March 5, 2015
TWITTER FEED
Game 7: Friday, March 6 - 6:30 p.m. ET
Zach Prendergast - R (SHU) vs. Jimmy Herget - R (USF)
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Game 8: Saturday, March 7 - 6:30 p.m. ET
TBD (SHU) vs. Casey Mulholland - R (USF)
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Game 9: Sunday, March 8 - 1:00 p.m.
Luke Cahill - R (SHU) vs. Joe Cavallaro - R (USF)
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PREVIEW
Seton Hall returned to action last weekend as its series, originally scheduled to be played in Charlottesville, Virginia was relocated to Myrtle Beach due to wintery conditions. Seton Hall played Cornell on Friday and the Pirates no-hit the Big Red for 8.1 innings before surrendering a perfectly-placed infield hit in the ninth inning. Zach Prendergast, making his first career start, threw seven hitless innings to earn the victory. He was subsequently named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week on Monday. On Saturday, the Pirates dropped a pair of games, 4-1 to #1 Virginia, and 3-1 to Hartford. Although the team pitched relatively well, the Pirates offense mustered just five runs for the series and posted just a .172 batting average.
Seton Hall's home-opener with Manhattan scheduled for Wednesday was postponed. The Pirates will not travel to Tampa for three games with former BIG EAST member USF. The Hall is just 7-11 all-time against the Bulls, but has won the last four.
THINGS TO KNOW
PIRATES FALL SHORT
Seton Hall dropped both ends of a double-header on Saturday, falling to #1 Virginia, 4-1, in the opener and Harford, 3-1, in the nightcap. The Pirates received solid pitching in both, but couldn't muster the timely offense.
NEAR NO-NO
The Pirates were two outs from tossing a combined no-hitter vs. Cornell on Friday, but surrendered an infield hit with one out in the ninth inning. Sophomore Zach Prendergast pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball, before giving way to Sam Burum who retired all four of his batters. The infield hit came off of Anthony Elia, who quickly dispatched the next two hitters to preserve the one-hit shutout.
FIRST WIN
Seton Hall earned its first victory of the season with a 3-0 shutout of Cornell on Friday. Zach Prendergast picked up the victory in his first start of the season. Prendergast didn't surrender a hit, walked two and struck out six.
PRENDY HONORED
Sophomore Zach Prendergast) was named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week on Monday. He was also named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.
MYRTLE MADNESS
Due to cold and snowy conditions in the Northeast, several teams relocated their series to The Ripken Experience complex in Myrtle Beach. The complex holds nine synthetic turf fields. In addition to Seton Hall, among those playing at the neutral site over the weekend included, Virginia, Hartford, Cornell, Rutgers, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech, Toledo, Western Carolina, Pittsburgh and VCU among others.
STRONG IN RELIEF
When Luke Cahill left due to injury in the second inning of Friday's game at UNC, Sam Burum entered and pitched the remainder of the game. He pitched 6.2 innings and gave up only three earned runs. Burum's performance was made even more important considering the Pirates had a double-header the following day.
PIRATES PICKED THIRD
Seton Hall has been predicted to finish third in the seven-team BIG EAST by the conference's coaches in the preseason poll. St. John's was picked to win the conference and received three first place votes. Creighton was picked second and received two first place votes, while the Pirates also received two first place votes.
FOUR NAMED PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST
Seniors Sal Annunziata and D.J. Ruhlman, as well as juniors Luke Cahill and Derek Jenkins, were named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. Ruhlman was a unanimous selection. All four were All-BIG EAST performers in 2014.
CAHILL PRESEASON PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Junior Luke Cahill was named BIG EAST Preseason Co-Pitcher of the Year. He's the second Seton Hall pitcher to earn the distinction in the last three years (John Prosinski - 2012). Cahill went 10-2 with a 2.65 ERA, the fifth-best mark in the BIG EAST, last year for the Pirates.
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