The Hall Opens Three-Game Set in Stillwater

March 16 - 18, 2018
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium – Stillwater, Oklahoma

SETON HALL (6-8) at OKLAHOMA STATE (8-6)

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Seton Hall
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Oklahoma State
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Friday,
March 16
7:00 p.m. ET

SHANE
MCCARTHY
(0-3, 6.88 ERA)
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Jonathan Heasley
(2-1, 5.48 ERA)
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SETON HALL (6-8) vs. MISSOURI STATE (10-5)

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Missouri State
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Saturday,
March 17
2:00 p.m. ET

ANDREW
POLITI
(0-3, 9.18 ERA)
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Ty Buckner
(0-2, 3.50 ERA)
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SETON HALL (6-8) at OKLAHOMA STATE (8-6)

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Seton Hall
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Oklahoma State
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Sunday,
March 18
1:00 p.m. ET

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C.J. Varela
(1-0, 2.45 ERA)
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PREVIEW:
Seton Hall will travel to Stillwater, Okla. this weekend for three games. The Pirates will face host Oklahoma State on both Friday and Sunday, sandwiched around a neutral site game against Missouri State. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.

The Pirates are coming off a rough showing at Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton last weekend. The Owls swept a three-game series from the Pirates, allowing The Hall just five runs total. On Friday, Florida Atlantic scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, and despite chipping away at their lead, the Pirates fell, 4-2. On Saturday, The Hall dropped a rain-shortened game, 11-3. With the Pirates leading, 2-1, FAU scored nine runs in the bottom of the third inning. The game was ended with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning due to heavy rain. On Sunday, the Pirates mustered just five hits as the Owls used four pitchers to shut Seton Hall out, 10-0.

The Pirates bounced back on Wednesday in their 2018 home opener with a 2-0 victory over Saint Peter's. Freshman Tyler Burnham tossed six scoreless innings to earn the win. Senior Matt Leon picked up the save with a flawless ninth inning.

SERIES INFORMATION:
Seton Hall and Oklahoma State have only met twice in history, with the teams splitting a pair of contests in Stillwater in 2000. The Pirates and Missouri State have never met.

Oklahoma State enters the weekend with a record of 8-7. They've lost three straight games, including a mid-week loss to Dallas Baptist on Tuesday. The Cowboys are just 4-4 at home this year.

Missouri State enters with a 10-5 record, having won its last three games. Most recently, it defeated Iowa on Wednesday.

THINGS TO KNOW:
RECENT NEWS
Senior Mike Alescio was named to the Watch List for the 2018 Johnny Bench Award. The award honors the top NCAA Division I catcher in the nation. This is the second time that Alescio has been named to the prestigious list. Currently, he is batting .267 with five RBIs and a team-best three stolen bases.

LAST SERIES
Seton Hall struggled at Florida Atlantic last week in Boca Raton, Fla., dropping all three contests. On Friday, the Owls scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, and held on to win, 4-2. On Saturday, FAU had a nine-run third inning to defeat the Pirates, 11-3, in a rain-shortened game. On Sunday, The Hall mustered just five hits in a 10-0 loss to Florida Atlantic.

MID-WEEK MATCHUP
Tyler Burnham, Noah Thompson and Matt Leon combined to limit Saint Peter's to just three hits as the Pirates shut out the Peacocks, 2-0, on Wednesday. Burnham picked up the win with six scoreless innings. Matt Leon earned his third save of the season with a flawless ninth inning.

HITTER TO WATCH
Sebastiano Santorelli is one of the hottest hitters in the BIG EAST. The junior currently leads the Pirates with a .373 batting average and has an eight-game hit streak. During the streak, he's batting .419. Most recently, he went 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base vs. Saint Peter's on Wednesday.

PITCHER TO WATCH
Senior Shane McCarthy had a unique, but highly encouraging start last week at Florida Atlantic. The right-hander allowed four runs in the first inning, but then settled down mightily thereafter. He proceeded to throw five scoreless innings, scattering just three hits from innings two through six.

MILESTONE TRACKER
In Seton Hall's victory over Saint Peter's on Wednesday, senior Matt Leon had two strikeouts to surpass the 100 mark for his career. Notable milestones approaching include: head coach Rob Sheppard needing just seven wins to reach 400 for his career, senior Ryan Ramiz needs seven hits to reach 150 for his career, and senior Shane McCarthy needs only 5.2 innings to reach 250.0 for his career.

LEAGUE LEADERS
Senior Al Molina currently leads the BIG EAST Conference with eight doubles on the season, while freshman Casey Dana is tied for the lead with three triples. Sophomore Ricky DeVito leads the BIG EAST with a .173 opponent batting average.

AROUND THE CONFERENCE
Last weekend, Butler won two of three games over Fort Wayne to improve to a BIG EAST-best 12-2 on the young season. Creighton won two of three games at Minnesota to improve to 9-5. The other five teams in the conference all lost their respective weekend series. Georgetown dropped two of three games against Saint Joseph's and Western Michigan, St. John's was swept at Kansas, Villanova dropped two of three against Bucknell and George Mason, while defending BIG EAST champion, Xavier, dropped three of four games at San Francisco.