Baseball Opens with Series at Oklahoma

Feb. 13, 2014

Oklahoma

Game 1: Friday, February 14 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Josh Prevost - R (SHU) vs. Jacob Evans - L (OU)
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Game 2: Saturday, February 15 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Anthony Elia - L (SHU) vs. Adam Choplick - L (OU)
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Game 3: Sunday, February 16 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Luke Cahill - R (SHU) vs. Jake Elliott - R (OU)
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SETON HALL STATUS
After a historically successful 2013 campaign, Seton Hall will enter the 2014 season with a vastly different looking team. Five of the six 2013 All-Conference selections have moved on to professional baseball and the team has welcomed 15 newcomers. Third Team All-Conference selection Sal Annunziata and senior Chris Selden return to lead the Pirates' offense, while senior Josh Prevost and junior Anthony Elia return to bolster the pitching staff. Seton Hall will compete this season in a new-look, seven-team BIG EAST Conference. Gone are Louisville, Cincinnati, Connecticut, USF, Pittsburgh, Rutgers and Notre Dame, but the league has added Butler, Creighton and Xavier. The Pirates will play a weekend series with each of its six opponents. The Hall will begin the 2014 season at Oklahoma for a three-game series. The Sooners are coming off a 43-21 season and Big 12 Championship. They were eliminated in the NCAA Super Regionals by LSU in two games.

NEW BIG EAST
On March 20, the new BIG EAST Conference was unveiled with 10 schools and FOX as the new media rights partner. The 2014 BIG EAST baseball conference will feature seven teams, Butler, Creighton, Georgetown, Seton Hall, St. John's, Villanova and Xavier.

TRIO NET PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE
Junior Sal Annunziata and seniors Josh Prevost and Chris Selden were all named to the 2014 Preseason All-Conference Team. Prevost was a unanimous selection. Creighton nabbed both the Preseason Player of the Year, Mike Gerber, and the Preseason Pitcher of the Year, Tommy Strunc. The Bluejays also landed four players on the Preseason All-Conference Team

PIRATES PICKED SECOND
The Seton Hall baseball team was picked to finish second, by only one point, among the seven teams of the BIG EAST Conference in the 2014 Preseason Coaches' Poll. The ranking and all-conference selections were made by a vote of the seven BIG EAST coaches. Creighton, Seton Hall and St. John's were the only schools to receive first-place votes. St. John's received the most first-place votes (three), despite placing third in the overall poll. Creighton and Seton Hall received two first-place votes apiece.

FIRST PITCH DINNER
On Thursday, January 30, the Seton Hall baseball team in conjunction with the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund hosted its first annual First Pitch Dinner at Maplewood Country Club. The event was a celebration of Seton Hall baseball past and present as several former Pirates spanning multiple decades attended the season-opening gala. Among those in attendance were two members of the 1964 College World Series Seton Hall baseball team, John Monteleone and John Sielski. Former Pirate All-American John Morris was the featured speaker.

PIRATES WELCOME 10
Seton Hall announced the addition of 15 newcomers to the team for the 2014 season. The Pirates will welcome Mike Caputo, Joseph DiBenedetto, Brett Ender, Matthew Fortin, Thomas Kelleher, Jackson Martin, Mikael-Ali Mogues, Anthony Pacillo, Joseph Poduslenko, Zachary Prendergast, Anthony Scafidi, Eric Spires, Ryan Testani, Greg Tripold and Nelson Valerio to the squad for the new year.

CBS SPORTS NETWORK BROADCASTS
CBS Sports Network has agreed to air at least four baseball games involving BIG EAST schools in 2014, two of which will feature Seton Hall. The lineup begins on Wednesday, April 23 when Creighton hosts Iowa at 7:30 p.m. The Bluejays will be home for another non-conference foe on CBS Sports Network on Tuesday, April 29 when Nebraska comes to Omaha for a 7:30 p.m. start. The first of two BIG EAST baseball showdowns will air on Friday, May 2 when Creighton entertains Seton Hall to open a three-game series at 7:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network will have the Pirates again when they are home for St. John's for the opener of a three-game set on Thursday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m.

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