Pirates Slug Way To DH Split With Georgetown

Saturday, April 27

South Orange, N.J.

12 p.m.

Seton Hall University

20-23, 6-8

Georgetown

13-31, 5-9

Georgetown

Seton Hall

4/27/2019 6:25:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 GAME 1 BOX GAME 2 BOX

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Behind huge offensive days from Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) and Janae Barracato (Hempstead, N.Y.), the Seton Hall softball team (21-23, 7-8 BIG EAST) battled Georgetown (13-32, 5-10 BIG EAST) to a doubleheader split on Saturday at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field. The split keeps Seton Hall firmly in the hunt for a BIG EAST Tournament berth with a crucial rubber game on tap for Sunday.

Arteaga homered in both games and combined to knock in six runs over the course of the doubleheader, while Barracato scored four runs in two games. Barracato also clubbed three doubles in the game two win, setting a program record for single-season doubles now with 19 on the campaign. The Hall pounded out 18 hits over the doubleheader, resulting in a one-run setback in a four-run victory.

Game 1 – Georgetown 6, Seton Hall 5

In a back-and-forth affair, the Hoyas struck first with three runs in the top of the second
The Hall answered quickly and got back within a run with two in the second, including an RBI double off the bat of Emily Supercynski (Aurora, Colo.)
The Pirates would even the score with a Jaden Tate (Las Vegas, Nev.) RBI single in the third, but GU jumped right back ahead with a run in the top of the fourth
Arteaga launched her first home run of the day in bottom of the fourth, a two-run shot that put the Pirates ahead 5-4
Once again GU answered, getting two across in the top of the fifth to re-take the lead
The Pirate bets were silenced over the final three frames, as GU hurler London Diller retired the final 11 batters she faced to cap a complete game effort

Notes and Numbers

Both sides had six hits and one error in the tight affair
Arteaga and Tate both had two hits on the game
Chrisa Head (Lewisville, Texas) was extremely effective in a 2.1 inning relief stint, retiring all seven batters she faced and striking out four
The Hall had a pair of two-out RBIs and hit .364 (4-11) with runners on base

Game 2 – Seton Hall 8, Georgetown 4

In game two it was the Pirates that were the aggressors early, with Barracato doubling and scoring on a wild pitch before a Baylee Allender (Rosharon, Texas) home run made it 2-0 in the bottom of the first
Georgetown got a home run of its own in the top of the third to even the score at 2-2
That least was short-lived, with Barracato doubling home a run and then scoring on an Arteaga single in the bottom of the third
Arteaga delivered another RBI knock in the fourth to stretch the Pirate lead to 5-2
In the bottom of the sixth with GU back within two, Barracato delivered yet another RBI double before Arteaga launched a two-run homer to give SHU some insurance in the eventual four-run win

Notes and Numbers

The Hall finished with a 12-7 edge in hits and each side had one error
Barracato and Arteaga both had three hits, combining to go 6-for-7 with four runs and six RBIs from the top two spots in the Pirate order
Arteaga's second home run of the day was her sixth of the season and the 19th of her career, moving into the top-10 in SHU history
Allender and Briana Wallace (Fort Worth, Texas) also had multi-hit efforts, with Wallace scoring three times and adding a double
Reganne Camp (Bloomington, Ill.) got the win in the circle with 6.2 innings of four-run ball, scattering seven hits and walking one against five strikeouts
Payton Beaver (Stevens, Wash.) made her first appearance since March 16 and singled in a fifth inning pinch-hit at-bat
Barracato's first inning double set the new single-season SHU record, which she would add on to finish the day with 19 doubles on the year
In 15 conference games, Barracato is hitting .469 with eight doubles and 15 RBIs
Allender's home run was her team-best eighth of the season and her fifth in BIG EAST play

What's Next
The Pirates close their series with Georgetown on Sunday with a 12 p.m. first pitch. Prior to the contest The Hall will honor its six-member senior class.