Pirates Host UConn; Travel to St. John's This Weekend

SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY - Walsh Gymnasium

SETON HALL (12-16, 4-10) vs. CONNECTICUT (19-7, 11-3)
Date	Time	Live Video	Live Audio	Live Stats	Twitter
Sat., Nov. 13	6:00 PM			LIVE STATS	@SHUVolley

QUEENS, NEW YORK - Carnesecca Arena

SETON HALL (12-16, 4-10) vs. ST. JOHN'S (14-14, 5-9)
Date	Time	Live Video	Live Audio	Live Stats	Twitter
Sun., Nov. 14	4:00 PM			LIVE STATS	@SHUVolley

PREVIEW
Seton Hall has a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches scheduled for this weekend. The Pirates will host Connecticut on Nov. 13 at 6:00 p.m. It will be Senior Night and The Hall will honor four graduating seniors. On Nov. 14, the Pirates will travel to Queens, N.Y. for a match at St. John's. That one begins at 4:00 p.m.

** INDOOR MASK REQUIREMENT **
For those interested in attending Seton Hall's home contest at Walsh Gym... please note... All individuals (vaccinated and unvaccinated) are required to wear a mask at all indoor, nonresidential, on-campus University settings, except when alone or dining.

MEDIA
Friday's home contest against Connecticut will be produced by the Pirate Sports Network and available for subscribers on FloSports. Saturday's match at St. John's will be shown on ESPN3.

STREAM INFORMATION
Friday's match will be streamed on FloSports, one of the leading streaming services in the world. Special Seton Hall pricing is available only through this link for fans who want to subscribe to watch Seton Hall events, home and away, as well as all other live events on the FloSports platform. Fans with an .edu school address can purchase a subscription for $6.99 per month, and all other fans can purchase a subscription for $12.50 per month. The non-Seton Hall pricing on FloSports is normally $29.99 per month.

LAST WEEK
Seton Hall dropped a pair of matches last weekend against tough BIG EAST opponents. The Hall fell in four sets against national-power Marquette on Friday, before dropping a hard-fought five-setter to DePaul on Saturday.

Sophomore Tsvetelina Ilieva (Sofia, Bulgaria) had a team-high 11 kills and Cagla Bengi (Bursa, Turkey) notched her first career double-double, but the Pirates fell to Marquette, 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 18-25, 22-25), on Friday. Ilieva had 11 kills, only three attack errors, a .348 attack percentage, five digs and two blocks in a strong all-around match. Bengi collected her first double-double with 12 assists and 11 digs.

Senior Emilee Turner (Kaysville, Utah) and sophomore Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) combined for 27 kills and only five attack errors, but The Hall fell in five hard-fought sets to DePaul, 3-2 (25-16, 20-25, 25-17, 20-25, 7-15), on Saturday. The Pirates twice grab a set lead, winning sets one and three, but the Blue Demons rallied late for a close set-four victory and soundly defeated The Hall in set five. Turner was brilliant, recording 13 kills without a single attack error and a .542 attack percentage. Lucas had a team-high 14 kills with only five attack errors, two digs and two blocks.

Seton Hall enters this weekend with a 12-16 record overall and a 4-10 mark in BIG EAST Conference play.

SCOUTING CONNECTICUT
The Pirates are looking for a season-series split when Seton Hall and Connecticut match up on Saturday. On Sept. 24, The Hall fell in straight sets at Connecticut, 3-0 (16-25, 16-25, 11-25), to open BIG EAST Conference play. Lucas had team-highs of six kills and four blocks in the loss. Freshman Anna Holland (Waukesha, Wis.) tied for the match-high with 14 digs.

Connecticut enters the weekend with a 19-7 overall record and an impressive 11-3 mark in BIG EAST play. The Huskies are currently one game behind the co-leaders of the BIG EAST, Creighton and Marquette, and although they haven't clinched yet, they're virtually a lock for the BIG EAST Tournament.

Connecticut enters the weekend having won five straight, and hasn't even lost a set over its last three matches. Most recently, the Huskies are coming off a pair of sweeps last weekend at home against Georgetown and Villanova. Connecticut's only losses in BIG EAST play came at the hands of the co-leaders Creighton, and twice to Marquette.

SCOUTING ST. JOHN'S
Seton Hall will look to bounce back from a four-set loss at the hands of St. John's back on Sept. 26. Three of the four sets needed more than 25 points to determine a winner, but the Pirates fell in a close battle with St. John's, 3-1 (27-29, 22-25, 26-24, 26-28). Seton Hall rallied from two sets down to win a thrilling third set, 26-24, and force a fourth, but ultimately fell, 28-26, in the clincher for the Red Storm.

Senior Madison Frusha (Huntsville, Texas) had a monster afternoon for the Pirates, putting up a career-high 10 kills, with only one attack error, and a .562 attack percentage. She also had seven blocks.

St. John's enters the weekend with a 14-14 overall record and a 5-9 mark in BIG EAST play. The Red Storm is currently a single game ahead of the Pirates in the BIG EAST standings and is in eighth place.

The Red Storm has dropped their last three matches, but has won five sets over that stretch. Most recently, St. John's fell to DePaul in four sets on Friday, and Marquette in five sets on Saturday. In addition to Seton Hall, their five BIG EAST victories this season include wins over No. 16 Creighton, Georgetown and Xavier twice.

UP NEXT
Next weekend, the Pirates will wrap up the 2021 regular season on the road with a pair of BIG EAST matches. The Hall will travel to Omaha on Nov. 19 for a contest at Creighton and finish the slate with a match at Providence on Nov. 21.