Pirates Play Host to Red Storm for Weekend Series

Saturday, March 20

South Orange, N.J.

12 P.M.

Seton Hall University

St. John's

3/19/2021 4:38:00 PM | Softball

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall softball team will host a weekend series with BIG EAST foe St. John's at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field. The Pirates are scheduled to play a double header on Saturday before playing a single game on Sunday against the Red Storm. Both days are set for a noon first pitch.

LAST TIME OUT
The Pirates are coming off a midweek setback at Fordham, 6-0. In their only conference action of the season thus far, the Pirates dropped two-of-three against Butler last weekend that served as their BIG EAST opener. Sophomore Shelby Smith (Friendswood, Texas) earned the win for the Pirates on Sunday after 5 scoreless innings of relief. Overall, on the weekend, Smith threw 13.2 innings with 16 strikeouts and went 3-for-6 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs to net her a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.

SCOUTING

St. John's (3-6, 0-3)

The Red Storm is coming off a high scoring affair against Hofstra, a loss 11-10, on Wednesday. The Johnnies were swept by DePaul in their BIG EAST opening series.
At the plate, St. John's is led by Marissa Rizzi who is currently hitting at a .500 clip with three home runs and 10 RBIs. Peyton Cody shares the team lead in long balls with Rizzi but has driven in a team-leading 12 runs while hitting .394.
The Red Storm lead the all-time series 57-25 and have won 16 of the last 17 dating back to 2014.

NEWS & NOTES

With a double in the third against Fordham, Janae Barracato (Hempstead, N.Y.) reached 43 career two baggers which ties her with Alexis Walkden for second place in program history.
After going 2-for-4 on Wednesday, Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) now has three, two-hit games in a row dating back to last weekend's series against Butler.
Darby Pandolfo (Massapequa, N.Y.) picked up her team-leading fifth double on the season. Pandolfo now sits alone in seventh place on the all-time Seton Hall list with 36 career doubles.

FOLLOW
The series will be live streamed for free on the Pirate Sports Network.

WHAT'S AHEAD
The Pirates will stay at home for a midweek matchup with Hofstra before traveling to Omaha, Neb., for a weekend series at Creighton.