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Men's basketball team takes shape

Hall grabs five more recruits, veteran players remain

Donovan leads revamped women's hoops program

Major changes have come upon the women’s basketball team following the worst Big East season in team history. The most notable change is Anne Donovan being named the new head coach of the program, taking over for Phyllis Mangina after 25 years at the position.

Volleyball drops two of three in opening tournament

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The women’s volleyball team rallied back in its opening match of the Tribe Invitational last weekend to secure a win before dropping the following two games to open the season at 1-2. The Pirates found themselves down two sets 2-0 against host school William and Mary before sweeping the last three sets for a 3-2 (25-27, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-9) victory in their first match.

Hall adds former Ole Miss guard

The fifth addition of the 2010-2011 men's basketball recruiting class is recent Ole Miss graduate and guard Eniel Polynice. Today Kevin Willard announced that Polynice has signed a nation letter of intent to attend Seton Hall University and will be eligible to play for the Pirates this year due to a waiver from the NCAA.

Pirates grab another frontcourt player

Englishman Geramipoor joins Willard's first recruiting class

The Seton Hall men’s basketball team added another piece to the puzzle last week with the signing of 6-foot-11-inch Englishman Aaron Geramipoor of the Canarias Basketball Academy to a national letter of intent for the 2010-11 season. The 225 pound frontcourt addition will be the second recruit from the Canary Islands prep school for new head coach Kevin Willard.

Kevin Willard and Anne Donovan

JUCO joins women's team for upcoming year

Donovan: Ashmeade will "thrive" at Seton Hall

The Seton Hall women’s basketball team recently acquired transfer Tarjay Ashmeade, a 6-foot-3-inch junior center, for the upcoming season. The roster update was announced by new head coach Anne Donovon Friday. “Her size will help us greatly on defense and on the glass, as she possesses the physical tools to compete against the kind of post players we will face in the Big East,” Donovan said, according to SHUPirates.

Willard inks two more recruits

Pirates boost roster with transfer Polynice, Cosby

The Pirates got their first 2010 commitment from Aaron Cosby, a 6-foot-2-inch combo guard from Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts, according to Zagsblog.com. Choosing Seton Hall over Boston College, Indiana, Providence, Northwestern, Marshall, Western Kentucky and St.

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Mitchell confessed to armed robbery

Reports: Former Pirate implicates Whitney, himself

Former Seton Hall forward Robert Mitchell, who was indicted for an armed robbery that occured in March, has confessed to the crimes and implicated fellow former Pirate Kelly Whitney, according to The Star-Ledger who cited one of the criminal complaints filed against one of the defendants.

Herb Pope

Reports: Pope resting at home

UPDATE: Since his release from St. Barnabas Medical Center, Pope has been seen on the Seton Hall campus several times by editors of The Setonian. Each time, Pope was dressed in Pirates athletic gear. Men’s basketball player Herb Pope is no longer a patient at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, according to reports by the Associated Press and NJ.

Willard's first class takes shape

New men's basketball coach announces two signings for the fall

Only one day before the spring signing period ended, Seton Hall continued making off-season strides by signing Patrik Auda and Anali Okoloji, head coach Kevin Willard announced this past Friday. Auda, a 6-foot-9 native of Brno, Czech Republic, spent the last year playing at the Canarias Basketball Academy in the Canary Islands.

Recruits and schedules set for soccer

 As of April 9. the Seton Hall men’s and women’s soccer teams have gained depth as the Athletic Department announced that the men’s program signed two recruits while the women’s squad inked five players to National Letters of Intent.

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The Next Era Begins

Pirates introduce new basketball head coached

  The start of a new era has begun as Seton Hall welcomed the new men’s and women’s head basketball coaches to the Pirate community in a joint press conference on Wednesday.  “These two hires, we announce to the college basketball world that Seton Hall is back in the game and we intend to win it,” Patrick Hobbs, Dean of the Seton Hall Law School and current overseer of the Athletic’s Department, said.