Pirates Head to Providence, UConn This Weekend

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Pirates Head to Providence, UConn This Weekend - Seton Hall University Athletics

Seton Hall will head back on the road for a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches this weekend. The Pirates will face Providence in Rhode Island on Friday, Oct...

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM
SETON HALL (6-7, 0-2) vs. PROVIDENCE (7-6, 0-2)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - ALUMNI HALL
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
SETON HALL (6-7, 0-2) vs. CONNECTICUT (12-2, 0-2)
STORRS, CONN. - UCONN VOLLEYBALL CENTER
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WEEKLY STATS REPORT: SETON HALL
2024 BIG EAST STANDINGS
2024 BIG EAST STATISTICAL LEADERS

PREVIEW
Seton Hall will head back on the road for a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches this weekend. The Pirates will face Providence in Rhode Island on Friday, Oct. 3 at 5:00 p.m. The following day, The Hall will play Connecticut in Storrs at 4:00 p.m.

MEDIA
Both contests will be available for FloSports subscribers this weekend. Both matches will also have live stats available.

HALL NOTES

• Seton Hall currently ranks second in the BIG EAST with 16.06 digs per set, while sophomore Rylee Nelson leads all individuals with 4.62 per set.
• The Pirates have three players that rank in the BIG EAST top-10 in service aces per set, Asli Subasili (third), Reagan Merk (fourth) and Jenna Walsh (ninth).
• The Hall closed out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 6-5 record.
• Reagan Merk has collected a double-double in the last six matches and has a team-best seven this season.
• Seton Hall's last eight matches have all been four-set affairs (4-4).
• Perri Lucas is approaching the 1,000 kills milestone for her career. She enters the weekend with 984 career kills.
• Maddy Loiselle ranks fifth in the BIG EAST with a .346 attack percentage.

SCOUTING PROVIDENCE
Seton Hall and Providence will meet for the 42nd time in history on Friday with the Pirates owning a 23-18 lead in the prior 41 matches. The Hall has largely dominated the series in recent years having won the last three meetings and 19 of the last 22. Last year, The Hall swept the home-and-home series, sweeping the Friars in Walsh Gym and winning in four sets at Alumni Hall.

The Friars are coming off a 9-21 season in 2023, which included a 3-15 mark in BIG EAST play. Providence closed the season with a five-set victory over Georgetown on Senior Day which snapped an 11-game losing streak.

This season, Providence was picked to finish last in the 11-team BIG EAST according to the preseason coaches' poll. Seton Hall was selected seventh. The Friars are returning 13 players from last year's roster and have added four newcomers. Highlighting the returning core are sophomores Lyric Berry and Miller McDonald and seniors Kayla Grant and Shaliyah Rhoden. Berry, who was named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team, led the Friars in solo blocks (28), was second on the team in total blocks (97) and ranked fourth in kills (159).

Providence enters its contest against Seton Hall with a 7-6 overall record and an 0-2 mark in BIG EAST play. The Friars were swept twice last weekend on the road to open BIG EAST play against arguably the top two teams in the conference, Creighton and Marquette. Grant currently leads the BIG EAST with a .414 attack percentage, while Audrey Kocon is second in the conference with 0.53 service aces per set.

SCOUTING CONNECTICUT
Seton Hall and Connecticut will renew their rivalry on Saturday when the Pirates visit Storrs, Conn. The Huskies own a 21-15 all-time series lead, but The Hall has won the last four matches between the teams. Last year, the Pirates swept UConn twice.

Connecticut is coming off an 8-22 season in 2023, which included a 3-15 mark in BIG EAST play. Like Providence, UConn closed its season with a five-set victory over Villanova, which snapped an eight-match losing streak.

This season, the Huskies were picked to finish ninth in the 11-team BIG EAST according to the preseason coaches' poll. Seton Hall was selected seventh. The Huskies return key contributors across the board. Junior outside hitter Emma Werkmeister looks to build on a strong 2023 season, after leading the team with 340 kills and 29 service aces. Werkmeister registered 3.23 kills per set in BIG EAST conference play, which ranked seventh in the conference. Senior setter Doga Kutlu also returns. She had 836 service assists in 2023, and 8.77 per set in conference play, sixth in the BIG EAST.

The Huskies swept the non-conference portion of their schedule, winning all 12 contests, but suffered their first losses of the season as BIG EAST play began last weekend. Like Providence, UConn was swept by both Marquette and Creighton on Friday and Sunday, which dropped their record to 12-2. The Huskies lead the BIG EAST with 2.19 service aces per set, and Werkmeister leads all individuals at 0.76. Werkmeister is also second in the BIG EAST with 3.92 kills per set.

UP NEXT
Next week, The Hall will return to the friendly confines of Walsh Gymnasium when it hosts Xavier on Friday, Oct. 11 at 5:00 p.m. and DePaul on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 1:00 p.m.

