It's not always how you start, but how you finish.
Saturday evening's conference match-up (which was the Dig Pink match in honor of breast cancer awareness month) between the DePaul Blue Demons (3-18, 1-8 BIG EAST) and Villanova Wildcats (11-13, 4-5 BIG EAST) followed said quote stated above.
DePaul took the first set 25-22, with a strong outing from freshman Catilyn Coffey who had a career night in her young collegiate career, notching a career high 14 kills in the match, along with 4 block assists and 2 solo blocks.
But it was the trio attack from the Wildcats that helped them take the next 3 sets and the match victory. Colleen Hickey (15), Cara Cunningham (14), and Lauren Carpenter (12) hit double figures in the kills category in Saturday's win. Villanova setter Allie DiBernardo had a double double in Saturday night's contest contributing with 36 assists and 10 digs.
Also for the Blue Demons, setter Colleen Smith contributed with a nice all-around outing with 40 assists, 8 digs, 5 kills, 6 assisted rejections.
For more information on Saturday's match, go HERE.
DePaul will be searching for it's 2nd conference win this season when they go on the road for their next match against Georgetown on Friday. The Blue Demons also have another match on the road against Creighton on Sunday to complete the upcoming 2 game road trip.
NOTE: The next chicagolandsportsradio.com broadcast for DePaul Blue Demons volleyball will be on Friday October 31st (yes, Halloween... BOO!) at McGrath-Phillips Arena when they host Xavier at 7:00 PM CT, then the next day November 1st vs Butler at 7:00 PM CT.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
DePaul gets swept by Marquette
The Lady Blue Demons wrap up Super Saturday at DePaul, with
an underwhelming performance against The Golden Eagles. This rivalry game was
not much of a contest, as Marquette went 3 – 0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-16) in quick
fashion and was never in distress. DePaul has now lost 11 of its last 12
matches; this loss puts them at 3-15 overall and 1-5 in the Big East. The
Golden Eagles are trending in the other direction, as they improve to 14-4
overall and 5-1 in the Big East.
One of the bright spots for DePaul was junior Callie
Huebener, who led the Demons’ offense with 10 kills and was the only player in
double digits. She was able to contribute on the defensive side of the net with
two digs and a block.
Two other juniors that made some plays were Saige Gallop and
Colleen Smith. Gallop had 8 kills, 4
digs and 2 blocks. Vying for her 6th
double-double of the season, Smith led the Blue Demons with 27 assist and 9
digs.
The Golden Eagles dominated the net, as they out blocked
DePaul 11-7 and also converted more kills, 41-30.
The player of the night was Autumn Bailey of The Golden
Eagles, who made it look easy and justified her preseason Big East Player of
the Year honor. Bailey tallied 16 kills in the three game match while adding 7
service aces and 4 blocks.
Even with the Marquette Golden Eagles sweep of the Blue
Demons, the Demons still lead the series 28 – 25. The Blue Demons have been
swept 3 matches in arrow and 6 times this year, but look to right the ship in
Ohio, as the visit Xavier University on October 14th.
-Wes Evans
Monday, September 8, 2014
Freshmen impress, Blue Demons However Fall to 2-4 on the Season.
Coming off a loss to Syracuse in day 1 of the Windy City invitational, the Blue Demons came into Saturday looking for a much better result.
They got off to a better start as the first match of the day was against the host of the Windy City Invite, the Chicago State Cougars. DePaul won this match in 3 straight sets (25-17, 25-15, 25-22). 5th year head coach Nadia Edwards applauded the team's effort with "coming out with the energy early... along with setting the tone." Freshman Jameson MacPhie had the best outing of her young collegiate career, having 7 kills, 3 digs, and recording a .417 attack percentage. Meanwhile, another freshman had a nice outing in the match as well. Myah Reed led the team with the match with 10 kills.
DePaul is now 16-0 all time against the Chicago State Cougars. This is their first sweep of any opponent since their match against Georgetown back on October 5th, 2013.
For more on this match, go HERE.
DePaul vs CSU Box Score: HERE.
Then the final match arrived, as the Blue Demons had a date with the UIC Flames.
While Saige Gallop finished this match with 20 kills, it wasn't enough for the Blue Demons to overcome, as the Flames, which was led by Stephaniee Yancy who had 27 kills in the match, took a 4 set victory (25-13, 25-23, 25-27, 25-20). In the 2nd set, which was only won by the minimum 2 points you must win by in volleyball, showed 13 ties, along with 5 lead changes. The Flames were also led by Nicole Johnson, who totaled a tourney high 60 assists in this match. Junior Colleen Smith for DePaul posted the 2nd double-double of the young season, having 32 assists and 19 digs. Smith and Gallop represented DePaul as they were named to the All-Tournament team.
