Volleyball Faces Seton Hall on Sunday

Match Notes 

CHICAGO –  The DePaul volleyball team travels to Seton Hall for a BIG EAST match on Sunday, October 1.  The Blue Demons and Pirates tangle at 2:00 p.m. (CST) at Walsh Gym.

DePaul (4-12, 0-2) is still looking for its first conference win of the season, while Seton Hall (9-7, 1-3) has lost its last two league matches.  DePaul is led by seniors Morgan Ingersoll and Ellen Hayes.  Ingersoll averages 4.04 kills per game which ranks her the seventh most active hitter in the BIG EAST Conference.  Hayes has been a defensive giant for the Blue Demons this season, averaging 4.07 digs per game.

Sunday’s meeting between DePaul and Seton Hall marks the second time the two teams have faced one another.  In the teams inaugural meeting in Chicago in 2005, Seton Hall won 3-0 with Tricia Meyers leading all players with 13 kills and a .632 attack percentage.

 

Seton Hall (9-6, 1-1 BIG EAST)

Head Coach:  Kris Zeiter (1st Season)

Series: Seton Hall lead, 1-0

Last Meeting: Seton Hall won, 3-0 (9/24/05)

The Pirates enter Sunday’s match after dropping a 3-0 match to Notre Dame on Saturday.  Seton Hall is led by middle blocker Tricia Meyers, who is ranked fourth in the league with a .369 attack percentage and 192 kills.  Against the Irish she led the team with 11 kills and a .383 attack percentage.  Seton Hall’s lone conference win came at Georgetown on September 22, 2006.

Morgan Mentioned

Senior Morgan Ingersoll was named to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll for the week of September 18.  The senior led the Blue Demons offensively during the Memphis Tournament, tallying 59 kills and a .226 attack percentage during DePaul’s four matches.  Against  Central Arkansas, Ingersoll tallied a career-high 27 kills.

All-Tournament Nodes

Senior Morgan Ingersoll and Caitlin Callaghan took home All-Tournament team accolades for the Blue Demons this season.  Callaghan was named to the Western Illinois all-tournament team while, Ingersoll was named to the Memphis and Rice all-tournament squads.

Kleyweg First

First year head coach garnered her first win against Texas-San Antonio, Saturday, September 2 at the Rice Tournament.  For the match, the Blue Demons had six players finished with double-digit dig totals and registered nine total blocks, they also notched 69 kills.

BIG EAST Preseason Poll

Notre Dame was selected by the league’s head coaches to win the 2006 BIG EAST Conference volleyball regular season crown. The Irish return three starters from last year’s BIG EAST Championship squad that posted a record of 30-4 and enter the preseason ranked 21 in the College Sports Television/American Volleyball Coaches Association (CSTV/AVCA) preseason poll.

BIG EAST Championship

The University of Cincinnati will play host to the 2006 BIG EAST Championship at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. The top eight teams, according to league records, will participate in a single-elimination tournament to be held November 17-19.

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