It was a normal Wednesday for the Seton Hall track and field teams on Feb 24, 2010. Practice had gone on as usual. Then, the athletes were called down to the new coach's suite to meet with Seton Hall administrators.
The women's basketball team will have two chances next week to end a seven game losing streak as well as earn their first win in conference.
Student sections are normally the most notable part of a college basketball arena, but at the Prudential Center, the students are overshadowed by a tarp that covers first three rows of the section creating a buffer between the students and the opponent's bench.
The men's basketball team was dropped in Morgantown Wednesday night, 56-44, losing to No. 25 West Virginia for the seventh straight time, dating back to February 2006.
The Pirates return to action on Saturday at 7 p.m. to take on the No. 6 Connecticut in the Prudential Center.
In an effort to find another missing piece to the jigsaw puzzle of Seton Hall athletics, recently promoted University President, A. Gabriel Esteban, notified students via email on Friday that a search committee has been assembled with the goal of establishing a new Director of Athletics.
Kevin Willard has added one more to his first recruiting class at Seton Hall.
Following wins against No. 9 Syracuse and Providence, senior guard Jeremy Hazell was named to this week's Big East Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Monday.
Anne Donovan recently added to her basketball resume when she was named the New Jersey Sports Writers' Association (NJSWA) Sports Woman of the Year. Others who were honored include Fred Hill, Steve Somers and Frank Litsky.
The men's basketball team defeated Providence at home on Sunday afternoon, 81-71, in a game that the Friars never held the lead.
Overpowered in the paint, the women's basketball team was hammered on the boards by No. 19 Georgetown in their 59-41 defeat.
With Tuesday night's 22-point shocker against No. 9 Syracuse still fresh in the Pirates' minds, the team returns home this Sunday to face Providence at 2 p.m.
At one point in every child's life, they have aspirations of playing professional sports. Whether its playing in the World Cup final or pitching in the ninth inning of game seven of the World Series, dreams are had every day, yet so few of them come true, except in the case of Seton Hall senior midfielder Brayan Martinez.
The men's basketball team, with strong three-point shooting, is leading No. 9 Syracuse at the Carrier Dome, 43-30.
Seton Hall took an early first half lead and never looked back en route to a 90-68 bounce back road victory over the tenth ranked Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome on Tuesday evening.
The Seton Hall men's basketball team fell at home to in state rival Rutgers 66-60. The loss drops the Pirates record to 8-12 and 2-6 in the Big East.
The Seton Hall women's basketball team lost to No. 13 DePaul on Saturday night, extending their losing streak to five games.
The Pirates came up short of upsetting their first ranked team of the season with a 80-75 loss to No. 23 Georgetown. The loss puts the Hall's record at 8-11 and 2-5 in the Big East.
The Seton Hall Pirates lost to No. 5 Pittsburgh Panthers 74-53 on the road at the Peterson Events Center.
Solutions by The State News