For more on this match, click HERE.
DePaul vs UIC Box Score: HERE.
DePaul is now 2-4 on the season, and will travel to Evansville, Indiana this weekend for another 3 game, 2 day tournament. They will play IUPUI Friday, then face Evansville and Central Michigan this Saturday.
-Ryan Fahey
Friday, September 5, 2014
An Orange Crush to Start Windy City Invite for DePaul
While the Blue Demons are looking to bounce off their 1-2 start from the season from hosting the DePaul invitational, they were looking to get on a hot streak beginning at the Windy City invitational, hosted at Chicago State University.
Well... it was a hot streak alright for starters. No air conditioning available in the building and the only ventilation came from industrial fans, made the pre-game sweat almost like in game sweat. Even us broadcasters were warm too.(But you don't care about me, yada yada yada.) So back to the team...
DePaul got things started off in the Windy City Invitational by facing old Big East rival, the Syracuse Orange. The Orange came into the match with a record of 2-1. DePaul Head Coach Nadia Edwards knew a tall task was ahead of her.
Syracuse got off to a 2 set victory over DePaul 25-23, 25-19. For the Blue Demons however, it was junior Saige Gallop leading DePaul and all players with 16 kills through those 2 sets. Junior Colleen Smith had 22 assists through those 2 sets, leading all players as well for that category.
Set 3 became a whole other ball game at that point. The Blue Demons at one point in the match had a lead as much as 8. The Orange offense, led by Silvi Uatarra and Monika Salkute, where nowhere to be found in the 3rd set, as DePaul cruised in that one, 25-15.
The 4th set came with the Syracuse Orange wanting to close things out in a hurry. Towards the end of the 4th set, DePaul faced a 24-17 deficit. While DePaul will always give it's 100% in every match, the Orange were too much to handle as they took the 4th set 25-18, and the match.
For more on the match and a complete box score, check this LINK.
-DePaul has 2 more matches tomorrow. They will face Chicago State at 12PM, then finish off the invite against UIC at 5PM. These matches can be streamed on chicagolandsportsradio.com.
-Ryan Fahey
Well... it was a hot streak alright for starters. No air conditioning available in the building and the only ventilation came from industrial fans, made the pre-game sweat almost like in game sweat. Even us broadcasters were warm too.(But you don't care about me, yada yada yada.) So back to the team...
DePaul got things started off in the Windy City Invitational by facing old Big East rival, the Syracuse Orange. The Orange came into the match with a record of 2-1. DePaul Head Coach Nadia Edwards knew a tall task was ahead of her.
Syracuse got off to a 2 set victory over DePaul 25-23, 25-19. For the Blue Demons however, it was junior Saige Gallop leading DePaul and all players with 16 kills through those 2 sets. Junior Colleen Smith had 22 assists through those 2 sets, leading all players as well for that category.
Set 3 became a whole other ball game at that point. The Blue Demons at one point in the match had a lead as much as 8. The Orange offense, led by Silvi Uatarra and Monika Salkute, where nowhere to be found in the 3rd set, as DePaul cruised in that one, 25-15.
The 4th set came with the Syracuse Orange wanting to close things out in a hurry. Towards the end of the 4th set, DePaul faced a 24-17 deficit. While DePaul will always give it's 100% in every match, the Orange were too much to handle as they took the 4th set 25-18, and the match.
For more on the match and a complete box score, check this LINK.
-DePaul has 2 more matches tomorrow. They will face Chicago State at 12PM, then finish off the invite against UIC at 5PM. These matches can be streamed on chicagolandsportsradio.com.
-Ryan Fahey
Monday, September 1, 2014
Hampton wins DePaul Invite, Blue Demons go 1-2.
DAY 1 MATCHES/RESULTS:
-Hampton Pirates (1-0) vs Bradley Braves (0-1)
5 set victory won by Hampton (24-26, 25-13, 25-17, 21-25, 15-13).
-On the Pirates side, Vendula Strakova had 25 kills, along with 2 aces and 2 blocks. Kitija Megne also had a nice contribution with 50 assists in the match. For the Braves of Bradley University, Jessie Tulacka had 21 kills in the match for her team, while her teammate Taylor Thiele had 12 kills. Jessica Teel led her team with 30 assists in the match. Also contributing nicely was libero Laura Hathaway, who led all players with 16 digs. For a complete box score with more stats, CLICK HERE.
