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.
The Hofstra Pride baseball team climbed to 21-15 overall and 10-8 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play with their 9-6 win at the College of William and Mary on Sunday. W&M fell to 15-29 overall and 3-15 in CAA play.
The Hofstra baseball team defeated the College of William and Mary by a final score of 7-3 on the road Sunday to pick up their sixth straight victory. With the win, the Pride improve to 20-15 overall and 9-8 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play while William and Mary falls to 15-28 overall and 3-14 in the CAA.
Parker Quinns bases-clearing double in the third inning helped charge the Hofstra baseball team past Manhattan College 15-4 Tuesday afternoon in Wappingers Falls, NY.
The victory extends the Prides win streak to four games, bringing them to 18-15 (7-8 CAA), and the 15-run barrage marks the highest scoring total this season.
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.
Hofstra ensured themselves a series victory against the College of Charleston on Saturday afternoon in a 2-1 win over the Cougars. Matt Weissheier gave the Pride a much-needed performance on the mound, throwing 6.1 shutout innings while allowing just three hits.
Hofstra ace John Rooney continued his phenomenal season on Friday, going the distance in a 7-1 win over Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) combatant College of Charleston Cougars at University Field.
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.
The Pride couldnt do the talking with their bats this afternoon.
After scoring 20 runs combined in the last two-games, Hofstra only managed to scrap together two-runs and three hits in a 5-2 loss in extra innings to the Delaware Fighting Blue Hens. The Pride failed to complete the sweep of their CAA opponent.
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.
