Pirates Travel to St. John's for Wednesday Tilt - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall returns to action on Wednesday, Oct. 12 with a mid-week BIG EAST contest in Queens, N.Y. against St. John's. Match time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
QUEENS, N.Y. - Carnesecca Arena
| SETON HALL (13-5, 4-2) vs. ST. JOHN'S (13-6, 4-2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats | |
| Wed., Oct. 12 | 6:00 PM |  | None | LIVE STATS | @SHUVolley |
PREVIEW
Seton Hall returns to action on Wednesday, Oct. 12 with a mid-week BIG EAST contest in Queens, N.Y. against St. John's. Match time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
MEDIA
The contest will be streamed live on ESPN3 and will be available via Live Stats.
LAST WEEK
Seton Hall continued to surprise this weekend with a split in a pair of home BIG EAST matches. Sophomore Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) had a match-high 21 kills to go with a career-high 17 digs and the Pirates outlasted DePaul, 3-2 (25-20, 25-19, 21-25, 16-25, 15-13), on Friday.
The Hall won the first two sets in convincing fashion, before dropping sets three and four. The Pirates then turned it back on for a strong effort in set five for the victory. The Hall has now played five sets in four of its first five BIG EAST matches so far this year and has three victories to show for it. Walsh topped 20 kills for a third straight match, finishing with 21 kills and a career-high 17 digs. Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) also had a double-double, finishing with 23 assists and 13 digs.
In a matchup between two teams combining for only one loss in BIG EAST Conference play, The Hall fell to No. 18 Marquette, 3-0 (16-25, 18-25, 16-25) on Saturday. Walsh led the Pirates with nine kills, while Anna Holland (Waukesha, Wis.) had a team-best 11 digs.
WHO'S IN THE BIG EAST TOP-5
- Junior Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) is fourth in attack percentage with .337
- Walsh is fifth with 3.47 kills per set
- Freshman Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey) is tied for third in the BIG EAST with 28 service aces
- Subasili is fourth averaging 1.09 blocks per set
- Junior Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) ranks fourth in the BIG EAST with a .343 hitting percentage.
- Holland ranks fifth in the BIG EAST with 4.30 digs per set.
Seton Hall and St. John's will meet for the 38th time in history on Wednesday. The Red Storm own a slim 19-18 lead in the all-time series, and have dominated in recent years. The Pirates swept the Red Storm in their last meeting, but St. John's had won the prior seven matches in a row.
St. John's struggled in 2021, finishing with a 15-17 final record and a 6-12 mark in BIG EAST play. The Red Storm finished tied with Seton Hall for seventh place in the conference.
This year, St. John's was picked to finish in fifth place in the 11-team BIG EAST Conference according to the preseason coaches' poll. The Red Storm returns reigning BIG EAST Player of the Year Rachele Rastelli, who was their lone representative on the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. The Red Storm also return a member of the BIG EAST Freshman Team, Giorgia Walther.
St. John's has looked good so far this year, entering its Seton Hall matchup with a 13-6 record overall and a 4-2 mark in BIG EAST play. The Pirates have a tall order playing in Carnesecca Arena as the Red Storm is 9-1 at home this year. St. John's has won 10 of their last 12 matches, and split their contests last weekend. The Red Storm was swept by Marquette on Friday, but bounced back to sweep DePaul Saturday. Walther and Rastelli currently rank second and third in the BIG EAST in kills per set.
UP NEXT
Seton Hall will next travel to Indianapolis on Friday, Oct. 14 for a contest at Butler. Match time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. The contest will be streamed live and available to FloSports subscribers.
