Pirates Travel to Villanova For Pair of Matches

VILLANOVA, PA. – Jake Nevin Field House

SETON HALL (3-4, 1-3) vs. VILLANOVA (3-2, 2-1)

Date

Time

Live Video

Live Audio

Live Stats

Twitter

Friday,
March 19

7:00 PM ET

Nova Nation
All-Access

None

LIVE STATS

@SHUVolley

VILLANOVA, PA. – Jake Nevin Field House

SETON HALL (3-4, 1-3) vs. VILLANOVA (3-2, 2-1)

Date

Time

Live Video

Live Audio

Live Stats

Twitter

Saturday,
March 20

7:00 PM ET

Nova Nation
All-Access

None

LIVE STATS

@SHUVolley

PREVIEW
After seven home contests to start the season, Seton Hall will head on the road this weekend for a pair of matches at Villanova on Friday and Saturday. Both matches will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
Both contests this weekend are scheduled to be streamed live by Nova Nation All-Access at Villanova.com.

LAST MATCH
Freshman Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) collected a double-double, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team ran out of gas late to St. John's, 3-1, in Walsh Gymnasium on Saturday.

The Pirates and Red Storm went the distance in both of the first two sets, splitting 25-23 outcomes, but ultimately the defending BIG EAST champions wore down the young Pirates with convincing victories in sets three and four.

Jakubowski had 31 assists to go with 11 digs for the fourth double-double of her young career. Junior Emilee Turner (Kaysville, Utah) led The Hall with 10 kills and a .300 attack percentage. Freshman Tsvetelina Ilieva (Sofia, Bulgaria) had nine kills and eight digs.

SCOUTING VILLANOVA
Villanova leads the all-time series against Seton Hall, 30-16, and has won five straight matches against the Pirates. The Hall's last win came in four sets at Walsh Gym in 2017. Seton Hall hasn't won at Villanova since 2014.

The Wildcats are coming off a highly successful 2019 campaign, which featured a 22-9 overall final record and a 13-5 mark in BIG EAST games. Villanova earned the No. 3 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament, but fell to Marquette in the semifinals.

This season, the Wildcats are off to a 3-2 start overall and a 2-1 showing in conference matches. Villanova began the season with a five-set loss to Coppin State and a three-set loss to Pittsburgh on Feb. 14, but then didn't play again until March 5 due to COVID-19 protocols. The Wildcats split a pair of four-set matches against UConn, and most recently defeated St. John's in Queens in four sets on March 10.

Villanova was a unanimous choice to finish in second place in the BIG EAST's East Division per the preseason coaches poll. Junior Sophia Howling was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action next weekend when it wraps up the 2021 regular season with a trip to Storrs, Conn. for two contests at Connecticut, March 26-27. Match time for both contests are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET.