Pirates Rally to Down Kent State, 3-1 - Seton Hall University Athletics
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...
Women's Volleyball vs Kent State on 9/8/2024 - Box Score - Seton Hall University Athletics
The official box score of Women's Volleyball vs Kent State on 9/8/2024
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.
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.
- 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).
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.
