Gilbert Homers Twice, Drives in Six on Day One at FIU Classic - Seton Hall University Athletics
Miami, Fla. – Olivia Gilbert (Johnston, R.I.) hit a pair of home runs and drove in six as Seton Hall took care of North Dakota, 8-4, in game one of the...
Miami, Fla. – Olivia Gilbert (Johnston, R.I.) hit a pair of home runs and drove in six as Seton Hall took care of North Dakota, 8-4, in game one of the FIU Classic on Friday. The Pirates nearly had a perfect start to the weekend, but a four-run rally by FIU in game two of the day handed Seton Hall a 6-5 defeat.
Game 1: Seton Hall 8, North Dakota 4
How it Happened
- The Pirate bats got to work quickly, as Katey Brennan (Yardley, Pa.) put the Pirates on the board with an RBI single in the top of the first.
- North Dakota answered back in the second inning with a four spot to take a 4-1 lead.
- Gilbert began Seton Hall's offensive charge, hitting a two-run home run to left field to make it a one-run game in the third.
- One inning later, Gilbert would bring home another run on an RBI single to score Taylor Hill (Little Falls, N.J.) with the tying run.
- In the fifth, Caroline Hobbes (Bay Shore, N.Y.) would put The Hall ahead for good with an RBI single.
- Gilbert would add some insurance in the sixth, clubbing a three-run home run to make it an 8-4 game.
- Gilbert's multi-home run game is the first of her career and the second for the Pirates so far this season.
- This is Gilbert's fourth-career three-hit game.
- Kelsey Carr (Ridgewood, N.Y.) collected a base hit, score two runs and drew three walks in the game.
- Sydney Babik (Gilbert, Ariz.) picked up the win in the circle, pitching all seven innings and allowing just two base hits.
How it Happened
- For the second straight game, Brennan got the Pirate bats going early. Her two-run single in the first inning score Gilbert and Lela Allen (Phoenix, Ariz.).
- FIU got on the board with a run on an infield single in the second inning to make it a 2-1 game.
- The Pirates stretched their lead in the fifth, as Hill and Carr had back-to-back RBI singles followed by a bases loaded walk by Erin Howard (Skillman, N.J.) to grow the lead to 5-1.
- FIU came back with a run in the fifth and four runs in the sixth to take the victory.
- Brennan picked up two hits in both games on Friday, the first two-hit games of her career.
- Each of the top six batters in the Seton Hall order collected at least one base hit.
The Pirates will play two more games on Saturday at the FIU Classic, starting with UIC at 10 a.m. and once again at 3 p.m.
