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Seton Hall SHU 6-14,0-9 Big East
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Winner Butler Butler 10-12,3-6 Big East
Seton Hall SHU
6-14,0-9 Big East
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Final
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Butler Butler
10-12,3-6 Big East
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Seton Hall SHU 22 15 17 (0)
Butler Butler 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Nick Laudano

Butler Sweeps Seton Hall, Earns Coach Shondell his 100th Career Win

Indianapolis, IN-  Butler swept Seton Hall Friday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. With the win, Butler head coach Kyle Shondell earned his 100th career win as a collegiate women's volleyball coach. Butler now sits at 10-12 on the season and 3-6 in BIG EAST conference play. 

Bulldog Bites
  • Alaleh Tolliver led the Dawgs in kills and service aces. She scored nine kills and tallied four service aces. 
  • Lauren Evans led Butler in digs on the match with 11. 
  • Maria Nix tallied six kills on .667 hitting. 
  • Ellery Rees led the Dawgs in blocks (7). Sawyer Jones added six blocks of her own.
  • The Bulldogs' defense held the Pirates' offense to a negative attacking percentage in two of the three sets.  
Set 1 Butler (25-22)
Back-to-back service aces from Alaleh Tolliver, followed by a kill from Maria Nix, gave Butler an 11-6 lead early in the first set. A kill and a service ace from Elise Ward helped the Bulldogs extend their lead to 17-9.

In the later stages of the set, Seton Hall put together a 7-1 run to cut Butler's lead to 20-18. The Pirates then won four of the next six points to pull within one at 23-22, but the Bulldogs closed out the set by taking the final two points for a 25-22 win.

Set 2 Butler (25-15)
Back-to-back kills from Elise Ward gave Butler an early 9-2 lead. A pair of Seton Hall errors and an ace from Ward helped the Bulldogs extend their advantage to 13-5. A kill from the outside by Maria Nix made it 20-10, giving Butler a comfortable cushion in the second set.

The Bulldogs closed strong, winning the final three points. A block assist by Ellery Rees and Sawyer Jones sealed the set for Butler, 25-15.

Set 3 Butler (25-17)
A Tolliver kill and a Tolliver service ace helped Butler build an early 8-5 lead in the third set. A block assist from Ellery Rees and Sawyer Jones extended the advantage to 14-8.
Seton Hall rallied to cut the deficit to 20-17, but the Bulldogs responded by winning the final five points to close out the set and the match.

Zoe McDonald and Tolliver combined for a block assist to earn Butler's 24th point, and McDonald teamed up with Jones on another block to seal the 25-17 win.

Up Next
The Bulldogs return to action Saturday evening, hosting St. John's at 5 p.m. ET at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
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