- Stony Brook Seawolves (1-0) vs DePAUL Blue Demons (0-1)
4 set victory for Stony Brook (22-25, 25-15, 32-30, 25-22)
- For Stony Brook, the amount of kills in the match were well distributed. Melissa Rigo led the team with 15, Evann Slaughter followed with 11, and Stephanie McFadden had 10. Hannah Dolan, along with Nicole Vogel, helped lead the team in assists in the match. Dolan had 21, Vogel had 18. They combined for 39 of the team's 44 assists in the whole match. Over to the side of the Blue Demons, they had many opportunities in the 4th set to pull away and force a 5th and decisive set in the match, but Stony Brook, who was down by as many as 7 at one point, were able to rally near the end of the 4th set, take that said 4th set and the match. For DePaul, junior Colleen Smith led the team with 40 assists in the match, and also had a career high 4 service aces as well. Saige Gallop led the team in kills with 16. Also with a nice contribution was Myah Reed, who had 10 kills in the match. Libero Lexi Bolotin had 14 digs in the match as well. For more on this match, go HERE. To see a complete stat line of the match, click HERE.
DAY 2 MATCHES/RESULTS:
-Hampton Pirates (2-0) vs Stony Brook Seawolves (1-1)
3 set victory won by Hampton (25-18, 25-16, 25-19). Kitija Megne had 46 assists, Pirates' assist total was 49, and she had more assists than the entire Stony Brook team. Vendula Strakova had 15 kills in the match, while Sonja Maksmovic had 12 kills. Krista Kraskura led the Pirates with 13 digs. Over to the Seawolves now, Kathy Fletcher led the team with 12 kills, as Nicole Vogel and Hannah Dolan led their team in assists. Vogel had 17 assists, Dolan with 15. Box score and more stats can be seen by clicking HERE.
-Bradley Braves (0-2) vs DePAUL BLUE DEMONS (1-1)
4 Set VICTORY FOR THE BLUE DEMONS! (25-22, 25-21, 24-26, 27-25). Junior setter Colleen Smith had 35 assists in the match. The team total for assists was 44. Saige Gallop had 11 kills in the match, followed by Rachel Breault and Myah Reed who both had 9, and Colleen Smith with 8. Lexi Chanos had 10 digs, Colleen Smith had 9. Smith is showing throughout the invitational what it takes to be a leader on and off the court. The "gameface" is always on. To get more on the victory, read HERE. For the Braves, Afton Sobasky had 36 assists in the match, while Jessie Tulacka led with 19 kills. Taylor Thiele had 12 kills and 7 digs in the match. For the box score and more stats, click HERE. Bradley put a scare to DePaul near the end of the 4th set to try to force a 5th and decisive set. The Blue Demons in past history have been known to give up leads and lose sets before. But this time around, the Blue Demons held their ground for the 4th set victory to get their 1st win on the young 2014 season.
-Bradley Braves (0-3) vs Stony Brook Seawolves (2-1)
5 Set victory for Stony Brook (22-25, 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 15-11). To the side of the Bradley Braves, Taylor Thiele led her team with 14 kills and 9 digs in the 5 set loss. Afton Sobasky had 46 assists in the match. For the Seawolves, they were lead by Kathy Fletcher (18 kills, 9 digs), Melissa Rigo (14 kills, 10 digs), Nicole Vogel (32 assists). Also contributing nicely was Evann Slaughter, who had 10 kills in the 5 set victory over the Braves. More stats and box score can be seen HERE.
-Hampton Pirates (3-0) vs DePAUL BLUE DEMONS (1-2)
4 Set victory for the Hampton Pirates (15-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-22). With this victory for Hampton, they went undefeated in the DePaul invite at a record of 3-0. Vendula Strakova, who had 27 kills in the match, was named the MVP of the entire tourney. Other notables on the stat sheet would include Kitija (49 assists), Krista Kraskura (13 kills, 14 digs), and Sonja Maksimovic (10 kills, 14 digs). For the Blue Demons (1-2), it was Saige Gallop who led her team in kills in the match with 16. Gallop was named to the all-tournament team as well. Gallop had 46 total kills in the 2014 invite, leading all Blue Demon players. Also in the match, freshman Rachel Breault had 7 kills and 9 digs, Lexi Chanos led DePaul in the match with 17 digs. More on the match can be read HERE, and the box score, along with more stats can be found HERE.
FINAL STANDINGS:
Hampton Pirates 3-0 (Tournament Champs)
Stony Brook Seawolves 2-1 (Runner-Up)
DePAUL BLUE DEMONS 1-2 (3rd Place)
Bradley Braves 0-4 (4th Place)
-Ryan Fahey
-Hampton Pirates (1-0) vs Bradley Braves (0-1)
5 set victory won by Hampton (24-26, 25-13, 25-17, 21-25, 15-13).
