Ilieva, Bengi Shine in Four-Set Setback to Marquette

Friday, November 5

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Ilieva, Bengi Shine in Four-Set Setback to Marquette

11/5/2021 9:28:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Ilieva had a team-high 11 kills and Bengi recorded her first career double-double.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Sophomore Tsvetelina Ilieva (Sofia, Bulgaria) had a team-high 11 kills and Cagla Bengi (Bursa, Turkey) notched her first career double-double, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team 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) also had a strong match offensively, collecting eight kills with only one attack error.

SET 1:
Despite trailing for much of the opening set, Seton Hall played Marquette closely cutting their deficit to just two points on four different occasions. Down 18-14, back-to-back kills by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) and Madeline Matheny (Wilmington, Del.) cut The Hall's deficit to 18-16. Marquette, however, responded with the next three points to open a five-point lead and went on to a 25-21 victory.

SET 2:
The second set was dramatically different with the Pirates recording a team-high .378 attack percentage, which included 17 kills and only three attack errors. Trailing 7-3, The Hall went on an 11-2 run, and a kill by Ilieva gave it a 14-9 advantage. Later in the set a kill by Turner gave Seton Hall a 23-17 lead, but Marquette stormed back with five straight points to cut its deficit to one and force a Pirate timeout. Out of the break, however, a kill by Ilieva put The Hall in set point, and two points later, another by Lucas won it for The Hall, 25-23.

SET 3:
Seton Hall played it closely with Marquette again in set three until the Golden Eagles pulled away late. A Marquette attack error cut the Pirates' deficit to 10-9, but the Golden Eagles responded with four of the next five points to grab some breathing distance, 14-10. The Hall got to within three, 16-13, but the Golden Eagles took off again with a 5-1 burst to grab a commanding 21-14 advantage. They went on to a 25-18 win enjoying a match-high .412 attack percentage for the third set.

SET 4:
The fourth set was the closest of the match, featuring six ties. With the score knotted at nine, Marquette scored six of the next eight points to grab a 15-11 lead. The Pirates, however, didn't fold, and a block by Turner and Amanda Rachwal (Bethlehem, Pa.) cut their deficit to 18-17. Down 22-19, the Pirates mounted another late charge. A kill by Ilieva and blocks by Ilieva and Madison Frusha (Huntsville, Texas) again cut the Marquette lead to one, 22-21. The Hall didn't get closer though, and the Golden Eagles held on for a 25-22 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Ilieva finished with a team-best 11 kills, with only three attack errors, a .348 attack percentage, five digs and two blocks.
Bengi had a double-double with 12 assists and a career-high 11 digs.
Turner tallied eight kills, only one attack error and two blocks.
Sophomore Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) had a team-high 20 assists to go with seven digs.
Junior Raygan Murray (Rocky River, Ohio) had a match-high 14 digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .183 attack percentage for the match, while Marquette attacked at .275.
The Pirates had 40 kills, while Marquette recorded 66.
The Hall tallied 56 digs, while the Golden Eagles recorded 61.
The Pirates had 6.0 total blocks, while Marquette had 9.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall falls to 12-15 overall on the season and 4-9 in the BIG EAST, while Marquette improves to 20-4 overall and 11-2 in conference play.
The Pirates drop to 5-20 all-time against Marquette and have now fell in 10 straight matches against the Golden Eagles.
Seton Hall falls to 3-5 this season in four-set matches.
With two blocks tonight, Rachwal surpassed former Pirate Tricia Meyers into sole possession of ninth place on the Seton Hall career blocks list.
Bengi's double-double is the first of her career.
Marquette's 17 service errors tonight were a season-high for a Seton Hall opponent.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it hosts DePaul at newly-renovated Walsh Gymnasium. The contest will start at 6:00 p.m. ET and will be available to FloSports subscribers.