altNational women’s team volleyballer, Darlene Ramdin, led the St John’s University Red Storm with 12 kills and three blocks but it still fell to Big East Conference foe Marquette, 25-17, 25-19, 25-23 on Sunday afternoon at Carnesecca Arena, Queens, New York. In addition to pacing the Red Storm in kills and hitting percentage, Ramdin, the team’s co-captain and senior middle hitter also tied for a team-high with three kills. St John’s has a week off until its next match when it makes the trip to Tampa, Florida, to take on University of South Florida on Sunday.

On Saturday, Ramdin also had 13 kills but was topped by in-state rival Syracuse, 20-25, 22-25, 22-25, in its Big East home opener and fourth annual Dig For The Cure match. On the opening weekend of Big East play, Ramdin and her St John’s volleyball team suffered two straight defeats against Cincinnati and Louisville. Against Cincinnati, Ramdin got nine kills and three blocks as St John’s went under  15-25, 23-25, 21-25 while she had five kills and fours blocks in the loss versus Louisville 19-25, 14-25, 23-25.

Source: www.guardian.co.tt