Women’s Basketball set for toughest test of season against UConn
After coming home from the Bahamas the the Junkaroo Jam at 1-1, the Seton Hall women’s basketball team will face its toughest test of the season on Thursday evening in a matchup against the University of Connecticut. The game against the Huskies has become a yearly tradition for head coach Anthony Bozzella and his team. Last season, the Pirates traveled to Connecticut and fell to the then No. 1 Huskies, 99-61. Next year, the battles...
Seton Hall closes out Battle 4 Atlantis with key win over Iowa State
Kevin Willard’s message to his team was clear heading into its matchup with Iowa State on Friday night – No more excuses. The Pirates, who faced plenty of criticism after blowing a 19-point lead against Oregon on Thanksgiving Eve, rallied against a resilient Iowa State team with a dominant closing effort and overall solid defensive game to win 84-76. The win puts the Pirates at 6-2 on the year and allows them to leave the...
Myles Powell, Alexis Lewis receive weekly honors
The Seton Hall men’s and women’s have been off to a hot start for the 2019-20 season. Myles Powell is naturally leading the way on the men’s side. On the women’s side, it is not as clear. After Shadeen Samuels went down with an injury against Princeton, the rest of the team needed to step up and did. Most notably, Desiree Elmore and Alexis Lewis picked up the pace. Due to her efforts, Lewis found herself named to the Big East Weekly...
Opportunity for consistency awaits Seton Hall in Saturday matinee
The Seton Hall men’s basketball team returns home on Saturday for a matchup with Florida A&M after a brief road trip to St. Louis that resulted in a 17-point statement win. With the Billikens and Michigan State Spartans in the rearview mirror, Kevin Willard and the Pirates will look to bring the momentum back home and get a win over the Rattlers. Florida A&M is one of the lesser opponents in Seton Hall’s loaded non-conference...
Cale, Mamukelashvili form brotherhood bond on and off the court
If you walk around Seton Hall’s campus on a men’s basketball off day, odds are that you will see Myles Cale and Sandro Mamukelashvili together. The duo, both now juniors receiving significant playing time under Kevin Willard, came into school together and forged a bond that extends on and off the court. Cale, from Middletown, Delaware, and Mamukelashvili, from Tbilisi, Georgia, each come from dynamically different backgrounds, but...
Powell’s injury shifts spotlight to Mamukelashvili
Heading into the Seton Hall and Michigan State affair on Nov. 14, all eyes were on preseason All-Americans Myles Powell and Cassius Winston. After Nov. 9, however, the rhetoric has changed. Powell is likely sitting out the contest against the No. 3 Spartans due to an ankle injury suffered in the early stages of the game against Stony Brook. Powell stepped on the Seawolves’ Andrew Garcia’s foot driving to the hoop and then subsequently...
Pirates close out Walsh Gymnasium schedule with Stony Brook matchup
For the first time since 2012, the Seton Hall men’s basketball team will take on the Stony Brook Seawolves on the hardwood, as the Pirates close out their Walsh Gymnasium slate in front of an anticipated sold out crowd. Seton Hall comes into the game after a thunderous start to the season against Wagner. Finishing with an expected, yet convincing 105-71 win over the Seahawks, the Pirates will look to begin the season 2-0 in front of...
Game 7 of World Series set for massive amounts of strategy
As the MLB playoffs come to a close, it becomes more and more apparent the amount of strategy needed to make it big in the month of October. Baseball is always a cerebral game. Whether it be through double-switches for position players of contemplating bullpen configurations, it is extremely important for managers and other executives alike to be in tune with the game and what is going on around them. Miss an opportunity to gain an...
Kevin Willard ready to take on high expectations in 2019
Compared to 2018-19, things are slightly different for Kevin Willard and his squad ahead of the new season. Armed with Big East Preseason Player of the Year and Seton Hall’s first-ever Preseason All-American Selection Myles Powell, as well as a returning cast of players that will only get better with the additions of Ike Obiagu and Tyrese Samuel, Willard has plenty of intriguing tools to work with throughout the year. Thus, it comes...
Sport prowess runs in Seton Hall recruit’s blood
The Seton Hall women’s basketball team landed a big-time recruit in late September, as McKenna Minter committed to the Pirates. Minter comes from Lincoln Northeast in Nebraska, the same state where her father, Mike Minter, played college football prior to going to Carolina to be a part of the Panthers for nine years. During his tenure there, Mike was regarded as one of the better safeties in the league, so athletic blood runs in the...
Fouratt, Sager off to dominant starts
The Seton Hall women’s golf is off to a torrid start to the fall season, receiving third and first place results in their first two tournaments. At the Nittany Lion Invitational on Sept. 21 and 22, the Pirates were especially clinical at the top, as Sarah Fouratt and Maddie Sager tied for first place as individual champions with one other competitor for the tournament. The duo each had their own successes throughout the two days....
Volleyball freshmen starting off on right foot
Seton Hall volleyball coach Allison Yaeger lost plenty of firepower at the end of last season. One of the top players in program history, Abby Thelen, graduated. The outside hitter was a constant threat for the Pirates and equally allowed for other players to see more opportunities due to overcompensation by the opposition. Other threats, including Caitlin Koska and Sophia Coffey, also left after their eligibility expired. Thus,...