NEW YORK – The first full weekend of BIG EAST volleyball league play will feature two nationally-ranked conference teams playing one another in the regular season for the first time since 2005 when No. 21 Marquette visits No. 10 Creighton on Sunday. This will be a re-match of the 2017 BIG EAST tournament championship match where Creighton won 3-2. The Bluejays lead the all-time series 10-3.
Conference matches officially kicked off Wednesday with St. John’s visiting Georgetown and Villanova hosting Seton Hall. Both home teams came away victorious as the Hoyas (8-5, 1-0) battled visiting the Red Storm (11-5, 0-1) to a five-set win (25-21, 17-25, 25-17, 20-25, 16-14) and the Wildcats (8-5, 1-0) defeated the visiting Pirates (5-9, 0-1) in four sets (23-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-23).