Walkden's Clutch Hit Powers Pirates To Series Win

Sunday, April 2

Chicago, Ill.

1 p.m.

Seton Hall University

16-13-1, 0

DePaul

15-15, 0

Seton Hall

DePaul

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Strunk, Madison (3-3)

L: Zoch (7-6)

Seton Hall

Batting:

2B: Walkden, Alexis 1

RBI: Walkden, Alexis 3 ; Peck, Destini 2 ; Arteaga, Hailey 1

SH: Fischer, Lauren 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Foster, Sara 2 ; Walkden, Alexis 1 ; Wallace, Briana 1 ; Reddick, Ragen 1 ; Lent, Noel 1 ; Suto, Valerie 1

SB: Foster, Sara 1 ; Wallace, Briana 1 ; Lent, Noel 1 ; Suto, Valerie 1

DePaul

Batting:

2B: Rodriguez, A 1 ; Viles 1

HR: Pihl 1 ; Cothern 1

RBI: Pihl 2 ; Leyva 1 ; Cothern 1 ; Viles 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Fitzgerald 1 ; Pihl 1 ; Cothern 1 ; Greenwood 1 ; Rodriguez, A 1 ; Greik 1

SB: Fitzgerald 1

4/2/2017 4:04:00 PM | Softball

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CHICAGO – Trailing by a run and down to its final strike, the Seton Hall softball team (16-13-1, 3-3 BIG EAST) got a clutch bases-clearing double from Alexis Walkden in an eventual 7-6 victory over DePaul (15-15, 2-3) on Sunday at Cacciatore Stadium. The contest was the rubber match of a three-game set with the Blue Demons, giving The Hall its first BIG EAST series win of the year and first over DePaul since 2008.

Walkden (Cibolo, Texas) came up with her big knock after DePaul erased an early 4-0 Seton Hall lead, going up 5-4 with a four-run sixth inning. The junior standout finished 2-for-4 as one of six Pirates to post multi-hit efforts in a 15-hit attack. Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) and Sara Foster (Long Beach, Calif.) both scored on the double and posted three-hit outings for the Pirates.

Turning Points
With the Pirates leading 4-1 heading to the bottom of the sixth, DePaul posted a four-run frame to pull ahead for the first time at 5-4. The Blue Demons sent nine to the plate and recorded six hits in the frame, including a game-tying single from Nicole Pihl before a go-ahead RBI knock from Megan Leyva.

In the top of the seventh, Arteaga and Ragen Reddick (Middlesex, N.J.) led off the frame with back-to-back singles before DePaul got the next two batters. With two away, Foster dropped in an infield single to load the bases for Walkden. On a 3-2 pitch, the junior smacked a bases-clearing double to the left-center field gap to put the Pirates back on top at 7-5.

DePaul pulled back within a run with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh before Madison Strunk (Adkins, Texas) retired the next three in order to close out the rubber game victory.

Inside The Numbers

The Hall finished with a 15-13 edge in hits, committing two errors versus one for DePaul
The Pirates were a perfect 4-for-4 on the basepaths with four different base-stealers
Destini Peck (Riverside, Calif.) went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while Noel Lent (Yaphank, N.Y.) and Valerie Suto (Mercerville, N.J.) both went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run
Seton Hall finished 6-for-15 (.400) with runners scoring position and 3-for-7 (.429) leading off an inning
Walkden's double was The Hall's lone extra base hit as The Hall recorded 14 singles in the win
Reganne Camp (Bloomington, Ill.) tossed the first 5.2 innings before Strunk went the final 1.1 – combined the duo struck out six batters and did not issue a walk

News and Notes

Arteaga and Foster both recorded their eighth multi-hit outings and each notched their third three-hit effort of the season
Walkden's multi-hit outing was her 10^th of the year and she notched two or more RBIs for the eighth time, both team-highs
- Walkden recorded her 35^th career double to move into sole possession of fourth in SHU history
- She also pushed her career RBI total to 114, good for fifth in program history
- A second inning walk gave her 77 in her career, tied for fifth all-time
- In six conference games Walkden is batting .550 with 10 RBIs
With four steals today, the Pirates improve to 43-of-51 on the year swiping bags
The Hall improves to 4-3-1 on the road this season
The series win over the DePaul marks the first in program history in a road series and first overall since the 2008 season

What's Next
The Pirates will take on a pair of local rivals this week in midweek action at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field. The Hall will host Rutgers on Wednesday, April 5 before welcoming Stony Brook for a #DanniStrong game on Thursday, April 6.