Pirates Conclude First Half of Spring Break Trip

Saturday, March 9

Clearwater, Fla.

3:30 p.m.

Seton Hall University

7-9

UMass

9-10

Seton Hall

Massachusetts

3/10/2019 4:05:00 PM | Softball

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CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Seton Hall softball team (8-10) concluded the first half of its spring break trip at the USF Series by going 1-2 on Saturday and Sunday at the Eddie C. Moore Complex. After dropping tight games to UMass (9-10) and Central Connecticut (5-3) on Saturday, The Hall picked up its first win of the trip with a one-run triumph over an excellent Chattanooga (17-5) team on Sunday.

Game 1 Saturday – UMass 8, Seton Hall 5

How it Happened

It was The Hall that took an early lead, jumping ahead 2-0 by way of a two-run Baylee Allender (Rosharon, Texas) home run
After the Minutewomen got a run back in the bottom of the first, the Pirates pushed their lead back to two in the top of the third with a sacrifice fly from Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.)
UMass took its first lead of the day with a three-spot in the bottom of the third
Darby Pandolfo (Massapequa, N.Y.) evened the contest at 4-4 with a solo home run in the top of the fourth, and another Arteaga sac fly in the fifth put the Pirates back ahead
Massachusetts answered once again, scoring four runs in the bottom of the fifth to go up 8-5, a lead it would hold the rest of the way

Notes and Numbers

Umass finished with a 12-8 edge in hits and committed both of the game's two errors
Allender and Arteaga both finished with two RBIs for the Pirates
Janae Barracato (Hempstead, N.Y.) notched a pair of hits for The Hall, including a triple
Payton Beaver (Lake Stevens, Wash.) finished 1-for-2 with a double, two walks and a run scored
The setback dropped the Pirates to 1-6 all-time against UMass

Game 2 Saturday – Central Connecticut 11, Seton Hall 9

How it Happened

The Blue Devils jumped out to a big early lead, scoring seven times in the first three innings
The Hall began to chip away in the bottom of the third, pushing two runs across with an Arteaga home run and a Katherine Matthys (Spring Branch, Texas) RBI double
CCSU would plate four more runs in the top of the fifth to go up 11-2
The Pirates again continued to fight, putting up a four-spot of their own in the bottom of the fifth that included RBI hits from Jaden Tate (Las Vegas, Nev.), Destini Peck (Riverside, Calif.), Marisa Pla (San Clemente, Calif.) and Barracato
The Hall got within two runs in the bottom of the seventh when Arteaga tripled and scored, but it could not come all the way back and complete the comeback

Notes and Numbers

The Pirates finished with a slight 11-10 edge in hits, but committed four errors for the game
Tate had three of The Hall's hits in a 3-for-3, two-run, two-RBI day
Arteaga, Matthys and Peck each had two hits for the Pirates and Matthys knocked in a pair of runs
The home run for Arteaga was her second of the season
The Pirates fell to 3-6 all-time against CCSU after an earlier match-up this season was rained out

Sunday – Seton Hall 7, Chattanooga 6

How it Happened

The Mocs jumped ahead with two runs in the top of the first via a two-run double
The Hall got one back with an RBI double from J. Tate in the bottom of the second
The Pirates took their first lead in the bottom of the fourth, pushing runs across by way of a Matthys single and Beaver sac fly
The Mocs re-took the lead with two runs in the top of the fifth, but the advantage was short-lived after Pandolfo hit a home run to give SHU a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the frame
Chattanooga answered again in the top of the sixth with a solo home run
In the bottom of the sixth, Arteaga delivered an RBI double and Peck plated her later in the frame with an RBI single to give the Pirates a 7-5 edge
The Mocs got back within a run with a solo home run in the top of the seventh before Mo Sobel (Newbury Parks, Calif.) was able to strand the potential tying run on base and notch the save

Notes and Numbers

Both squads had 11 hits on the day, with UTC felled by three errors
Pandolfo's home run was her third of the year, tied for the team-high
Peck finished the day 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Arteaga and Matthys both had two hits
Six different Pirates knocked in a run in the balanced offensive attack
The contest was the second all-time between SHU and UT-Chattanooga, evening the series at 1-1

What's Next
The Pirates return to action in Clearwater next weekend for four more games, starting with Eastern Illinois on Friday, March 15.