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OMAHA, Neb. – The Seton Hall softball team (19-15-1, 5-4 BIG EAST) continues conference play this weekend with a trip to Nebraska to take on Creighton (12-22, 3-6 BIG EAST). The three-game set will kick off on Friday, April 14 with a doubleheader before the series finale on Saturday, April 15. Action on Friday will kick off at 1 p.m. (ET) before a noon (ET) start on Saturday.
After taking two of three over Georgetown last weekend, the Pirates came up with a dramatic 4-3 walk-off win over Hofstra on Tuesday in midweek action. Creighton is coming off a series setback at Villanova last weekend, dropping both ends of a Saturday doubleheader before salvaging game three on Sunday. The Hall is 5-3 in eight all-time meetings with Creighton including a doubleheader split in a rain-shortened series last season. The Pirates took two-of-three from the Bluejays in their last visit to Omaha during the 2015 campaign.
PIRATE POINTS
- The Hall looks to continue its strong start to BIG EAST play, as the Pirates have won back-to-back conference series after taking two of three both at DePaul and vs. Georgetown
- Alexis Walkden (Cibolo, Texas) leads the conference in a slew of offensive categories including home runs (10), runs (35), doubles (14) and total bases (87) go along with a .376/.493/.798 slash line on the year
- After hitting her ninth home run of the season on Tuesday, Lauren Fischer (Robbinsville, N.J.) ranks second in the conference in long balls while leading the league in walks (32) and ranking among the top-five in on-base percentage (.508) and slugging percentage (.681)
- As a team, the Pirates lead the BIG EAST in runs scored, home runs, walks, slugging percentage doubles and stolen bases
- Joining Fischer and Walkden with averages over .300 are Destini Peck (Riverside, Calif.) at .346, Noel Lent (Yaphank, N.Y.) at .319 and Sara Foster (Long Beach, Calif.) at .311
- Peck and freshman Hailey Arteaga (Upland, Calif.) are tied for second on the squad with 26 RBIs each, trailing only Walkden's 29
- On the basepaths Brianna Wallace (Fort Worth, Texas) and Valerie Suto (Mercerville, N.J.) have 13 and 11 stolen bases, respectively
- In the circle freshman Reganne Camp (Bloomington, Ill.) holds a 5-3 record with a 3.44 ERA over 61.0 innings in 18 appearances, striking out 47 against 18 walks
- Fischer has made 10 starts in the circle and checks in with a 3.46 ERA over 60.2 innings
- Tash Coffiel leads CU offensively with a .343 average on the year
- Sam Dellinger checks in at .303 with team-highs of six doubles, four home runs and 24 RBIs
- In the circle, Dellinger holds a team-best 3.47 ERA over 40.1 innings while Bryana Clark has logged 94.0 innings and pitched to a 3.65 ERA along with 54 strikeouts
- In conference play the Bluejays are hitting .288 paced by a .455 average from Coffiel and a .364 mark from Ashley Cantu
After the weekend set, The Hall will visit Central Connecticut for a midweek match-up on Tuesday, April 18.
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