 

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Connecticut has a new volleyball facility, well sort of. It was the old hockey barn, but when we built, the new hockey facility was repurposed for volleyball. I've never been but it seems like a nice place to see a game.

 

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Pirates Rally Past PC for First BIG EAST Victory - Seton Hall University Athletics

Seniors Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) had double-doubles as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied for a fiv...

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Pirates Rally Past PC for First BIG EAST Victory​

14. Seton Hall 3, Providence 2 (F) Volleyball FInal - Seton Hall University Athletics

14. Seton Hall 3, Providence 2 (F) Volleyball FInal

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Down 2-1 in sets, The Hall won sets four and five behind double-doubles from Walsh and Klungel.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Seniors Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) had double-doubles as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied for a five-set victory over Providence, 3-2 (25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-12), on Friday.

The Hall trailed after three sets, but largely dominated the last two sets. In fact, the Pirates trailed only briefly after the conclusion of the third set, 1-0 and 2-1 in set five. The victory is the first in BIG EAST play for The Hall and snaps a brief three-match losing streak.

Walsh had a season-high 18 kills, only five attack errors, 12 digs and two blocks. Klungel had a career-high 52 assists to go with 13 digs and four blocks.

Sophomore Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) matched her career-high with 17 kills, while senior Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) added 13 kills and is now only three away to reach 1,000 for her career.

SET 1:
The first set featured a remarkable 15 ties and 10 lead changes until Seton Hall took control late. Trailing 20-18, The Hall closed the opening set with a 7-0 run. A block by Klungel put the Pirates in set point, and a kill by Lucas closed out a 25-20 set one victory. The Pirates' defense held Providence to just .070 attacking in the first set.

SET 2:
The Pirates kept rolling to open the second, jumping out to a 7-1 lead, and a kill by Loiselle sent the Friars to an early timeout. Down 9-3, Providence stormed back to tie the set at 10 and force a Seton Hall timeout. Up 13-12, the Friars took off again, scoring seven of the next nine points to grab a commanding 20-14 advantage and sending The Hall to its second timeout. A kill by Lucas cut Seton Hall's deficit to 23-20, but Providence held on for a 25-21 set-two win.

SET 3:
Providence led the third set wire-to-wire, but never led by more than four points. Down 20-16, The Hall received back-to-back kills by Walsh and forced a Friars' timeout. The Pirates cut their deficit to 23-22, but Providence was able to get the final two points for a 25-22 victory. Seton Hall had only a .103 attack percentage in set three.

SET 4:
Like Providence in set three, The Hall never trailed in set four. The Pirates raced out to a 14-5 lead, causing the Friars to burn both of their timeouts early. A kill by Loiselle extended The Hall's lead to 20-10, but Providence answered with an 8-0 run to cut their deficit to 20-18. The Pirates, however, bounced back and a kill by Lucas put The Hall in set point, 24-20, and two points later, a Providence service error gave the Pirates the set and tied the match.

SET 5:
In the decisive fifth set, the Pirates had a match-high .368 attack percentage. With the score tied at five, The Hall scored four straight, and a kill by Hanna Tulli (Collegeville, Pa.) put it on top, 9-5. Down 13-9, Providence scored three straight points to cut their deficit to just one, 13-12, but the Pirates rallied and closed out the match with back-to-back kills by Walsh.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Walsh had a season-high 18 kills, 12 digs and two blocks.
• Klungel notched a career-high 52 assists, 13 digs and four blocks.
• Loiselle matched her career-high with 17 kills to go with two blocks.
• Lucas had 13 kills, three digs and two blocks.
• Reagan Merk (Huntington Beach, Calif.) had a team-high 14 digs.
• Seton Hall recorded a .219 attack percentage for the match, while Providence attacked at .183.
• Both teams had 63 team kills and 10.0 team blocks.
• The Hall recorded 77 digs, while the Friars had 72.

NEWS & NOTES:

• The Hall improves to 7-7 overall on the season, and earns its first BIG EAST victory (1-2), while Providence falls to 7-7 overall and 0-3 in conference play.
• Seton Hall is now 24-18 all-time against the Friars.
• Klungel's double-double is her fourth of the season and the eighth of her career.
• Walsh's double-double is her third of the season and the seventh of her career.
• The Pirates are 7-0 this season when having a higher attack percentage.
• Merk saw her streak of seven straight double-doubles come to an end.
• This was Seton Hall's first five-set match of the season.
• Lucas had 13 kills today and now needs only three more kills to become the 12th player in Seton Hall history to record 1,000 career kills.
• Walsh reached 15 kills in a single-match today for the seventh time in her career.
• Klungel topped 30 assists in a single-match today for the fourth match in a row and the eighth time in her career.
• Seton Hall had season-highs tonight in team kills (63) and assists (59).
• The Pirates had five players reach double-digits in digs for the first time since Sept. 24, 2022, coincidentally against Providence.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow when they travel to BIG EAST rival Connecticut. The match is scheduled to start at 4:00 p.m.