Pirates Drop Wilkins Homecoming, 3-0

Friday, November 11

Cincinnati, Ohio / Cintas Center

12:30 PM

Seton Hall University

14-13,5-10Big East

Xavier

17-8,10-5Big East

Seton Hall

Xavier

Julia Wilkins goes for a kill during a match against Hofstra.

11/11/2022 2:24:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score BOX SCORE - XU (.pdf)

Julia Wilkins, who resides from Mason, Ohio, had a team-best seven kills on Friday.

CINCINNATI – Senior Julia Wilkins (Mason, Ohio) had a team-high seven kills and no attack errors, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell at Xavier, 3-0 (18-25, 17-25, 15-25), on Friday.

Wilkins, a native of Mason, Ohio, which is just 25 miles outside of Cincinnati, had her top match of the year with a season-high seven kills, no attack errors and an impressive .467 attack percentage.

Senior Jennifer Giron (Benicia, Calif.) had a team-high 14 digs to go with three assists. Junior Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) had a team-best 15 assists along with five digs.

SET 1:
Junior Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) had a pair of early kills and The Hall was able to build an early 8-3 lead in set one. Xavier responded, however, with a 6-0 run to take the lead and force an early Seton Hall timeout. A Musketeer attack error cut the Pirates' deficit to 14-13, but Xavier then went on a 7-0 run to take a commanding 21-13 advantage. The Hall bounced back with five straight points, and back-to-back aces by Mason Woo (Burbank, Calif.) cut its deficit to 21-18. Xavier regrouped, however, and scored the last four points of the set consecutively, 25-18.

SET 2:
The Hall opened the second set on fire, and a kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) gave it an early 7-1 lead. A kill by Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) gave the Pirates an 11-6 advantage, but Xavier went on a 6-0 run to grab a 12-11 advantage. A kill by Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkey) tied the set at 14, but again the Musketeers responded with a run. A 8-1 Xavier burst gave them a commanding 22-15 edge, and they never looked back in route to a 25-17 victory.

SET 3:
Seton Hall never led in the third set as they fell behind early thanks to a 6-1 Xavier run that gave the Musketeers a 14-6 advantage. Down 20-12, The Hall scored three of the next four points to cut their deficit to 21-15, but Xavier ended the match with four straight points. The Hall had just an .080 attack percentage in the final set, compared to .433 for the Musketeers.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Wilkins had a team-high seven kills, no attack errors and a .467 attack percentage.
Giron had a team-high 14 digs to go with three assists.
Jakubowski notched a team-best 15 assists along with five digs.
Lucas finished with six kills.
Seton Hall recorded a .156 attack percentage for the match, while Xavier attacked at .388.
The Pirates had 30 kills, while the Musketeers recorded 48.
The Hall tallied 37 digs, while Xavier had 49.
Seton Hall had no team blocks, while Xavier recorded 4.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 14-13 overall and 5-10 in the BIG EAST, while Xavier improves to 17-8 overall and 10-5 in conference play.
The Hall falls to 4-14 all-time against Xavier and has now dropped eight of the last nine matches in the series.
Seton Hall is now 6-7 in three-set matches this season.
This is the first time this season that the Pirates failed to record a block. The prior low for the team this year was 3.0 blocks collected on three occasions. This is only the 10^th time this season that The Hall has been out-blocked.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 13 when it travels to Omaha for a match at No. 12 Creighton. Match time is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET.