In the eyes of three former women’s basketball standouts, Seton Hall is the chosen family that provided the roots and wings they needed to play professionally overseas. Alexia Allesch, Azana Baines and Sidney Cooks all started their college careers elsewhere, but say that a strong sense of family and community helped draw them to Seton Hall. Coach Tony Bozzella credits their…
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To call Niamh Campbell a student athlete would not be incorrect, just somewhat inadequate. Sure, she’s starting her third year on a Division 1 tennis team after being voted co-captain by her teammates and was chosen as her class’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2024-25. Yes, she has a 4.0 grade-point average. But she’s also a polished, capable journalist and commentator on…
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A lot of women have exploded off the starting blocks and into the pool since Seton Hall first formed a women’s swim team in 1978. There’s been no shortage of BIG EAST champions among them, either. But competing in the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships was always just out of reach. That…
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In 2022, Seton Hall’s men’s golf team won the BIG EAST title — the first time in 22 years — and set a school mark for scoring average. The coach at the time, Clay White, was overseeing a program on the rise when he moved on to the University of Pennsylvania that same year. That’s…
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Standing 5-foot-11 inches, Seton Hall women’s volleyball outside hitter Perri Lucas ’24 doesn’t quite measure up vertically to many of the taller players on other Division I teams. So Lucas uses an explosive athletic ability, leaping up for highlight-reel spikes that show off her myriad talents. Early in her career with the Pirates, Lucas learned…
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By Shawn Fury In a stellar college basketball career that included stops at Duke, Virginia Tech and Seton Hall, Azana Baines has used plenty of one-on-one skills during five-on-five contests. At practice and in pickup games, she worked hard in two-on-two battles. But last summer, Baines expanded her game by playing in competitive three-on-three tournaments…
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By Shawn Fury As Natalie Tavana tallied clutch goal after clutch goal last season for the women’s soccer team, Seton Hall’s social media accounts gave her a nickname befitting someone who conjured up scores whenever the Pirates needed them. “The Magician gets number 9,” read the team’s Twitter feed when Tavana scored against St. John’s…
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By Molly Petrilla Red, white and yellow confetti whirled past David Glover Jr., M.S. ’04 as he stood on the football field last February, emotions overflowing. “You’re so excited and you don’t even know where to go, what to do,” he says. “Everybody’s hugging, everybody’s crying. You’re looking for your parents in the stands. You’re…
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By Shawn Fury Kelsey Carr’s junior season for the Seton Hall softball team featured dominant performances as a pitcher and clutch displays as a hitter. She spearheaded a remarkable turnaround in the standings as the Pirates finished 42-18 and captured the BIG EAST Tournament Championship for the first time since 2005. But the seeds to…
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By Shawn Fury Seton Hall diver Quinn Murtha took an unusual path on his way to Division I success. Unlike student-athletes who get courted by dozens of colleges, the Georgia native says, “I never really took diving that seriously. I was just going to be done after my senior year. And then I think my…
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