Setonian Sports Quick Links: March 16, 2021
By Justin Sousa | March 16After the conclusion of the men’s Big East Tournament last Saturday, conference play has officially ended for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
After the conclusion of the men’s Big East Tournament last Saturday, conference play has officially ended for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Seton Hall began Big East play against Butler this weekend, losing two of their three games from the weekend's series.
Coming off a split double-header against Albany last weekend, Seton Hall traveled to Ohio to start a three-game series at Kent State.
The Seton Hall women’s soccer team lost to the University of Connecticut 5-0 on Sunday, dropping to 1-4 on the season and 0-4 in Big East play.
Seton Hall men’s soccer continued their great start to the season with an impressive 2-1 victory over No. 13 Providence. With the win, they are now 5-0 on the season at Owen T. Carroll Field and 5-1-2 overall.
When Georgetown's the opponent, every team knows the game they're about to play is going to be a fight for every basket. That's what Seton Hall got on Friday night and while they put up a valiant effort to reach the Big East Tournament championship game, they just fell short in the end.
The Seton Hall women’s soccer team lost to Providence 1-0 in their first home game of the season on Thursday.
Seton Hall men's soccer team defeated Villanova 1-0 on Wednesday to remain unbeaten at home this season an improve their record to 4-1-2 overall and 2-1-1 in the Big East.
A nail-biting third encounter of the season between Seton Hall and St. John's fell in favor of the Pirates behind a real team performance.
Sandro Mamukelashvili was named Big East Co-Player of the Year alongside Villanova’s Collin Gillespie and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl on Wednesday.
It’s been almost two years since the Seton Hall men’s basketball team played in the 2019 Big East Tournament final against Villanova. Off the back of a conference regular season title-winning year in 2020, a Myles Powell-led team was robbed of the opportunity to go a step further and claim the tournament title due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament and National Invitation Tournament are back this season with a few coronavirus-induced changes after last year’s tournaments were canceled due to the initial start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Seton Hall volleyball team split their two-game series against Providence to open their Big East season with a win and a loss this past weekend.
The Seton Hall baseball team returned to South Orange on Saturday and split a doubleheader against the University of Albany.
Seton Hall fell short in their second Big East regular season game after St. John's defeated them 2-1 in overtime on Sunday.
Lauren Park-Lane was a revelation for the Seton Hall women’s basketball team even in her first year with the Pirates. She was the only player on the team to start all 31 of the team’s games in the 2019-20 season and averaged 4.2 assists per game and was fourth across the Big East in total assists with 129 as a freshman.
Seton Hall's loss to St. John's on Saturday night was the final kick in the teeth for a team floundering into the post-season. Back-to-back losses to Butler and Georgetown were followed by back-to-back losses to the University of Connecticut on Senior Night and the Redstorm in games that could have pushed the Pirates to as high as third in the Big East standings.
As the No. 3 seed in the Big East Tournament, Seton Hall had already exceed their Preseason Coaches' Poll expectations of being the No. 6 seed. They were also coming into Saturday night's game against Creighton off a five-game winning at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
The stage was set for a fairy-tale ending to the quartet of the Seton Hall seniors’ final home game of the season. Fans were back in attendance, their NCAA Tournament hopes were on the line, they were up against a historic Big East rival in the University of Connecticut and it was Senior Night.
College Senior Nights were always meant to be a special occasion for the student-athletes who devoted their college careers to their athletic program and school. Four-year Seton Hall veterans Sandro Mamukelashvili, Myles Cale and Shavar Reynolds and graduate transfer Bryce Aiken were always going to have their ceremonious send-off at the final home game of this season, but now it will happen in front of a 1,700-person crowd at the Prudential Center.