Koska Leads Pirate Sweep of Columbia

Saturday, September 15

Hempstead, N.Y.

3:00 PM

Seton Hall University

5-7

Columbia

6-4

Columbia

Seton Hall

9/15/2018 6:23:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Senior Caitlin Koska (Franklin, Wis.) had a team-high 12 kills and the Seton Hall women's volleyball team recorded a season-high .384 attack percentage as the Pirates swept Columbia, 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-17), in its second match of the Hofstra Invitational on Saturday.

The Pirates' .384 attack percentage is their highest mark in a single match since connecting at a .419 pace at Georgetown on Nov. 21, 2014. The Hall's impressive percentage was buoyed by a strong first set, which featured 16 kills and only one attack error for a .556 rate. In fact, the Pirates committed only 10 attack errors for the entire match.

In addition to Koska's team-best 12 kills, she had seven digs, three service aces and two blocks in a strong all-around effort.

SET 1:
Seton Hall dominated the first set, riding 16 kills and only one attack error to an easy victory. Already leading 15-11, the Pirates ended the set with a 10-2 flurry, which included the last five points. A kill by Koska provided the exclamation in an easy 25-13 win.

SET 2:
Trailing 5-3 early in set two, the Pirates went on a 10-2 run to take the lead for good, and a kill by Haylee Gasser (Mission Viejo, Calif.) put them on top, 13-7. The Tigers went on a run of their own, and cut the Seton Hall lead to just two, 16-14. The Pirates though, were able to regroup and another 7-2 outburst all but put the set away. A kill by Koska put The Hall in set point, and the ensuing kill by Claire Forrest (Pasadena, Calif.) won the set, 25-19.

SET 3:
The final set was the closest of the match, featuring seven ties and five lead changes, but ultimately the result was the same. Trailing 12-11, Seton Hall went on a 6-1 run to take a 17-13 advantage and prompt a Columbia timeout. The Tigers scored the first point out of the break, but the Pirates reeled off the next four to put the set away. A kill by Gasser ended the set, 25-17, in the Pirates' favor to complete the sweep.

Inside the Numbers:

Koska had a team-high 12 kills to go with seven digs, three service aces and two blocks.
Gasser had six kills, with only one attack error, and a match-high six blocks.
Senior Abby Thelen (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) had seven kills and only one attack error.
Sophomore Amanda Rachwal (Bethlehem, Pa.) and freshman Emilee Turner (Kaysville, Utah) had six kills and zero attack errors each.
Seton Hall recorded a .384 attack percentage for the match, while Columbia attacked at .126.
The Hall had 43 team kills, while the Tigers had 30.
The Pirates totaled 37 team digs, while Columbia had 26.

News & Notes:

Seton Hall improves to 5-7 on the young season, while Columbia falls to 6-4.
The Pirates are now a perfect 7-0 all-time against Columbia.
The Pirates improve to 3-4 in three-set matches.
Seton Hall's .384 attack percentage is its highest in a single match since recording a .419 mark at Georgetown on Nov. 21, 2014.
The Hall is now 5-0 this season when it has more kills than its opponent.
With seven kills today, Thelen passed former Pirate Amanda Hansen into eighth place on the Seton Hall all-time kills list. She now has 1,093 for her career.