Late-Inning Stumbles Befall Pirates Against Creighton

Friday, May 2

Omaha, Neb.

5 PM

Seton Hall University

29-21, 11-11

Creighton

25-23, 13-9

Seton Hall

Creighton

Late-Inning Stumbles Befall Pirates Against Creighton

5/2/2025 8:42:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

OMAHA, NEB. – In a tight back-and-forth battle with BIG EAST Tournament implications, the Seton Hall softball team (29-21, 11-11 BIG EAST) fell to the Creighton Blue Jays (25-23. 12-10 BIG EAST), 8-7, after a four-run eighth inning by the Blue Jays quelled a superb day from Hannah Alexander and Andrea Perez.

How It Happened
With a postseason spot on the line, the Pirates entered the opening game of this series firing on all cylinders. After Katey Brennan and Caroline Hobbes led off the game with a pair of singles, Kelsey Carr drew a six-pitch walk to load the bases three batters into the game. Hannah Alexander knocked a RBI groundout the very next at-bat to score Brennan and put The Hall up 1-0.

T1 | OG doubles the lead!

Gilbert laces a ball through the infield to extend the Pirates' early lead.

Seton Hall 2 - Creighton 0#HALLin🔵⚪ | #HooksUp🪝 pic.twitter.com/Lmp10BtPXN
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) May 2, 2025

With a pair of runners in scoring position and one out, Olivia Gilbert kept the pressure on by lacing a single through the Blue Jays' defense to score Hobbes and put Seton Hall up 2-0. The Pirates would strand two after a pair of strikeouts, but they would head to the bottom of the frame with the two-run lead.
The Hall would not hold the lead for long, however, as a two-run home run by Creighton tied the game at 2-2 at the end of the first inning. After ending the second inning with the bases loaded, the Blue Jays punished the Pirates by collecting another home run to put The Hall down one, 3-2.

It's a bird!
It's a plane!
It's an Andrea Perez home run to take the lead! ✈️#HALLin🔵⚪ | #HooksUp🪝 pic.twitter.com/MG8f7d04OR
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) May 2, 2025

Hey Siri, play Sweet Caroline (Hobbes) 🎶#HALLin🔵⚪ | #HooksUp🪝 pic.twitter.com/VTvFj3U2ji
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) May 2, 2025

The game continued to swing rapidly in both directions, however. After a Taylor Hill double, an energetic Andrea Perez demolished a home run to left field to pull Seton Hall back in front 4-3. Despite facing a few difficult situations, Carr battled through the next two innings to keep The Hall ahead before giving way to Kyra Kreuscher.

Alexander the Great conquers softballs 🥎🥎#HALLin🔵⚪ | #HooksUp🪝 pic.twitter.com/x7ErTWapxh
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) May 2, 2025

Despite the first two runners she faced reaching base, Kreuscher quickly collected two strikeouts to put two outs on the board. Unfortunately, a Blue Jay double tied the game, 4-4, at the end of the fifth inning.
The Pirates, facing mounting pressure, responded with a pair of runs in the sixth inning thanks to strong small ball play. Perez came around to score on a Hobbes bunt after her leadoff double to make it a 5-4 game . With two runners on, still in the sixth, Alexander drove an RBI single down the line to score both runners and put Seton Hall up 7-4.

With a three-run lead, the Pirates sat on the precipice of a much-needed victory. However, a four run Creighton sixth inning, capped off by a three-run home run, sent the Pirates down one, 8-7, with only three outs left to play with.
Facing a one-run deficit in the seventh inning, Naya Martinez collected a single to open the inning. Now with the tying run on-base, the Pirates were on verge of forcing extra innings. The Hall would never plate Martinez, however, and fell 8-7 to the Blue Jays in game one of the series.

News & Notes

The Pirates move to 29-21 on the season and 11-11 in BIG EAST play.
Seton Hall moves to 14-16 all-time against Creighton, with the first matchup occurring in 2014.
The Pirates move to 3-6 in one-run games this season.
With two runs scored today, Brennan set a new single-season record for runs scored.
Perez collected her fourth home run this year and surpassed 25 RBI on the season.
Hobbes surpassed 15 RBI on the season and logged her 12^th multi-hit game this year.
- Hobbes also surpassed 35 runs scored this season.
Carr logged her 13^th multi-walk game of the season.

What's Next
The Pirates will continue their series against the Creighton Blue Jays tomorrow on Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m. EST. The game will be streamed on FloSports.