Offense Shines, But Pirates Drop Match to Princeton

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4:00 PM

Seton Hall University

5-7

Princeton

6-3

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PRIN

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155

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.374

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Offense Shines, But Pirates Drop Match to Princeton

9/16/2016 6:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Sophomore Caitlin Koska (Franklin, Wis.) recorded a career-high 15 kills and Sophia Coffey (Sierra Madre, Calif.) had a double-double, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell to Princeton, 3-1 (25-20, 16-25, 22-25, 22-25), on Friday at the Rutgers Invitational.

Seton Hall (5-7) raced out of the gate and scored the first six points of the match. Princeton cut the Pirate lead to four late, but could never draw even, and the Pirates won the first set wire-to-wire, 25-20. The Hall connected on a .447 attack percentage and Koska and Danielle Schroeder (Chicago, Ill.) led the way with six kills each in the first set alone.

Turning Point:
Princeton bounced back in set two with an equally dominant performance. This time, it was the Tigers who never trailed. Princeton used a 7-1 run to take a commanding 10-4 lead and never looked back in route to a 25-16 set two victory to tie the match.

The Tigers kept the pressure on in set three, taking a 2-1 match lead with another strong performance in the third frame. It was the closest set of the match with the teams combining for 15 ties and six lead changes. With the score tied at 17, Princeton scored three straight and the Pirates couldn't recover. The Tigers won set three, 25-22, to take a 2-1 match lead.

A kill by Coffey gave the Pirates an 11-8 lead in set four, but Princeton scored five of the next six points and never trailed again in set four. The Tiger lead grew to as many as four points on two occasions before eventually settling on a 25-22 set four final score.

Inside the Numbers:

Schroeder finished with a team-high 16 kills.
Coffey finished with 30 assists and 14 digs for her third double-double of the season.
Sophomore Cherise Hennigan (Corona, Calif.) notched 13 kills without a single attack error.
Freshman Haylee Gasser (Mission Viejo, Calif.) had a career-high seven kills to go with three blocks and an impressive .545 attack percentage.
Senior Tessa Fournier (Redondo Beach, Calif.) recorded a match-high 24 digs.
Koska had eight digs to go with her 15 kills.

News & Notes:

Schroeder has tallied at least 15 kills twice this season and 11 times for her career.
It's the first time this season the Pirates have lost after winning the first set.
Fournier topped the 20-dig mark for the fifth time this season and 34^th of her career.
The Pirates fall to 6-6 all-time against Princeton.
Seton Hall drops to 2-3 in neutral site matches in 2016.
Seton Hall falls to 2-2 in four-set matches this season.

Up Next:
The Pirates will return to action tomorrow morning when they complete play at the Rutgers Invitational by taking on the host. Match time is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.