No. 1 Syracuse dominates Seton Hall in Big East opener
By Staff Writer | December 28Playing from behind for the entire game the Seton Hall Pirates lost to No. 1 Syracuse Orange, Wednesday night to open Big East play.
Playing from behind for the entire game the Seton Hall Pirates lost to No. 1 Syracuse Orange, Wednesday night to open Big East play.
Starting the season with their best record since the 1992-32 season, the 11-1 men's basketball team begins conference play on the road against the top ranked Syracuse Orange, Wednesday night.
Starting the season with their best record since the 1992-93 season, the men's basketball finished non-conference play with a 87-61 win over the Longwood Lancers.
Despite having a nine point lead in the first half and a six point lead at half time, the women's basketball team was unable to hold on to the lead on Wednesday at Walsh Gym, losing to William & Mary 61-54.
Seton Hall has named Gerson Echeverry as the new men's soccer coach as announced by Athletic Director Patrick Lyons on Monday.
Seton Hall escaped a relentless Mercer team with an 80-77 victory in overtime.
Seton Hall leads Mercer by two points at the end of the first half.
The Seton Hall swimming and diving teams sent four Pirates to the USA Swimming AT&T Winter National Championships, a three-day event, at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta starting Dec. 1.
The Big East Conference is expanding west with the announcement of five schools joining the conference in the fall of 2013. The University of Houston, University of Central Florida and Southern Methodist University will become all-sport members of the conference while Boise State and San Diego State will be football only members.
The seven-time NCAA national champion and defending Big East champion, No. 2 Connecticut, comes to Walsh Gymnasium to face the Pirates in both teams' Big East opener at 7 p.m. on Friday.
For most teams, halftime is used as a cool down period and a chance to make slight game plan changes to succeed in the second half.
After four straight wins at home, the Seton Hall men's basketball team is back in action this Saturday against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Seton Hall Pirates defeated their cross town rival NJIT Highlanders 78-48 on Tuesday night at the Prudential Center.
The Seton Hall Women's Basketball team lost to ACC foe Wake Forest 60-44 at Walsh Gym on Sunday afternoon.
In front of a sold out student section, the Seton Hall men's basketball team jumped out to an 11 point lead in the first eight minutes of the game and never looked back, eventually winning 81-59 in the 2011 installment of the Big East/SEC Challenge.
Coming off their fourth come-from-behind of the season, the men's basketball team faces Auburn University in the 2011 installment of the Big East/SEC Challenge on Friday at the Prudential Center.
Senior Jasmine Crew led the Pirates to a 2-1 record in the Paradise Jam last weekend, resulting in a second place finish in the Island Division.
For the last 24 years, Manny Schellscheidt has patrolled the touchline at Owen T. Carroll Field.
Leading her team to a 2-1 record at the Paradise Jam, senior Jasmine Crew has been named Big East Women's Basketball player of the week.
Coming off a highly successful trip to the Virgin Islands, the Seton Hall women's basketball team returns to the tri-state area Thursday night to face the Hofstra Pride on the road, followed by a Sunday afternoon tilt against ACC foe Wake Forest.