The 2019 Villanova volleyball season came to a close a week ago with a semi-final loss to Marquette at the BIG EAST Tournament. Villanova finished 22-9, and 13-5 in conference play.
 
Here's a quick look back at the season:
 
Piling Up the Wins
Twenty-two wins is the third highest total during Josh Steinbach's thirteen-year tenure (23 in 2010, 25 in 2015). Villanova won 13 regular season BIG EAST matches, the second most in program history (14 in 2015). The 13 conference wins helped the Wildcats place third in the BIG EAST and secure a BIG EAST tournament berth for the third consecutive season. The three-straight postseason appearances are the most under Josh Steinbach, and the most consecutive since 1995-1997.
 
Wins Breakdown

• Home: 10-1
• Road: 6-8
• Neutral: 6-0
• vs Conference: 13-5
• vs Non-Conference: 9-3
• vs Ranked: 1-5
• vs Unranked: 21-4

 
Notable Moments

• The marquee win of the season was Villanova taking down No. 9 Creighton in straight sets in Jake Nevin Field House. The Wildcats have now won two of the last three at home against the Bluejays.
• On Nov. 3, during the first set of the home match against Georgetown, Emma Decker became the program's all-time career assist leader with 4,124. Decker passed Vicky Dispenza for the top spot, a mark that had stood since 1992.
• Villanova picked up its first ever win at Butler in Hinkle Field House on Oct. 25. Villanova was previously 0-6 in trips to Indy before the five-set win this season.
• Despite a loss a day earlier, Villanova clinched its postseason berth on Nov. 17 when Butler dropped to Creighton, giving Nova a two-game lead with two to play and holding the tiebreaker over the Bulldogs.
• Villanova swept the Bryant Invitational, defeating North Dakota, Marist and Bryant all in straight sets. 

 
Single Match Stats

• Allie Olsonoski recorded 14 blocks in the regular season finale against St. John's. Her 14 blocks were the most by any player in the BIG EAST this season. She was the first Wildcat to go over 10 blocks since Gabby Pethokoukis had 10 against Seton Hall on Oct. 17, 2015.
• Kathleen Johnson hit .867 against Georgetown on Nov. 3. That mark was a BIG EAST record for single match hitting percentage. Johnson finished with 13 kills on 15 attacks with zero errors.
• Sanaä Barnes and Sophia Howling each set career highs, as well as the season high with 19 kills. Barnes did it on Sept. 13 against Yale. Howling did it on Nov. 15 against DePaul.
• Emma Decker notched the season-high 55 assists against St. John's on Nov. 24.
• Regan Lough set the season high with 27 digs in the second match of the season against High Point on Aug. 31.

 
Awards and Honors

• Villanova had three players named to the all-BIG EAST team: Emma Decker, Sophia Howling and Allie Olsonoski.
• Kathleen Johnson was named to the BIG EAST all-freshman team.
• Mallory Potts was named to the All-Tournament Team at the BIG EAST Tournament.
• Potts and Barnes each made the all-tournament team at the Trojan Invitational at USC.
• Regan Lough was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 12.
• Johnson was tabbed BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Nov. 12
• Ten total BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll nods: Lough (5x), Decker (2x), Olsonoski (2x) and Barnes.

 
New to the Record Books
Career Records

• Emma Decker: No. 1 in total career assists (4,441)
• Emma Decker: No. 4 in career assists/set (10.38)
• Regan Lough: No. 2 in total career digs (1,900)
• Regan Lough: No. 2 in career digs/set (4.46)
• Allie Olsonoski: No. 2 in career attack percentage (min. 1500 total attacks) (.300)
• Allie Olsonoski: No. 5 in career block assists (268)
• Allie Olsonoski: No. 8 in total blocks (298)

Single Season Records

• Emma Decker: No. 2 in attack percentage (.380)
• Allie Olsonoski: No. 4 in attack percentage (.347)
• Regan Lough: No. 8 in total digs (528)
• Regan Lough: No. 8 in digs/set (4.71)
• Sophia Howling: No. 6 in block assists (91)
• Sophia Howling: No. 10 in total blocks (114)
• Sophia Howling: No. 10 in blocks/set (1.05)