Softball Hosts Seton Hall Pirate Classic in Home Debut
3/17/2011 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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HOME SWEET HOME
Seton Hall will open its seventh season at Ivy Hill Park on Friday. The Pirates are 9-3 in their opening double-headers and a perfect 6-0 in the first game of the series. This is the first time the Hall will play its home opener in tournament play.
SCHILLIZZI & BENNETT TOP DAWGS
Seniors Brittany Schillizzi and Nalin Bennett were named to the All-Tournament Team at the UBMC Dawg Pound Classic. Schillizzi hit .545 (6-for-11) with a homer at four RBI, while Bennett batted .467 with four runs scored and two RBI in four games.
MILESTONE WATCH
Head coach Ray Vander May is six wins shy of reaching 400 for his illustrious career at Seton Hall.
BEST START IN SEVEN YEARS
Seton Hall started the season 3-1 for the first time since its 2004. That year the Pirates started 7-1 en route to its first of back-to-back BIG EAST Championships.
MEET THE METZ
Pitcher Jen Metzger became the second freshman to win her first collegiate start in the Ray Vander May era. Casey McDevitt won her first career start, a 4-0 win over Princeton in 2001.
KLEPTOMANIACS
Senior Michelle Reed is just 10 stolen bases shy of breaking Seton Hall's career record. She is currently secon in the record book with 56 steals. Teammate Nalin Bennett is now seventh on the all-time list with 32 swipes.
100-HIT CLUB
Senior Nalin Bennett's 100th career hit was a big one, hitting a two-run triple that put SHU on top in the third inning of a win over Robert Morris. Junior Kristen Kaelin has 94 knocks in just two-plus seasons. The Pirates now have three 100-hit club members in Bennett, Michelle Reed and Brittany Schillizzi.
PIRATES GO AS SCHILLIZZI GOES
SHU is 26-8-1 when Brittany Schillizzi drives in at least one run dating back to the start of the 2009 season. This year, they are 3-1 when the second baseman has an RBI.
CAPTAINS OF THE SHIP
For the second straight year, senior outfielder Michelle Reed and senior second baseman Brittany Schillizzi are co-captains.
PIRATES INK SIX RECRUITS FOR 2012
The Pirates have signed six players to NLI's for the 2012 season. The class includes outfielder Sam Demasi (Lockport, Ill.), pitcher Danielle Destaso (Congers, N.Y.), outfielder Whitney Jones (Skowhegan, Maine), pitcher Casey Moses (Lower Burrell, Pa.), first baseman Jordan Moses (Lower Burrell, Pa.), and catcher Kaylyn Sanbower (Lewisberry, Pa.).
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SHU PICKED 12TH IN PRESEASON POLL
Seton Hall was picked to finish 12th in by the BIG EAST coaches in the preseason poll. Notre Dame was selected as the favorite, followed by DePaul and Louisville. Reigning BIG EAST Champion Syracuse was tabbed fourth.
