Pirates Claim Series at PC With Extra Innings Win

Saturday, April 20

Providence, R.I.

9 a.m.

Seton Hall University

19-21, 6-7

Providence

25-18, 6-8

Seton Hall

Providence

4/20/2019 1:13:00 PM | Softball

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Seton Hall softball team (19-21, 6-7 BIG EAST) came up with a massive 5-4 win in extra innings at Providence (25-18, 6-8 BIG EAST) on Saturay at a cool and windy Glay Field. The win in the series finale saw the Pirates claim the conference set and move into fourth in the BIG EAST standings. The Hall now also carries a crucial tiebreaker over fifth-place PC.

Baylee Allender (Rosharon, Texas) was in the thick of the Pirate offense throughout the day, going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBIs. Allender gave the Pirates a fifth inning lead and then tied the game with a clutch knock in the seventh. Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) also came up big and delivered the go-ahead blow for the Pirates with an RBI single in the top of the eighth. The timely hitting from Allender and Arteaga backed a tremendous 5.0 inning relief outing for Madison Strunk (Adkins, Texas) who picked up her second win of the series in the circle.

How it Happened

The Hall got on the board in the top of the first with a two-out RBI single from Darby Pandolfo (Massapequa, N.Y.) to take a 1-0 lead
The Pirates added to their advantage in the top of the third when Allender doubled and came home to score on a Chrisa Head (Lewisville, Texas) sac fly
In the bottom of the third PC pulled even with a two-run home run to level the score at 2-2
Allender put the Pirates back ahead in the top of the fifth, lining a solo home run to left
The Friars then re-took the lead in the bottom of the fifth, capitalizing on a pair of error to score two unearned runs and go up 4-3
Allender again came up clutch in the top of the seventh, punching an RBI single up the middle to tie the game
With runners on first and second and no outs, PC limited damage by turning an unconventional double play after a pop up to the edge of the infield was dropped by the shortstop
The Friars then put runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but a lineout to short saw the runner on third doubled up to send the game to extras
In the top of the eighth the Pirates used three-straight two-out singles, capped by a go-ahed RBI knock from Arteaga, to take a 5-4 lead
Strunk was able to close the game out in the bottom of the eighth, stranding a potential tying run on base with a lineout to end the contest

Notes and Numbers

The Pirates recorded an 11-8 edge in hits, but committed four errors versus one for PC
The contest was played three hours earlier than its original start time due to weather in the area and featured a 40-minute delay in the bottom of the first
Allender, Arteaga, Pandolfo and Briana Wallace (Fort Worth, Texas) all had multi-hit games
Strunk's final line saw the senior toss 5.0 innings of four-hit ball, allowing two unearned runs and walking three with three strikeouts
Allender's fifth inning home run was her team-high seventh of the season
The Hall improves to 33-30 all-time against Providence, with 14 of the last 17 meetings now decided by two runs or less
Seton Hall has won three of its five BIG EAST series this season, only dropping series to first-place St. John's and an abbreviated set to second-place DePaul

What's Next
The Hall will close its regular season non-conference slate on Wednesday, April 24 with a doubleheader against Lehigh scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.