Pirates Rally to Outlast Providence in Five Sets

Saturday, September 24

South Orange, N.J.

6:00 PM

Seton Hall University

11-3,2-0Big East

Providence

8-6,0-2Big East

Providence

Seton Hall

9/24/2022 9:46:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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The victory improves The Hall to 2-0 in BIG EAST play for the first time since 2014.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 set deficit, and for the second straight night, three Pirates recorded double-doubles as The Hall outlasted Providence, 3-2 (17-25, 25-14, 19-25, 25-17, 15-7), on Saturday.

After dropping the third set, the Pirates never trailed in sets four or five in route to the thrilling five-set victory. The Hall is now 2-0 in BIG EAST play for the first time since 2014.

Junior Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) finished with 13 kills, a career-high 18 digs and four blocks. Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) had a match-high 21 assists to go with 11 digs and three aces, while Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) notched 13 kills, 13 digs and three assists.

SET 1:
Seton Hall's worst set of the night was its first. The Pirates had only a .065 attack percentage and trailed the entire time. Providence scored the first four points and The Hall played catch-up for the rest of the set. A block by Bucciarelli and Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey) cut the Pirates' deficit to 18-13, but the Friars responded with four straight points to boost their lead back up to nine. From there, they cruised to a 25-17 victory.

SET 2:
The script was completely flipped in the second set. This time, the Pirates dominated, holding the Friars to a -.069 attack percentage. Seton Hall roared out of the gate scoring the first six points. Moments later, a kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) gave The Hall a commanding 11-3 advantage. Leading 22-14, the Pirates closed the set with three straight points. A block by Walsh and Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) put The Hall in set point, and Faith LaMacchia (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) ended the set with an ace.

SET 3:
Providence had its best offensive set in the third. It was the closest set of the match, featuring eight lead changes and 10 ties, and in the end, Providence took a 2-1 match lead. A block by Lucas and Subasili gave The Hall a 15-13 advantage, but the Friars responded with a 6-1 run to take a 19-16 lead. The Hall never recovered and Providence went on to a 25-19 victory.

SET 4:
The final score of the third set was the last lead Providence had in the match. Seton Hall scored eight of the first 10 points of the fourth set and cruised to an easy fourth-set victory. Leading 8-3, the Pirates went on a 6-1 run to extend its advantage to 14-4. Up 21-11, the Friars scored four straight points, but The Hall bounced back with four of the final six points. Lucas had five of her 10 kills in the fourth set alone.

SET 5:
Like set four, the Pirates dominated set five. The Hall had nine kills, no attack errors and a .692 attack percentage in the decisive set. Once again, the Pirates raced out to an early lead, and a block by Bucciarelli gave them a 6-2 lead. Moments later, a kill by Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) extended The Hall's advantage to 9-3. An ace by Anna Holland (Waukesha, Wis.) put the Pirates in match point, 14-6, and two points later, a kill by Walsh ended the set in their favor.

Here's the final point of the night!! A kill by Jenna Walsh puts this one in the win column!!#HALLin 🏐🏴‍☠️🏐 pic.twitter.com/OrEQ0KodyK
— Seton Hall Volleyball (@SHUVolley) September 25, 2022

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Bucciarelli had 13 kills, a career-high 18 digs and four blocks.
Jakubowski tallied a match-high 21 assists to go with 11 digs, three aces and two kills.
Walsh notched 13 kills, 13 digs and two blocks.
Lucas had 10 kills and three blocks.
Klungel tallied 14 assists, six kills and a .625 attack percentage.
Holland had 15 digs.
Jennifer Giron (Benicia, Calif.) tallied 13 digs and three assists.
Seton Hall recorded a .213 attack percentage for the match, while Providence attacked at .106.
The Pirates had 52 kills, while the Friars recorded 46.
The Hall tallied 75 digs, while Providence had 76.
Both teams had 10.0 team blocks.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 11-3 overall and a perfect 2-0 in the BIG EAST, while Providence drops to 8-6 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
The Pirates are 2-0 to begin BIG EAST play for the first time since 2014. That year, The Hall won its first eight conference matches.
The Hall improves to 21-18 all-time against Providence and has now alternated wins and losses with the Friars over their last seven meetings.
Seton Hall is now 2-1 in five-set matches this season.
The Hall improves to 2-3 this season when losing the first set.
The Hall improves to 11-1 this season when having a higher attack percentage than its opponent.
The Pirates are now 7-0 this season in matches on Saturdays.
Walsh has now reached double-figures in kills in seven straight matches.
Jakubowski's double-double is her fifth of the season and the 28^th of her career, which leads all active Pirates.
Bucciarelli and Walsh both collected the second double-double of their careers.
Seton Hall has won in five sets in each of the last two nights. In the fifth set alone, The Hall has had 19 kills and just one attack error over the last two nights combined.
Tonight's match featured the third installment of the "LaMacchia Bowl." Seton Hall's Faith LaMacchia, a sophomore, faced her sister, Providence's Caroline LaMacchia, a senior. This, however, was the first time that the sisters were on the court at the same time.
With 13 digs tonight each, both Giron and Walsh surpassed the 100-digs marks for their careers.
With 21 assists tonight, Jakubowski surpassed the 1,100-assists mark for her career.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Friday, September 30 when it continues BIG EAST Conference play in Washington, D.C. against Georgetown. Match time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. The contest will be streamed by the BIG EAST Digital Network and shown on FloSports.