Onward Setonia

Owen T. Carroll Field, as seen from the outfield soccer grandstand, Mar-2008.

Looking out at high-rise apartments from behind home plate.

The field, as seen from the top of the parking garage.

• Location: Seton Hall University, South Orange Avenue at Centre Street, South Orange, N.J.
• Opened: Before 1907 as Setonia Field (renovated 2007, 2020)
• Additional names: Owen T. Carroll Field (1973); Mike Sheppard Sr. Stadium at Owen T. Carroll Field (2020)
• Home team: Seton Hall Pirates, Big East Conference
• Capacity: 600

The field, across a campus road from Immaculate Conception Seminary and separated from Archbishop Walsh Auditorium (the on-campus gym, home of Seton Hall women’s basketball) by a parking garage, faces southwest. It is flanked by several rows of bleachers. Fans also watch from the various levels of the garage, though the school’s public safety department works to prevent this act.

In 2007, lights and artificial turf were added, allowing for greater use of this venerable facility. A significant renovation of the stadium seating was completed for 2020, with the new stadium named for coach Mike Sheppard, who died in March 2019.