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.