Lucas Collects 1,000th Kill in Setback to UConn

Saturday, October 5

Storrs, Conn. / UConn Volleyball Center

4:00 PM

Seton Hall University

7-8,1-3Big East

Connecticut

14-2,2-2Big East

Seton Hall

UConn

Perri Lucas rises to hit the volleyball against Sacred Heart on Sept. 6

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STORRS, CONN. – Graduate student Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) recorded her 1,000^th career kill, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell at Connecticut in four sets, 3-1 (19-25, 16-25, 25-21, 23-25), on Saturday.

Lucas becomes only the 12^th player in Seton Hall history to reach the 1,000 kills milestone. She finished with eight kills, only two attack errors, three digs and two blocks today.

Sophomores Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) and Senna Roberts-Navarro (Honolulu, Hawaii) collected 10 kills apiece to lead The Hall's offense. Junior Hadlee Ackerman (Atlanta, Ga.) had a career-high 18 digs, while Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) tallied 34 assists and nine digs.

SET 1:
Connecticut got off to a hot start, scoring eight of the match's first 10 points. A block by Loiselle and Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkiye) cut The Halls deficit to 13-10, but the Huskies answered with four of the next five points to extend their lead to 17-11. A kill by Roberts-Navarro cut The Hall's deficit to 23-18, but UConn went on for a 25-19 first-set victory.

SET 2:
Lucas' 1,000^th kill cut The Hall's deficit to 12-9 in the second set, but Connecticut answered with an 8-2 run to grab a commanding 20-11 advantage and send Seton Hall to a timeout. The Hall had an attack percentage of only .103 in set two and went on to fall, 25-16.

SET 3:
Down 0-2 early in set three, The Hall went on a 6-1 run and an ace by Hadlee Ackerman (Atlanta, Ga.) gave it a 6-3 advantage. Leading 12-10, Seton Hall scored five of the next seven points and a kill by Reagan Merk (Hunting Beach, Calif.) put it on top, 17-12. From there, UConn never got closer than a four-point deficit. A kill by Loiselle put The Hall in set point, 24-17, and despite a 4-0 spurt by UConn, another Loiselle kill won the set for The Hall, 25-21.

SET 4:
The fourth set featured 14 ties and seven lead changes. A kill by Grace Turner (La Grange Highlands, Ill.) gave Seton Hall a 13-11 lead, but UConn answered with four straight points to take a 15-13 advantage. With the score tied at 20, the Huskies scored three of the next four points and never trailed again. An eighth kill by Lucas staved off one match point and cut the Pirates' deficit to 24-23, but UConn found the final point to win the fourth set, 25-23, and the match, 3-1.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Roberts-Navarro had 10 kills and six digs.
Loiselle had 10 kills, only three attack errors, three blocks and two digs.
Lucas tallied eight kills, only two errors and three digs.
Ackerman had a career-high 18 digs to go with three service aces.
Klungel tallied 34 assists to go with nine digs, two kills and two blocks.
Seton Hall recorded a .182 attack percentage for the match, while Connecticut attacked at .214.
The Pirates had 40 kills, while UConn had 56.
The Hall recorded 52 digs, while the Huskies had 63.
Seton Hall collected 10.0 blocks and Connecticut had 7.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

The Hall falls to 7-8 overall on the season and 1-3 in the BIG EAST, while Connecticut improves to 14-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
Seton Hall is now 15-22 all-time against the Huskies.
With eight kills today, Lucas becomes only the 12^th player in Seton Hall history to record 1,000 for her career.
Klungel topped 30 assists in a single-match today for the fifth match in a row and the ninth time in her career.
With two blocks today, Lucas reached the 200-blocks mark for her career.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action on Friday, Oct. 11 when they return to the friendly confines of Walsh Gymnasium to host Xavier. The match is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m.