Maddy Loiselle is named to the Seton Hall Classic All-Tournament Team.
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – In a match of several individual superlatives, senior Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and sophomore Maddy Loiselle (Lutz, Fla.) each had 14 kills as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied for a 3-1 (20-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-11) victory over Kent State on Sunday.

The victory gives The Hall a perfect 3-0 record in this year's Seton Hall Classic. Loiselle was named to the All-Tournament Team. The Pirates rallied after losing the first set to win their third straight match and climb back to .500 at 3-3 on the young season.

Walsh finished with 14 kills, 12 digs and a career-high five service aces. Loiselle had a career-high 14 kills and a team-best .379 attack percentage. Graduate student Reagan Merk (Huntington Beach, Calif.) also had a double-double with 10 kills, 10 digs and three blocks.

Libero Rylee Nelson (Mazeppa, Minn.) picked up a career-best 24 digs. Senior Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) filled the box score again, flirting with a triple-double with 17 assists, seven kills, eight digs and five blocks.

SET 1:
Seton Hall scored eight of the first 10 points in set one, but Kent State rallied with a 12-3 run to take a 14-11 lead. A kill by Loiselle cut The Hall's deficit to only two points, 18-16, but the Golden Flashes answered with a 6-1 spurt to enter set point, 24-17. The Hall scored three straight, but KSU eventually found their 25th point for a 25-20 victory. The Hall had only a .091 attack percentage in the opening stanza.

SET 2:
With the score tied at 11 in the second set, Seton Hall scored four straight and never trailed again. Clinging to an 18-17 advantage, The Hall closed the match with a 7-1 run. Up 22-18, the Pirates finished with a kill by Gwen Adler (Barrington, Ill.) and two from Klungel.

SET 3:
The third set was, by far, the closest of the match. The teams combined for 13 ties and six lead changes with neither team taking a lead of greater than three points. With Seton Hall facing a Kent State set point, 24-23, a kill by Loiselle staved off the loss and tied the set at 24. An ace by Adler put the Pirates in set point, and a block by Klungel and freshman Grace Turner (La Grange Highlands, Ill.) gave them a come-from-behind, 26-24, victory in set three.

SET 4:
Kent State seemingly ran out of gas in the fourth set as the Pirates never trailed and held the Golden Flashes to just a -.083 attack percentage. With the score tied at two, The Hall went on an 8-1 run, and a block by Merk and Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkiye) put it up 10-3. With the Pirates up 14-8, they closed out the set with an 11-3 run.

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INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Walsh had a double-double with 14 kills, 12 digs, five service aces and a .303 attack percentage.
• Loiselle tallied a career-high 14 kills to go with a team-best .379 attack percentage.
• Merk notched a double-double with 10 kills, 10 digs and three blocks.
• Nelson had a career-high 24 digs.
• Klungel nearly had a triple-double with 17 assists, seven kills, eight digs and five blocks.
• Adler notched a team-high 18 assists with eight digs.
• Seton Hall recorded a .205 attack percentage for the match, while Kent State attacked at .110.
• The Pirates had 52 kills, while Kent State had 39.
• The Hall recorded 70 digs, while the Golden Flashes had 68.
• Seton Hall collected 10.0 blocks and Kent State had 9.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

• The Hall improves to 3-3, while Kent State falls to 1-5.
• Seton Hall is now 2-1 all-time against the Golden Flashes.
• Seton Hall has now won 10 consecutive matches in the Seton Hall Classic volleyball tournament.
• The Pirates have won three straight matches after starting the season 0-3.
• After going five matches without a player recording a double-double, both Walsh and Merk collected one today. It's Walsh's fifth career double-double and Merk's first.
• Seton Hall set season-highs today in kills (52), service aces (11), digs (70), assists (47), team blocks (10.0) and attack percentage (.205).

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action next weekend when they head to the Towson Invitational. The Hall will face Coppin State on Friday and both Loyola (Md.) and host Towson on Saturday.

TOWSON, MD. – Sophomore Maddy Loiselle (Lutz, Fla.) had a career-high 17 kills and the Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied from a set down to defeat Coppin State, 3-1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-23), in the opening match of the Towson Invitational on Friday.

The Pirates' victory is their fourth straight and pushes them above .500 for the first time this season at 4-3.

Loiselle had a career-high in kills for her second straight match, finishing with a match-high 17 to go with only three attack errors and a .438 attack percentage.

Both Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) collected double-doubles. Walsh matched her season-high with 14 kills to go with only three attack errors, 10 digs and two blocks. Klungel had a team-best 27 assists along with 12 digs and two aces.

