Seton Hall Hosts No. 14 Pittsburgh This Weekend
Four #BIGEASTvb Squads Host Tournaments in Week Two
BIG EAST Volleyball Update (8/31/18)
NEW YORK – The second week of BIG EAST volleyball action offers more interleague competition with Seton Hall playing the only match this weekend versus a ranked opponent. The Pirates welcome No. 14 Pittsburgh on Saturday morning. They will also welcome VCU and Oklahoma for the Seton Hall Classic. No. 15 Creighton will travel to Dallas, Texas for the SMU Doubletree Classic, facing the host Mustangs on Saturday, along with Arkansas State and North Carolina State. Marquette, receiving votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) national poll, will head to the Marcia E. Hamilton Classic in St. Louis to battle the Billikens, Kansas State and Western Kentucky.
Three BIG EAST teams will host their own tournaments this weekend, in addition to Seton Hall. Butler will stay home for the Top Dawg Challenge, welcoming Auburn, Eastern Illinois and Illinois State. Georgetown will host George Mason, Norfolk State and Penn for the Georgetown Classic. Brown, Fairleigh Dickinson and UMass-Lowell will head to Providence for the 14
th Annual Friar Volleyball Classic.
DePaul stays in the Midwest for the Chippewa Invitational at Central Michigan to battle the host Chippewas along with La Salle and Valparaiso. Remaining in the Empire State, St. John’s will travel to Ithaca, N.Y. for the Cornell Invitational against the Big Red, Buffalo and Siena. Villanova makes its way to Annapolis, Md. for Navy’s Kristen Dickmann Invitational which also includes Alabama and Dartmouth. Xavier will head to the tropics for the Puerto Rico Tournament in San Juan to match up with Arizona State, Missouri and Towson.
This Weekend’s Top 25 Matches:
No. 14 Pittsburgh at SETON HALL (Sept. 1 at 10 a.m.)
After the first weekend of play, Marquette leads the nation in kills per set with 16.20. The Golden Eagles are third in assists per set at 15.10. TCU leads that category with 15.23. Villanova also sits in the top five of a couple categories. At 44.55, the Wildcats are fourth in team attacks per set. Northern Kentucky is the top team in the category with 47.33. They are also fifth in kills per set at 15.64.
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#BIGEASTvb Weekend Schedule
Friday, Aug. 31
Valparaiso vs. DEPAUL at 10 a.m.
Arkansas St. vs. No. 15 CREIGHTON at 11 a.m.
Norfolk St. at GEORGETOWN at 12 p.m.
Dartmouth vs. VILLANOVA at 3 p.m.
Kansas St. vs. MARQUETTE at 4:30 p.m.
Siena vs. ST. JOHN’S at 5 p.m.
North Carolina St. vs. No. 15 CREIGHTON at 5:30 p.m.
Missouri vs. XAVIER at 5:30 p.m.
Penn at GEORGETOWN at 6 p.m.
UMass-Lowell at PROVIDENCE at 7 p.m.
VCU at SETON HALL at 7 p.m.
Auburn at BUTLER at 7 p.m.
DEPAUL at Central Michigan at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1
No. 14 Pittsburgh at SETON HALL at 10 a.m.
Alabama vs. VILLANOVA at 10 a.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson at PROVIDENCE at 10:30 a.m.
Western Kentucky vs. MARQUETTE at 11 a.m.
George Mason at GEORGETOWN at 12 p.m.
La Salle vs. DEPAUL at 1 p.m.
Buffalo vs. ST. JOHN’S at 1 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at BUTLER at 1 p.m.
No. 15 CREIGHTON at SMU at 3:30 p.m.
Brown at PROVIDENCE at 5:30 p.m.
UNC Wilmington at GEORGETOWN at 6 p.m.
ST. JOHN’S at Cornell at 7 p.m.
Illinois St. at BUTLER at 7 p.m.
Oklahoma at SETON HALL at 7 p.m.
VILLANOVA at Navy at 7 p.m.
MARQUETTE at Saint Louis at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2
Arizona St. vs. XAVIER at 12 p.m.
Towson vs. XAVIER at 5:30 p.m.
All times are Eastern.
BIG EAST teams in CAPS.