Seton Hall Drops Match at Butler, 3-0 - Seton Hall University Athletics

Saturday, October 31

Hinkle Fieldhouse / Indianapolis, Ind.

7:00 PM

Seton Hall University

9-15,1-11Big East

Butler

11-13,5-7Big East

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Seton Hall	21	21	22	0
Butler	25	25	25	3

BOX SCORE (.pdf)

10/31/2026 10:35:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score BOX SCORE (.pdf)

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Senior Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) had seven kills and no attack errors, but the Seton Hall women's volleyball team fell to Butler, 3-0 (21-25, 21-25, 22-25), on Saturday.

Seton Hall scored at least 21 points in all three sets, but couldn't get over the top for a set win. The Hall has battled hard all season long, despite its 1-11 BIG EAST record. The Pirates gave Butler all it could and handle and had a lead in all three sets.

Loiselle had seven kills, no attack errors, and a .368 attack percentage. Sophomore Emilee Fuller (Louisville, Ky.) had 12 digs and five assists. Junior Gwen Adler (Barrington, Ill.) had a team-high 16 assists.

SET 1:
Seton Hall scored the first point of the match, but never led again in the first set. Leading 4-3, Butler scored six of the next eight points to grab a 10-5 lead. The Pirates never cut their lead to fewer than three points the rest of the way. Loiselle had three kills and no attack errors in the first set, but The Hall succumbed to a 25-21 loss.

SET 2:
Butler led wire-to-wire after scoring the first six points of the second set. Down 20-17, The Hall scored three points in a row, and a kill by Loiselle tied the score at 20. Butler, however, scored five of the last six points to win the set, 25-21. The Hall had only a -.036 attack percentage in the second set.

SET 3:
The Hall again failed to grab a lead in the third set. Butler scored the first three points of the final set and didn't look back. The Bulldogs went on a 7-2 burst to take a 14-6 lead. The Pirates stormed back with a 12-4 run and a kill by Loukia Papadakos (Stoufville, Ontario) tied the score at 18. A block by Papadakos and Hania Labanowska (Warsaw, Poland) tied the score at 20, but Butler scored five of the last seven points to win the match with a 25-22 set-three victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Loiselle had seven kills, no attack errors and a .368 attack percentage.
Fuller tallied 12 digs and five assists.
Adler had a team-high 16 assists and two digs.
Freshman Rylee Wooldridge (Mars, Pa.) had 12 digs.
Seton Hall recorded a .135 attack percentage for the match, while Butler attacked at .165.
The Pirates had 29 kills, while Butler had 38.
Both team finished with 48 digs.
Seton Hall had 8.0 team blocks, while Butler had 5.0.

NEWS & NOTES:

Seton Hall drops to 9-15 overall and 1-11 in the BIG EAST, while Butler improves to 11-13 overall and 5-7 in conference play.
The Hall is now 7-18 all-time against the Bulldogs and has dropped five straight in the series.
The Pirates are now 3-8 in three-set matches this season.
With three kills today, Daria Safian (Moscow, Russia) surpassed the 400-kills mark for her career.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will return to action on Friday, Nov. 6 when they return to historic Walsh Gymnasium to host long-time BIG EAST rival Connecticut. Match time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.