Riding a two-game winning streak, the UConn softball team heads to West Orange, N.J. for a three-game set against Big East foe Seton Hall.
The 7-16 Huskies look to keep their conference record in the positives after going 2-1 in their opening series against St. John’s.
Also on a two-game winning streak, the Seton Hall Pirates sit at 8-10 after a month of play. They were swept in their opening conference series against Creighton last weekend, allowing more than nine runs in all three games.
The Pirates suffered nearly the last fate against UConn last season. The 2025 Big East champion Huskies swept Seton Hall in Storrs, with a three-game score of 30-11. UConn allowed a total of two runs in the first two contests.
Connecticut has won five straight games against Seton Hall and it has an all-time record of 47-20. Husky fans should be happy to know that the team has a 25-9 away record against the team as it once again makes the trip to New Jersey.
Angelina Benitez has been the best hitter in Seton Hall’s lineup. The sophomore outfielder is batting .406 in her first 18 games of the season. She has knocked in 14 RBIs and scored 15 runs so far for the Pirates.
Seton Hall has a four-pitcher rotation with Kyra Kreuscher being its best arm. A member of the 2025 All-Big East Second Team, Kreuscher has a 3.60 ERA in 16 appearances this year. The senior has three saves on the season and has struck out 35 batters over the same number of innings. Expect her to toe the rubber multiple times this weekend.
The pitching staff for the Huskies is led by the duo of Jessica Walter and Caprice Bohmer. Both pitchers have started eight games this season, racking up a total of five wins including three complete games by Bohmer. The freshman Bohmer posted four scoreless innings in her last start, a UConn victory over St. John’s.
At the other end of the spectrum, Walter is a graduate student in her first year at UConn. The Providence transfer came on in relief of Bohmer against the Red Strom and pitched 2.2 innings of relief to shut the door. She did not allow a single run in her 7 innings of work against the Jonnies last weekend.
Last year’s Big East Freshman of the Year Cat Petteys picked up where she left off last year for Connecticut. Petteys is hitting .367 on the year including slugging 5 of the team’s 14 home runs. She had two against St. John’s last weekend and had two in one game against Florida Gulf Coast in February.
Petteys had two hits and scored a run in Tuesday’s 7-3 win over Stonehill. The Huskies got homeruns from Caylee De Meo and Emma Willers to power the offense.
The game on Friday is at 2 p.m. while the games on Saturday and Sunday start at noon. Fans can tune into ESPN+ to see the Huskies take on the Pirates.