-On the Pirates side, Vendula Strakova had 25 kills, along with 2 aces and 2 blocks. Kitija Megne also had a nice contribution with 50 assists in the match. For the Braves of Bradley University, Jessie Tulacka had 21 kills in the match for her team, while her teammate Taylor Thiele had 12 kills. Jessica Teel led her team with 30 assists in the match. Also contributing nicely was libero Laura Hathaway, who led all players with 16 digs. For a complete box score with more stats, CLICK HERE.
- Stony Brook Seawolves (1-0) vs DePAUL Blue Demons (0-1)
4 set victory for Stony Brook (22-25, 25-15, 32-30, 25-22)
- For Stony Brook, the amount of kills in the match were well distributed. Melissa Rigo led the team with 15, Evann Slaughter followed with 11, and Stephanie McFadden had 10. Hannah Dolan, along with Nicole Vogel, helped lead the team in assists in the match. Dolan had 21, Vogel had 18. They combined for 39 of the team's 44 assists in the whole match. Over to the side of the Blue Demons, they had many opportunities in the 4th set to pull away and force a 5th and decisive set in the match, but Stony Brook, who was down by as many as 7 at one point, were able to rally near the end of the 4th set, take that said 4th set and the match. For DePaul, junior Colleen Smith led the team with 40 assists in the match, and also had a career high 4 service aces as well. Saige Gallop led the team in kills with 16. Also with a nice contribution was Myah Reed, who had 10 kills in the match. Libero Lexi Bolotin had 14 digs in the match as well. For more on this match, go HERE. To see a complete stat line of the match, click HERE.
DAY 2 MATCHES/RESULTS:
-Hampton Pirates (2-0) vs Stony Brook Seawolves (1-1)
3 set victory won by Hampton (25-18, 25-16, 25-19). Kitija Megne had 46 assists, Pirates' assist total was 49, and she had more assists than the entire Stony Brook team. Vendula Strakova had 15 kills in the match, while Sonja Maksmovic had 12 kills. Krista Kraskura led the Pirates with 13 digs. Over to the Seawolves now, Kathy Fletcher led the team with 12 kills, as Nicole Vogel and Hannah Dolan led their team in assists. Vogel had 17 assists, Dolan with 15. Box score and more stats can be seen by clicking HERE.
-Bradley Braves (0-2) vs DePAUL BLUE DEMONS (1-1)
4 Set VICTORY FOR THE BLUE DEMONS! (25-22, 25-21, 24-26, 27-25). Junior setter Colleen Smith had 35 assists in the match. The team total for assists was 44. Saige Gallop had 11 kills in the match, followed by Rachel Breault and Myah Reed who both had 9, and Colleen Smith with 8. Lexi Chanos had 10 digs, Colleen Smith had 9. Smith is showing throughout the invitational what it takes to be a leader on and off the court. The "gameface" is always on. To get more on the victory, read HERE. For the Braves, Afton Sobasky had 36 assists in the match, while Jessie Tulacka led with 19 kills. Taylor Thiele had 12 kills and 7 digs in the match. For the box score and more stats, click HERE. Bradley put a scare to DePaul near the end of the 4th set to try to force a 5th and decisive set. The Blue Demons in past history have been known to give up leads and lose sets before. But this time around, the Blue Demons held their ground for the 4th set victory to get their 1st win on the young 2014 season.
-Bradley Braves (0-3) vs Stony Brook Seawolves (2-1)
5 Set victory for Stony Brook (22-25, 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 15-11). To the side of the Bradley Braves, Taylor Thiele led her team with 14 kills and 9 digs in the 5 set loss. Afton Sobasky had 46 assists in the match. For the Seawolves, they were lead by Kathy Fletcher (18 kills, 9 digs), Melissa Rigo (14 kills, 10 digs), Nicole Vogel (32 assists). Also contributing nicely was Evann Slaughter, who had 10 kills in the 5 set victory over the Braves. More stats and box score can be seen HERE.
-Hampton Pirates (3-0) vs DePAUL BLUE DEMONS (1-2)
4 Set victory for the Hampton Pirates (15-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-22). With this victory for Hampton, they went undefeated in the DePaul invite at a record of 3-0. Vendula Strakova, who had 27 kills in the match, was named the MVP of the entire tourney. Other notables on the stat sheet would include Kitija (49 assists), Krista Kraskura (13 kills, 14 digs), and Sonja Maksimovic (10 kills, 14 digs). For the Blue Demons (1-2), it was Saige Gallop who led her team in kills in the match with 16. Gallop was named to the all-tournament team as well. Gallop had 46 total kills in the 2014 invite, leading all Blue Demon players. Also in the match, freshman Rachel Breault had 7 kills and 9 digs, Lexi Chanos led DePaul in the match with 17 digs. More on the match can be read HERE, and the box score, along with more stats can be found HERE.
