Game One
Monmouth Hawks (4-20, 0-0 MAAC) – 9
Seton Hall Pirates (10-11, 3-3 Big East) – 1
 
Game Two
Monmouth Hawks (4-21, 0-0 MAAC) – 6
Seton Hall Pirates (11-11, 3-3 Big East) – 8
 
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Monmouth University softball team (4-21) got back in the win column on Wednesday afternoon, splitting a road doubleheader with Big East opponent Seton Hall (11-11). MU cruised to a 9-1 victory in the front half of the doubleheader before falling in a high-scoring game two, 8-6.
 
The Hawks tied a season-high by plating nine runs in game one, never trailing once in the win. With two outs in the opening frame, Emily Spencer brought home Stavi Augur with an RBI single to left field, giving Monmouth a 1-0 lead. After the Pirates evened things up in the bottom of the first, the Hawks put up three runs in the second inning on a pair of two-out RBI singles by Francesca Torraca and Augur.
 
Spencer picked up her second RBI single of the day in the fourth inning, while Abby Warner sent a home run out to left in the fifth inning to put the Hawks up 6-1. Monmouth pushed across three more runs in the seventh, with Riley Riendeau and Torraca supplying the RBIs on two doubles.
 
Down 6-3 after three innings in the back half of the doubleheader, the Hawks battled back and tied the game at six after scoring three times in the top of the fourth. Riendeau notched an RBI double and quickly came around to score on an error by the catcher, while Augur tallied an RBI two-bagger of her own to even the score. The Pirates would ultimately score once in the fourth and once in the sixth to narrowly win game two.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"Solid way to start the second half of the season. We played with emotion and for each other today. It was a gritty effort and one that I am extremely proud of as we head into MAAC play next week." – Head Coach Shannon Salsburg
 
-Torraca extended her hitting streak to five games after notching two multi-hit games on the day
-She also stole her team-leading fifth base of the season in game two
-Lindsey Baron, Julia Thuer, and Kiley O'Rourke each stole a base in game one
-Kylie Gletow got her second win of the season in the circle in game one, tossing four innings of one-run ball
-Warner's home run was her third of the season
-With four RBIs on the day, Augur took over the team lead in the category with 12 overall
-Seven different Hawks tallied at least one hit in game one
-Briana Hoskins started for the third time this season in the second game, playing right field
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Torraca, Augur, Spencer, and Warner tallied two hits apiece in game one
-Torraca and Riendeau each had two hits in game two
-Torraca and Augur led the way with each picking up four RBIs in the doubleheader
-The Hawks committed zero errors in game one
-Monmouth hit .471 with two outs and .429 with runners in scoring position in game one
-MU accumulated eight two-out RBIs in the first game
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will battle another NJ school next Tuesday, March 29 when they travel to Rutgers to take on the Scarlet Knights. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.