Box Score

Butler Butler 10-12,4-7 Big East

Seton Hall SHU 11-11,5-6 Big East

Butler Butler

10-12,4-7 Big East

Final

Oct. 27, 2023

Seton Hall SHU

11-11,5-6 Big East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Butler Butler	25	15	26	26	11	(2)
Seton Hall SHU	21	25	28	24	15	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/27/2023 9:05:00 PM | Ethan Polak

ButlerVB Comeback Spoiled by Seton Hall in Five-Set Thriller

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — The Butler volleyball team fell to Seton Hall in a five-set battle (25-21, 15-25, 26-28, 26-24, 11-15). The Bulldogs move to 4-7 in the conference and 10-12 overall.

Set 1: Butler 25-21
The Pirates began the match on top after jumping out to a 4-1 lead and then lengthening their lead to 9-4. Butler then used kills from Elise Ward to go on a 4-0 run to bring the score to 9-8. Seton Hall then held onto their lead until a 3-0 spurt led by Mariah Grunze helped the Bulldogs take the lead at 19-18. After the Pirates tied the score back at 19-19, Butler scored the next five straight points using kills from Grunze and Laiya Ebo along with a serving ace by Jaymeson Kinley to give them a 24-19 lead. Grunze would then put a late Seton Hall rally to bed with a kill to win 25-21.

Set 2: Seton Hall 25-15
The second set was the same story as Seton Hall would jump out to a 5-1 lead. The Bulldogs would slowly crawl back using kills from Elise Ward and Cora Taylor to cut the lead to 10-8. The Pirates responded with a 5-0 spurt followed by a 4-0 run to run away with the set at 21-11. Seton Hall would then eventually close out the set at 25-15.

Set 3: Seton Hall 28-26
After another early Pirates 3-1 lead, consecutive kills by Grace Boggess helped Butler bounce back to tie the score at 3-3. Seton Hall would then use a 3-0 run to take an 8-4 lead. The Bulldogs crept back into the match using kills from Ebo and Ward to make the score 12-10. Back-to-back serving aces by Taylor kept the deficit at two points at 18-16, and the Bulldogs would hold onto the momentum using a kill by Grunze and a block by Boggess to tie the set at 20-20. The two teams then remained within a point until the Pirates ended the set on a 3-0 run to win 28-26.

Set 4: Butler 26-24
The Bulldogs once again began the fourth frame from behind after Seton Hall flew out to a 5-3 lead. Butler would respond using a kill by Ward and a block by Grunze and Boggess to tie the score at 6-6. No team would take a significant lead until a 4-0 spurt that included three straight blocks from Cherry to take a 17-14 lead. The Pirates brought the score back to within a point at 22-21, but a kill by Ward and a serving ace by Rylie Tam gave Butler a 24-21 lead. The Bulldogs then spoiled a late rally by Seton Hall after Grunze's kill and Cherry's solo block helped take the set at 26-24 and extend the match to a fifth set.

Set 5: Butler 15-11
Seton Hall continued their dominance at the start of the set taking a quick 4-0 lead. A kill by Boggess and a serving ace by Reese Bates helped the Bulldogs respond to cut the lead back to a point at 4-3. The Pirates then slowly added to their lead eventually taking a 10-6 lead. Butler then had a late rally using a kill by Ebo to make the score 12-10, but Seton Hall would ultimately close out the match on a 3-1 run.

Stat of the Match
Butler dominated the match at the net all as the Bulldogs would finish with 14 blocks compared to Seton Hall's nine blocks. Destiny Cherry led the match with a career-high eight blocks while Laiya Ebo and Grace Boggess each tallied six blocks.

Inside the Box Score

In her 117th collegiate match, Kinley earned her first-ever double-double tallying 16 digs and 10 assists
Grunze reached the 20-kill mark for just the second time in her career after tying her career-high of 21 kills along with nine digs and three blocks
Taylor earned her third-straight double-double after tallying 47 assists and a team-high 17 digs
Boggess hit for .467 with nine kills and six blocks
Cherry set a new career-high with eight blocks while adding six kills
Ebo finished the match with six kills and a new personal-best six blocks

Up Next
The Bulldogs will be back in action tomorrow against St. John's in Queens, N.Y. with the first serve slated for 5 p.m.

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