Pirates Secure Seventh Win of the Season in 3-0 Beatdown of Blue Devils

Date: September 17, 2022

By: Jonathan Heite

Seton Hall Athletics

On Friday night, the Seton Hall women’s volleyball team (7-3) took down Central Connecticut State (5-4) in three sets to capture their first victory of the Seton Hall Classic.

The squad dominated the entire match, and in addition to a collective .277 attack percentage, numerous members of the team stepped up at Walsh Gymnasium.

PIRATES WIN!!

Seton Hall puts forth a dominant effort in a sweep of Central Connecticut State.

Jenna Walsh and Bianca Bucciarelli combined for 24 kills and only four attack errors!#HALLin ‍☠️ pic.twitter.com/lCvNgVSH6A

— Seton Hall Volleyball (@SHUVolley) September 17, 2022

Leading the way for the Pirates were Jenna Walsh and Bianca Bucciarelli, who tallied 13 (third straight contest with this number of kills) and 11 kills respectively. Walsh also maintained an impressive .429 hit percentage along with four digs while Bucciarelli posted six digs and three blocks.

Seton Hall was able to secure a first set victory over the Blue Devils by a score of 25-19, where they also notched a .325 attack percentage, the best in one set throughout the entire match.

However, the second set was where the Pirates really took off, as they collected the first 12 out of 13 points and finished off CCSU 25-13.

Here's another look at that thunderous Bucciarelli kill that put set two in the win column for The Hall...#HALLin pic.twitter.com/UHedDRjE1c

— Seton Hall Volleyball (@SHUVolley) September 17, 2022

The third and final set was tightly contested, as the Blue Devils jumped out to an early 5-3 advantage. Seton Hall would then jump out to a 15-4 run, and after some more back-and-forth action, the Pirates ended the night with a 25-17 win.

In addition to Walsh and Bucciarelli, Perri Lucas and Hanna Tulli had solid performances as well. Lucas tallied five kills and two digs, and Tulli collected four kills and two blocks. Taylor Jakubowki also ended with a match-high 15 assists, in addition to four digs, which allowed her to reach the 1000-assist and 500-dig marks for her Seton Hall career.

The Pirates as a team finished with 42 kills to CCSU’s 26, 54 digs to 44, and seven blocks to one. With this victory, Seton Hall is now 13-1 in their all-time series against the Blue Devils and remain 3-0 on the season when playing on a Friday.

Here's tonight's Pirate stats leaders...

- Walsh had 13 kills and 4 digs
- Bucciarelli had 11 kills, ZERO attack errors, 6 digs and 3 blocks
- Jakubowski had 15 assists and 4 digs
- Holland had 17 digs
- Subasili tallied 5 blocks, 5 digs, 3 kills#HALLin pic.twitter.com/YZVZCp3zrq

— Seton Hall Volleyball (@SHUVolley) September 17, 2022

Next up will be a busy Saturday doubleheader on campus, as the Pirates will face Dartmouth at 12:30 p.m. and NJIT at 7 p.m. to cap off the Seton Hall Classic. These will be the last matches before Big East play beings on Sept. 23 in a home clash with the UConn Huskies.

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Jonathan Heite is an Assistant Sports Director for WSOU Sports and can be reached at jonathan.heite@student.shu.edu.

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