Pirates Drop Pink Game to Marquette, 3-0

Saturday, October 17

South Orange, N.J.

5:00 PM

Seton Hall University

8-12,0-8Big East

Marquette

12-6,7-1Big East

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Marquette	25	25	25	3
Seton Hall	14	17	22	0

BOX SCORE (.pdf)

10/17/2026 7:08:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score BOX SCORE (.pdf)

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Junior Alondra Villanueva (Lima, Peru) and senior Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) combined for 15 kills and only four attack errors, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell to Marquette, 3-0 (14-25, 17-25, 21-25), on Saturday.

The Pirates put forth their best effort of the night in the third set, rallying to tie the score at 21, but ultimately fell short. Today's contest was Seton Hall's Dig Pink Game, emphasizing breast cancer awareness.

Villanueva finished with a team-high eight kills with only two attack errors, while Loiselle had seven kills with only two attack errors.

Senior Rylee Nelson (Mazeppa, Minn.) had a team-high 10 digs, while junior Gwen Adler (Barrington, Ill.) totaled a team-high 19 assists.

SET 1:
Marquette led the opening set wire-to-wire, scoring the first four points and racing out to an 8-2 lead. A kill by Loukia Papadakos (Stoufville, Ontario) cut The Hall's deficit to 21-14 late, but the Golden Eagles closed out the opener with four straight points to win, 25-14. Marquette had a .419 attack percentage in the opening frame.

SET 2:
The second set was much closer early on until Marquette broke away with a 6-0 run to grab a 15-8 lead at the technical timeout. A kill by Villanueva brought Seton Hall to within 16-11, but the Golden Eagles took off again with a 5-0 burst to grab a commanding 21-11 advantage. The Pirates staved off three set points, but ultimately fell, 25-17. The Pirates had only an .094 attack percentage in the second set.

SET 3:
Seton Hall got off to a hot start in set three and an ace by Villanueva gave it a 4-1 lead early. A kill by Adler put the Pirates up, 9-7, but Marquette answered with a 7-1 run to grab a 14-10 advantage. Down 20-17, The Hall scored four of the next five points, and a kill by Villanueva tied the score at 21. Marquette regrouped, however, and tallied four of the final five points to win 25-21.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Villanueva had a team-high eight kills, only two attack errors and a .286 attack percentage.
Loiselle tallied seven kills, only two attack errors and a .263 attack percentage.
Nelson had a team-best 10 digs.
Adler notched a team-high 19 assists with two digs and two kills.
Seton Hall recorded a .159 attack percentage for the match, while Marquette attacked at .346.
The Pirates had 27 kills, while Marquette had 51.
The Hall tallied 29 digs, while the Golden Eagles had 42.
Seton Hall had 4.0 team blocks, while Marquette had 6.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall falls to 8-12 overall and 0-8 in the BIG EAST, while Marquette improves to 12-6 overall and 7-1 in conference play.
The Hall drops to 5-29 all-time against the Golden Eagles and has now lost 20 in a row in the series.
The Pirates are now 3-7 in three-set matches this season.
Today was Seton Hall's annual Dig Pink Game which emphasizes breast cancer awareness.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action on Friday, Oct. 23 when they travels to Washington, D.C. to take on Georgetown. Match time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.