At the point in Luther Wright's life when he was no longer playing basketball, suffering from a drug addiction and living on the street, it seemed as though he hit rock bottom.
The women's soccer team recorded their fourth straight victory for the first time since 2005 after defeating SUNY Binghamton 1-0 on Sept. 20 and Rutgers by the same score on Sept. 17.
The women's tennis team competed in the Quinnipiac Tournament this past weekend, winning the singles "A" bracket and finishing runner up in the sing "C" bracket along with doubles "B" bracket.
The men's soccer team lost their final two non-conference games before their Big East schedule begins on Saturday.
While many Seton Hall students were spending their summer at the shore or working, the women's volleyball team was in the gym practicing six days a week for seven hours a day.
The men's soccer team recorded their first victory of the season, defeating the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 3-0, on Sept. 12.
Seton Hall's Men's and Women's Cross Country teams competed in the Big East preview on Sept. 12, hosted by Syracuse University, with the men finishing fifth out of seven teams and the women finishing seventh out of nine teams.
The men's golf team placed second among on Sept. 11 at the Rutgers Invitational Tournament in Piscataway, N.J.
The women's soccer team swept their opponents at the Colgate Nike Invitational last weekend, taking games from both Colgate and Cornell.
The Pirates' summer began with the announcement that Jeremy Hazell and Jeff Robinson will return for their senior seasons after much discussion around potentially entering the NBA draft. Additionally, Herb Pope, who led the Big East in rebounds last season, is projected to make a full recovery from unexpectedly collapsing after a workout in late April.
The Seton Hall men's soccer team finished the preseason with a zero in the loss column, after the Hall went winless in their final 11 games of last season.
Major changes have come upon the women's basketball team following the worst Big East season in team history.
The women's volleyball team rallied back in its opening match of the Tribe Invitational last weekend to secure a win before dropping the following two games to open the season at 1-2.
The Seton Hall men's basketball team added another piece to the puzzle last week with the signing of 6-foot-11-inch Englishman Aaron Geramipoor of the Canarias Basketball Academy to a national letter of intent for the 2010-11 season.
The Seton Hall women's basketball team recently acquired transfer Tarjay Ashmeade, a 6-foot-3-inch junior center, for the upcoming season. The roster update was announced by new head coach Anne Donovon Friday.
The Pirates got their first 2010 commitment from Aaron Cosby, a 6-foot-2-inch combo guard from Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts, according to Zagsblog.com.
The Big East Conference released the 2010-11 men's basketball opponents matrix on Thursday which revealed that the Pirates will be facing Rutgers, Syracuse and Marquette both at home and on the road.
UPDATE: Since his release from St. Barnabas Medical Center, Pope has been seen on the Seton Hall campus several times by editors of The Setonian. Each time, Pope was dressed in Pirates athletic gear.
Only one day before the spring signing period ended, Seton Hall continued making off-season strides by signing Patrik Auda and Anali Okoloji, head coach Kevin Willard announced this past Friday.
Kevin Willard has made his first big signing as head coach of the Seton Hall Pirates. 6-foot 9-inch power forward Patrik Auda, hailing from the Czech Republic, has signed a letter of intent to play under Willard according to multiple reports at Zagsblog.com and NJ Hoops Haven.
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