Turner, Ilieva Power Pirates in Four-Set Setback at Marquette

Saturday, October 16

Milwaukee, Wis. / Al McGuire Center

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

10-12,2-6Big East

Marquette

16-3,7-1Big East

Seton Hall

Marquette

Turner, Ilieva Power Pirates in Four-Set Setback at Marquette

10/16/2021 9:50:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Turner and Ilieva led The Hall with nine kills apiece. Jakubowski had a double-double.

MILWAUKEE – Senior Emilee Turner (Kaysville, Utah) and sophomore Tsvetelina Ilieva (Sofia, Bulgaria) combined for 18 kills and only three attack errors, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell in four sets at Marquette, 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 12-25, 19-25), on Saturday.

Turner finished with nine kills, only one attack error, and a .364 attack percentage, while Ilieva had nine kills, two attack errors, and three digs. Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) missed the team lead by only one kill, finishing with eight.

Sophomore Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) picked up her fifth double-double in the last six matches. She finished with 15 assists and 13 digs.

SET 1:
The opening set was close throughout with the teams tying 14 times. Trailing 15-14, a kill by Emilee Turner (Kaysville, Utah) tied the score and then a block by Madison Frusha (Huntsville, Texas) and Ilieva gave The Hall the lead. Down 18-16, Marquette went on a set-changing 8-0 run to enter set point, 24-18. The Hall staved off three set points, but ultimately fell, 25-21.

SET 2:
Down 10-6, the Pirates scored four straight, and a kill by Lucas tied the set and forced a Marquette timeout. Trailing 15-14, The Hall went on another four-point burst to grab an 18-15 advantage. The Golden Eagles, however, responded with four straight of their own to reclaim the lead, 19-18. With the score tied at 20, back-to-back kills by Frusha and Madeline Matheny (Wilmington, Del.) gave the Pirates the lead for good. Up 23-22, a Marquette service error put The Hall in set point, and a kill by Amanda Rachwal (Bethlehem, Pa.) won it for the Pirates. The Pirates' set two win snapped a 10-set losing streak to Marquette.

SET 3:
Marquette took control of the third set at the start, scoring 15 of the first 20 points and forcing the Pirates to spend both of their timeouts early. The Hall played relatively evenly with the Golden Eagles the rest of the set, but couldn't overcome the early deficit and fell, 25-12. Marquette had an impressive .421 attack percentage in the third set, compared to .162 for the Pirates.

SET 4:
A kill by Matheny cut The Hall's deficit to 10-8 early in the fourth set, but Marquette bounced back with six of the next eight points to take a 16-10 advantage. Down 19-14, the Pirates scored three straight to cut their deficit to two points, and force a Marquette timeout. The Golden Eagles, however, regrouped and didn't allow The Hall to get closer. Marquette held The Hall to only a .057 attack percentage in the final set in a 25-19 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Turner had nine kills, only one attack error and a .364 attack percentage.
Ilieva had nine kills, two attack errors and three digs.
Lucas finished with eight kills.
Jakubowski tallied 15 assists and 13 digs.
Frusha notched six kills, only one attack error, a team-best .455 attack percentage and three blocks.
Matheny finished with seven kills and 10 digs.
Junior Raygan Murray (Rocky River, Ohio) had a team-high 19 digs to go with six assists.
Seton Hall recorded a .236 attack percentage for the match, while Marquette attacked at .370.
The Pirates had 47 kills, while Marquette recorded 64.
Seton Hall finished with 56 digs, while the Golden Eagles had 68.
The Pirates had 5.0 total blocks, while Marquette had 6.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 10-12 overall on the season and 2-6 in the BIG EAST, while Marquette improves to 16-3 overall and 7-1 in conference play.
The Pirates fall to 5-19 all-time against Marquette and have now dropped the last 10 matches in the series.
Seton Hall falls to 2-3 this season in four-set matches.
With 21 assists tonight, Cagla Bengi (Bursa, Turkey) surpassed the 400-assists milestone for her career.
Jakubowski's double-double is her fifth in the last six matches, the 12^th of the season and the 19^th of her career.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action next weekend when it returns to the friendly confines of Walsh Gymnasium for a pair of BIG EAST matches. The Pirates will host Xavier on Free French Fry Friday. On Saturday, The Hall will face Butler. Both matches are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. starts and will be streamed live and available to subscribers to FloSports.