Pirates Suffer First 2025 Loss as Belmont Rallies

Saturday, August 30

Curb Event Center / Nashville, Tenn.

6:00 PM

Seton Hall University

1-1,0-0Big East

Belmont

1-1,0-0MVC

Seton Hall

Belmont

8/30/2025 8:56:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score BOX SCORE (.pdf)

NASHVILLE – Three Pirates collected double-doubles, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team dropped its first match of the 2025 season, a 3-1 loss at Belmont on Saturday night.

The Hall won its fourth straight set to start the season with a convincing 25-18 victory in set one, but Belmont rallied and won the final three sets of the match. In the fourth set, the Pirates led 22-18, but the Bruins closed out the set with an 8-2 run.

Junior Senna Roberts-Navarro (Honolulu, Hi.) had a match-high 15 kills to go with a .308 attack percentage and 13 digs. Freshman Emilee Fuller (Louisville, Ky.) finished with a team-high 24 assists along with 10 digs, while Sadie Reich (Wantagh, N.Y.) tallied 11 kills and 10 digs.

SET 1:
With the score tied at three early in set one, the Pirates scored three in a row and never relinquished the lead. Up 16-13, The Hall went on a 6-1 run, receiving kills from four different Pirates, to grab a commanding 22-14 advantage. A kill by Reich was the game-winning point in a 25-18 victory in set one. Roberts-Navarro had four kills and four digs in set one alone.

SET 2:
Whereas Seton Hall dominated the opening set, set two was a back-and-forth battle that featured 16 ties. Neither team had a lead of greater than two points until Belmont scored four straight to take a 22-18 lead. The Hall responded with four points in a row to tie the set at 22, but the Bruins scored the final three points and sent the Pirates to their first set loss of the season. The Hall's offense attacked at only a .114 clip in set two.

SET 3:
Belmont scored seven of the first eight points in set three and controlled the tone from the start. A kill by Reich cut The Hall's deficit to 12-6, but Belmont answered with four straight points to take a commanding 16-6 lead and send the Pirates to a time out. Trailing 20-11, Seton Hall went on an 8-1 run to close its deficit to 21-19. The Bruins, however, were able to stem The Hall's momentum and closed out a 25-21 third set win.

SET 4:
With the set tied at 14, Seton Hall scored five straight points, and a solo block by Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) gave The Hall a 19-14 lead and sent the Bruins to a time out. Belmont had a final burst in them, however, and trailing 22-18, closed out the match with an 8-2 run. A kill by Daria Safian (Moscow, Russia) put The Hall in set point, 24-23, but the Bruins scored the next three points.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Roberts-Navarro had 15 kills, 13 digs and a .308 attack percentage.
Fuller had a team-high 24 assists to go with 10 digs.
Reich tallied 11 kills, 10 digs and two blocks.
Loiselle had nine kills, only two attack errors, and six digs.
Junior Rylee Nelson (Mazeppa, Minn.) had a team-high 15 digs to go with eight assists.
Freshman Alexis Opland (Woodbury, Minn.) had 13 assists and eight digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .140 attack percentage for the match, while Belmont attacked at .153.
The Pirates finished with 55 team kills, while the Bruins had 46.
The Hall recorded 75 digs, while the Belmont had 74.
Seton Hall collected 9.0 blocks and Belmont had 11.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall falls to 1-1 on the young season, while Belmont improves to 1-1.
This was the first-ever meeting between Seton Hall and Belmont on the volleyball court.
Roberts-Navarro collected her third career double-double. Fuller and Reich picked up the first of their careers.
Roberts-Navarro reached at least 15 kills in a single-match for the second time in his career.
Hanna Labanowska (Olszewnica Stara, Poland) and Rowan Carr (Lakeville, Minn.) made their collegiate debuts.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow when they make the short trip across Nashville to play at Lipscomb. The match is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. ET.