FINAL STANDINGS:
Hampton Pirates 3-0 (Tournament Champs)
Stony Brook Seawolves 2-1 (Runner-Up)
DePAUL BLUE DEMONS 1-2 (3rd Place)
Bradley Braves 0-4 (4th Place)
2014 DePaul Invitational MVP: Vendula Strakova (Hampton)
All Tournament Team:
- Vendula Strakova (Hampton)
- Saige Gallop (DePaul)
- Jessie Talucka (Bradley)
- Kathy Fletcher (Stony Brook)
-Ryan Fahey
Thursday, August 28, 2014
DePaul Volleyball... IT'S BACK!
Hey now, when it's fall sports season. It's just not about football, football, football. And uh... football. There's other sports that are getting their season underway as well.
Take for example... DePaul Women's Volleyball!
All HOME games for DePaul Volleyball will be broadcasted on chicagolandsportsradio.com via our LIVESTREAM! Starting tomorrow, August 29th at 7PM.
Tomorrow marks day 1 of the 2 day DePaul Invitational which will take place at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago. DePaul has one game tomorrow night at 7PM taking on Stony brook. The other match-up is at 4:30PM when Bradley squares off against Hampton. All 4 teams will square off against each other throughout the 2 days.
Here's the Schedule:
Friday August 29th
-4:30PM: Bradley vs Hampton
-7PM: Stony Brook vs DePAUL
Saturday August 30th
-10AM: Hampton vs Stony Brook
-12PM: Bradley vs DePAUL
-430PM: Bradley vs Stony Brook
-7PM: Hampton vs DePAUL
The DePaul Blue Demons (16-14 Overall, 2-14 Big East Conference in 2013) come into the 2014 season with 5 new recruits, along with 2 transfers, making that 7 total players that will be new faces to the team. Junior setter Colleen Smith is looking to build on the great season she had last season.Smith led the team last season with 1,036 assists. Returning for her junior year, Smith will be looking to build off the great season she had last year and is expected to be one of the leaders of this young team. Also back with the team this season is Callie Huebener, Randi Heath, Tyler Graham and Lexi Chanos.
One of the bigger question marks the team is facing is how they will fare against conference opponents from the Big East. In the matches I saw last season, they were right there throughout the match, but were just unable to get the W in most of them. 5th year head coach Nadia Edwards will be looking to change that for this season.
So fans... gear up for the season. It shall be a fun one to watch. I'll have another post with results/reaction from the DePaul invitational by Monday.
Take for example... DePaul Women's Volleyball!
All HOME games for DePaul Volleyball will be broadcasted on chicagolandsportsradio.com via our LIVESTREAM! Starting tomorrow, August 29th at 7PM.
Tomorrow marks day 1 of the 2 day DePaul Invitational which will take place at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago. DePaul has one game tomorrow night at 7PM taking on Stony brook. The other match-up is at 4:30PM when Bradley squares off against Hampton. All 4 teams will square off against each other throughout the 2 days.
Here's the Schedule:
Friday August 29th
-4:30PM: Bradley vs Hampton
-7PM: Stony Brook vs DePAUL
Saturday August 30th
-10AM: Hampton vs Stony Brook
-12PM: Bradley vs DePAUL
-430PM: Bradley vs Stony Brook
-7PM: Hampton vs DePAUL
The DePaul Blue Demons (16-14 Overall, 2-14 Big East Conference in 2013) come into the 2014 season with 5 new recruits, along with 2 transfers, making that 7 total players that will be new faces to the team. Junior setter Colleen Smith is looking to build on the great season she had last season.Smith led the team last season with 1,036 assists. Returning for her junior year, Smith will be looking to build off the great season she had last year and is expected to be one of the leaders of this young team. Also back with the team this season is Callie Huebener, Randi Heath, Tyler Graham and Lexi Chanos.
One of the bigger question marks the team is facing is how they will fare against conference opponents from the Big East. In the matches I saw last season, they were right there throughout the match, but were just unable to get the W in most of them. 5th year head coach Nadia Edwards will be looking to change that for this season.
So fans... gear up for the season. It shall be a fun one to watch. I'll have another post with results/reaction from the DePaul invitational by Monday.
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