Volleyball Falls to St. John's, 3-1
11/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 5, 2006
MILWAUKEE - Junior Kimberley Todd tallied a team-high 14 kills and senior Jamie Mueller set a single season digs record (448), but it was not enough as the Marquette volleyball team fell to BIG EAST leading St. John's, 3-0 (21-30, 21-30, 21-30), Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center. The Golden Eagles dropped to 14-12 on the season and 9-4 in conference play, while the Red Storm improved to 27-1, remaining a perfect 12-0 in league action.
"St. John's played a really good defensive and consistent match today," said head coach Pati Rolf. "They are a very well-rounded team. We didn't execute our game plan today. We knew what we had to do to stay competitive, but struggled. St. John's really makes you play a tough game, because they don't make many mistakes."
With the score tied 4-4 to start game one, St. John's went on a 3-0 run, prompting a Marquette timeout. Out of the break the Golden Eagles cut their deficit to one at 6-7 with back-to-back kills by Todd and Mueller. From there, the Red Storm steadily increased their lead up to eight at 22-14, and then 11 at 18-17, before winning the first frame, 30-21.
Todd and Mueller each registered six kills to lead MU.
St. John's maintained its moment through the start of the second game, taking a 13-7 lead. At that point, Marquette went on a 5-0 run to cut the Red Storm lead to one at 13-12. SJU went on a 7-1 run at that point to take a seven point lead at 20-13, its largest of the game, forcing an MU timeout. Out of the break, Marquette was able to get within four at 21-17, but St. John's scored nine of the final 13 points, winning the game 30-21 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
St. John's jumped out to a 7-3 lead to start game three and never looked back. It increased its advantage to 11 at 19-8 and then 12 at 23-11, matching its largest of the game. The Red Storm went on to win the final frame, 30-21.
Mueller tallied 12 kills in the match and junior Monica Renfrow registered 25 assists.
Marquette now travels to South Orange, N.J., Nov. 10, to take on Seton Hall in its final regular season game of 2006.
