Thelen Powers Pirates to Sweep of Butler

Saturday, October 22

Indianapolis, Ind.

6:00 PM

Seton Hall University

11-13, 5-6

Butler

16-11, 5-6

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Team Stats

HALL

Kills

Errors

Attempts

146

126

Hitting %

.212

.206

Points

59.0

56.5

Assists

Aces

Blocks

5.0

12.5

10/22/2016 8:22:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Sophomore Abby Thelen (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) tallied a career-high 21 kills as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team swept Butler, 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 27-25), on Saturday.

Butler scored six of the first eight points to begin the match, but the Pirates rebounded nicely with five straight points to take a 7-6 lead. From there, the teams combined for nine ties and five lead changes. With the score tied at 22, Seton Hall scored two straight and a kill by Danielle Schroeder (Chicago, Ill.) put the Pirates in set point at 24-22. Two points later, a kill by Thelen won the set for The Hall, 25-23.

The Bulldogs started the second set the same as the first with a 6-2 lead, and the Pirates rallied similarly as well. Trailing 13-11, The Hall went on a 7-0 run to take a commanding 18-13 advantage. Another kill by Thelen put the Pirates in set point, 24-20, but Butler responded with four straight points to tie the set at 24. Seton Hall however, didn't relent, and back-to-back kills by Madison Sakowski (Cold Springs, Ky.) gave the Pirates a 26-24, set two victory and a commanding two-set match lead.

Butler bounced back and took an early lead in set three, 13-7. Seton Hall rallied and a kill by Schroeder tied the set at 20. After five more ties, a kill by Thelen put the Pirates in match points at 26-25, and the ensuing kill by Salkowski won the match for The Hall.

Inside the Numbers:

Thelen had eight digs to go with her match-high 20 kills.
Sophomore Sophia Coffey (Sierra Madre, Calif.) finished with a team-high 39 assists to go with 13 digs.
Senior Tessa Fournier (Redondo Beach, Calif.) had a match-high 22 digs to go with four assists.
Salkowski had six kills without an attack error.
Schroeder finished with nine kills.

News & Notes:

With 22 digs today, Fournier becomes only the second Pirate (Alyssa Warren) in program history to amass more than 2,000 for a career.
With nine kills today, Schroeder passes former Pirate Laura Romeika for 10^th on Seton Hall's career list.
Coffey's double-double is her team-leading fifth of the season and the 15^th of her career.
Thelen has recorded at least 15 kills in a single match a team-best seven times this season.
Thelen recorded a total of 41 kills over two matches this weekend.
The Pirates improve to 5-3 all-time against Butler.
Seton Hall improves to 5-7 on the road in 2016.
Seton Hall improves to 5-6 in three-set matches this season.

Up Next:
The Pirates will return to action on Friday, October 28 when they host defending BIG EAST champion Creighton at Walsh Gym. Match time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.