Official Site of the Big East · Nov 12, 2019
Rastelli and Lough Pick Up #BIGEASTvb Weekly Awards
NEW YORK – St. John’s sophomore Rachele Rastelli earns BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, her second-career weekly honor, after leading the Red Storm to a 2-0 weekend to move into fourth-place in the conference standings. Villanova’s Regan Lough earns Defensive Player of the Year accolades for the first time in 2019 after lifting the Wildcats to a 2-0 weekend highlighted by a sweep of then-No. 9 Creighton. Kathleen Johnson of Villanova earns her first Freshman of the Week award after cementing herself in the rotation for the Wildcats and recording a team-high 13 kills in the upset of the Bluejays.
Rachele Rastelli, St. John’s, So., RS (Parma, Italy)