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DePaul Fends Off Seton Hall in Five-Set Victory
11/6/2021 7:52:00 PM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Blue Demons improve to 8-6 in BIG EAST play, marking the most conference victories in a season since joining the league
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Despite facing an uphill battle on two occasions on Saturday night, the DePaul women's volleyball team grinded out a 3-2 victory over Seton Hall at Walsh Gymnasium.
Set scores of the match were: 16-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-20, 15-7
DePaul picked up its second win of the season over the Pirates and improved to 15-11 on the season and 8-6 in BIG EAST action. Eight conference victories marks the most in a season for DePaul since joining the BIG EAST in 2005.
A trio of Blue Demons recorded double-digit kills on the outing with Jill Pressly leading the way with 16 terminations. Emma Price caught fire on the right side with 13 kills while Donna Brown poured in 11 kills at a .381 clip to go along with a pair of service aces.
Hanna Karl saw success all over the court with eight kills including four in the deciding fifth set alongside 13 digs and a service ace.
At the net, Bailey Nelson totaled three solo blocks and four on the evening while Aly Kindelberger also chipped in four.
Rachel Krasowski collected a team-high 17 digs and dished out six assists while Phoenix Lee recorded a season-high 28 assists and picked up nine digs.
Seton Hall was led by 14 kills from Perri Lucas and 13 on the right side from Emilee Turner.
How it Happened:
Set One: The first set was a back-and-forth affair through the first 20 points as the teams stood knotted at 10 apiece. Brown tallied her third kill of the set to give the Blue Demons a 12-11 lead before the Pirates went on a 4-0 run to take a 15-12 lead and force a DePaul timeout. Out of the break, Pressly notched a kill before the Pirates strung together six points in a row to take a 21-13 lead. Seton Hall went on to take the first set 25-16 and take a 1-0 lead in the match.
Set Two: The Blue Demons ran out to a 8-2 lead in the second set with Brown behind the service line. Pressly recorded three kills in the spurt while Brown tallied a service ace. The Pirates closed the gap to 13-8 before Karl put down a kill from the right side and Brown and Nelson combined for a block on the right side to widen the advantage to seven. The Pirates answered with a 3-0 run of their own to come within four points before Pressly terminated for the seventh time in the match to side out for DePaul. A great run up the middle from Kindelberger handed DePaul a 22-16 lead to force a Pirates timeout. The Blue Demons saw a pair of set points wiped away before a Pressly back row kill gave DePaul a 25-20 set two victory.
Set Three: Seton Hall opened up the third set with a 7-3 advantage to force an early DePaul timeout. Ally Dennemann put a kill down the line to cut the deficit back to four at 9-5. The Pirates went on to take five of the six points their lead to 14-6. A Pressly termination followed by a Pirates miscue cut the deficit to five at 17-12. The Pirates led by as many as eight before the Blue Demons went on a 3-0 run to force a Pirates timeout trailing 20-15. DePaul staved off a set point before a successful kill from the Pirates on the right side gave Seton Hall a 25-17 set three victory.
Set Four: After falling behind early, the Blue Demons took the lead at 7-6 before the Pirates rattled off four in a row to take a 10-7 lead and force a DePaul timeout. Brown's eighth kill of the evening halted the run before serving up an ace to cut the deficit back to one. Pressly dropped in her 14th kill of the evening to knot the score at 12 apiece. A Nelson and Brown block followed by a Karl kill put the Blue Demons in front 15-13 and force a Pirates timeout. A successful Price termination on the right side put DePaul up 20-18. The Blue Demons went on to win five of the next seven points behind a pair of kills from Price to even the match at two sets apiece.
Set Five: DePaul raced out to a 4-0 lead in the fifth with Karl behind the service line before the Pirates responded with three points of their own. The Blue Demons utilized a 5-0 run including three kills from Karl to open up the fifth set and take a 13-6 lead. Back-to-back terminations from Brown followed by Karl gave DePaul a 15-7 fifth set win and a 3-2 victory.
From Head Coach Marie Zidek: "Nothing good ever comes easy. This team had to dig deep to get that one. Seton Hall has been trending up as the season has gone on with their offense and it showed tonight. Emma had another big night on the slide and our middles dialed in their middles well. Our outsides really won by committee tonight. Meredith came in and made some key receptions that allowed our offense to heat up in that 4th and 5th set. Dennemann came in and had a nice tool kill. Hanna did a great job of delivering an all-around game while Jill provided the big time kills at crunch moments. Rachel fought for a key dig series in the fifth set, and our right sides were play makers down the stretch.
On a night where we faced a very hot and stubbornly competitive team, we had to dig deep to gain momentum that 4th set to send it to the decisive 5th set. And in decisive 5th sets, I'd take this team 100% of the time."
Up Next: DePaul will hit the road once again to take on Butler on Friday, November 12 and Xavier on Sunday, November 14. The Blue Demons will square off with the Bulldogs at 10 a.m. CT from historic Hinkle Fieldhouse before taking on Xavier at 1 p.m. at the Cintas Center.
