Volleyball Downs Marquette in Four Sets
11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Sophomore Dani Schroeder (Chicago, Ill.) recorded a season-high 16 kills as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team downed Marquette, 3-1 (27-25, 19-25, 27-25, 25-16), on Friday for its fifth straight victory.
The victory snaps Marquette's six-match win streak and is the first win for Seton Hall over the Golden Eagles since 2009.
Senior Shelbey Manthorpe (Merion Station, Pa.) nearly recorded a triple-double with a match-high 42 assists to go with 24 digs and eight kills. Her sister Stacey Manthorpe (Merion Station, Pa.) had a team-high 19 kills, 16 digs and five blocks for her team-leading 19th double-double of the season.
In the teams' first meeting this season, Marquette set an NCAA record for most points in a four-set match. Both teams won a set that scored well into the mid-30s. Although there were no marathon sets, Friday's match proved to be nearly as close.
With the score tied at 10, Marquette scored three straight to take the first three-point lead of the first set. Trailing 16-13, Seton Hall scored five of the next six points and a kill by Stacey Manthorpe gave the Pirates an 18-17 advantage. But the Golden Eagles responded with three straight of their own to jump back ahead, 20-18. Marquette sent Seton Hall to the brink at 24-22, but The Hall staved off two set points to tie the set at 24. With the set tied at 25, a Marquette attack error put the Pirates in set point and a kill by Stacey Manthorpe won the set in come-back fashion for SHU.
The teams combined for 57 digs in set one as many of the points were lengthy ones. The Pirates had an attack percentage of .255 in set one, compared to just .145 for Marquette. Stacey Manthorpe had five kills and eight digs in set one alone.
Set two appeared as though it was going to be just as close as set one, but it turned into a blowout. With the score tied at eight, Marquette took control. The Golden Eagles scored nine straight points to take a commanding 17-8 advantage. The lead grew to as large as 10 points, and Seton Hall was able to cut it in half twice, but couldn't get closer. Marquette tied the match with a 25-19 set two victory. Marquette's offense was significantly more impressive in set two, attacking at a .310 rate.
Seton Hall started quickly in set three, scoring five of the first seven points. Block assists by Ashani Rubin (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Dani Schroeder extended the Pirates' lead to 11-6. The Pirates led by as many as six points, 17-11, but the Golden Eagles came charging back with an 8-2 run to take a 20-19 lead. With Marquette ahead 24-23, a kill by Schroeder staved off a set point to tie the set at 24. With the score tied at 25, a kill by Stacey Manthorpe put The Hall in set point and a bad set by Marquette handed a set three victory to Seton Hall, 27-25.
Rubin, the BIG EAST leader in total blocks, finished the night with a match-high nine blocks.
Set four was all Seton Hall. Marquette never led as the Pirates scored five of the first seven points for the second straight set. The lead grew to six at 9-3 on an ace by Shelbey Manthorpe. Marquette cut the Pirate lead to 11-9, but the Pirates responded with five unanswered points to take a commanding 16-9 advantage. The lead grew to nine on a kill by Stacey Manthorpe, 19-10, and from there, the Golden Eagles didn't get closer than six points. A kill by Amanda Hansen (Pewaukee, Wis.) sent Seton Hall to a 25-16 set four win and a 3-1 match victory.
Stacey Manthorpe was dominant in the deciding set, recording eight kills and a .400 attack percentage in the final set alone. As a team, The Hall had its best offensive set of the night, tallying 17 kills and just three attack errors for a match-high .368 attack percentage.
Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year Autumn Bailey didn't disappoint for Marquette. The sophomore had 29 kills, 20 digs and a .348 attack percentage in the loss.
Tessa Fournier (Redondo Beach, Calif.), the front-runner for BIG EAST Libero of the Year, tallied 24 digs.
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow afternoon when it hosts DePaul in the regular season home finale. Match time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. With a victory, the Pirates will clinch a berth in their first BIG EAST Tournament since 2011. Following the game, the Pirates will honor six graduating seniors, both Manthorpes, Rubin, Sam Duncan (Tucson, Ariz.), Jamie Froning (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Simona Sekulova (Auckland, New Zealand).
