Pirates Rally Twice, But Can't Outlast Marquette

Friday, October 25

South Orange, N.J.

5:00 PM

Seton Hall University

8-12,2-7Big East

Marquette

13-6,8-1Big East

Marquette

Seton Hall

Mason Woo digs the volleyball against Sacred Heart on Sept. 6.

10/25/2024 8:39:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score BOX SCORE (.pdf)

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied from down a set twice, but ultimately fell to Marquette in five sets, 3-2 (16-25, 25-17, 13-25, 25-20, 9-15), in Walsh Gym on Friday.

The Hall had disappointing performances in both the first and third sets, scoring just 16 and 13 points respectively, but bounced back both times for convincing set victories to force a decisive fifth set. In the final stanza, the Pirates led 3-1, but Marquette answered with four straight points and never trailed again.

Sophomore Senna Roberts-Navarro (Honolulu, Hawaii) collected her second straight double-double with a team-high 13 kills to go with 14 digs. Senior Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) collected 33 assists, nine digs, three blocks and three kills.

Junior Mason Woo (Burbank, Calif.) had a tremendous match on the back line, recording a career-high 23 digs.

SET 1:
The Hall never led in the opening set. Ahead 16-13, Marquette went on a 8-1 run to grab a commanding 24-14 advantage. An attack error and a kill by Roberts-Navarro made it 24-16, but the Pirates couldn't get closer.

SET 2:
Seton Hall stormed back in the second set, holding Marquette to a -.041 attack percentage. Trailing 9-6, The Hall went on a 9-2 run, and a kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) gave it a 15-11 advantage. The Golden Eagles cut their deficit to 19-16, but the Pirates finished out the set with a 6-1 burst to win the set, 25-17. Lucas had four of her 11 kills in the fourth set alone, with no attack errors.

SET 3:
The pendulum swung back in Marquette's favor in the third set, as the Golden Eagles held The Hall to a .000 attack percentage. Marquette led wire-to-wire, jumping out to a 5-1 lead, and never it looked back. The Hall cut their deficit to 8-7, but the Golden Eagles responded with a 9-1 run to grab a commanding 17-8 advantage. They cruised to a 25-13 victory in set three.

SET 4:
Unfazed, the Pirates rallied again in set four. It was the closest set of the match with seven ties and six lead changes. Down 7-5, The Hall went on a 7-2 spurt, and a block by Roberts-Navarro gave it a 12-9 lead. With the lead only 18-16, the Pirates scored five of the next six points, and a block by Klungel and Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkiye) put them on top, 23-17. The Hall had a team-best .257 attack percentage in the fourth set in route to a 25-20 victory to tie the match at two sets apiece.

SET 5:
In the decisive set, The Hall jumped ahead 3-1 early, but Marquette scored the next five points and never trailed again. A kill by Roberts-Navarro cut Seton Hall's deficit to 11-8, but the Golden Eagles closed out the match with four of the final five points.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Roberts-Navarro had a double-double with a team-high 13 kills, 14 digs and two blocks.
Klungel notched 33 assists, nine digs, three kills and three blocks.
Woo had a career-high and match-high 23 digs along with two aces.
Lucas finished with 11 kills and only two attack errors.
Seton Hall recorded a .139 attack percentage for the match, while Marquette attacked at .205.
The Pirates had 43 kills, while Marquette had 60.
The Hall recorded 80 digs, while the Golden Eagles had 90.
Seton Hall collected 10.0 blocks and Marquette had 4.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

The Hall falls to 8-12 overall on the season and 2-7 in the BIG EAST, while Marquette improves to 12-6 overall and 8-1 in conference play.
Seton Hall is now 5-25 all-time against the Golden Eagles and has dropped the last 16 matches in the series.
The Pirates won two sets against Marquette for the first time since October 28, 2017.
Aside from its loss to Creighton, Marquette had only lost three total sets in BIG EAST play before tonight.
Klungel topped 30 assists in a single-match today for the 10^th match in a row and the 14^th time in her career.
The Hall falls to 1-2 this season in five-set matches this season.
Roberts-Navarro picked up her second-straight double-double today.
Seton Hall had at least 10.0 blocks in a single-match for the eighth time this season.
With 13 kills today, Roberts-Navarro surpassed the 200-kills mark for her career.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow when they host No. 6 Creighton at historic Walsh Gymnasium. The match is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.