Senior lefthander Brody Fontaine turned in his best effort of the season in the opener of Friday afternoon's doubleheader against Northeastern, but it wasn't enough as the Pride fell in both games, 1-0 and 14-3, to the Huskies at University Field.

Hofstra limited CAA-rival Northeastern to just three hits in the opener before the Huskies tagged five home runs, including two by Mike Tamsin, in Game 2 to help Northeastern (12-7, 3-2) sweep the twin-bill. The Pride dropped to 2-15 and 0-5 against the conference. The finale of the three-game series is Saturday with a new start time. First pitch is scheduled for noon.

Fontaine (Amenia, NY) held Northeastern to just three hits in seven innings in Game 1. But James Donaldson's second-inning solo home run marked the only scoring of the game as Fontaine fell to 0-4 despite allowing just eight base runners in his longest outing of 2009. Ryan Quigley was also sharp, holding Hofstra to seven hits in eight scoreless innings in improving to 2-2.

The Pride brought the potential winning run to the plate in the ninth when freshman Chris Greco (Totawa, NJ) lined a one-out single to right field to chase reliever Russ Lloyd. Northeastern called on freshman Drew Leenhouts, who watched his teammates catch Greco trying to steal second before the southpaw recorded a strikeout to end the game, picking up his second save.

Northeastern's offense picked up in the second game, led by Tamsin's solo home run to right in the first. The third baseman repeated the feat in the third inning with a three-run shot off Rob Kumbatovic that cleared the rightfield fence to complete his four-RBI game.

Kumbatovic (Hillsborough, NJ) pitched five innings, brining his innings pitched total to a team-high 34 1/3. The junior right-hander fell to 1-4 while Jeff Thomson took advantage of the run support, pitching six scoreless innings for the Huskies in improving to 2-3.

Donaldson added a solo home run to start a five-run sixth inning that put the game away. Brendan Stokes and Sam Berg added homers as well for the Huskies.

Hofstra's bats awoke in the seventh when Scott A'Hara (Downingtown, PA) smacked a RBI single to score Adam Perlo (Fairport, NY) for the Pride's first run. Greco added an RBI single and fellow freshman Mikhal Polan (Mineola, NY) added the Pride's final run off a wild pitch.