Pirates Close Season at Marquette, DePaul this Weekend

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
SETON HALL (10-16, 2-12) vs. MARQUETTE (17-7, 12-2)
MILWAUKEE, WIS. | Al McGuire Center
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
SETON HALL (10-16, 2-12) vs. DE PAUL (17-8, 9-5)
CHICAGO, ILL. | McGrath-Phillips Arena
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WEEKLY STATS REPORT: SETON HALL
2026 BIG EAST STANDINGS
BIG EAST STATISTICAL LEADERS

PREVIEW
Seton Hall will close out the 2026 season with a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches on the road this weekend. The Hall will travel to Milwaukee, Wis. to face Marquette on Friday, Nov. 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET. The following day, the Pirates will finish the season with a match in Chicago against DePaul at 6:00 p.m. ET.

MEDIA
Both matches will be streamed live on ESPN+ and will have live stats like usual.

LAST TIME AGAINST MARQUETTE
Junior Alondra Villanueva (Lima, Peru) and senior Maddy Loiselle (Tampa, Fla.) combined for 15 kills and only four attack errors, but the Pirates fell to Marquette, 3-0 (14-25, 17-25, 21-25), on Oct. 17. 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.

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.

SCOUTING MARQUETTE
Marquette enters the weekend with a 17-7 record overall and a 12-2 mark in BIG EAST play. Since sweeping the Pirates on Oct. 17, the Golden Eagles have gone 5-1 since last facing Seton Hall and have won three in a row. Most recently, Marquette defeated Villanova in four sets and swept Georgetown on the road last weekend. It's last loss came to Creighton in five sets on Oct. 29.

Marquette is currently tied with Creighton for first place in the BIG EAST at 12-2 with only two matches remaining. The Golden Eagles' two losses came to Creighton and DePaul, while Creighton fell to Marquette and Georgetown. Marquette leads the conference with a .249 team hitting percentage. Carson Tyler leads the BIG EAST by a large margin with 4.52 kills per set, while Luanna Markus leads with 9.91 assists per set.

RANKINGS AMONG BIG EAST TEAMS

	Attack %	Opp. Attack %	Kills/Set	Assists/Set	Digs/Set	Blocks/Set
Seton Hall	11th	9th	9th	8th	4th	11th
Marquette	1st	4th	4th	3rd	7th	3rd
DePaul	5th	6th	6th	7th	6th	8th

LAST TIME AGAINST DE PAUL
Senior Loukia Papadakos (Stoufville, Ontario) had a career-high eight kills, but the Pirates fell to DePaul, 3-1 (14-25, 26-24, 16-25, 21-25), in Walsh Gymnasium on Oct. 16. The Pirates rallied to win a marathon second-set and tie the match, but couldn't maintain their momentum in set three and four losses.

After missing over a month due to injury, Papadakos returned and had eight kills, only two attack errors and two blocks. Junior Villanueva had a team-high 11 kills, while Nelson had a team-best nine digs. Seton Hall's setters had decent matches as Adler finished with 17 assists and six digs and Emilee Fuller (Louisville, Ky.) added 13 assists and eight digs.

SCOUTING DE PAUL
DePaul enters the weekend with a 17-8 record overall and a 9-5 mark in BIG EAST play. Since last facing Seton Hall, the Blue Demons have gone 4-3. Most recently, they lost in five sets at Georgetown, but bounced back to beat Villanova in four sets last weekend.

DePaul is currently tied with St. John's at 9-5 for the last two playoff spots in next week's BIG EAST Tournament, but Xavier is only one game behind at 8-6. DePaul's Leonor Polezzi ranks second in the BIG EAST with 8.81 assists per set, while Kendall Timme is third with 3.59 kills per set.