Seton Hall Softball Announces 2023 Schedule - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall softball head coach Angie Churchill has announced the 2023 schedule, featuring a total of 48 games against 25 different opponents.
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South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall softball head coach Angie Churchill has announced the 2023 schedule, featuring a total of 48 games against 25 different opponents.
The Pirates finished 20-23 overall and 9-14 in the BIG EAST in their first season under Churchill in 2022, finishing sixth in the league. Taylor Hill (Little Falls, N.J.) was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year after batting .449 with three home runs and a conference-record 12 doubles during league play. Hill was also named to the All-BIG EAST First Team, while teammates Ashly Colonnetta (Cypress, Calif.) and Shelby Smith (Friendswood, Texas) received second-team honors. All three players return for the Pirates in 2023.
The Pirates will face 17 non-conference opponents this spring, eight of which finished with a winning record in 2022. The Hall will also square off against a pair of teams who made the NCAA Tournament last season in Lehigh and Villanova.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
- Seton Hall opens the 2023 season at the Black & Gold Tournament at Southern Miss, where the Pirates will play two games against both the Golden Eagles as well as Samford. The Bulldogs improved by 16 wins from 2021 to 2022 en route to the No. 2 seed in the SOCON Tournament.
- The following weekend sees the Pirates head to the Presbyterian Invitational in Clinton, S.C., where the Pirates will face a trio of non-conference opponents. The Pirates will face Appalachian State and IUPUI twice on the weekend, while playing hosts Presbyterian once. The games against IUPUI and Presbyterian will be the first in program history.
- After a weekend off, the Pirates begin March with a trip to Lubbock, Texas to take part in the Texas Tech Invitational. Seton Hall will face the Red Raiders on Friday and Saturday, while the Pirates' tournament schedule is bookended with matchups against North Dakota on Friday and Sunday mornings. Sandwiched in the middle is a showdown with in-state rival Rutgers, as the teams will meet for the 65th time in their history. Last season, the Pirates defeated the Scarlet Knights for the first time since 2009 with a 5-3 win in Piscataway.
- The remainder of the non-conference slate features home doubleheaders with Manhattan (March 15), Rider (April 5) and Fairleigh Dickinson (April 19). The Pirates will also pay visits to Monmouth (March 28), Stony Brook (March 29), a three-game series at Lehigh (April 7-8), Drexel (April 11), Marist (April 18) and UAlbany (April 26).
- The Pirates open BIG EAST play with a three-game series at reigning-regular season champion UConn, March 10-12. Seton Hall will also travel to Creighton (March 24-26), DePaul (April 14-16) and Providence (April 21-23) in league action.
- Last year's BIG EAST Tournament champion Villanova will come to South Orange for the penultimate series of the season, April 28-30. This will be one of four BIG EAST series in which the Pirates play host, the others being Georgetown (March 17-19), St. John's (March 31-April 2) and Butler (May 5-7).
- The BIG EAST Tournament will be hosted by UConn from May 10-13. New this season, the top six teams in the conference standings will qualify for the tournament. Last season, the Pirates finished sixth in the BIG EAST.
Click here to view the full 2023 Seton Hall softball schedule.
*All dates and times are subject to change*
