Schroeder, Mason Lift Pirates to Wild Five-Set Win

Saturday, November 5

South Orange, N.J.

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

14-14, 8-7

Villanova

17-10, 8-6

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Team Stats

HALL

Kills

Errors

Attempts

163

172

Hitting %

.221

.215

Points

77.5

80.0

Assists

Aces

Blocks

12.5

10.0

11/5/2016 10:27:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Senior Danielle Schroeder (Chicago, Ill.) recorded a season-high 19 kills, including the 1,000^th of her career, as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team outlasted Villanova in five sets, 3-2 (27-25, 25-14, 17-25, 21-25, 15-11), on Saturday.

Seton Hall (14-14, 8-7) started the match strong and an ace by Sophia Coffey (Sierra Madre, Calif.) gave it a 14-8 lead in set one. Villanova rallied to tie the score at 19, and an ace by Allison Fitzgerald put the Wildcats in set point, 24-23. Seton Hall bounced back however, and a kill by Dominique Mason (Chicago, Ill.) tied the score at 24. With the Pirates leading 25-24, an ace by Miranda Higginbotham (Dallas, Texas) won the set for The Hall.

The Pirates led for virtually the entire second set before winning in convincing fashion, 25-14, to take a commanding 2-0 match lead.

With The Hall eyeing a sweep, Villanova bounced back in set three. The Pirates never led, but remained close throughout the set. Block assists by Schroeder and Haylee Gasser (Mission Viejo, Calif.) cut the Wildcat lead to 19-17, but Villanova responded with six straight points to win set three, 25-17. Set four was similarly close, and had the same result. With the score tied at 15, Villanova scored seven straight to take a commanding 22-15 advantage. They went on to tie the match with a 25-21 set four win.

Turning Point:
The Hall had a .500 attack percentage and committed just one attack error in a near flawless set-five performance. Another kill by Mason gave the Pirates an 8-6 lead when the teams switched sides. Leading 12-10, Seton Hall scored three of the final four points, which included kills by Gasser and Abby Thelen (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.).

Inside the Numbers:

Mason had her second straight big offensive performance with 16 kills and a .255 attack percentage.
Coffey finished with a team-high 47 assists to go along with 10 digs and four blocks.
Senior Tessa Fournier (Redondo Beach, Calif.) had a match-high 23 digs to go along with a season-high eight assists.
Gasser finished with 10 kills and no attack errors for a team-best .385 attack percentage to go along with four blocks
Freshman Madison Salkowski (Cold Springs, Ky.) had a team-high six blocks.

News & Notes:

With 19 kills tonight, Schroeder becomes the 10^th player on Seton Hall history to surpass 1,000 kills for her career.
Coffey's double-double is the team-leading seventh of the season and the 17^th of her career.
Schroeder has tallied at least 15 kills in a single-match five times this season and 14 times in her career.
Mason has recorded at least 16 kills in two straight matches.
Fournier has now reached at least 20 digs in a single-match 12 times this season and 41 times in her career.
The Pirates improve to 15-25 all-time against Villanova.
Seton Hall improves to 7-4 at Walsh Gym in 2016.
Seton Hall improves to 3-2 in five-set matches this season.

Up Next:
The Pirates will return to action on Saturday, November 12 when they travel to Milwaukee for a match at Marquette. Match time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. ET.