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Pirates Travel to Providence, Creighton This Weekend

10/13/2016 10:13:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

HOME NOTES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016
SETON HALL (9-11, 3-4) at
PROVIDENCE (12-10, 0-6)
Alumni Hall – Providence, R.I.
7:00 p.m. ET
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016
SETON HALL (9-11, 3-4) at CREIGHTON (12-6, 6-0)
D.J. Sokol Arena – Omaha, Neb.
1:00 p.m. ET
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PREVIEW
Seton Hall will return to the road this weekend for a pair of BIG EAST Conference road matches. On Friday, the Pirates will travel to Providence for a 7:00 p.m. match with the Friars. On Sunday, The Hall will travel to Creighton to take on the defending BIG EAST champions. Start time for that match is 1:00 p.m. ET.

Last week, Seton Hall dropped a pair of BIG EAST home matches. On Friday, the Pirates led DePaul two sets to one, but fell in five sets. Four Pirates reached double-figures in kills, led by sophomore Abby Thelen, who had a team-high 16. The Pirates had a season-high .333 attack percentage, but also had a season-high 13 service errors. On Saturday, the Pirates lost in four sets to Marquette. After losing the first set 25-8, The Hall bounced back nicely by winning the second set. However, the Golden Eagles won sets three and four to complete the victory. Danielle Schroeder notched a team-high 13 kills, her ninth straight match reaching double-figures in kills.

Providence enters Friday's contest with a 12-10 overall record and a 0-6 mark in BIG EAST play. The Friars started the season with wins in nine of their first 10 matches, but have struggled mightily since beginning conference play. In six BIG EAST matches, Providence has won only three sets, which includes a five-set loss to DePaul and a four-set loss at Georgetown. Last season, Seton Hall and Providence split the regular season series, with each team winning on its home floor. The Pirates' five-set loss at Providence snapped a five-match win streak against the Friars.

Whereas Providence has been struggling recently, Creighton is playing its best volleyball. The Bluejays enter the weekend with an overall record of 12-6 and a perfect 6-0 record in conference play. Since losing at No. 1 Nebraska in four sets on Sept. 17, Creighton has only lost two sets over six straight match victories. The Bluejays dropped a set at home to DePaul and at Villanova. They swept Marquette, Xavier, Butler and most recently, Georgetown. Last season, the Bluejays swept the season series from Seton Hall. The Pirates are 3-4 all-time against Creighton, most notably dropping the 2014 BIG EAST Championship match to them in four sets.

SETON HALL NOTES
STREAKING SCHROEDER
Senior Danielle Schroeder has become the most-reliable offensive option for the Pirates this season. Last weekend, she had 11 kills vs. DePaul and a team-best 13 kills vs. Marquette. Schroeder has now reached double-figures in kills in nine straight matches, and in 15 of the team's 20 matches this season.

PUSHING THE GAS
Freshman Haylee Gasser has seen an uptick in offensive production the last couple of weeks. In three of her last four matches, she has set a career-high in kills. Gasser had 10 kills at Georgetown on Sept. 27, 11 kills at St. John's on Oct. 1 and 12 kills vs. DePaul on Oct. 7. She has been efficient too. In that three-match span, she had a total of only four attack errors.

FOURNIER PASSES MATTERS
With 25 digs against Marquette on Saturday, senior Tessa Fournier passed former Pirate and current assistant coach Allie Matters for second on the Seton Hall career digs list. Former teammate Alyssa Warren is the Pirates' all-time leader with 2,381.

HONOR ROLL FOR SCHROEDER
Senior Danielle Schroeder was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Oct. 3 for the second straight week and the third time this season. At Georgetown, she recorded a match-high 14 kills to go along with an impressive .409 attack percentage, two digs and two blocks. At St. John's on Saturday, Schroeder had 13 kills, three digs and matched her career-high with seven blocks.

COFFEY MOVES INTO EIGHTH
With 43 assists vs. Butler on Sept. 23, sophomore Sophia Coffey moved past former Pirate Nichole Bushroe for eighth on the all-time list. She needs 471 more to pass Beata Jastrzembski for seventh on the list.

PIRATES WIN BLUE RAIDER BASH
Seton Hall lost only one set over the three matches of the Blue Raider Bash, defeating Illinois State in four sets and sweeping both Tennessee Tech and host Middle Tennessee State. It is Seton Hall's first road tournament championship since winning the Carmichael Invitational at Rhode Island in 2012.

FOURNIER NAMED PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST
Senior Tessa Fournier was unanimously named to the 2016 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. A three-time AVCA All-Region honoree, Fournier was named BIG EAST Libero of the Year for a second consecutive season in 2015, and led the BIG EAST in both digs (583) and digs per set (5.16).

FREE PIRATES SPORTS NETWORK
For the first time ever, all live events on the Pirates Sports Network (PSN) will be carried free of charge on SHUpirates.com. You can now see all home volleyball contests live from Walsh Gym in 2016 for free.

PRESEASON POLL
Seton Hall was picked seventh in this year's BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll. Creighton was the unanimous conference favorite, followed by Marquette and Xavier. The Pirates have outplayed their expectations in each of the last two seasons under head coach Allison Yaeger. In 2014, The Hall was picked to finish sixth, but placed second. In 2015, they were picked sixth, but finished fifth.

VOLLEYBALL ON BEDN
Seton Hall will have two regular season matches broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network, a Nov. 12 date at Marquette followed by a Nov. 19 home game vs. St. John's. Should the Pirates qualify for the BIG EAST Championship, the semifinal round will also be carried on BEDN.

AVCA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD
Seton Hall was one of six BIG EAST volleyball programs that received a 2016 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. The award honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average.

FOLLOW @SHUVOLLEY ON TWITTER
For inside info, pictures, and in-match updates, follow the SHU volleyball program on Twitter @SHUVolley.

PIRATES ADD FIVE
In 2016, Seton Hall is welcoming five newcomers to the roster. Eligible to begin play this fall are freshmen Maggie Cvelbar, Haylee Gasser and Madison Salkowski. Junior walk-on Brooke Flores also joins the team, as does junior transfer Dominique Mason.