STJ Finishes Regular Season With Two-Game Road Trip St. John's travels south to Tampa to face Bu

QUEENS, N.Y. - St. John’s will finish its 2010 regular season with a two-game road trip taking the Red Storm from Tampa, Fla., to Milwaukee, Wis. in two days. The Red Storm will play the USF Bulls on Friday, Oct. 22 in an evening game before playing No. 16/16 Marquette on Sunday afternoon in Wisconsin.

Weekend Notes • The Red Storm (6-8-2, 3-5-1 BIG EAST) leads the all-time series record with USF, 3-2. However, in Tampa, USF has won both games: the first in the teams’ first meeting in 2005 with a 3-2 overtime battle. The last time the squads played in Tampa (Oct. 14, 2007); the Bulls pulled out a 4-2 victory over the Red Storm. Last season’s game was a double-overtime match up at Belson Stadium. STJ won 1-0 with a game-winning goal in the 102nd minute, scored by Courtney Lane (Oct. 23, 2009).

• Marquette (12-3-2, 9-0 BIG EAST) has a 5-0 advantage in the series slate with St. John’s. STJ is 0-2 against Marquette in Milwaukee. All but one game in teh five-game series has been decided by one goal. Last season, the then-No. 18 Golden Eagles defeated St. John’s 1-0, with a goal scored in the 86th minute. Kristin Russell had nine saves to Marquette’s Natalie Kulla’s seven. Courtney Lane had five shots, four on goal.

• St. John’s was unbeaten in the Red Storm’s final home weekend of 2010. STJ defeated Seton Hall with a goal in the 77th minute. Rookie Kerry Cummings scored her first goal of her career, she was assisted by junior Jen Leaverton and rookie Morgan Ritter. Junior Kristin Russell had 11 saves over the weekend, with four against Seton Hall and seven against Rutgers in the 0-0 tie.

Scouting The Competition • USF went 2-0-0 last week, including a 1-0 win against Louisville on Oct.15 and a 1-0 win against Cincinnati on Oct. 17. The Bulls’ nine wins tie last year’s mark for the most under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown.

• The Bulls’ 27 goals on the season are the most since 2002 when they scored 28. It is tied for the fifth most in USF history. Junior F/M Venicia Reed assisted on both gamewinning goals last week. She has a team best six assists in the season good for 18 points.

• USF is on a two-game win streak and is four points ahead of the Red Storm in the BIG EAST playoff picture.

• Chelsea Klotz leads USF in scoring with 21 points (10g, 1a). Klotz has had four game-winners in 2010. Helping Klotz is Venicia Reid with 18 points (6g, 6a), she is also the Bulls’ assists leader.

• The No. 18 Marquette Golden Eagles are on a nine-game winning streak since defeating USF 2-1 on Sept. 17. The last time Marquette lost was on Sept. 11 vs. the then-No. 10 BYU Cougars, 2-1.

• The Golden Eagles are coming off a 4-3 overtime win vs. Louisville last weekend. The goals were evenly distributed among starters Rachael Sloan, Kerry McBride, Ashley Bares and Rosie Malone-Povolny. Louisville took a 2-0 lead before the Golden Eagles came back to win in overtime.

• Maegen Kelly, a key reserve, leads the team in scoring with 15 points (6g, 3a). Ashley Bares accounts for 12 points (5g, 2a). In goal, Natalie Kulla has recorded six shutouts for a 12-3-2 record with 46 saves and 0.79 GAA.