Pirates Have Streak Snapped by Florida International

Friday, September 17

Jacksonville, Fla. / UNF Arena

1:30 PM

Seton Hall University

7-4,0-0Big East

Florida International

-35,00 CUSA

Seton Hall

FIU

Pirates Have Streak Snapped by Florida International

9/17/2021 3:33:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Madeline Matheny tallies a match-high 13 kills to lead the Pirates in the loss.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – Junior Madeline Matheny (Wilmington, Del.) had a match-high 13 kills, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell to Florida International, 3-0 (18-25, 20-25, 23-25), on Friday, snapping its seven-match win streak.

Matheny had a fine match, recording 13 kills, a .310 attack percentage and seven digs. Sophomore Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) notched a double-double with 11 assists and 10 digs. Freshman Anna Holland (Waukesha, Wis.) again led The Hall in digs. She finished with 11.

SET 1:
The opening set was a close, back-and-forth affair. With the score tied at four early, Seton Hall scored four straight points and a block by Amanda Rachwal (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Reagan Hopp (Carmel, Ind.) gave it an 8-4 advantage. FIU came back, however, and scored five straight to take a 9-8 lead. From there, neither team grabbed a lead greater than two points until the Panthers assumed control late. An FIU service error pulled The Hall to within one, 17-16, but Florida International scored five of the next six points to take a 22-17 advantage in route to a 25-18 victory. The Pirates mostly defeated themselves in the opening set, recording 10 attack errors on the way to a -.086 attack percentage.

SET 2:
Back-to-back kills by Lucas cut The Hall's deficit to 4-3 early in set two, but Florida International responded with a 7-0 run to take a commanding 11-3 advantage. The Panther burst extended to 10-1 before a kill by Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and blocks by Hopp and Madison Frusha (Huntsville, Texas) snapped the run. Down 20-13, the Pirates scored three straight, including back-to-back kills by Rachwal to cut their deficit to 20-16. The Hall couldn't get closer, however, and fell, 25-20, in set two.

SET 3:
Seton Hall scored four of the first five points to begin the third set. After FIU closed the gap, neither team was able to pull away or take a lead greater than two points. With the score tied at 14, the Pirates scored three straight, and blocks by Walsh and Frusha gave the Pirates a 17-14 lead. With The Hall leading 19-16, the teams started trading mini runs. FIU scored three straight to tie the score at 19 and force a Pirate timeout. Out of the break, The Hall did the same to reclaim their advantage, 22-19. After the Panther timeout, FIU scored six of the final seven points to win the set, 25-23, and claim the match.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Matheny had a match-high 13 kills, a .310 attack percentage and seven digs.
Jakubowski had 11 assists and 10 digs.
Holland had a team-high 11 digs to go with four assists.
Sophomore Cagla Bengi (Bursa, Turkey) tallied a team-high 14 assists to go with four digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .070 attack percentage for the match, while Florida International attacked at .269.
The Pirates had 33 kills, while the Panthers recorded 41.
Seton Hall finished with 42 digs, while FIU had 46.
The Pirates had 7.0 total blocks, while Florida International had 9.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 7-4 on the young season and had its seven-match win streak snapped. Florida International improves to 3-5.
This was the first-ever meeting between Seton Hall and Florida International.
Seton Hall falls to 4-3 this season in three-set matches.
This is only the second time this season that Seton Hall has been out-blocked.
Jakubowski's double-double is her fifth of the year and the 12^th of her career.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action later today when the UNF Invitational continues. The Pirates will face Middle Tennessee at 4:30 p.m.