SEATTLE - Returning to the Redhawk Center for its final two home matches, Seattle University volleyball (4-18, 1-11 WCC) hosts Pacific (4-21, 0-13 WCC) on Thursday, November 12 at 6:00 PM. Action airs live on ESPN+.
Senior Teagan Melton guides the team with 186 kills on the season, averaging 2.51 kills per set, ranking 20th in the conference in both total kills and kills per set. Sophomore Chloee Leslie sits amongst the WCC’s top-25 in kills, recording 175 on the season.
Orchestrating the offense is junior Grace Jones, who continues to build on her career season high, logging 364 assists on the season. Jones ranks tenth in the conference in assists, while pacing the team with 4.73 assists per set. Fellow setter, sophomore Bella Jones, also sits amongst the top-15 alongside Grace, posting 231 assists in 18 matches. Bella is second on the team in assists per set, averaging 4.05.
Guiding the Redhawks from the service line is junior Hailey McEllrath, who holds 25 aces in 22 matches, averaging 0.34 aces per set to rank 13th in the WCC. After recording three aces against San Francisco, freshman Janae Demant surpassed 20 aces, sitting second on the team with 21.
Demant paces the Redhawk defense with 260 digs, ranking ninth in the WCC through 22 matches. Her 3.33 digs per set leads the team and ranks seventh in the conference this season.
Leading the Seattle U block is McEllrath who ranks ninth in the WCC with 70.0 blocks. McEllrath comes off a pair of season high 7.0 block performances at both Santa Clara and San Francisco. Sophomore Lexi Jones ranks seventh in the WCC in solo blocks with 11 and sits inside the top-15 in total blocks with 65.0.
The Redhawk block is one of the best in the conference, with the Redhawks ranking fourth in the WCC with 184.0 total blocks. They are fourth in solo blocks with 45 and sit third in the league in blocks per set with 2.36. Seattle U is 69th in the country in blocks per set.
Seattle U and Pacific meet for the second time this season, with the Redhawks claiming their first ever win over the Tigers in October in four sets. Pacific leads the all time series 4-1 dating back to 2011 and is 1-0 in meetings against the Redhawks in Seattle.
Since the pair last met, the Tigers have remained in pursuit of its first conference win this season.
Following Thursday night, the Redhawks return home for the final time this season, hosting Saint Mary’s for their Senior Day on Saturday, November 14 at 1 PM.
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