The Sacred Heart University women's volleyball team fell to top-ranked, and seeded, Baylor, in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament in Waco, Texas. The Pioneers end the campaign with a 20-12 record, while the Bears improve to 26-1 and advance to face USC in the second round.

The Pioneers were led by sixth-year senior, Makayla Dole, who hit .353 in her final match, with nine kills.

The Pioneers won 20 matches for the fifth-time in program history in 2019 and made their third NCAA Tournament appearance.

By the Numbers:

• Reghan Palanchi finished with six kills on the evening and hit .308
• The Pioneers hit .031 as a team
• SHU finished with five blocks, finishing with a program record 241 blocks
• Gianna Scioletti recorded four kills and four blocks
• Jasmine Rogers, Ciszek and Lissel Nelis all finished with six digs
• Ciszek handed out 20 assists
• Marieke Van der Mark had 13 kills to pace Baylor
• Yossiana Pressley had 12 kills and Tara Wulf finished with 11 digs

First-Set: Baylor 25, SHU 20

• Scioletti started with a kill and followed by partnering with Murawinski on a block to give SHU a 2-0 advantage
• After a Shelly Stafford kill, Murawinski and Dole put the ball on the ground for a 4-1 edge
• McGhee and Pressley scored four-straight, as part of a 5-0 Bear run to put Baylor in front 6-4
• A Dole kill and Baylor error, tied the score, 6-6
• McGhee gave Baylor a 7-6 lead, which Dole and Palanchi answered, to give the Pioneers an 8-7 advantage
• A Jasmin Rogers ace made the SHU run 6-4, and gave the Pioneers a 10-8 advantage
• Shelly Stafford 
• Palanchi and Ciszek combined on a block for the 11-10 advantage
• Ciszek went on two, to break an 11-11 tie, inside the near line
• The Bears scored the next four points, with two SHU errors, to take a 15-12 advantage to the media timeout
• Murawinski drilled a ball down the line to end the run, which was followed by a Bear error to get the Pioneers within a point, 15-14 
• The Bears responded with three straight points, forcing a SHU timeout with the score, 18-14
• The Pioneers were able to get within three, 19-16, but the Bears answered with three- straight, for a 22-16 edge
• Dole scored a point of the Baylor block to momentarily stop the run
• Baylor led 23-17 before kills from Palanchi and an Emma Smallcomb ace, brouth the Pioneers within four, 23-19
• The Pioneers fended off the first set point with a Scioletti kill, but a service error gave the Bears a 25-20 win

Second Set: Baylor 25, SHU 18

• Scioletti's kill gave SHU a 2-1 lead in the second set
• Dole put a ball inside the end line, to end a 3-0 Baylor run, and make the score 4-3
• Palanchi put a ball off a defender to knot the score, 4-4
• Dole answered a Baylor point with her seventh kill, to retie the set, 5-5
• Scioletti and Murawinski blocked a Pressley swing, to give SHU an 8-7 lead
• A bad pass on the ensuing serve gave the Pioneers a 9-7 advantage
• Stafford and Van der Mark followed with kills and an ace from Shanel Bramschreiber put the Bears in front 10-9
• A Murawinski and Scioletti block, tied the set, 10-10
• Three points later Murawinski gave SHU 12-11 lead
• Baylor scored four-straight, into the media timeout, to build a 15-12 lead 
• The Bears scored twice out of the media and forced a SHU timeout
• A service error was followed by a Palanchi kill and the Pioneers close within 17-14
• The Pioneers scored back-to-back points on kills from Scioletti and Nelis to get within two, 20-18 
• The Bears closed with five straight points, on three kills, to take the set

Third Set: Baylor 25, SHU 8

• Baylor scored first, for the first time in the match, and ran out to a 3-0 lead, in part a pair of SHU errors
• The Bears opened a 5-1 lead, before Dole landed a ball just inside the end line, for her ninth kill of the match
• Kills from Milana and two from Pressley pushed the advantage to 9-3
• Palanchi put a ball on the ground and a Baylor error brought the Pioneers within 9-5
•  The Bears scored six of seven points to open a nine-point advantage, 15-6
• A service error and a hitting error gave SHU two points, before a Bear kill and ace pushed the advantage back to nine, 17-8
• Van der Mar recorded consecutive kills out of the timeout and the Bears finished the match without allowing another point