DePaul volleyball looks to rebound from disappointing season
Joshua Gurevich, Assistant Sports Editor
June 3, 2019
The Blue Demons volleyball team has had a rough go of things in the last decade. Last season, they finished 5-24 overall and 3-15 in conference. DePaul went a lamentable 1-17 in three-set matches. The last time they finished with a winning record was in 2015, when they were one game over .500...
DePaul volleyball’s winless weekend pushes losing streak to five games
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
October 28, 2018
DePaul volleyball’s (5-18, 3-9 Big East) losing streak stretched to five games this weekend after being swept in both of their home games against the Providence Friars (8-15, 2-10 Big East) and Creighton Blue Jays (20-4, 12-0 Big East). Providence visited McGrath-Phillips Arena on Friday night and wh...
DePaul volleyball rallies for 3-2 win
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
October 5, 2018
DePaul volleyball (4-12, 2-3 Big East) overcame a 2-1 deficit on Wednesday night at home against the Butler Bulldogs (5-12, 2-3 Big East) to rally for a 3-2 victory (25-22, 12-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-11) and extend their winning streak to two games, their longest of the season. DePaul had four different...
Volleyball goes winless in DePaul Invitational
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
September 10, 2018
DePaul Volleyball came up winless in all three of their home opening games of the two-day DePaul Invitational at McGrath-Phillips Arena, dropping their record to 2-6 after four straight losses. The Blue Demons never recorded a hitting percentage above .207 and subsequently got swept 3-0 in their ...
Marie Zidek takes over DePaul’s volleyball program
Shane Rene, Sports Editor
December 22, 2017
The firing and hiring season at DePaul’s athletic department continued Friday as athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto named Marie Zidek as the new head coach of DePaul’s volleyball program. Zidek succeeds Nadia Edwards who captained the program for eight years, leading the Blue Demons to eigh...
DePaul cans women’s volleyball coaching staff
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
December 6, 2017
DePaul will begin a national search for a new women’s volleyball coaching staff after moving on from head coach Nadia Edwards and assistant coaches Nicasio Paquiz Jr. and Arielle Wilson. This decision was announced by DePaul Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto on Friday evening. “We’d l...
Blue Demon Rundown
November 6, 2017
Volleyball DePaul battled Providence in the Demon’s third on a four-game road trip. Providence came into the match at 4-8 in conference to DePaul’s 2-11. Providence swept DePaul 3-0, repeating what they had done in the two teams’ first match up. The Friars took the first set 25-20 behind fiv...
Volleyball gets swept over the weekend
October 23, 2017
DePaul women’s volleyball entered its Breast Cancer Awareness weekend with one win in their last seven games, winning just five sets over that span. With two games over the weekend, DePaul looked to get right with matchups against Butler and Xavier. On Friday, DePaul faced a Butler team that was ...
DePaul beats Loyola, sparks four-game win streak
September 18, 2017
DePaul women’s volleyball was out on a mission Tuesday, Sept. 12 as they faced their cross-town rival Loyola, cruising by for an easy victory. Taking three sets to none (25-8, 25-16, 25-19), DePaul swept Loyola on their home court, earning their third win of the season. The win over Loyola improved th...
Volleyball reflects on successful 2016
November 14, 2016
Only a day before senior day and the last chance to land a spot in the Big East tournament the DePaul women’s volleyball game against St. John’s was no ordinary game. Read More »...
Blue demon rundown: women’s volleyball
November 7, 2016
The DePaul volleyball team began their conference play in late September, 5-1. Read More »...
Anderson becomes young star for volleyball
October 3, 2016
Freshman volleyball player Claire Anderson already has 47 kills and eight serving aces under her belt this season. She has adjusted seamlessly to the collegiate level. Read More »...
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law aimed at creating protections for immigrants who rent in Illinois. The...
Authorities arrest person of interest in stabbing of recent DePaul graduate
August 8, 2019
A man who may be connected to the stabbing of a recent DePaul graduate near...
Police: 7 injured in overnight shooting at Chicago park
August 4, 2019
Chicago police say seven people have been injured in an early morning shooting...
DePaul community ‘on heightened alert’ after recent crimes in Lincoln Park
August 2, 2019
The July 18 attack on a recent DePaul graduate near the Lincoln Park campus...