Pirates Sweep Second-Straight Day in Clearwater

Saturday, March 7

Clearwater, Fla.

9 A.M.

Seton Hall University

9-12

Penn State University

9-14

Seton Hall

Penn State

3/7/2020 4:52:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Clearwater, Fla. – The Seton Hall softball team swept its second consecutive day in the Clearwater Spring Break Invitational with wins over Penn State and Florida A&M.

GAME ONE
Seton Hall 10 – Penn State 2 (5)
The Pirate bats came alive as Kelsey Gumm (Spokane, Wash.) pitched her third consecutive complete game.

How it Happened

Darby Pandolfo (Massapequa, N.Y.) and Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) both hit RBI doubles to plate the Pirates first three runs in the top of the first.
The Hall would add three more runs in the second highlighted by a Baylee Allender (Rosharon, Texas) single to score two.
In the third, Ashly Colonnetta (Cypress, Texas) tripled to score two runs followed by a Janae Barracato (Hempstead, N.Y.) double to score Colonnetta. Allender would add a sacrifice fly before the end of the inning to make it a four-run inning for The Hall.
The Nittany Lions would take a single run in both the third and fifth innings.

Notes and Numbers

Arteaga's double in the first put her in a tie for third place on Seton Hall's all-time doubles list with 38 career two-baggers.
Colonnetta's triple was the first of her career and part of a 3-for-3 game at the plate for the freshman.
Gumm fired five scoreless for The Hall to go along with three strikeouts.
The pirates outhit the Nittany Lions 11-6.

GAME TWO
Seton Hall 11 – Florida A&M 6
The Pirates rounded out day two with a solid start from Mo Sobel (Newbury Parks, Calif.) and a well-balanced offensive attack.

How it Happened

The Rattlers scored first in the top on inning number one with a run.
The Pirates answered back immediately with three runs of their own in the home half o the inning punctuated by an Allender two run homer.
A&M would get back a single run in the third.
The Hall would one-up the Rattlers by scoring two in its half of the third on a Payton Beaver (Lake Stevens, Wash.) home run to center.
The Pirates would get two runs in the fourth, one run in the fifth and three more in the sixth to build their lead.

Notes and Numbers

With her double in the fourth, Janae Barracato totaled her 39^th career double all-time good enough to put her alone in third place amongst Seton Hall history.
Allender's homer was her team-leading seventh of the season.
Beaver's long ball was her second of the season.
Colonnetta was six-for-seven between the two games this afternoon.

What's Next
The Pirates will wrap up action at the Clearwater Spring Break Invitational with a matchup against Bowling Green set for 9 a.m. tomorrow.