Pirates Split Doubleheader Against FDU

Wednesday, April 9

South Orange, N.J.

2 PM

Seton Hall University

23-16

FDU

17-17

FDU

Seton Hall

4/9/2025 9:53:00 PM | Softball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – In a tale of two games, the Seton Hall softball team (23-17, 8-7 BIG EAST) split the doubleheader against FDU (18-17), a 10-7 win in game one and 3-1 loss in game two, in a midweek clash at Mike Sheppard Sr. Field.

How It Happened (Game One)

FDU struck first, scoring a run on a wild pitch in the first inning to go up 1-0.

T2 | Offensive machine⚙️💪🏼

Olivia Gilbert gets the runs rolling with an RBI double to put the Pirate ahead!

Seton Hall 4 - FDU 1#HALLin🔵⚪️ | #HooksUp pic.twitter.com/muRfq9qzc7
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) April 9, 2025

After allowing the opening run, the Pirates launched an offensive salvo in the bottom half of the first inning. Hannah Alexander scored a pair of runs on a single, Olivia Gilbert drove in another two on a double. To cap off the inning, Taylor Hill brought home Gilbert to make it a 5-1 Seton Hall lead after the first inning.
The Pirates added two more runs in the second inning, one on a Katey Brennan single and the other on a Kelsey Carr double to go up 7-1.
FDU slowly came back into the game, to the point in which at the end of the top of fourth, it was only a one-run Seton Hall lead, 7-6.

B4 | All gas no breaks🙅‍♀️

Andrea Perez drills an RBI double
to extend the lead by 𝟑!

Seton Hall 9 - FDU 6#HALLin🔵⚪️ | #HooksUp pic.twitter.com/jNi87LHu5H
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) April 9, 2025

In the fourth inning, Andrea Perez drove in a pair of runs to extend the Pirates' lead to three, 9-6.
Despite the Knights scoring one more run to make it a 9-7 game, Carr drove in another run to make it 10-7 Seton Hall.

T6 | WE.MAKE.PLAYS😱💪🏼

Amber Johnson with an outstanding catch to head into the bottom of the 6th!

Seton Hall 10 - FDU 7#HALLin🔵⚪️ | #HooksUp pic.twitter.com/kZHDdLSJWz
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) April 9, 2025

The Pirates shut down FDU over the final two innings, securing the 10-7 victory in game one.

How It Happened (Game Two)

With an altered lineup after game one, Seton Hall struck first off the back of a RBI single by Perez to put The Hall in front, 1-0.

Dre came to play 🤟🥎#HALLin🔵⚪️ | #HooksUp pic.twitter.com/swwpKY8Hly
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) April 9, 2025

After pitching over three innings to close out game one, Kyra Kreuscher started game two strong. However, FDU made contact in the third inning and the Pirates went down 3-1.
Kreuscher pitched another full inning after before Carr stepped in the circle to close out the game as The Hall searched for answers.
The Pirates managed to put two runners on in the sixth inning and load the bases in the seventh, but could not find any runs and fell 3-1 to FDU to close out the doubleheader.

News & Notes

The Pirates move to 23-17 on the season.
Seton Hall is now 13-2 all-time against FDU, with the first matchup occurring in 1977.
After splitting the doubleheader, Head Coach Angie Churchill is one week away from reaching 300 career wins.

Walking in(two) history🚶‍♀️📚

With her 2️⃣nd walk of the day, Kelsey Carr becomes the program leader in career walks!#HALLin🔵⚪️ | #HooksUp pic.twitter.com/bxzUbR0wF5
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) April 9, 2025

With two walks in game one, Carr became the program record holder in career walks, passing Alexis Walkden's (2015-18) mark of 114 walks.
Brennan surpassed 40 runs scored on the season and is now five runs shy of setting a new single-season program record.
- With three walks in game one, Brennan logged her fourth game this season of three or more walks.
- She also logged her 11^th multi-run game this season.
- Also, by not appearing in the second game, Brennan did not appear in a game for the first time this season.
Karissa Dupuis collected her third win of the season.
Gilbert collected her 40^th RBI and 12^th multi-RBI game of the season.
Perez surpassed 15 RBI on the season.
- Perez has eight hits across her last four doubleheader starts.
Alexander logged her eight multi-RBI game of the season.
The Pirates stranded nine runners in both games.

What's Next
The Pirates continue BIG EAST play on Friday, April 11, with St. John's visits Mike Sheppard Field in a series with massive BIG EAST tournament implications for the Pirates. First pitch for the series opener on Friday is scheduled for 2 p.m.