SET 1:
Trailing 17-13 in the opening set, The Hall scored six of the next eight points, and a kill by Walsh tied the contest at 19 points apiece. Coppin State, however, bounced back with two straight points to jump back ahead, 21-19, and force a Seton Hall timeout. The Eagles never trailed again, going on to win the opening set, 25-22. The Hall lost the opening set despite hitting .429 as a team. In fact, the teams only committed four attack errors combined. Contributing to the Pirates' woes were five service errors.

SET 2:
Coppin State started fast again in set two, but The Hall came charging back. Down 7-6 early, the Pirates went on an 11-1 run, thanks largely to five Eagles attack errors, to grab a commanding 17-8 advantage in set two. The Hall went on to a 25-17 victory. The Pirates held Coppin State to only a .061 attack percentage in set two.

SET 3:
Seton Hall jumped out to an 11-6 lead in set three, but Coppin State responded with a 7-0 run to grab a 13-11 advantage. Trailing 18-17, the Pirates scored six of the next eight points to grab a 23-20 lead and force an Eagles timeout. Up 24-21, a kill by Senna Roberts-Navarro (Honolulu, Hawaii) slammed home a kill to give The Hall a 2-1 match lead.

SET 4:
Coppin State jumped out to a 10-5 lead in set four and forced an early Seton Hall timeout. Trailing 19-14, The Hall went on an 8-2 run to grab a 22-21 lead. With the score tied at 23, a Coppin State attack error put the Pirates in match point, and then an Eagles bad set provided the match-winning point.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Loiselle had a match-high 17 kills to go with only three attack errors, a .438 attack percentage and three blocks.
• Walsh notched 14 kills, only three attack errors, 10 digs and two blocks.
• Klungel had a season-high 27 assists, 12 digs and two aces.
• Sophomore Rylee Nelson (Mazeppa, Minn.) collected a team-best 16 digs to go with four assists.
• Senior Reagan Merk (Huntington Beach, Calif.) had a season-high 14 digs.
• Freshman Gwen Adler (Barrington, Ill.) matched her season-high with 19 assists to go with five digs and two kills.
• Seton Hall recorded a .274 attack percentage for the match, while Coppin State attacked at .168.
• The Pirates had 56 kills, while Coppin State had 54.
• The Hall recorded 72 digs, while the Eagles had 76.
• Seton Hall collected 7.0 blocks and Coppin State had 5.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

• The Hall has won four in a row and improves to 4-3, while Coppin State falls to 3-5.
• Seton Hall is now 2-0 all-time against the Eagles.
• The Pirates have won four straight matches after starting the season 0-3.
• Seton Hall set season-highs in kills (56), assists (53), digs (72) and attack percentage (.274).
• The Hall has now won two matches despite dropping the first set.
• The Pirates are 4-0 when having a higher attack percentage.
• The Hall is a perfect 4-0 in the month of September.
• Klungel's double-double is her first of the season and the seventh of her career.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow when they face Loyola (Md.) at 11 a.m. and host Towson at 4:00 p.m. as part of the Towson Invitational.

The home and homes they set up with teams in covid year never returned the games

South Orange, N.J. -- Skyler Matusz (Kearny, N.J.) scored the game-winning goal in the 85th minute in the Seton Hall women's soccer team's 1-0 win over NJIT on Sunday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field.

Rachel Gerrie (Littleton, Colo.) tallied her first assist of the season on Matusz's goal. After facing two NCAA Tournament teams on the road in their last two games, the Pirates (3-3-1) snapped a two-game losing skid with the victory as they improved to 2-1 on the season at Owen T. Carroll Field.

How It Happened

It was a jagged start for both sides. NJIT had its first shot attempt saved by Anna Prawer (London, England) in the third minute and Matusz posted The Hall's first shot on goal of the game in the 21st minute. The Highlanders had the best scoring chance in the 39th minute where a precise pass created a one-on-one opportunity with Prawer in front of the goal. Prawer, however, was able to kick save the NJIT shot attempt that kept the score knotted up at 0-0.

Seton Hall had four shots in the first 25 minutes and continued to knock on the door for a score. Of the Pirates' five corner kicks, four of them came in the second half. The Hall gained possession of the ball in their attacking half the 84th minute after Nina Davis (Ramsey, N.J.) drew a foul. The free kick set piece did not end with an attempt but the ball would go out of bound for a Seton Hall throw in on the far side of the field. Brina Micheels (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) took the throw in and tossed it to Gerrie, who sent a beautiful pass into the scoring area that was finished off with a goal by Matusz, giving Seton Hall a 1-0 lead.

