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In the Hofstra softball team’s first game in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament, the Pride, who entered the CAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed, defeated the No. 3 seed Towson Tigers 9-4 in Virginia on Wednesday afternoon.
Hofstra softball wrapped up its final game of the regular season against Towson University on Saturday afternoon with a 4-2 win in Maryland. The Pride finished the regular with 37 wins and 12 losses overall and a record of 17-4 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play.
The Pride began their final series of the regular season against Towson University on Friday in Maryland, splitting the doubleheader in a 4-3 loss in the first game, and a 12-0 win in the second.
A three-run homer from Keirstin Roadcap proved to be the fatal blow as Hofstra fell to the Dukes of James Madison University 11-8 on Sunday afternoon, sealing the sweep for JMU in dramatic fashion.
The Hofstra Pride softball team saw their seventeen-game winning streak come to an end on Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg, Virginia, against James Madison University. Hofstra was swept by the Dukes in a doubleheader, 9-8 and 6-3.
Junior Courtney Scarpato’s three-run homerun in the fifth inning propelled the 24th-ranked Hofstra softball team to a 5-2 victory over the Stony Brook University Seawolves in the “Battle of Long Island” on Thursday evening at Stony Brook.
The Hofstra softball team celebrated Senior Day in style on Sunday afternoon, making quick work of Drexel University with a 8-0 mercy-rule victory, the Pride’s 16th victory in a row.
The Hofstra softball team extended its winning streak to a remarkable 13 games after a 13-4 mercy-rule victory over the LIU Brooklyn Blackhawks on Tuesday evening in Brooklyn.
The Hofstra softball team extended its win streak to 12 games after sweeping Wagner College in a doubleheader, 2-0 and 16-1, at Bill Edwards Stadium on Tuesday. The Pride have won 20 of their last 21 contests and improve to 30-8 on the 2018 campaign.
The Hofstra softball team dominated the University of Delaware on the road to complete the Colonial Athletic Association series sweep with a 14-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.
The Hofstra softball team picked up a 10-2 five-inning victory over Seton Hall on Tuesday afternoon at Bill Edwards Stadium for their seventh straight win.
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.
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’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.
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.
