Men’s golf looks to start the season with a bang
By Staff Writer | September 11While the 2018-19 PGA Tour season ended in late August, the 2019-20 Collegiate Golf season is just getting started.
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Volleyball coach Yaeger ready to lead revamped roster
By Evando Thompson | September 11It’s never an easy task to overcome the loss of seniors who made up most of a team’s production, including one outside hitter who finished in the top five in school history for kills. Head volleyball coach Allison Yaeger is now tasked with mixing a strong freshman class with some returning veterans in order to guide this year’s team to success.
Volleyball sweeps Iona for second win of season
By Staff Writer | September 11The Seton Hall Pirates Volleyball team defeated the Iona Gaels tonight in straight sets, 25-21, 25-22, and 25-13, picking up their second win of the season and rebounding after a tough weekend that saw them lose three of four matches.
Elias ready to help mold changing Pirates
By Kevin Kopf | September 11Despite it being Seton Hall men’s soccer captain Stephen Elias’ first season on campus as a graduate student, his roots with the school are far entrenched within his soccer history.
Men’s soccer team starting strong in new formation
By Staff Writer | September 11The tactical and systematic preparation that goes into styling a team’s game plan often goes unnoticed when a side has players consistently performing at high level. Though the soccer has become a much more fluid sport in terms of where players are positioned on the field, a team’s shape ultimately defines its strengths and weaknesses in terms of personnel.
Pirates get fair shake with 2019-20 Big East schedule
By Tyler Calvaruso | September 11The days of Kevin Willard taking issue with the composition of Seton Hall’s conference schedule might finally be over.
Three major letdowns from Week 1 of the NFL
By Anthony Talarico | September 11The wait is over, and the 2019 NFL season has officially begun. While fans and franchises alike may have been chomping at the bit, not everyone looked to be in midseason form.
NASCAR, once an American pastime, is running out of gas
By Kyle Beck | September 11On Sunday afternoon, veteran driver and former champion Kevin Harvick stormed to victory in NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway after a late battle with fan favorite Joey Logano. Late drama further back saw the final two playoff spots change hands in a crash-filled slugfest of a race, one of the sport’s feature events.
Pirates bunker down but fall to LIU
By Brittany Tomore | September 7The Seton Hall women’s soccer team lost, 1-0, to non-conference rivals Long Island University on Friday, making its season record 1-2 under new head coach Ciara Crinion. The Pirates have not been able to overcome LIU since 2014.
Pirates Lose in a Valiant Effort to Ranked Florida Gulf Coast
By Staff Writer | September 7On Friday, the Seton Hall men’s soccer team travelled to Fort Myers, Florida to take on the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, the country’s 18th ranked team. Despite putting up a noble effort, the Pirates ultimately lost, 1-0.
Pirates Struggle in Losses to Northern Arizona, LaSalle
By Staff Writer | September 7The tri-state area was hit with the full force of fall weather today, as cool temperatures and swirling winds brought summer to a brief halt. Unfortunately, the Seton Hall volleyball team did nothing to lift the spirits of the fans inside Walsh Gymnasium, as the Pirates lost in straight sets to both Northern Arizona and LaSalle.
Women’s Basketball releases non-conference schedule
By Kevin Kopf | September 4The Seton Hall women’s basketball non-conference schedule was released a few weeks ago, and with it comes a few daunting games for head coach Anthony Bozzella and his squad.
International Flavor: Lindberg looks overseas for recruits
By Staff Writer | September 4After an onslaught of departures at the end of last season, Seton Hall men’s soccer head coach Andreas Lindberg and his staff left no stone unturned when scouting and recruiting for the 2019 season. Six prospects from across England, Sweden, Egypt, Israel and Malta comprised most of the nine-man freshmen class while seven transfer students also joined Seton Hall during the offseason. This whirlwind of incoming and outgoing players has not harmed the chemistry within the side, however, and Lindberg feels they are even more unified now than when he initially took charge last year.
Pirates’ golf star Lizzie Win competes with world’s best
By Kyle Beck | September 4The Seton Hall women’s golf season takes a hiatus from late April until late September, but rising senior and team leader Lizzie Win kept busy competing this summer. Win, who earned Big East All-Tournament and All-Conference honors for the second straight season in 2018-19, played in the LPGA Marathon Classic from July 11-14.
Former Seton Hall great has number retired by Jackals
By Robert Fallo | September 4Isaac Pavlik wore the number 7 with the New Jersey Jackals, which was retired by the independent baseball franchise last Thursday. He is now only one of five players to have his number retired by the organization, including Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra. What is more remarkable about the former Seton Hall pitcher is that his jersey number is almost equal to the number of people he graduated with in high school.
Seton Hall’s longest-tenured coach remains motivated
By Evando Thompson | September 4Before turning Seton Hall into a national force, cross country coach John Moon sat behind a desk and inspired others in another way.
Crinion emphasizes empowerment to women’s soccer
By Robert Fallo | September 4Change means a new approach, and as the new head coach for the women’s soccer team, Ciara Crinion understands that her ideas may not be the same as former coach Rick Stainton’s. Each coach has a different belief of how to conduct his or her program, and that is why Crinion is fully aware of her culture shock to the team.
Mamukelashvili, Cale, Obiagu lead Pirates in Italy
By Staff Writer | September 4After final exams ended last May, the more than 5,000 members of Seton Hall’s student body went in different directions. Some returned home to other states or countries, many spent the summer months at jobs or internships, and others got some much-needed rest and relaxation. For the men’s basketball team, however, summer was just another season in the yearly grind of being a Div. I athlete. In addition to the usual summer league circuit and practice sessions in the rec center, the basketball team spent 10 days in Italy from Aug. 7 - 16.
Volleyball drops final two games at opening tournament
By Staff Writer | September 4The 2019 Seton Hall volleyball squad opened up its fall campaign at the Morgan State Invitational this past weekend, the first of four tournaments which the team will play during the year before entering into conference play near the end of September.
Pirates route Central Connecticut in season opener
By Brittany Tomore | September 1Led by NC State transfer Stephen Elias with a hattrick, the Seton Hall men’s soccer team routed Central Connecticut, 6-0, in the first game of the season on Friday. The game decidedly marks the beginning of head coach Andreas Lindberg’s second season with the team.
