Seton Hall Drops BIG EAST Opener at Marquette

Friday, September 22

Milwaukee, WI

8:00 PM

Seton Hall University

6-8, 0-1BIG EAST

Marquette

8-5, 2-0BIG EAST

Seton Hall

Marquette

9/22/2017 10:10:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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MILWAUKEE, WIS. – Junior Sophia Coffey (Sierra Madre, Calif.) registered a double-double, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team dropped its 2017 BIG EAST Conference opener at Marquette, 3-0 (20-25, 20-25, 19-25), on Friday.

SET 1:
Seton Hall (6-8, 0-1) never led in the first set as Marquette jumped out to an early 6-2 lead. A block by Abby Thelen (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) and Madison Salkowski (Cold Springs, Ky.) cut the Golden Eagle lead to 11-7, but Marquette responded by scoring five of the next seven points to take a commanding 16-9 advantage. The Pirates had a match-low .091 attack percentage in set one as they fell, 25-20.

SET 2:
Marquette scored the first three points of the second set, but the Pirates bounced back with a 6-1 run, and three straight kills by Dominique Mason (Chicago, Ill.) gave The Hall a 6-4 lead. Trailing 12-11, Marquette scored four of the next six points to take the lead for good and prompt a Seton Hall timeout. A kill by Sharay Barnes (Swarthmore, Pa.) cut the Golden Eagle advantage to 21-19, but Marquette ended the set with four of the next five points to win, 25-20.

SET 3:
Although the Pirates never led, they kept the third set close until Marquette pulled away late. A kill by Thelen cut the Golden Eagle lead to 19-18, and forced a Marquette timeout. Marquette regrouped however, and out of the break, finished the set by collecting six of the final seven points, 25-19.

Inside the Numbers:

Coffey finished with a team-high 16 assists to go with 13 digs.
Thelen led the Pirates with 11 kills.
Mason had nine kills and a season-high nine digs.
Senior Sarah Kenneweg (Poolesville, Md.) collected a match-high 14 digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .091 attack percentage for the match, while Marquette attacked at .279.
Seton Hall finished with 32 team kills, while Marquette had 49.
The Pirates totaled 49 team digs, while Marquette had 48.

News & Notes:

Thelen has led the Pirates in kills in all 14 matches so far this season.
Coffey notched her seventh double-double of the season and the team-leading 24^th of her career.
Coffey played in her 75^th consecutive match, which leads all active Pirates.
Seton Hall falls to 1-5 in three-set matches this season.
The Pirates fall to 5-14 all-time against Marquette.

Up Next:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow when they travel to Chicago, Illinois to take on DePaul. Match time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.