Box Score April 28, 2016
Final Stats
Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook softball team (22-21-2, 9-5 AE) put an end to its four-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over Seton Hall (24-25, 7-7 Big East) on Thursday afternoon.
Bryant's Reaction
"It was a good win," said head coach Megan Bryant. "We have had a good couple days of practice this week and I think it showed today in our situational hitting and execution."
Turning Point
Stony Brook led 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning when freshman Irene Rivera (Sylmar, Calif.) laced a two-run double off the left-center wall, the second time she drove a ball off the wall in the game. Stony Brook's 5-2 lead was trimmed to 5-4 through five innings, but senior Jane Sallen (Lake Worth, Fla.) pitched scoreless sixth and seventh innings to lift the Seawolves to victory.
Notes
- Senior Allie Pisciotta's (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) leadoff homer in the first inning was her team-leading eighth of the season.
- Sophomore Maddy Neales improved to 8-7 on the season, allowing two unearned runs in four innings.
- Sallen notched her fourth save, a career-high, working the final three innings and allowing two runs.
- Senior Kellie Reynolds (Paso Robles, Calif.) joined Rivera with two hits, doubling in the sixth inning. Her batting average is at a career-best mark of .307.
- The Seawolves improved to 10-3-1 at home this season.
- Stony Brook turned two double plays on Seton Hall's best hitter, Alexa Waldken, the second a 1-6-3 double play to end the game with Waldken representing the go-ahead run.
- The Seawolves are 13-6-1 when hitting at least one home run.
- Head coach Megan Bryant recorded her 799th career win. She is looking to become the 26th active coach to join the 800 win club.
Up Next
Stony Brook plays its final non-conference games on Sunday, May 1, a home doubleheader vs. Saint Peter's at noon.
