Walsh, Wallace Push Pirates Past Hoyas, 3-1

Friday, November 18

South Orange, N.J.

6:00 PM

Seton Hall University

15-14,6-11Big East

Georgetown

4-24,2-15Big East

Georgetown

Seton Hall

11/18/2022 9:28:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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The Hall guarantees a .500 season as Walsh and Wallace go off for a combined 34 kills.

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Sophomore Jenna Walsh (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and junior Laila Wallace (Munster, Ind.) combined for 34 kills and only five attack errors as the Seton Hall women's volleyball team defeated Georgetown, 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-20, 25-16), in Walsh Gym on Friday.

Seton Hall's victory improves it to 15-14 overall and ensures a .500 season in head coach Shannon Thompson's first year at the helm.

Walsh finished with 18 kills, only three attack errors, a .417 attack percentage and eight digs, while Wallace had 16 kills, only two attack errors, a .519 attack percentage and three blocks.

Junior Taylor Jakubowski (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) notched her team-leading 11^th double-double of the year with 19 assists and 11 digs.

SET 1:
Seton Hall led for the majority of the opening set and held Georgetown to just a .053 attack percentage. With the score tied at 12, The Hall scored four straight, and a kill by Perri Lucas (Chicago, Ill.) gave it a 16-12 lead. The Hoyas cut their deficit to just one point, 18-17, but the Pirates responded with a 6-1 run to enter set point, 24-18. Three points later, another Lucas kill gave The Hall a 25-21 lead.

SET 2:
The Pirates continued to play well offensively, but Georgetown's offensive picked up considerably in the second set. Although a close affair, the Hoyas never trailed. A kill by Maddie Klungel (Napa, Calif.) cut The Hall's deficit to 10-8, but Georgetown responded with a 5-1 burst to grab a 15-9 advantage. The Pirates closed the gap to two points, 23-21, but the Hoyas closed out a 25-22 set two win to tie the match.

SET 3:
Georgetown led for the majority of the third set, but the Pirates came on strong late. Trailing 16-12, The Hall went on an 8-1 run, and block by Wallace and Klungel gave it a 20-17 lead and sent the Hoyas to a timeout. Ahead 21-19, the Pirates closed out the set with four of the final five points. A Hoyas attack error put The Hall in set point, and a kill by Walsh ended it, 25-20.

SET 4:
The fourth set saw a dominant offensive performance by the Pirates with 18 kills, only three attack errors and a .469 attack percentage. Meanwhile, they held the Hoyas to just .038. Seton Hall scored eight of the first 11 points of the set to establish the tone. Leading 15-11, the Pirates took off again, going on an 8-2 run, and a kill by Wallace gave them a commanding 23-13 lead. Up, 23-16, back-to-back kills by Julia Wilkins (Mason, Ohio) won the match for The Hall.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Walsh finished with a match-high 18 kills, only three attack errors, a .417 attack percentage and eight digs.
Wallace had a career-high 16 kills, only two attack errors, a .519 attack percentage and three blocks.
Jakubowski had a double-double with 19 assists and 11 digs.
Sophomore Faith LaMacchia (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) had 11 digs.
Klungel tallied a team-high 22 assists, four kills and three blocks.
Lucas finished with eight kills, two assists and two digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .287 attack percentage for the match, while Georgetown attacked at .121.
The Pirates had 58 kills, while the Hoyas recorded 44.
The Hall tallied 54 digs, while Georgetown had 52.
Seton Hall had 7.0 team blocks, while Georgetown recorded 9.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 15-14 overall and 6-11 in the BIG EAST, while Georgetown falls to 4-24 overall and 2-15 in conference play.
The Pirates' victory improves them to 15-14 on the season and guarantees at least a .500 final record.
Seton Hall's sixth BIG EAST victory matches its win total from 2021.
The Hall is now 22-24 all-time against Georgetown and has now won five of the last six matches in the series.
Seton Hall is now 6-4 in four-set matches this season.
The Pirates improve to 13-1 when winning the first set and 14-2 when having a higher attack percentage for the match.
Walsh has now collected at least 15 kills in a single-match four times this season.
Jakubowski's double-double is her team-leading 11^th of the season and the 34^th of her career.
With eight digs tonight, Walsh surpassed the 200-digs mark for her career.

UP NEXT:
Seton Hall will return to action tomorrow when it wraps up the 2022 season with Senior Night against Villanova in Walsh Gymnasium. Match time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET.