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...
Volleyball takes down George Mason in four sets
The Seton Hall women’s volleyball team defeated the George Mason Patriots on the road in Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday afternoon in a four-set match for its second win in a row. Emilee Turner and Amanda Rachwal made career high kills with Turner with 15 and Rachwal with 13. The Pirates’ offense was also dominant against the Patriots, recording a season-high attack percentage of 0.313 while Turner, Rachwal, and Julia Wilkins...
Volleyball takes down George Mason in four sets
The Seton Hall women’s volleyball team defeated the George Mason Patriots on the road in Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday afternoon in a four-set match for its second win in a row. Emilee Turner and Amanda Rachwal made career-high kills with Turner with 15 and Rachwal with 13. The Pirates’ offense was also dominant against the Patriots, recording a season-high attack percentage of 0.313 while Turner, Rachwal, and Julia Wilkins...
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...
Volleyball’s freshman class is repeating a cycle
Volleyball head coach Allison Yaeger knew that the task she would have this season with six incoming freshmen and the loss of five key seniors. In 2014, when Seton Hall had a big incoming class and many players, it was faced with the same challenge. Then, the Pirates had some of the best players in program history like Tessa Fournier, All-American libero, Amanda Hansen, who made All-Big East teams and Dani Schroeder to guide the way...
Pirates defeat Saint Francis, fall to Akron
The Seton Hall women’s volleyball team went 1-2 over the weekend at the Akron Invitational, falling to Eastern Kentucky and Akron but defeating Saint Francis. The first set of the first game between Seton Hall and Eastern Kentucky went down to the wire with the match having 13 overall ties along and nine lead changes for the whole set. The Pirates were able to lead the first part of the match and had a comfortable 18-13 lead on...