Foster Notches Three Hits In Setback at Creighton

Saturday, April 15

Omaha, Neb.

12 p.m.

Seton Hall University

19-18-1, 0

Creighton

15-22, 0

Seton Hall

Creighton

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Pitching:

W: HYLTON, Michal (6-9)

L: Head, Chrisa (4-3)

Seton Hall

Batting:

2B: Foster, Sara 1

RBI: Foster, Sara 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Prukop, Alyssa 1 ; Reddick, Ragen 1 ; Suto, Valerie 1

HBP: Reddick, Ragen 1

Creighton

Batting:

2B: CANTU, Ashley 1 ; DELLINGER, Sam 1 ; O'GORMAN, Anna 1 ; REINHART, Allie 1

RBI: DELLINGER, Sam 2 ; O'GORMAN, Anna 1 ; REINHART, Allie 1

SH: DARO, Jen 1

Base Running:

RUNS: CANTU, Ashley 1 ; COFFIEL, Tash 1 ; DELLINGER, Sam 1 ; FRY, Kristin 1

SB: CANTU, Ashley 1 ; MCCOY, Aujanae 2

HBP: CANTU, Ashley 1

4/15/2017 3:13:00 PM | Softball

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OMAHA, Neb. – Despite a big offensive day from junior Sara Foster (Long Beach, Calif.) the Seton Hall softball team (19-18-1, 5-7 BIG EAST) dropped its series finale at Creighton (15-22, 6-6 BIG EAST) on Saturday afternoon. The 4-3 setback at CU Sports Complex marks the first time this season the Pirates have been swept in a conference series and their second series loss in four conference sets on the year.

Foster finished her day 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, adding a double on the afternoon. The Hall fell into an early 3-0 hole before Madison Strunk (Adkins, Texas) came on with two away in the bottom of the first to limit further damage. Foster got The Hall on the board with a two-run single in the top of the second to cut the lead to one, before CU notched another run in the bottom of the frame to take a 4-2 lead.

Turning Points
Down 4-2 in the top of the fourth, the Pirates loaded the bases with one away thanks to a pair of walks sandwiching a Foster single. After CU got a fly ball for the second out, Valerie Suto (Mercerville, N.J.) scored on an illegal pitch to the cut the lead back to one. With two on and two away Creighton managed to limit the damage with a strikeout and hold on to a 4-3 lead.

The Pirates threatened again in both the fifth and sixth innings, but in both instances Creighton was able to work around two-out baserunners and preserve the one-run lead. In the seventh the Pirates were unable to muster another rally and went down in order.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates were out-hit 9-4 in the setback, with a single from Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) joining Foster's three hits
Both sides committed one error, while the Pirates left 10 men on base compared to eight for CU
After entering in relief in the first inning Strunk fired 5.1 strong innings in relief, allowing a single run on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts
The Hall drew eight walks on the day, with Alyssa Prukop (Coto de Caza, Calif.), Suto and Alexis Walkden (Cibolo, Texas) each drawing a pair
CU pitching limited The Hall to 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position while Bluejay batters went 4-for-12

News and Notes

Foster's three-hit day was her fourth of the season and her 11^th multi-hit effort
Lauren Fischer (Robbinsville, N.J.) drew a walk and has reached base safely in 12-straight games
The walk was the 34^th of the season for Fischer, two shy of Walkden's single-season program record set in 2016
In conference play, Strunk now holds an 11:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio
Foster improved her season batting average to .325 and is hitting .333 in BIG EAST action
The Hall falls to 5-6 all-time against Creighton

What's Next
The Pirates are back in action during the midweek, visiting Central Connecticut on Tuesday, April 18.