For all of the latest on DePaul Women's Volleyball, stay tuned to depaulbluedemons.com and follow theteam on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Set scores of the match were: 16-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-20, 15-7
DePaul picked up its second win of the season over the Pirates and improved to 15-11 on the season and 8-6 in BIG EAST action. Eight conference victories marks the most in a season for DePaul since joining the BIG EAST in 2005.
A trio of Blue Demons recorded double-digit kills on the outing with Jill Pressly leading the way with 16 terminations. Emma Price caught fire on the right side with 13 kills while Donna Brown poured in 11 kills at a .381 clip to go along with a pair of service aces.
Hanna Karl saw success all over the court with eight kills including four in the deciding fifth set alongside 13 digs and a service ace.
At the net, Bailey Nelson totaled three solo blocks and four on the evening while Aly Kindelberger also chipped in four.
Rachel Krasowski collected a team-high 17 digs and dished out six assists while Phoenix Lee recorded a season-high 28 assists and picked up nine digs.
Seton Hall was led by 14 kills from Perri Lucas and 13 on the right side from Emilee Turner.
How it Happened:
Set One: The first set was a back-and-forth affair through the first 20 points as the teams stood knotted at 10 apiece. Brown tallied her third kill of the set to give the Blue Demons a 12-11 lead before the Pirates went on a 4-0 run to take a 15-12 lead and force a DePaul timeout. Out of the break, Pressly notched a kill before the Pirates strung together six points in a row to take a 21-13 lead. Seton Hall went on to take the first set 25-16 and take a 1-0 lead in the match.
Set Two: The Blue Demons ran out to a 8-2 lead in the second set with Brown behind the service line. Pressly recorded three kills in the spurt while Brown tallied a service ace. The Pirates closed the gap to 13-8 before Karl put down a kill from the right side and Brown and Nelson combined for a block on the right side to widen the advantage to seven. The Pirates answered with a 3-0 run of their own to come within four points before Pressly terminated for the seventh time in the match to side out for DePaul. A great run up the middle from Kindelberger handed DePaul a 22-16 lead to force a Pirates timeout. The Blue Demons saw a pair of set points wiped away before a Pressly back row kill gave DePaul a 25-20 set two victory.
Set Three: Seton Hall opened up the third set with a 7-3 advantage to force an early DePaul timeout. Ally Dennemann put a kill down the line to cut the deficit back to four at 9-5. The Pirates went on to take five of the six points their lead to 14-6. A Pressly termination followed by a Pirates miscue cut the deficit to five at 17-12. The Pirates led by as many as eight before the Blue Demons went on a 3-0 run to force a Pirates timeout trailing 20-15. DePaul staved off a set point before a successful kill from the Pirates on the right side gave Seton Hall a 25-17 set three victory.
Set Four: After falling behind early, the Blue Demons took the lead at 7-6 before the Pirates rattled off four in a row to take a 10-7 lead and force a DePaul timeout. Brown's eighth kill of the evening halted the run before serving up an ace to cut the deficit back to one. Pressly dropped in her 14th kill of the evening to knot the score at 12 apiece. A Nelson and Brown block followed by a Karl kill put the Blue Demons in front 15-13 and force a Pirates timeout. A successful Price termination on the right side put DePaul up 20-18. The Blue Demons went on to win five of the next seven points behind a pair of kills from Price to even the match at two sets apiece.
Set Five: DePaul raced out to a 4-0 lead in the fifth with Karl behind the service line before the Pirates responded with three points of their own. The Blue Demons utilized a 5-0 run including three kills from Karl to open up the fifth set and take a 13-6 lead. Back-to-back terminations from Brown followed by Karl gave DePaul a 15-7 fifth set win and a 3-2 victory.
From Head Coach Marie Zidek: "Nothing good ever comes easy. This team had to dig deep to get that one. Seton Hall has been trending up as the season has gone on with their offense and it showed tonight. Emma had another big night on the slide and our middles dialed in their middles well. Our outsides really won by committee tonight. Meredith came in and made some key receptions that allowed our offense to heat up in that 4th and 5th set. Dennemann came in and had a nice tool kill. Hanna did a great job of delivering an all-around game while Jill provided the big time kills at crunch moments. Rachel fought for a key dig series in the fifth set, and our right sides were play makers down the stretch.
On a night where we faced a very hot and stubbornly competitive team, we had to dig deep to gain momentum that 4th set to send it to the decisive 5th set. And in decisive 5th sets, I'd take this team 100% of the time."
Up Next: DePaul will hit the road once again to take on Butler on Friday, November 12 and Xavier on Sunday, November 14. The Blue Demons will square off with the Bulldogs at 10 a.m. CT from historic Hinkle Fieldhouse before taking on Xavier at 1 p.m. at the Cintas Center.
For all of the latest on DePaul Women's Volleyball, stay tuned to depaulbluedemons.com and follow theteam on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Team Stats
DePaul
SHU
Kills
60
58
Errors
24
23
Attempts
164
156
Hitting %
.220
.224
Points
73
77
Assists
55
55
Aces
5
9
Blocks
8
10
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
11
Aces
2
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
1
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