, but that's in Creighton's home gym, so eh. UConn's non-conference schedule was garbage and their best wins are Stony Brook (123) and Dartmouth (127), then New Hampshire (202). (Today's RPI). I'm glad they went undefeated against it, but that scheduling could hurt if they make to the bubble. |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Oct 7, 2024 8:38:38 GMT -5
I dont think any BEast team does. Maybe if UConn runs the table (they're borderline Top 50 right now I Think) but I dont think they even have a top 50 win. Agreed on the at-large front. There's always the auto bid via conference tourney, but that's in Creighton's home gym, so eh. UConn's non-conference schedule was garbage and their best wins are Stony Brook (123) and Dartmouth (127), then New Hampshire (202). (Today's RPI). I'm glad they went undefeated against it, but that scheduling could hurt if they make to the bubble. otoh, the committee has shown they will turn the other way to extremely weak non-cons if their RPI is good enough (looking at you SEC) but that's also the SEC lol |
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 7, 2024 8:43:34 GMT -5
Does Villanova have a chance to make the NCAA tournament without getting wins against Marquette/Creighton? I'm going to flat out say no. |
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Post by hangonsloopy on Oct 7, 2024 8:58:49 GMT -5
So I did some more digging. And here’s each team’s situation on the unofficial RPI:
UConn is #62 right now and is 0-1 against top 25 opponents and 0-2 against top 50 opponents.
Villanova is #75 and is 0-1 against top 50 opponents.
I think an upset win over one of the top 2 can put UConn on the bubble (maybe?). I don’t know if one win would be enough for Nova.
I will say though that right now, Nova’s opponents’ record is better than UConn’s so as the season progresses, that might give their RPI a boost.
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Post by vballislife123 on Oct 7, 2024 11:23:54 GMT -5
Does Villanova have a chance to make the NCAA tournament without getting wins against Marquette/Creighton? I dont think any BEast team does. Maybe if UConn runs the table (they're borderline Top 50 right now I Think) but I dont think they even have a top 50 win. UConn would have to upset and win the auto-bid. They don't play MU or CU again in regular season. |
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Post by boxcariii on Oct 7, 2024 11:32:11 GMT -5
So I did some more digging. And here’s each team’s situation on the unofficial RPI: UConn is #62 right now and is 0-1 against top 25 opponents and 0-2 against top 50 opponents. Villanova is #75 and is 0-1 against top 50 opponents. I think an upset win over one of the top 2 can put UConn on the bubble (maybe?). I don’t know if one win would be enough for Nova. I will say though that right now, Nova’s opponents’ record is better than UConn’s so as the season progresses, that might give their RPI a boost. UConn already played their regular season match against both Marquette and Creighton, and got swept by both. Big East, as noted earlier, does not do a true double round robin any longer. So, better make the Big East tournament to get that upset. I have my doubts UConn will make it to Omaha still. Villanova does have 2 chances against Creighton and 2 chances against Marquette. I just don't think it's very likely they get even one of those. Marquette's record doesn't look great, but they challenged themselves in the non-conference (consistent with past several years). I don't understand how St. John's offed Marquette two out of three last year, but I really don't think Marquette should lose to anybody in the BE besides Creighton this year. But it probably will happen. |
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Post by hangonsloopy on Oct 7, 2024 11:40:01 GMT -5
So I did some more digging. And here’s each team’s situation on the unofficial RPI: UConn is #62 right now and is 0-1 against top 25 opponents and 0-2 against top 50 opponents. Villanova is #75 and is 0-1 against top 50 opponents. I think an upset win over one of the top 2 can put UConn on the bubble (maybe?). I don’t know if one win would be enough for Nova. I will say though that right now, Nova’s opponents’ record is better than UConn’s so as the season progresses, that might give their RPI a boost. UConn already played their regular season match against both Marquette and Creighton, and got swept by both. Big East, as noted earlier, does not do a true double round robin any longer. So, better make the Big East tournament to get that upset. I have my doubts UConn will make it to Omaha still. Villanova does have 2 chances against Creighton and 2 chances against Marquette. I just don't think it's very likely they get even one of those. Marquette's record doesn't look great, but they challenged themselves in the non-conference (consistent with past several years). I don't understand how St. John's offed Marquette two out of three last year, but I really don't think Marquette should lose to anybody in the BE besides Creighton this year. But it probably will happen. Yeah I completely forgot that UConn play them once this year. So they’ve already missed their chance. Their only way is through the BE Tournament. I’d like to see the conference have 3-4 teams get into the tournament but it’s probably unlikely this year. Nova gets both Creighton and Marquette at home this weekend so we won’t need to wait long to find out. |
