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Seton Hall Baseball Announces 2024 Schedule

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South Orange, N.J. - Coming off of a strong 2023 campaign that saw the Pirates return to the BIG EAST Tournament for its 11th appearance in 12 years, Seton Hall baseball head coach Rob Sheppard has announced his program's schedule for the 2024 season.

Click here to view the complete 2024 schedule.

Schedule Notes

  • The Pirates will open the 2024 campaign at the Swig and Swine Classic at Shipyard Park in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. from Feb. 16-18. The Hall will go up against two high major opponents in Iowa (Feb. 16, 5 p.m.) and Michigan State (Feb. 17, 12 p.m.) before wrapping up with Merrimack at 1 p.m. on Feb. 18.
  • The following weekend will see Seton Hall make its first of two trips to the Peach State in 2024 as the Pirates take on Georgia State in a three-game series at GSU Baseball Complex from Feb. 23-25.
  • The Pirates will make their home debut at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field on Tuesday, Feb. 27 against Wagner.
  • Seton Hall's Spring Break trip will take place in the Sunshine State this season as the Pirates open with a four-game series at Florida International on March 1 before taking on North Florida in a three-game set from March 8-10.
  • After returning from Spring Break, the Pirates will play NJIT at Yogi Berra Stadium in Montclair on March 20. Yogi Berra Stadium, which recently received $5.3 million worth of facility improvements, was formerly home to the New Jersey Jackals, an independent professional baseball team, from 1998-22.
  • Seton Hall's first three-game series at The Shep in 2024 will be against Stony Brook from March 15-17.
  • The Pirates will return to Georgia for their final non-conference series of the season against Mercer from March 28-30. The Bears are perennial contenders in the Southern Conference and are one year removed from a 40-18 campaign in 2022.
  • BIG EAST play kicks off at Georgetown where the Pirates will play three against the Hoyas from April 5-7.
  • Seton Hall will host in-state foe Rutgers in midweek action at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9.
  • The Pirates' home BIG EAST schedule consists of three-game series' against Villanova (April 12-14), Xavier (April 19-21), UConn (May 3-5) and St. John's (May 10-12).
The Pirates' 31 wins last season was its highest win total since 2016 and it marked a 13-win improvement over the 2022 season. Last year's Seton Hall squad also hit .291 as a team, its highest clip since 2014, and 40 home runs, the most since 1999 and just the 10th 40-home run season in program history. Progress was made on the mound as well as the staff ERA dropped from 6.38 in 2022 to 4.43 in 2023 season. Pirate pitching also walked nearly 50 fewer batters in 2023 than they did in 2022 The coaching staff was awarded BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year honors for their efforts.
 
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