Softball Takes One of Two From Marist

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. The Seton Hall softball team split with the Marist Red Foxes on Wednesday at Ivy Hill Park, falling 1-0 in the opener before taking the nightcap, 6-1.

In game one, sophomore pitcher Ashley Forsyth (Freehold, N.J.) was locked in from the get-go, striking out five of the first six Marist hitters and seven through the first three innings.  Megan Rigos was just as good for the Red Foxes, whiffing five without allowing a hit through three.

The game remained scoreless until the top of the sixth, when Marist’s Melissa Giordano launched a two-out homerun over the right field fence to make it 1-0.

The Pirates remained hitless until the top of the seventh when junior Leah Menichetti (Jessup, Pa.) laced a leadoff double to start an SHU rally.  Junior Kealan Waldron (Oak Park, Ill.) followed with an infield single, with Menichetti holding at second.  The runners moved up on a groundout by senior Jenna Best (Medford, N.J.), but Rigos came up with a strikeout for the second out of the inning before inducing a groundout to secure the victory. 

Forsyth (6-6) took the loss, allowing just three hits while striking out 10.  Rigos (7-6) struck out seven for the Red Foxes.

SHU struck early in game two when freshman Michelle Reed (Wrightstown, N.J.), who singled and stole second to start the Pirates’ first, scored on an RBI single by Menichetti to make it 1-0.  Waldron followed with a bloop double before Best cleared the bases with a three-run homer to make it 4-0.  With one away, junior Shannon Pease (Binghamton, N.Y.) blasted a solo shot that put the Hall ahead by five after an inning.

With one down in the bottom of the third, junior Daria Glynos (Kenilworth, N.J.) ripped a line drive homer off the scoreboard in left-center to make it 6-0. 

Marist got on the board in the top of the fifth inning off SHU freshman Katie Stilwell (Portage, Wisc.) when Alanna Woody scored on an RBI single by Giordano with one out.  Stilwell responded with back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning and keep the score at 6-1.

Stilwell (1-0) picked up her first collegiate win, striking out a career-high 10 while scattering eight hits over seven innings.

Pease was 2-for-3 in game two, the only Pirate with multiple hits.

Heather Viola (1-2) took the loss for Marist.

The Pirates travel to Louisville for a doubleheader on Friday starting at 4:00 p.m.