The Hall Travels to Xavier, Butler This Weekend

Cintas Center – Cincinnati, Ohio

SETON HALL (9-9, 3-2) at XAVIER (7-11, 2-3)

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Friday, Oct. 6

7:00 PM ET

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Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Indiana

SETON HALL (9-9, 3-2) at BUTLER (12-5, 2-3)

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Saturday, Oct. 7

6:00 PM ET

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PREVIEW
Seton Hall will head back on the road this weekend for a pair of games in the mid-west. The Pirates will first travel to Cincinnati on Friday for a match at Xavier. Match time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and will be streamed live for free at goxavier.com. On Saturday, The Hall will head to Indianapolis for a contest at Butler. Match time on Saturday is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., and will be shown on Butler's Facebook Live.

WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday, Seton Hall improved to 3-2 in conference play with a four-set victory over Georgetown at Walsh Gym. Junior Abby Thelen (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) had a match-high 18 kills with just one attack error and had a .500 attack percentage. As a team, the Pirates .310 attack percentage was a season-high. Dominique Mason (Chicago, Ill.) added 14 kills.

LAST WEEKEND
The Pirates returned home last weekend and split a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches at Walsh Gym. On Friday, The Hall put forth a strong effort, but fell in three sets against No. 14 Creighton. Mason notched a double-double with a team-high 10 kills and a career-high 13 digs. Junior Sophia Coffey (Sierra Madre, Calif.) narrowly missed a double-double with 22 assists and eight digs. On Saturday, Seton Hall bounced back with a straight sets victory over Providence. The win was the 100th in the coaching career of head coach Allison Yaeger. Mason and Maggie Cvelbar (Euclid, Ohio) registered double-doubles.

For her efforts, Mason was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for a second straight week.

SCOUTING XAVIER
Seton Hall and Xavier will meet for only the ninth time in history on Friday. The Musketeers have dominated the all-time series, having won six of the prior eight meetings.

Last season, the teams split the home-and-home series with each team winning at home. On Sept. 24, Seton Hall defeated Xavier in four sets at Walsh Gym. Thelen erupted for a match-high 17 kills to go with seven digs. Coffey was just one dig shy of a double-double with 28 assists and nine digs. Cvelbar was only two digs shy. On Oct. 21, the Musketeers defeated the Pirates in Cincinnati in four sets. Again, it was Thelen who had a big effort, logging a match-high 20 kills to go with eight digs and three blocks. Mason added 15 kills.

Xavier enters Friday's contest with a record of 7-11 overall and 2-3 in the BIG EAST Conference. The Musketeers are coming off a split of two road conference matches last weekend. ON Friday, Xavier was swept at Villanova, but it bounced back to defeat Georgetown in D.C. in four sets on Saturday. The Pirates and Musketeers had one common opponent in the non-conference portion of their schedule. Xavier lost to Cincinnati in five sets earlier this season, while the Pirates defeated the Bearcats in four sets. Other BIG EAST results for Xavier include a five-set win over DePaul and four-set losses to Butler and Marquette.

SCOUTING BUTLER
Seton Hall and Butler will face off for the ninth time in history on Saturday. The Pirates have won five of the prior eight meetings, including four straight.

Last season, Seton Hall swept the home-and-home series. On Sept. 23, the Pirates edged the Bulldogs in a five-set marathon for their first BIG EAST victory of the season. Cherise Hennigan (Corona, Calif.) erupted for a career-high 23 kills and a .364 attack percentage in the victory. Coffey had 43 assists and nine digs. Thelen recorded 10 kills. On Oct. 22, the Pirates swept Butler in Indianapolis. Thelen had a match-high 21 kills, while Coffey had a double-double with 39 assists and 13 digs.

Butler enters the weekend with an impressive 12-5 overall record and a 2-3 mark in BIG EAST Conference play. The Bulldogs are coming off a pair of road losses last weekend. On Friday, Butler fell at Georgetown in five sets, and was swept at Villanova on Saturday. Seton Hall and Butler didn't have any common opponents in the non-conference schedule. Other BIG EAST contests included a three-set loss to Marquette and victories of DePaul and at Xavier.