Pirates Drop Classic Opener to NAU

Friday, September 6

South Orange, N.J.

11:00 AM

Seton Hall University

0-4

Northern Arizona

2-2

Northern Arizona

Seton Hall

9/6/2019 3:40:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Freshman Grace Rosenberg (Lido Beach, N.Y.) finished one dig shy of her first career double-double, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell to Northern Arizona, 3-0 (12-25, 20-25, 12-25), in its first game of the Seton Hall Classic on Friday.

Rosenberg finished with a team-high 11 assists to go with nine digs. Freshman Julia Wilkins (Mason, Ohio) led The Hall (0-4) with seven kills in her first collegiate match. Another freshman, Raygan Murray (Rocky River, Ohio) led the Pirates with 12 digs.

SET 1:
Seton Hall struggled in the first set, compiling a -.024 attack percentage. After the Pirates scored the first point, NAU (2-2) went on an 11-3 run to take control of the set. A kill by Hayley Gasser (Mission Viejo, Calif.) cut the Lumberjacks lead to 19-10, but Northern Arizona finished the set with six of the final eight points.

SET 2:
The second set was by far the closest of the match. With the score tied at eight, Northern Arizona went on a 10-3 burst to take a commanding 18-11 advantage. The Hall bounced back however, and a service ace by Maggie Cvelbar (Euclid, Ohio) cut the deficit to just two, 22-20, and forced a timeout. NAU regrouped though, and scored the final three points of the set to win, 25-20.

SET 3:
Block assists by Gasser and Amanda Rachwal (Bethlehem, Pa.) gave The Hall an early 5-4 lead in set three, but the Lumberjacks erupted with a 12-1 run to leap ahead, 16-6. From there, NAU went on to another 25-12 set victory.

Inside the Numbers:

Rosenberg finished with a team-best 11 assists to go with nine digs.
Wilkins had a team-high seven kills to go with three digs.
Murray had a team-high 12 digs.
Cvelbar almost had a double-double, finishing with nine assists and eight digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .026 attack percentage for the match, while NAU attacked at .241.
The Pirates had 26 kills, while the Northern Arizona recorded 39.
The Hall finished with 57 digs, while the Lumberjacks tallied 62.

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