The Hall Drops Contest at No. 19 Marquette

Friday, October 21

Milwaukee, Wis. / Al McGuire Center

8:00 PM

Seton Hall University

13-8,4-5Big East

#19 Marquette

17-2,8-1Big East

Seton Hall

Marquette

10/21/2022 9:34:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score BOX SCORE - MU (.pdf)

MILWAUKEE, WIS. – Junior Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) had team-highs of eight kills and seven digs, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell at No. 19 Marquette, 3-0 (14-25, 11-25, 11-25), on Friday.

The Hall has now dropped four straight matches after starting the BIG EAST portion of their slate 4-1. The Hall has played the last three matches on the road and will face another tough road test on Saturday at DePaul.

In addition to Bucciarelli's exploits, The Hall received a solid match from junior Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hill, Ill.). She finished with a team-best 13 assists to go with six kills.

SET 1:
The match started with a kill by Walsh, but Marquette then went on an 8-1 run to assume control early in set one. A kill by Bucciarelli cut The Hall's deficit to 16-8, but the Golden Eagles responded with the next six points to grab a commanding 21-8 advantage. Marquette went on to a 25-14 set-one victory. Marquette limited The Hall to just .061 attack percentage in the opening stanza.

SET 2:
The Hall opened the second set with the first three points, but Marquette bounced back with a 9-2 run and forced a Pirates timeout. A Bucciarelli kill closed The Hall's gap to 12-8, but the Golden Eagles followed with a 10-1 run to take an insurmountable 22-19 lead. Marquette won set two, 25-11. The Golden Eagles had a .455 attack percentage in set two, compared to -.067 for The Hall.

SET 3:
Marquette never trailed in the third set. With the score tied at three, the Golden Eagles scored four straight points to take a 7-4 lead. A kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) cut The Hall's deficit to 11-9, but Marquette responded with four straight points to take a 15-9 advantage and force a Pirates' timeout. Another Lucas kill brought the Hall to within five at 16-11, but the Golden Eagles closed the match with a 9-0 run.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Bucciarelli had team-highs of eight kills and seven digs.
Jakubowski had a team-best 13 assists to go with six digs.
Seton Hall recorded a -.032 attack percentage for the match, while Marquette attacked at .367.
The Pirates had 20 kills, while the Golden Eagles recorded 39.
The Hall tallied 27 digs, while Marquette had 46.
Seton Hall had 3.0 team blocks, while the Marquette recorded 5.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 13-8 overall and 4-5 in the BIG EAST and has now lost four straight matches, while No. 19 Marquette improves to 17-2 overall and 8-1 in conference play.
The Hall falls to 5-22 all-time against Marquette and has dropped the last 13 matches in the series.
Seton Hall drops to 6-2 this season in three-set matches with both losses against Marquette.
The Hall falls to 2-7 when losing the first set this season.
Tonight's loss is the 700^th in the history of the program.
With four digs tonight, Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) reached the 200-digs mark for her career.
With two kills today, Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) reached the 200-kills mark for her career.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it makes the short trip to Chicago for a contest at DePaul. Match time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET.