Hill Collects Five Hits as Pirates Split With Army

Wednesday, April 24

West Point, N.Y.

2 PM

Seton Hall University

22-19

Army

11-31

Seton Hall

ARMY

4/24/2024 6:39:00 PM | Softball

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West Point, N.Y. – Taylor Hill (Little Falls, N.J.) recorded five hits, three runs scored and a home run as the Pirates split a road doubleheader against Army on Wednesday afternoon. The Pirates dropped a pitching duel in game one, 2-1, before a late RBI single from Andrea Perez (Corona, Calif.) delivered the win in game two, 4-3.

Game 1: Army 2, Seton Hall 1
How it Happened

Pitching ruled over the first four innings, with neither team able to get more than one runner aboard through the first half of the contest.
Seton Hall cracked the scoreboard first in the fifth, as Kelsey Carr (Ridgewood, N.Y.) blooped a single just behind shortstop to allow Hill to score from second.
Army would answer right back with two runs of its own in the bottom of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead.
After a brief rain delay, the Pirates loaded the bases in the sixth looking to tie or take the lead. However, the Black Knights would force Caroline Hobbes (Bay Shore, N.Y.) to groundout to end the threat.

News & Notes

With Carr's fifth inning single, she has hit safely in four of her last five games.
Hill and Erin Howard (Skillman, N.J.) each collected two hits on the game.
Kyra Kreuscher (Great River, N.Y.) got the start for the Pirates, working six innings and not allowing an earned run.

Game 2: Seton Hall 4, Army 3
How it Happened

Hill got the Pirate bats going right away in game two with an opposite field home run to lead off the game.
The lead grew to 3-0 in the third thanks to run scoring base hits from Hill and Olivia Gilbert (Johnston, R.I.).
Army began to chip away in the fourth, as a solo home run got them on the board and made it a 3-1 game. The Black Knights would then tie it in the fifth thanks to a pair of RBI singles.
In the top of the sixth, the Pirates punched right back. With Miranda Arruda (Pawcatuck, Conn.) at second, Perez grounded one back up the middle to score the go-ahead run.
Kreuscher came on to get the final six outs and pick up the save.

News & Notes

Hill's home run was her ninth of the season, extending her career-high in a season.
This was Hill's fourth 3-hit game of the year.
Sydney Babik (Gilbert, Ariz.) got the start and earned her fifth win of the season, going the first five innings and striking out five.
Amber Johnson (Belfair, Wash.) collected a pair of hits and is batting .350 (7-for-20) over her last nine games.
Kreuscher's save was her third so far this season.

What's Next
The Pirates jump back into BIG EAST play this weekend with an important road series at St. John's beginning on Friday at 2 p.m.