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Oct 8, 2024 8:44:19 GMT -5
UConn already played their regular season match against both Marquette and Creighton, and got swept by both. Big East, as noted earlier, does not do a true double round robin any longer. So, better make the Big East tournament to get that upset. I have my doubts UConn will make it to Omaha still. Villanova does have 2 chances against Creighton and 2 chances against Marquette. I just don't think it's very likely they get even one of those. Marquette's record doesn't look great, but they challenged themselves in the non-conference (consistent with past several years). I don't understand how St. John's offed Marquette two out of three last year, but I really don't think Marquette should lose to anybody in the BE besides Creighton this year. But it probably will happen. Yeah I completely forgot that UConn play them once this year. So they’ve already missed their chance. Their only way is through the BE Tournament. I’d like to see the conference have 3-4 teams get into the tournament but it’s probably unlikely this year. Nova gets both Creighton and Marquette at home this weekend so we won’t need to wait long to find out. In the brief time I've been following the BEast, I haven't really seen a 3rd team that should've made the dance let alone a 4th. Strong argument could've been made for St. John's last year, but this is still a two-team conference, and this year Creighton is on a level all by themselves. |
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Post by boxcariii on Oct 8, 2024 9:26:21 GMT -5
Yeah I completely forgot that UConn play them once this year. So they’ve already missed their chance. Their only way is through the BE Tournament. I’d like to see the conference have 3-4 teams get into the tournament but it’s probably unlikely this year. Nova gets both Creighton and Marquette at home this weekend so we won’t need to wait long to find out. In the brief time I've been following the BEast, I haven't really seen a 3rd team that should've made the dance let alone a 4th. Strong argument could've been made for St. John's last year, but this is still a two-team conference, and this year Creighton is on a level all by themselves. I agree. I still think the Big East is missing out. It's sill a relatively small conference at 11 teams and volleyball is also relatively cheap compared to some other sports (uniform, balls, no equipment for the sport). So, if two more programs just put a bit more emphasis on the sport, I think, Big East could be a really, really good conference that doesn't hurt you. Hypothetically, you'd be moving from 18.2% to 36.4% of the conference being in the tournament regularly. I think St. John's could be the third program, but consistency from year to year seems to be an issue there. Not sure who would be or could be the fourth program to step it up a bit, and don't honestly care who it is, as long as some one does. |
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Post by redcard🏐 on Oct 8, 2024 14:02:40 GMT -5
BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
Norah Sis, Sr., OH, Creighton
Sis averaged 4.29 kills, 2.86 digs, and 0.57 blocks per set while hitting .315 as Creighton defeated Marquette (3-1) and Butler (3-0) this week. In Wednesday’s victory over Marquette, the Nebraska native logged 14 kills with a season-high 13 digs, three blocks, and an ace. At Butler, Sis registered a match-best 16 kills with seven digs and an ace. This week, her 4.93 points per set led the BIG EAST while her 4.29 kills per set tied for league best.
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
Maddy Bilinovic, Sr., L, Creighton
Bilinovic anchored Creighton’s defense with 4.71 digs per set as the Bluejays moved to 4-0 in conference play, holding opponents to league-lows of .128 hitting and 9.86 kills per set. In Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Marquette, the senior logged 20 digs with a season-best three aces. During Friday’s sweep of Butler, Bilinovic registered 13 digs to eclipse the 1,000 career dig mark.
BIG EAST Setter of the Week
Kendra Wait, Sr., S, Creighton
Wait notched a pair of double-doubles as she averaged a league-leading 11.86 assists along with 3.14 digs, 1.00 blocks and 0.71 kills per set to lead Creighton past Marquette and Butler. The senior helped propel the Bluejays past the reigning co-regular season champion Golden Eagles with 47 assists, 10 digs, five blocks, and two kills on Wednesday. At Butler, she logged 36 helpers with 12 digs, three kills, and two blocks. For the week, Creighton averaged 15.00 kills per set and hit .321. as a team, both league-bests.
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Alyssa Nelson, Fr., S, Villanova
Nelson averaged 5.43 assists and 3.14 digs per set as Villanova picked up a pair of wins to start 4-0 in conference play for the first time since 2011. In Friday’s 3-1 victory over DePaul, the rookie registered the fifth double-double of her career with a match-best 21 assists and a career-high 15 digs. In Saturday’s sweep of Xavier, Nelson dished out 17 helpers with seven digs and a kill.
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