The Hall Falls Despite Strong Effort at Butler

Friday, October 14

Indianapolis, Ind. / Hinkle Fieldhouse

6:00 PM

Seton Hall University

13-7,4-4Big East

Butler

10-9,4-3Big East

Seton Hall

Butler

10/14/2022 8:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score BOX SCORE - BUT (.pdf)

Jenna Walsh has a team-high 11 kills and Taylor Jakubowski tallied 20 assists and eight digs.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Sophomore Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) had 11 kills and junior Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) notched 20 assists and eight digs, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell in four sets at Butler, 3-1 (17-25, 25-16, 16-25, 19-25), on Friday.

The Hall falls to 4-4 in BIG EAST play, but still has only been swept once and that was against No. 18 Marquette. Tonight, the Pirates rallied to tie the match with a convincing 25-16 set-two victory, but they couldn't keep the momentum and ultimately lost in four sets.

Five Pirates collected at least six kills and were led by Walsh's 11. Sophomore Hanna Tulli (Collegeville, Pa.) was the most efficient of the group with seven kills, only one attack error, and a .500 attack percentage. She also had five digs and three blocks.

Junior Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) nearly had a double-double, finishing with a team-high assists to go with eight digs. Senior Jennifer Giron (Benecia, Calif.) had a team-high 15 digs.

SET 1:
The early goings of the opening set were close, but Butler was able to pull away late. The Bulldogs' defense limited the Pirates to just a .026 attack percentage in the opening stanza. A bad set by Butler gave The Hall a 13-10 lead, but the Bulldogs rallied. With the score tied at 16, Butler closed out the set with a 9-1 run to win, 25-17.

SET 2:
Trailing 11-7 in the second set, the Pirates went on a 13-2 run, spearheaded by four kills from Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) to give them a commanding 20-13 advantage. Butler closed to within 22-16, but the Pirates finished out the set with the final three points consecutively, winning the set on back-to-back Bulldog attack errors. The Hall was much more efficient in the second set, recording a .364 attack percentage.

SET 3:
Down 14-10 in set three, back-to-back points by The Hall, including an ace by Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey), cut its deficit to 14-12. Butler, however, responded with a 9-1 run to take a commanding 23-13 advantage in route to a 25-16 victory. The Hall was limited to a -.097 attack percentage in the third set.

SET 4:
A kill by Subasili put The Hall on top, 10-9, but Butler bounced back with a 6-1 run to grab a 15-11 advantage. The Pirates bounced back with six of the next nine points, and a kill by Walsh cut the Bulldogs' lead to 18-17. Leading 19-18, Butler closed out the match with six of the final seven points.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Walsh had a team-high 11 kills to go with four digs.
Jakubowski notched a team-high 20 assists to go with eight digs.
Tulli had seven kills, only one attack error and a .500 attack percentage.
Subasili had six kills, only one attack error, five digs and three blocks.
Giron had a team-high 15 digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .093 attack percentage for the match, while Butler attacked at .190.
The Pirates had 41 kills, while the Bulldogs recorded 48.
The Hall tallied 59 digs, while Butler had 64.
Seton Hall had 4.0 team blocks, while the Butler recorded 13.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 13-7 overall and 4-4 in the BIG EAST, while Butler improves to 10-9 overall and 4-3 in conference play.
The Hall falls to 6-11 all-time against Butler and has now dropped eight of the last nine meetings.
Seton Hall drops to 4-4 this season in four-set matches.
The Hall falls to 2-6 when losing the first set this season.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action when it travels to Milwaukee, Wis. for a match at Marquette on Friday, Oct. 21. Match time is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET.