Camp Fans Career-High 12, SHU Drops Series Finale

Sunday, April 7

South Orange, N.J.

12 p.m.

Seton Hall University

16-16, 4-3

Butler

13-22, 2-4

Butler

Seton Hall

4/7/2019 4:25:00 PM | Softball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall softball team (16-16, 4-3 BIG EAST) took an early lead but couldn't hold on late, falling to Butler (13-22, 2-4 BIG EAST) by a score of 4-3 in eight innings on Sunday at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field. Despite the setback, Reganne Camp (Bloomington, Ill.) rang up a career-high 12 strikeouts over a 5.2 inning relief outing in the circle.

The Hall scored three times in the bottom of the first, and Camp came on in the top of the third with the Pirates holding a precarious one-run lead. They were able to keep that advantage until BU tied the game in the sixth, then saw the Bulldogs hit a solo home run in extra innings to salvage game three of the conference series. The Hall won the series by way of a doubleheader sweep on Saturday.

How it Happened

Butler struck first with an RBI double in the top of the first to go up 1-0
The Hall answered quickly, seeing five of its first six batters reach base and taking a 3-1 lead with RBI hits from Destini Peck (Riverside, Calif.) and Jaden Tate (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Bulldogs pulled within a run in the top of the third thanks to a solo home run, and put two more runners on before Camp was summoned to strand a pair with back-to-back strikeouts
After striking out the side in the fourth, the junior again worked out of trouble with two more strikeouts in the fifth to strand the bases loaded
Butler finally leveled the score in the sixth when a run came home on a wild pitch strikeout
The Pirates put a potential go-ahead runner in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth, but back-to-back strikeouts by BU hurler Alyssa Graves kept the game tied
Butler took its first lead since the first inning with a solo home run in the top of the eighth
Graves was able to set the final eight Pirates she faced down to preserve BU's win

Notes and Numbers

The Bulldogs out-hit the Pirates 10-4, with SHU committing the game's lone error
In addition to RBI hits from Peck and Tate, the Pirates got singles from Baylee Allender (Rosharon, Texas) and Janae Barracato (Hempstead, N.Y.) in the setback
Camp's final line saw the hurler toss 5.2 innings and allow two runs on four hits with one walk against her career-best 12 strikeouts
The 12-strikeout game for Camp marked her second career double-digit strikeout effort and first since fanning 10 in the 2018 season opener against Abilene Christian
With a first inning RBI, Peck moves into the top-20 in SHU history with 65 career runs batted in

What's Ahead
The Pirates will be back in action for midweek play on Thursday, hosting Hofstra at 4 p.m.