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Pirates Tame (20-4) Huskies with Sweep


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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Sophomore Senna Roberts-Navarro (Honolulu, Hawaii) had a match-high 14 kills to lift the Seton Hall women's volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-23) sweep of Connecticut on Friday in Walsh Gymnasium.

Off the heels of a sweep of Xavier on Sunday, the Pirates turned in another marquee performance, using a.333 attack percentage for its second consecutive three-set masterpiece. The Pirates have not been eliminated from BIG EAST Tournament contention and are quickly making up ground.

A replay of today's match will be shown on SNY on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 10:00 a.m.

Roberts-Navarro finished with a match-best 14 kills to go with seven digs and only three attack errors. Graduate student Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) collected 31 assists, nine digs and three kills, while junior libero Mason Woo (Burbank, Calif.) had a team-best 12 digs.

SET 1:
With the score tied at four early in set one, The Hall scored three in a row and never trailed again. Leading 12-9, the Pirates scored six of the next eight points and a kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) gave them a commanding 18-11 advantage. A kill by Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) provided the punctuation on a 25-17 first set victory.

SET 2:
Trailing 10-8 in set two, The Hall scored five straight, and a block by Roberts-Navarro and Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkiye) put it on top, 13-10. UConn cut its deficit to 16-15, but Seton Hall responded with a 6-1 run, and another kill by Roberts-Navarro extended its lead to 22-16. From there, the Pirates cruised to a 25-19 set-two victory. The Pirates had a remarkable .478 attack percentage in the second set, fueled by six kills from Roberts-Navarro.

SET 3:
Although Seton Hall never trailed in the third set, the Huskies made it close late. Down 14-6, Connecticut went on a 7-1 burst to cut its deficit to 15-13. A kill by Roberts-Navarro extended The Hall's advantage to 22-16, but UConn scored six in a row to tie the set at 22. A kill by Roberts-Navarro gave the lead back to Seton Hall and a block by Loiselle and Subasili put it in match point, 24-22. After a UConn point, the 14th and final kill by Roberts-Navarro sealed the Pirates' sweep.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
  • Roberts-Navarro had a match-high 14 kills to go with seven digs and a .333 attack percentage.
  • Klungel had 31 assists, nine digs, three kills and two blocks.
  • Woo tallied a team-high 12 digs to go with three assists.
  • Loiselle had nine kills, only two attack errors, a .412 attack percentage and four blocks.
  • Seton Hall recorded a .333 attack percentage for the match, while Connecticut attacked at .171.
  • The Pirates had 44 kills, while Connecticut had 37.
  • The Hall recorded 44 digs, while the Huskies had 37.
  • Seton Hall collected 7.0 blocks and Connecticut had 3.0.
NEWS & NOTES:
  • The Hall improves to 10-14 overall on the season and 4-9 in the BIG EAST, while Connecticut falls to 20-5 overall and 8-5 in conference play.
  • Seton Hall is now 16-22 all-time against Connecticut, splits the 2024 season series, and earns the tie-breaker over the Huskies should the teams finish tied at the end of the season.
  • The Hall improves to 4-4 this season in three-set matches this season.
  • Seton Hall improves to 10-2 when having a higher attack percentage than its opponent.
  • With seven kills today, Lucas moves past former Pirate Amanda Hansen into ninth place on Seton Hall's top-10 list in career kills. She now has 1,095 kills for her career.
  • Klungel topped 30 assists in a single-match today for the 12th time in the last 14 matches and the 16th time overall in her career.
  • With nine digs today, Klungel surpassed the 600-digs mark for her career.
UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow when they host Providence. The match is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. ET.
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Our Point Guard situation…..

I think he'll get to where Richmond was under Willard. Right now that's the goal. I think he can get there as a distributor and defender quickly; you see those skills. He had 5 assists and 3 steals in the opener.

But he's bad offensively. Has no game or offensive plan like Richmond did to either drive the lane or post up. Dual isn't scoring 27 on UConn this year. Shot only 1/4. Missed his 2 FT's. Committed 4 turnovers. He's completely unrefined.
He won’t be here long enough for that imo
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50+ Fouls, Nearly 40 Turnovers

Too many guys afraid to let it fly. I’m also chalking it up to new environment and first game playing together. For me, the major cause of concern was rebounding. We’ve been solid on the boards for a few years now. We got outworked last night big time.
We had very little interior presence. Erheriene, Yalden, and Toumi combined for only 9 rebounds in 46 minutes... And 10 fouls. I thought Godwill showed a bit, but I mean you're relying on two freshmen and a guy that played point forward at a mid-major. Aligbe has potential in there despite being undersized. Middleton idk.

Okorafor needs to be recover and be a legit post player or it's going to be an issue all season. We're going to get killed against legit BE frontcourts, have to win in other ways.
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Our Point Guard situation…..

Seemed like it was Point guard by committee last night, but is it fair to say that Jenkins is a PG? Seems to have best IQ on the floor and can do a lot of things. Dual appeared to be primary handler when he was on the floor. I don’t like Dylan as PG. Thought Harmon was going to be more of a contributor but he got into early foul trouble and never found a way to get on the floor again after that.

Shaheen clearly trying to figure out the personnel he has and who to play where.

Right now, I’m going to say the best 5 we have regardless of position are;

Jenkins
Coleman
Addae Wusu
Toumi
I guess Prince although there is something about the way he played that made me think he is not as fierce on the boards as we need. Good FT shooting Godswill shows some potential.

Now we definitely have some good depth with Dual, Middleton, Tubek. I’m going to assume Harmon will offer more. Gus might give us 5 to 10 mins at the 5 but I don’t see too much coming from him.
Sha has stated many times he wants multiple guys to be able to bring the ball up and initiate offense. He does not want the PG dominant situation like he had with Richmond the past two seasons. But Dual is going to be the guy there mostly.

Also interested to see what Harmon can bring. He's a natural playmaker and can be one of those shorter PG's who's a pain to defend. But he committed 2 fouls in 3 minutes as was totally out of sync against St. Peter's.

Our Point Guard situation…..

He’s exactly Kadary under Willard. We’ll see substantial progress during the year
I think he'll get to where Richmond was under Willard. Right now that's the goal. I think he can get there as a distributor and defender quickly; you see those skills. He had 5 assists and 3 steals in the opener.

But he's bad offensively. Has no game or offensive plan like Richmond did to either drive the lane or post up. Dual isn't scoring 27 on UConn this year. Shot only 1/4. Missed his 2 FT's. Committed 4 turnovers. He's completely unrefined.

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Why America is so taken with this guy I’ll never understand.
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