Hamilton has 18 kills as Volleyball beats Seton Hall in four

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SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey – Aubrey Hamilton continued her torrid pace over the past month with 18 kills and three blocks as the Marquette University women's volleyball team downed Seton Hall in four sets, 25-16, 19-25, 25-14, 25-19, on Friday evening at Walsh Gymnasium.

The Golden Eagles (11-7, 7-0 BIG EAST) hit a combined .270 in that match and had to shake off a second set loss to take the match in four frames. Hamilton hit .425 in the victory with just one error on 40 swings. She also added an ace, while fellow outside hitter Jenna Reitsma had three and Ella Foti had a pair.

"I thought Seton Hall competed hard tonight and we had to battle," MU head coach Ryan Theis said. "They had a nice crowd that we allowed into the match in the second set. Aubrey had another impressive night - she is really putting the pieces together. I also thought Ella Holmstrom gave us a big spark off the bench."

Holmstrom saw action in all four sets for MU and finished with five kills on eight errorless swings to hit .625.

Madeline Matheny paced the Pirates (8-10, 2-5 BIG EAST) with 11 kills.

NOTABLE:

The Golden Eagles are 7-0 to begin BIG EAST play for the fourth time. MU is the league's only unbeaten team in conference play.
This weekend begins a stretch of eight of 10 contests on the road for the Golden Eagles, whose lone home weekend over the next month is Oct. 27-28 against Providence and UConn.
Marquette leads the all-time series with the Pirates, 23-5, and all 28 meetings have come since MU joined the BIG EAST for the 2005 season.
The Golden Eagles have won each of the last 14 meetings.
MU is 12-2 against Seton Hall at Walsh Gymnasium.
In the 12 matches (40 sets) since Hamilton was held to a -.042 (5-6-24) hitting percentage against then-No. 9 Pitt on Sept. 8, she is hitting .358 (168-32-380) with 4.20 kills per set, 11 service aces, 62 digs and 26 blocks.
Hamilton is hitting .437 through seven conference matches on nearly 200 swings (96-10-197).
MU setter Yadhira Anchante had her ninth double-double of the year with 40 assists and 20 digs.
Foti, MU's right-side hitter, had 17 digs, her fourth-highest total of the year.
Marquette has won at a 75.1 percent clip (214-71) since joining the BIG EAST in 2005 and is 129-27 (.827) in BIG EAST matches under Theis.
MU is 90-12 (.882) in BIG EAST play over the last seven seasons (2017-23) under Theis, including consecutive regular season league titles in 2021 (16-2) and 2022 (17-1).

UP NEXT: ESPN+ will provide coverage for Saturday's 4 p.m. contest against St. John's at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, New York.

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