SEATTLE - Fresh off its first West Coast Conference victory of the season, Seattle University volleyball (4-14, 1-4 WCC) returns home to host San Diego (7-8, 2-3 WCC) at the Redhawk Center for a Thursday evening match slated at 6 PM.
Two Redhawks spearhead the offense, with sophomore Chloee Leslie leading the charge with 121 kills this season. Senior Teagan Melton sits right behind Leslie, ranking 23rd in the conference in kills with 117 total. In 14 matches, Melton paces the team with 2.44 kills per set, ranking 20th in the WCC. Leslie sits at 21st in the league with 2.37 kills per set.
Orchestrating the offense is junior Grace Jones, who sits 11th in the WCC in assists with 266, a new career season best for the setter. Fellow setter, sophomore Bella Jones, also ranks within the top-15 in the conference in assists, logging 148 through 12 matches. Grace Jones maintains her ranking at 11th in assists per set, handing out 5.12 on average.
Grace Jones and junior Hailey McEllrath each guide the Redhawks from the service line, recording 14 aces this season. Bella Jones and freshman Janae Demant sit right behind with 13 aces a piece. Bella sits ninth in the WCC in aces per set, averaging 0.37 on average.
Demant is a crucial piece to SU’s defense, logging 175 digs on the year. The libero ranks tied-10th in the WCC in digs, while ranking sixth in the league in digs per set (3.37).
Aiding the defense out front is sophomore Lexi Jones. The middle blocker sits tied-7th in the WCC in blocks with 53.0 total through 15 matches. Her 10 solo blocks ranks sixth in the conference, while Leslie also cracks the WCC’s top-10 in solo blocks with eight. Jones also ranks third in the league in blocks per set, averaging 1.20.
Seattle U’s block ranks fifth in the league, with 119 logged through 15 matches. The Redhawks are third in the WCC in blocks per set, averaging 2.29. They also sit second in the conference in solo blocks, with 37 recorded in 15 matches. From the service line, the Redhawks are sixth in the WCC, averaging 1.42 aces per set.
The Redhawks and Toreros face each other for the fourth time in the history of the series. San Diego leads the all-time 3-0 dating back to the first meeting in 2008. Last fall, the two met once, with the Redhawks getting a set off of USD before falling in four sets. Last year’s contest marked the first meeting since 2009 and second ever meeting between the two in Seattle.
Seattle U remains through the weekend, hosting Denver on Saturday, October 17 at 1 PM.
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