In the opening day of their final series of the regular season, the Hofstra Pride baseball team split a doubleheader at home against James Madison University, winning the first game 4-1 before being edged out in the second match 2-3 on Friday afternoon, May 11.
Alexandra Licata -- ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
• May 7, 2018
Vito Friscia hit a base-clearing single in the bottom of the seventh inning that completed Hofstra baseballs 6-4 comeback win over Northeastern University on Saturday afternoon at University Field.
Rob Weissheier capped off a last-inning rally with a two-run walkoff bomb as the Hofstra baseball team clawed back from a three-run deficit to knock off the College of Charleston 5-4 on Sunday afternoon, sealing the series sweep against the Cougars.
Coming into Saturdays matchup with the Elon University Phoenix, the Hofstra Pride baseball team was on a three-game losing streak, having not scored more than three runs in those games. Those offensive struggles continued on Saturday at Elon, as Hofstra dropped their fourth consecutive contest by a score of 6-3.
Daniel Page doubled home Hofstras series-clinching runs in the Prides first conference series win of the season with a commanding 11-1 victory over the University of Delaware at University Field on Saturday.
The Hofstra baseball team couldnt keep Manhattan College off the basepaths on Wednesday afternoon, walking 14 batters and surrendering six runs in the third inning on the way to a 12-4 loss to the Jaspers on a rainy day at University Field.
Behind the bats of Vito Friscia, Vinnie Costello and Rob Weissheier, Hofstra baseball swept Norfolk State Sunday in Virginia 8-6, extending the teams win streak to five games.
