LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Seton Hall pitchers Kelsey Carr and Kyra Kreuscher both spun complete-game shutouts as the Pirates swept a doubleheader from the Rider University softball team, 3-0 and 6-0, Tuesday afternoon at Herb and Joan Young Field. With the losses, the Broncs fall to 6-14, while Seton Hall evens its record at 11-11.
In Game 1, the Pirates broke a scoreless tie with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth. A leadoff double and a one-out single plated the first Seton Hall run, before an error put the Pirates on top, 2-0, after four and a half. Seton Hall also got a solo home run from Lauren Caye in the sixth to push to a 3-0 lead, which was more than enough support for starting pitcher Kelsey Carr, who hurled a complete-game, three hit shutout, striking out 12.
The Pirates scored first in Game 2 on four-straight singles in the second to take a 2-0 lead. Back-to-back home runs in the third made it a 4-0 Seton Hall lead. They'd tack on two more insurance runs in the sixth and cruise to the 6-0 victory.
Notes
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Jessie Niegocki (Marana, AZ/Mountain View) started Game 1 in the circle and took the loss. She allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch. She struck out three.
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Kathryn Schmierer (Racine, WI/Racine Lutheran) also pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless, hitless relief.
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Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) started Game 2 in the circle and took the loss. She allowed four runs, three earned, on six hits in 3.0 innings pitched. She struck out two.
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Jadeyn Merrill (Lamesa, TX/Lamesa) came on in relief and limited the Pirates to two earned runs on two hits and six walks over 4.2 innings, striking out one.
Broncs by the Numbers
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Asiah Bell (Tucson, AZ/Canyon Del Oro [Central Ariz. Coll.]) had two of Rider's three hits in Game 1, going 2-for-3 with a pair of singles.
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Maddie Luedtke (Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology) doubled and walked in Game 1.
- Merrill,
Kendall Reda-Fehsal (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury),
Julia Harsche (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph-by-the-Sea) and
Tristen Wren (Rancho Cucamonga, CA/Etiwanda) each drew a walk in Game 1, with Reda-Fehsal also reaching on a hit-by-pitch.
- Reda-Fehsal again reached twice in Game 2 on a single and a walk.
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Kiersten Buchanan (Holly Springs, NC/Holly Springs) added a double in Game 2.
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Laneya Wright (Tucson, AZ/Marana),
Olivia Smith (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township),
Amanda Cooper (Huntsville, TX/Huntsville) and
Olivia Burroughs (Escondido, CA/San Pasqual) also had one single each.
Up Next
The Broncs return to action Saturday, when they host Saint Peter's in a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch from Herb and Joan Young Field is scheduled for 12 p.m.
