Rachwal focused on leaving a legacy in senior year
Amanda Rachwal’s road to collegiate volleyball started out like most other girls who played on high school and club teams while getting ready to take it to the next level. In Rachwal’s case, it took a call from her mother to Seton Hall Volleyball coach Allison Yaeger to give her a head start on what would be a productive career. “I’ll never forget it,” Yaeger said. “I was sitting in my office one day and my phone rang, so I answered...
Volleyball freshmen prepare to take on upcoming season
The Big East announced last week that the suspended championships for the fall season have been tentatively rescheduled to take place next spring. Photo via SHU Athletics Three new freshmen members of the women’s volleyball team—Taylor Jakubowski, Perri Lucas and Mary Okereke—shared their thoughts on this new normal of college athletics they have entered and what set the Seton Hall program apart from other schools they considered....
Volleyball deals with emotional challenges of COVID-19 training
As fall sports in the Big East remain postponed, women’s volleyball head coach Allison Yaeger and senior middle blocker Amanda Rachwal broke down how the team has been training and getting ready to play a spring season under the COVID-19 guidelines. “It’s very different,” Yaeger said. “The girls wear masks when we train, and at times, we are conditioning. I think it’s hard and I can’t imagine being in their position having to train as...
BIG EAST postpones all Fall 2020 sports contests
Per Big East Conference press release, the conference has decided to postpone all sports contests for the upcoming Fall 2020 season. The decision to postpone the remaining in-conference games was made by the BIG EAST COVID-19 Task Force on Wednesday, August 12. #BIGEAST announcement on Fall Sports Full release: https://t.co/s2XbzEf08p pic.twitter.com/J7bPNWT2Te — BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) August 12, 2020 The sports affected...
Big East announces plan to divide conference into regional divisions
On Thursday, the Big East announced changes to the 2020 regular-season schedules for men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball and field hockey. In order to mitigate travel and a potential spike in COVID-19 cases among student-athletes, Big East teams will only play against other programs within newly established regional divisions. Men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball, the conference will compete in the East Division and the...
Young talent gives volleyball hope after rebuilding 2019 season
With finals approaching and the days getting shorter, it is obvious that fall sports have ended and the winter sports season is upon us. Ironically, Seton Hall’s one indoor fall sport, volleyball, finished its season the Sunday (Nov. 24) before thanksgiving on a high note, defeating the Georgetown Hoyas in Washington, D.C. The season-ending win capped off a rebuilding year for the Pirates, who finished 8-24, including 3-15 in...
Pirates fall to Bulldogs
The Seton Hall women’s volleyball team fell, 3-2, to the Butler Bulldogs on Friday night after having a 2-0 lead in the match. The Pirates have now lost eight straight games and fall 7-20 for the season. Julia Wilkins led the Pirates with 16 kills on the night and Maggie Cvelbar had a team-high 31 assists. Photo via SHU Athletics The Pirates started off the first set with momentum as they took an early 10-3. Later on, the...
Volleyball underclassmen cause for optimism during rebuilding year
The 2019 season for Seton Hall women’s volleyball can generously be described as a rebuilding year. The Pirates currently sit at 7-19, including 2-10 in Big East play, merely a week after the de-facto midway point the conference slate. The Pirates have to win all six remaining conference gamesand hope the conference’s upper half team struggle in order to be one of the four squads to qualify for the Big East tournament. While their...
Pirates Defeat Hoyas in straight sets
The Seton Hall volleyball team got back in the win column tonight with a straight set win over Georgetown, dispatching the Hoyas 25-13, 25-18, 25-19, a much needed rebound after a straight set loss to Creighton Saturday night. Tonight’s win was a true team effort, with no one player dominating the scoring for the Pirates. Steady senior leader Haylee Gasser led the team with nine kills as she usually does, but surprisingly it wasn’t...
Pirates fight but drop four-set battle to DePaul
The Seton Hall volleyball team fell short to DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday night in a four-set match. The Pirates took the first set, scoring 11 of the first 15 points. Julia Wilkins and Elizabeth Sottung both had aces in the set to put the Pirates on top. The Pirates’ largest lead was 19-8 and they ended up winning 25-16. Throughout the second set, it was back and forth, and the score remained close until...
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,...
Cvelbar Shines in Volleyball Win vs. William & Mary
Coming into Sept. 20, the Seton Hall women’s volleyball team had lost eight of its first 11 games, which can potentially be attributed to how young and fairly inexperienced the team is. However, had a fantastic opportunity to get off on the right foot at the George Mason Invitational when facing a .500 squad in William and Mary. At 4-4 overall and in a weaker conference, the Tribe’s weak start gave hope to a Seton Hall squad that...