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All in Softball
The Hofstra softball team opened this weekend’s series with the College of Charleston by sweeping Saturday afternoon’s doubleheader at Bill Edwards Stadium. The Pride extended their win streak to five games after winning the first game 11-1 and the second game 10-2. The Pride are now 8-0 in conference play.
Hofstra completed a sweep of the College of Charleston on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Cougars, 6-3. With the win, Hofstra remains a perfect 9-0 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play.
Hofstra softball completed the sweep over Elon University on Sunday with an 8-2 victory in North Carolina to remain undefeated in conference play.
Brittany Allocca’s six-RBI game led the way, going 3-3 with two home runs and two walks. This marks her eighth multi-hit game this season and fifth multi-RBI performance.
A last-inning rally couldn’t make up for a cold day at the plate, as the Hofstra softball team came up just a run short in a 3-2 loss to Fordham on Wednesday afternoon, snapping the team’s eight-game win streak.
The Hofstra softball team extended their win streak to eight games on Tuesday afternoon, taking down the University of Connecticut Huskies 5-2 at Bill Edwards Stadium.
The Hofstra softball team’s hot hitting continued in a big way on Saturday, as the Pride launched six home runs and hung 22 total runs in a doubleheader sweep of UNC Wilmington at Fordham’s Bahoshy Field.
Brielle Pietrafesa’s two-run blast in the fifth inning would prove to be the difference-maker as the Hofstra softball team opened up conference play with a 3-2 win over UNC Wilmington on Saturday afternoon at Fordham’s Bahoshy Field.
The Hofstra softball team capped off the weekend in impressive fashion, picking up another pair of wins over St. John’s University and Binghamton University to complete a perfect 4-0 weekend.
The bats woke up in a big way for the Hofstra softball team on Saturday, as the Pride launched three home runs over two games to pick up a pair of wins over Boston University and the University of Massachusetts at Bill Edwards Stadium.
If a freshman is awarded both CAA Rookie of the Week and Pitcher of the Week just one month into her collegiate career, she has to be doing something special. Sophie Dandola, pitcher for the Hofstra softball team, is making her presence known early in her campaign.
A three-run second inning proved to be fatal as the Hofstra softball team was tripped up by Florida Gulf Coast University 3-2 to wrap up the Unconquered Invitational at Florida State University on Sunday afternoon.
After picking up wins in both of their contests at the Unconquered Invitational at Florida State on Friday in Tallahassee, the Hofstra Pride softball team looked to continue its success with another twin bill on Saturday at FSU.
Pitching continued to shine for the Hofstra softball team as they won their first two games at the Florida State Unconquered Invitational on Friday.
The Hofstra Pride softball team saw their season end last year two games shy of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title. After posting an 11-8 conference record, good for second best in the CAA, the team succumbed to Dukes of James Madison University. Hofstra is no stranger to JMU, who has won three of the last four conference championships. This season, there is just one goal in mind for the Pride: taking back the CAA.
