
Smith Goes the Distance and Barracato Homers in Win Over Hofstra
3/31/2021 5:42:00 PM | Softball
Seton Hall 6 – Hofstra 2
How it Happened
- The Pirates got on the board first as Barracato picked up her first home run of the season, a two-run shot to left center in the third to put The Hall ahead, 2-0.
B3 | Pirates 2, Pride 0
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) March 31, 2021
A BARRACATO BOMB!💣
Janae gets the Pirates on the board first!#HALLin pic.twitter.com/y9bf51MlMx
- Hofstra would get a run back in the fourth to cut the Pirate lead in half.
- The Pirates answered back in a big way with four runs in the fourth.
- Smith doubled in a run before Abby Wingo (Portland, Ore.) singled her home to build the lead, 4-1.
- The big blow in the inning was a Baylee Allender (Rosharon, Texas) two-run double to make things, 6-1.
B4 | Pirates 6, Pride 1
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) March 31, 2021
Baylee Allender doubles down the line to score two more Pirates!#HALLin pic.twitter.com/HzyQ2oYxc6
- Hofstra would get one more run in the fifth but that was all for a 6-2 final.
- The Pirates outhit the Pride 11-6.
- Smith earned the win, her second of the season. The sophomore only allowed one earned run with six strikeouts across her second complete game of the season.
- The home run for Barracato was the 12th of her career.
- Smith also had two doubles at the plate which give her four on the season.
- Allender, Smith, Wingo and Jaden Tate (Las Vegas, Nev.) all had multi-hit efforts in the victory.
The Pirates will travel to Omaha, Neb. for a weekend series at Creighton. The Hall will play two games on Friday before wrapping up the series with a single game on Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, Shelby (2-5)
L: Burns, Madison (2-5)
Batting:
2B: Hallam, Kristin 1
3B: Losco, Devyn 1
RBI: Hallam, Kristin 1 ; Goeke, Alexis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Manto, Chelsea 1 ; Losco, Devyn 1
SB: Ruberti, Jaycee 1
CS: Ruberti, Jaycee 1
HBP: Giordano, Meghan 1

Batting:
2B: Smith, Shelby 2 ; Allender, Baylee 1
HR: Barracato, Janae 1
RBI: Barracato, Janae 2 ; Smith, Shelby 1 ; Wingo, Abby 1 ; Allender, Baylee 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Barracato, Janae 1 ; Pandolfo, Darby 1 ; Smith, Shelby 1 ; Wingo, Abby 1 ; Allen, Lela 1 ; Tate, Jaden 1
CS: Tate, Kiana 1