Volleyball Recap: St. John's Wins High-Profile Matchup Against the Academy of the Holy Cross

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Previous Games

10/30/25 - Away	3-2 W
10/23/25 - Away	2-3 L
09/25/25 - Home	0-3 L
10/24/24 - Home	2-3 L
09/19/24 - Away	0-3 L
+ 5 more games

St. John is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of The Academy of the Holy Cross. The Cadets had just enough and edged out the Tartans 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Cadets have posted since September 6th.

If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-102) St. John's actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-18, 22-25, 13-25, 17-15.

Sasha Plummer paced St. John's offense, picking up 21 kills. Plummer got some help from Wynn Eaton and her 48 assists. Finally, Cairo Turner kept St. John's defense grounded, leading the team with four blocks.

St. John's victory ended a three-match drought on the road and puts them at 17-9. As for The Academy of the Holy Cross, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 27-1-1.

St. John's didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 defeat against Paul VI on the 2nd. The Academy of the Holy Cross does not have any more games scheduled as of now.