Inside The Box Score

• Seton Hall finished with a 5-0 advantage on corner kicks.
• Both teams finished with double-digits in shots with the Pirates posting a 14-11 edge.
• NJIT had five shots on goal to Seton Hall's three.
• Head coach Josh Osit now has 14 career wins.
• Matusz has one goal this season, four in her career, and two career game-winning scores.
• Matusz now has 13 career points on four goals and five assists.
• Matusz has taken nine shots this season and five of them have been on target.
• Gerrie now has two assists and four points in her career.
• Micheels, Natalie Tavana (Middletown, Conn.), Chiara Pucci (Munich, Germany) and Lily Camacho (Summit, N.J.) played the full 90 minutes.

The Long Journey to Seton Hall

By Colin Rajala
Trove reporter

Monday March 2

Amarveer Singh, a six-foot-seven 200-pound wing from Thurgood Marshall Academy in Manhattan, N.Y., committed to Seton Hall on Monday and reclassified to the class of 2015 from 2016.

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Veer Singh

'Veer' Singh opted to stay close to home and attend the Hall over a slew of colleges offers from the likes of California, Cincinnati, Creighton, Rutgers, Temple and Villanova. He also received interest from Louisville, Miami and Virginia.

Singh was attracted to Seton Hall's blue-collar atmosphere saying, "Coach Willard showed me that the program wasn't all glitz and glamor, it was more about working hard every day, getting your hands dirty and getting after it. With me coming from an immigrant family that is why you come to the United States and that is the background that I most relate to."

Singh's blue collar attitude towards the game is evident saying, "Coming from an immigrant family, basketball was more my personal thing, it wasn't something my parents wanted for me. I have taken on the initiative to find resources and do what I have to do to be successful. It's hard but it's rewarding because it's not like someone else wanted it for me. I wanted it for myself."

Renee Singh, Veer's mother, moved to the metropolitan area from Georgia in the fall of 2014 to be closer to her son and have more opportunities to watch him play.

"I did not want to make her move all the way up north and then leave for some place where she would not get a chance to see me play," he said.

His mother has been impressed with his talent and supportive of his interest in the sport, but Veer laughs when talking about his mom's knowledge of the game saying, "she can't give me insight on how it's played, she doesn't even call it shooting the ball, she calls is throwing."

Singh will come to the South Orange campus this summer familiar with a few of his future teammates, having been a part of the New York Lightning AAU program with current Pirate freshmen Khadeen Carrington and Angel Delgado.

"Those two guys were established when I was coming up. I looked up to them on the spring and summer circuits. No one knew what Angel was capable of outside of our program and then he had that breakout EYBL season where led the league in rebounds, which put him on the map. Then he went to some national camps and really saw his stock rise. As for Khadeen, he just knows how to play. Being the leading scorer in Bishop Loughlin history is impressive."

While visiting the Seton Hall campus in September, Singh had the opportunity to learn more about the rest of the squad outside of Carrington and Delgado.

"I was familiar with Ismael [Sanogo] having played in New Jersey and the visit gave me a chance to get to know him better as well as meeting guys like Desi and Isaiah. Desi and I are both from the Bronx so it was a good fit, we jelled well. I have seen what they all can do on the court; I know what their strengths are so there won't be any surprises. I know them as people and as basketball players."

Singh's decision to commit to the BIG EAST program was aided through strong relationships with Associate Head Coach Shaheen Holloway and Assistant Coach Fred Hill.


Head coach Kevin Willard along with assistants Holloway and Hill

"With his reputation as a McDonald's All-American and being a great point guard who could handle the ball like it was on a string, Coach Sha is great with skill development. On a visit I saw what Coach Sha was doing with the guy's ball handling and that's a part of my game I need to develop; I thought that is something he could really help me improve upon."

"Coach Hill has been around for a while and that experience will really help me too."

Singh's respect for his mentors goes beyond the basketball court as he had high praise for Thurgood Marshall Principal Sean Davenport as well.

"He has been great; he was really helpful in getting me ready to graduate early. He has help prepare me for college and made sure my schedule had all the right classes needed."

When Singh arrives at Seton Hall he projects as a small forward/wing who will be able to spread the floor with range beyond the three point line. He has the ability to fill up a stat sheet contributing on the boards with his high motor and energy while getting others involved with an underrated passing game and a knack for finding the open man.

"With guys like Isaiah and Khadeen, who can get in the lane, it makes me difficult to defend because the defense has to respect my ability to shoot. With my height defenses have to close out that much quicker and pay that much more attention to my jumper. I think that my height will help me look over the defense and allow me to see lanes to get my teammates good looks."

Moving forward Singh will have to work on his body as he prepares for the rigors of a full Big-East schedule, needing to add strength and improve his stamina.

"My job is to go in there as a freshman and start off at the bottom of the totem pole and prove myself. I don't look into expectations; I try and control what I can control. I am comfortable being uncomfortable so being at the bottom is what drives me and makes me work harder."

With his talent and that kind of attitude don't expect Seton Hall's newest recruit to 'be at the bottom' for long.