Pirates Travel to Xavier, Butler This Weekend

CINCINNATI, OHIO - Cintas Center

SETON HALL (8-16, 3-8) at XAVIER (7-15, 5-6)

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Oct. 26

7:00 PM ET

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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Hinkle Fieldhouse

SETON HALL (8-16, 3-8) at BUTLER (7-16, 4-7)

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Oct. 27

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PREVIEW
Seton Hall heads back on the road this weekend for a pair of BIG EAST Conference contests. The Pirates will first travel to Cincinnati for a contest against Xavier on Friday. Match time is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start. On Saturday, The Hall will head to Indianapolis for a match against Butler. That one will begin at 6:00 p.m.

LAST WEEKEND
Last weekend, the Pirates split a pair of BIG EAST matches at Walsh Gym, both in three sets. On Friday, The Hall swept Georgetown, but fell in three sets against Villanova on Saturday.

Junior Haylee Gasser (Mission Viejo, Calif.) had a team-high 10 kills as the Pirates completed a three-set sweep of Georgetown, 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-23), on Friday. Gasser had 10 kills, only one attack error, a team-best .500 attack percentage and four blocks in a strong all-around match for the Pirates. Senior Sophia Coffey (Sierra Madre, Calif.) finished two digs shy of a double-double, registering a team-high 29 assists and eight digs.

On Saturday, Coffey had a double-double, and The Hall pushed Villanova to its limit in all three sets, but ultimately fell, 3-0 (23-25, 23-25, 23-25). Coffey finished with a team-high 26 assists to go with 11 digs and five kills in a strong all-around match. Senior Cherise Hennigan (Corona, Calif.) led The Hall with nine kills.

For her efforts last weekend, Gasser was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.

SCOUTING XAVIER
Seton Hall and Xavier will meet for the second time this season and 12^th time in history on Friday. Xavier owns an 8-3 all-time series lead, including a four-set victory earlier this season at Walsh Gym.

Senior Abby Thelen (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) had a match-high 19 kills and only one attack error, but the Pirates fell to Xavier, 3-1 (25-14, 20-25, 20-25, 22-25), on Sept. 22 in South Orange. Thelen offensive outburst was as efficient as it was impressive. She also had a team-best .529 attack percentage. Senior Caitlin Koska (Franklin, Wis.) tallied a double-double with 11 kills and 12 digs, while Coffey tallied a season-high 43 assists.

Xavier enters the weekend with a 7-15 overall record and a 5-6 mark in BIG EAST Conference play. They are 3-3 at the Cintas Center this season. The Musketeers have won two of their last three matches with four-set wins at Butler, and most recently at Providence. Their last loss was a five-set set back at No. 10 Creighton on Friday. Laura Grossman leads their team with 2.91 kills per set.

SCOUTING BUTLER
Seton Hall and Butler will meet for the second time this season and 12^th time in history. The Bulldogs own a slim 6-5 all-time series lead in the series by virtue of a three-set victory over the Pirates earlier this season at Walsh Gym.

Sophia Coffey had 16 assists and five digs, but the Pirates dropped their BIG EAST home opener to Butler, 3-0 (13-25, 24-26, 20-25), on Sept. 21 at Walsh Gym. Caitlin Koska led the Pirates offensively with nine kills. Senior Miranda Higginbotham (Dallas, Texas) had a team-best seven digs.

Butler enters the weekend with a 7-16 overall record and a 4-7 mark in BIG EAST Conference play. The Bulldogs have dropped three of their last four matches, and five of their last seven. Like Xavier, they are coming off a split of their last weekend series with a victory at Providence and a loss to No. 10 Creighton. Gregory Brooke leads Butler with 2.88 kills per set.