Allen Drives in Three as Pirates Roll at DePaul

Saturday, April 15

Chicago, IL

2 PM

Seton Hall University

28-12, 11-3

DePaul

12-23, 4-10

Seton Hall

DePaul

4/15/2023 4:57:00 PM | Softball

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Chicago, Ill – Three hits and three RBI from Lela Allen (Phoenix, Ariz.) and steady offensive and pitching efforts from Shelby Smith (Friendswood, Texas) led the Pirates to a 9-4 victory over DePaul on Saturday afternoon. The win gives the Pirates eight straight wins in BIG EAST play, the second-longest streak in program history.

How it Happened
Before Smith even took the circle, she spotted herself a lead. With a runner on base, Smith launched a two-run home run to center for her fourth long ball of the year and second in as many days.

T1 | 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞.

Shelby Smith launches a home run for the second straight day to give herself an early 2-0 lead!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/shtFp76Yc3
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) April 15, 2023

The Hall would add another in the second, as Hannah Alexander (Wrightstown, N.J.) lined a single to left field to increase the lead to 3-0. DePaul would battle its way back, plating a run in the bottom of the second and a pair in the fifth to even the score at 3-3 heading to the sixth.

The Pirates' offense exploded for six runs over the final two innings to salt the game away. Two of those runs came on one swing in the sixth, as Allen connected on her second double of the game to score Lauren Caye (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Abby Wingo (Portland, Ore.) to put the Pirates back ahead.

In the seventh, an infield single from Kelsey Carr (Ridgewood, N.Y.) allowed Taylor Hill (Little Falls, N.J.) to come home from third to increase the Blue Demons' deficit to three. Later in the inning, an error in center on a ball hit by Olivia Gilbert (Johnston, R.I.) allowed two runs to score to break the game open. Allen would follow that up with another RBI base hit to score Gilbert from second.

Notes & Numbers

The win if the fifth straight overall for the Pirates, who have also now won 20 of their last 23 games.
The eight-game conference winning streak is the second-longest in program history, just one win shy of the record of nine-straight set back in 1999.
Smith worked all seven innings in the circle, allowing four earned runs and striking out four to improve to 10-5 on the season.
This was Allen's second three-hit game of the season, her first since March 3 at Texas Tech.
Allen has back-to-back multi-RBI games in this series, the first two multi-RBI games of her career.
Alexander and Carr each went 2-for-3 on the day, while Gilbert went 1-for-4 with a pair of RBI.

What's Next
The Pirates will look for their third straight conference sweep on Sunday, with the series finale slated to begin at 1 p.m.