
Wingo and Pandolfo Homer, Pirates Drop Two at Creighton
4/2/2021 6:39:00 PM | Softball
Game One
Creighton 9 – Seton Hall 4
How it Happened
- The Pirates got on the board first as Wingo picked up her first home run of the season, a two-run shot to left center in the second to put The Hall ahead, 2-0.
- Creighton would respond with three runs in their own half of the inning to go up, 3-2.
- Shelby Smith (Friendswood, Texas) singled home a run in the third to tie things at three.
- The Bluejays would score three runs in the third on a three-run home run to retake the lead, 6-3.
- The Pirates would get a run back in the fifth when Pandolfo went deep for her third long ball of the season, 6-4.
- Creighton would put the game out of reach with three more runs in the sixth for a final score of 9-4.
- The home run for Wingo was the first of her career.
- Smith struck out 12 Bluejay batters, tying her career high and the most for a Pirate this season.
- The home run for Pandolfo was the 20th of her career which puts her in a tie for eighth place in program history.
- Lela Allen (Phoenix, Ariz.) picked up a double in game one, her first in a short career as a Pirate.
- Six different Pirates got into the hit column.
Creighton 5 – Seton Hall 2
How it Happened
- The Bluejays had the long ball working for them in game two, picking up three home runs that accounted for all five of their runs through the first six innings.
- The Hall would show fight in the visiting-half o the seventh capped off by a Smith RBI single, but it wasn't enough to overcome the five run deficit.
- Hits were even at seven apiece.
- Smith and Kiana Tate (Las Vegas, Nev.) had two hits each for the Pirates.
The Pirates will wrap up their series in Omaha with a single game on Saturday. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. EST.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BOYD (6-5)
L: Smith, Shelby (2-6)

Batting:
2B: Allen, Lela 1
HR: Pandolfo, Darby 1 ; Wingo, Abby 1
RBI: Pandolfo, Darby 1 ; Smith, Shelby 1 ; Wingo, Abby 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Tate, Kiana 1 ; Pandolfo, Darby 1 ; Pla, Marisa 1 ; Wingo, Abby 1
SB: Allender, Baylee 1
HBP: Tate, Kiana 1 ; Allender, Baylee 1

Batting:
2B: ALM 1 ; VEJVODA 1
HR: CANTU, As. 1
RBI: CANTU, As. 3 ; WILSON 2 ; ALM 1 ; MILLS 1 ; PECHAR 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CANTU, As. 2 ; NIELSEN 1 ; WILSON 1 ; ALM 1 ; CLARK, K. 1 ; VEJVODA 1 ; ALVAREZ 1 ; MANTHIE 1
HBP: PECHAR 1