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Pirates Fall Short in Season-Ending Loss to Creighton
5/4/2025 2:57:00 PM | Softball
OMAHA, NEB. – Despite taking the early lead, the Seton Hall softball team (29-23, 11-13 BIG EAST) fell to the Creighton Blue Jays (27-23. 13-11 BIG EAST), 3-2, in the final game of the regular season. With the loss, the Pirates miss out on the final BIG EAST Tournament spot on a head-to-head tiebreaker.
How It Happened
With Providence losing to Villanova mere moments before the game began, the stakes for the Pirates were simple: a win would land them in the BIG EAST Tournament. After her 5.1 innings of relief during yesterday's 11-inning marathon against Creighton, Kelsey Carr returned to start for the Pirates. Before she could step into the circle, however, the Pirates earned themselves a 1-0 lead after an RBI single by Olivia Gilbert scored Caroline Hobbes. The Pirates could've collected more, however, as the inning ended on a contentious interference call the very next play that took a potential Pirate run off the board.
In the bottom half of the first, Carr collected the first two outs before finding herself in a bases-loaded jam. A pop up got her out of the inning and sent the Pirates back to the plate. After loading the bases in the second inning, Hobbes knocked a one-out RBI single through the right side to extend Seton Hall's lead to 2-0. The Pirates, however, would strand another three runners as the next two batters failed to drive in a runner to end the inning.
Those stranded runners came back to bite the Pirates as an RBI double by the Blue Jays would score one runner, but an errant throw by the Pirates' outfield advanced the batter home, making it a 2-2 game, after a long review by the umpires.
As the game progressed, the Pirates struggled to land the blow that would break the 2-2 stalemate. After stranding five runners through the first two innings, by the end of the sixth inning the Pirates had stranded nine runners.
After retiring the first batter of the sixth inning, Carr exited the circle potentially the final time in her collegiate career. With Kyra Kreuscher now entering the game, the Pirates hoped a fresh arm could make the difference. After dropped foul ball turned an out into a walk on Kreuscher's first batter, momentum fell away from the Pirates. With two runners on and two outs, an RBI single by Creighton put them up 3-2 at the end of six innings.
With their playoff lives on the line and the heart of the Seton Hall lineup coming up to bat, Carr opened the inning on a walk to put the tying runner on base. Sadly, the Pirates would not find that tying run. A pair of strikeouts, followed by a game-ended grounded out handed The Hall a 3-2 loss and eliminated them from qualifying for postseason play.
News & Notes
How It Happened
With Providence losing to Villanova mere moments before the game began, the stakes for the Pirates were simple: a win would land them in the BIG EAST Tournament. After her 5.1 innings of relief during yesterday's 11-inning marathon against Creighton, Kelsey Carr returned to start for the Pirates. Before she could step into the circle, however, the Pirates earned themselves a 1-0 lead after an RBI single by Olivia Gilbert scored Caroline Hobbes. The Pirates could've collected more, however, as the inning ended on a contentious interference call the very next play that took a potential Pirate run off the board.
T1 | OG stays hot to give The Hall the lead 🔥🔥
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) May 4, 2025
Seton Hall 1 - Creighton 0#HALLin🔵⚪ | #HooksUp🪝 pic.twitter.com/LQtP5oOdZe
In the bottom half of the first, Carr collected the first two outs before finding herself in a bases-loaded jam. A pop up got her out of the inning and sent the Pirates back to the plate. After loading the bases in the second inning, Hobbes knocked a one-out RBI single through the right side to extend Seton Hall's lead to 2-0. The Pirates, however, would strand another three runners as the next two batters failed to drive in a runner to end the inning.
T2 | Hobbes hits one into right field to double the Pirates' lead 🏴☠️
— Seton Hall Softball (@SHUSoftball) May 4, 2025
Seton Hall 2 - Creighton 0#HALLin🔵⚪ | #HooksUp🪝 pic.twitter.com/2Z4nJvxxY9
Those stranded runners came back to bite the Pirates as an RBI double by the Blue Jays would score one runner, but an errant throw by the Pirates' outfield advanced the batter home, making it a 2-2 game, after a long review by the umpires.
As the game progressed, the Pirates struggled to land the blow that would break the 2-2 stalemate. After stranding five runners through the first two innings, by the end of the sixth inning the Pirates had stranded nine runners.
After retiring the first batter of the sixth inning, Carr exited the circle potentially the final time in her collegiate career. With Kyra Kreuscher now entering the game, the Pirates hoped a fresh arm could make the difference. After dropped foul ball turned an out into a walk on Kreuscher's first batter, momentum fell away from the Pirates. With two runners on and two outs, an RBI single by Creighton put them up 3-2 at the end of six innings.
With their playoff lives on the line and the heart of the Seton Hall lineup coming up to bat, Carr opened the inning on a walk to put the tying runner on base. Sadly, the Pirates would not find that tying run. A pair of strikeouts, followed by a game-ended grounded out handed The Hall a 3-2 loss and eliminated them from qualifying for postseason play.
News & Notes
- The Pirates move to 29-23 on the season and 11-13 in BIG EAST play.
- The Pirates will miss out on the postseason due to their head-to-head record against Providence.
- Seton Hall moves to 14-18 all-time against Creighton, with the first matchup occurring in 2014.
- This was the first time the Pirates have been swept by the Blue Jays since 2021.
- The Pirates end their season with a 3-8 record in one-run games this season.
- Hobbes recorded her 16th RBI and 38th run scored of the season.
- Gilbert recorded her 140th career RBI and 57th of the season.
- Carr ends her career with 26 multi-walk games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brooklyn Patchen (11-8)
L: Kreuscher, Kyra (6-11)
Batting:
RBI: Hobbes, Caroline 1 ; Gilbert, Olivia 1
SH: Martinez, Naya 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hobbes, Caroline 1 ; Perez, Andrea 1
Batting:
2B: Sydra Seville 1 ; Erika Perez 1
RBI: Avery Barnard 1
SH: Ashten Pierson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sydra Seville 1 ; Ella Dalton 1 ; Erika Perez 1
SB: Sydra Seville 1
Game Leaders
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