Pirates Surprise Hoyas in DC for first BIG EAST Win

Friday, October 23

McDonough Arena / Washington, D.C.

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

9-12,1-8Big East

Georgetown

12-8,4-5Big East

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Seton Hall	17	25	25	25	3
Georgetown	25	20	23	22	1

BOX SCORE (.pdf)

10/23/2026 10:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sophomore Emilee Fuller (Louisville, Ky.) collected her third career-double-double and four players collected at least nine kills as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied for its first BIG EAST victory of the season at Georgetown, 3-1 (17-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-22), on Friday.

Seton Hall dropped the opening set, but rallied to win the next three and claim its first BIG EAST victory since Nov. 20, 2024, also at Georgetown. After a rough start, the Pirates' defense held the Hoyas to under a .200 attack percentage for the final three sets.

Fuller had a team-high 21 assists to go with 10 digs for her third career double-double and first of the season. Sophomore Daria Safian (Moscow, Russia) and junior Alondra Villanueva (Lima, Peru) had a team-high 12 kills. Samantha Shelton (Oak Park, Ill.) finished with 11 kills to go with seven digs.

Junior Gwen Adler (Barrington, Ill.) finished with 20 assists and nine digs.

SET 1:
Leading 5-3, Georgetown went on a 10-2 run to grab a commanding 15-5 lead in set one. The Hall answered with four of the next five points, and a kill by Loukia Papadakos (Stoufville, Ontario) cut its deficit to 16-9. The Hoyas bounced back with a 6-2 run to grab a 22-11 lead. Georgetown went on to win, 25-17, in set one after hitting .387 as a team.

SET 2:
Georgetown scored seven of the first nine points to jump out to an early lead in set two. An ace by Adler cut The Hall's deficit to 15-14, but the Hoyas scored back-to-back points to go back up, 17-14. The Pirates bounced back with a 10-2 run, and a kill by Loiselle put them up, 24-19, to enter set point. Two points later, another kill by Loiselle gave The Hall a 25-20 victory. The Hall had a .333 attack percentage in set two to tie the match at once set apiece.

SET 3:
Trailing 6-3, The Hall went on a 6-1 spurt to grab an early 9-7 lead in set three. Down 13-12, the Pirates scored six of the next eight points, and a kill by Shelton put them up, 18-15 and forced a Hoyas' timeout. A kill by Loiselle put The Hall up, 23-19, but Georgetown scored four in a row to tie the score at 23. Back-to-back kills by Villanueva gave the Pirates a 25-23 victory and a 2-to-1 match lead.

SET 4:
Georgetown scored five of the first six points in the fourth set to grab the early lead. Trailing 8-5, The Hall scored five in a row, and a kill by Shelton gave it a 10-8 advantage. The Hoyas scored five in a row to jump back ahead, but The Hall answered with four straight, and a kill by Kennedy Horn (Columbus, Ind.) put them back up, 15-14. Trailing 20-17, Seton Hall went on a 6-1 spurt, and an ace by Villanueva that hit the net and dribbled over, gave it a 23-21 lead. After Georgetown pulled to within 23-22, a kill by Shelton put The Hall in match point, and an ace by Rylee Wooldridge (Mars, Pa.) gave The Hall the victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Fuller finished with a team-high 21 assists to go with 10 digs for her first career double-double.
Villanueva notched 12 kills with four digs.
Safian had 12 kills, only two attack errors and a .400 attack percentage.
Shelton tallied 11 kills to go with seven digs.
Loiselle had nine kills and only three attack errors.
Adler finished with 20 assists and nine digs.
Senior Rylee Nelson (Mazeppa, Minn.) had a team-high 17 digs to go with four assists.
Seton Hall recorded a .264 attack percentage for the match, while Georgetown attacked at .217.
The Pirates had 57 kills, while Georgetown had 43.
The Hall tallied 78 digs, while the Hoyas had 66.
Seton Hall had 3.0 team blocks, while Georgetown had 2.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 9-12 overall and 1-8 in the BIG EAST, while Georgetown drops to 12-8 overall and 4-5 in conference play.
The victory snaps a 25-match losing streak in conference play for the Pirates. The Hall's last BIG EAST victory also came at Georgetown, in five sets on Nov. 20, 2024.
The Hall is now 26-25 all-time against the Hoyas.
The Pirates are now 4-4 in four-set matches this season.
With 20 assists today, Adler has surpassed the 1,000-assists milestone for her career.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow when they travel to Villanova. Match time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.