Pirates Rally to Down Saint Peter's in Four Sets

Wednesday, September 10

Yanitelli Center / Jersey City, N.J.

6:00 PM

Seton Hall University

4-3,0-0Big East

Saint Peter's

3-4,0-0MAAC

Seton Hall

Saint Peter's

9/10/2025 10:13:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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JERSEY CITY – Freshman Sadie Reich (Wantagh, N.Y.) had a career-high 18 kills and the Seton Hall women's volleyball team rallied from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Saint Peter's, 3-1 (22-25, 28-26, 25-22, 25-16), on Wednesday.

The Hall rallied for victory after being down a set for the first time this season. An epic 28-26 victory in the second fame, which featured 15 ties and eight lead changes, proved to be the momentum changer. After that, the Pirates cruised to their fourth win of the young season.

Reich was again excellent, collecting a match-high 18 kills to go with seven kills. Junior Rylee Nelson (Mazeppa, Minn.) tallied a team-high 13 digs in her return from injury. Freshman Daria Safian (Moscow, Russia) had a strong match with 12 kills, only two attack errors, a .323 attack percentage and four blocks.

Sophomore Gwen Adler (Barrington, Ill.) had a team-high 28 assists to go with seven digs.

SET 1:
Saint Peter's put up one of their best single sets of the season to begin the match, using 17 kills and only three attack errors to tally an impressive .412 attack percentage. The result wasn't good for the Pirates. Still, Seton Hall led for the majority of the set until late. With the score tied at 22, Saint Peter's shocked The Hall by scoring the set's final three points for a 25-22 victory. Prior to the finish, either team had grabbed a lead greater than two points.

SET 2:
The second set was even closer. Trailing 23-21, The Hall scored three straight points and a kill by Safian put the Pirates in set point, 24-23. The Peacocks then scored two straight and had to stave off a Saint Peter's set point. A block by Senna Roberts-Navarro (Honolulu, Hi.) and Asli Subasili (Tekirdag, Turkiye) put The Hall in set point again, 27-26, and a kill by Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) gave it a 28-26 victory to tie the match.

SET 3:
Seton Hall again led for the majority of the set, but Saint Peter's took their first lead of set three late, 17-16. The Pirates responded with five of the next six points, and block by Safian and Subasili gave them a 21-18 lead and forced a Peacocks timeout. Saint Peter's closed the gap to 22-21, but The Hall closed out the set with three of the final four points, and a kill by Loiselle gave it a 25-22 victory.

SET 4:
Saint Peter's led 12-11 in set four, but the Pirates then went on an 8-0 run to grab a commanding 19-12 advantage. Leading 22-16, The Hall closed out the match with the final three points. A Peacock attack error put Seton Hall in match point, and an ace by Adler gave it a 25-16 victory. The Pirates held Saint Peter's to a -.063 attack percentage in the final set.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Reich had a career-high 18 kills to go with seven digs.
Safian tallied 12 kills, only two attack errors, a .323 attack percentage and four blocks.
Adler had a team-high 28 assists to go with seven digs.
Nelson had a team-high 13 digs.
Subasili tallied four kills, four digs and a team-high seven blocks.
Loiselle had nine kills and three digs.
Roberts-Navarro had eight kills, only one attack error, a .368 attack percentage and eight digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .280 attack percentage for the match, while Saint Peter's attacked at .155.
The Pirates finished with 57 team kills, while the Peacocks had 51.
The Hall recorded 53 digs, while Saint Peter's had 57.
Seton Hall collected 14.0 blocks and Saint Peter's had 8.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall improves to 4-3 on the young season, while Saint Peter's falls to 3-4.
The Hall is now 16-4 all-time against the Peacocks.
The Pirates improve to 1-3 this season in four-set matches.
Reich tallied at least 15 kills for the third consecutive match.
The Hall improves to a perfect 4-0 when having a higher attack percentage than its opponent.
Seton Hall had season-highs of 57 team kills and 14.0 team blocks tonight.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action on Saturday when they begin play at the Harvard Invitational in Cambridge, Mass. The Hall will Washington State at 4:00 p.m. ET.