Hempstead, NY - Rob Kumbatovic and Jeff Guthridge combined on a shutout in the opener, while Brody Fontaine, Dan Robl and Nick Panzarella limited the Tribe to two runs in the nightcap as the Pride ended the 2009 campaign with a sweep of visiting William & Mary Saturday afternoon, 3-0 and 8-2. The Pride end the season at 11-32, 6-18 in the Colonial Athletic Association, while William & Mary sees its season end at 24-25, 9-14 in the CAA.

Kumbatovic and William & Mary starter Kevin Landry were involved in a pitchers duel as Kumbatovic allowed just four hits and two walks in 7-plus innings of work before yielding to Guthridge in the eighth after hitting the leadoff batter. Landry allowed five hits and three earned runs in his seven innings of work, striking out 12 batters.

The Pride got all the runs they would need in the bottom of the first as shortstop Tom Legregni reached on an infield single and third baseman Matt Prokopowicz followed with a home run to right-center that gave Hofstra a 2-0 lead. Kumbatovic made the lead stand, though he pitched out of trouble in both the second and fifth innings. In the second he escaped a two-out bases loaded jam by inducing a ground out and in the fifth with runners on second and third and two outs he got Tyler Stampone to fly out to end the threat.

After the first inning, Landry settled down and allowed just three hits the rest of the way, two by Prokopowicz and a double in the seventh by catcher Elliott Hagburg. Hagburg then moved to third on a wild pitch and come home to score on a suicide squeeze bunt by Panzarella for a 3-0 lead. Guthridge allowed two singles in the ninth after two outs were recorded, but escaped the jam for his third save of the season.

Prokopowicz went 3-for-4 in the opener with two RBIs, while Legregni and Hagburg were each 1-for-3. James Williamson had two of the six William & Mary hits in the game. The shutout was Hofstra's first of the season and the first since a 9-0 blanking of Coppin State on February 25, 2007.

In game two, Fontaine scattered seven hits over his six innings of work, allowing just one earned run with four strikeouts to end his Pride career with a victory. Robl pitched a scorless seventh and Panzarella threw the last two innings and allowed two hits and a run. The Pride put up three runs in the third as Hagburg led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Adam Perlo. Mark Stuckless walked and after a passed ball put runners at the corners, Tom Legregni walked to load the bags for Prokopowicz. The junior continued his hot hitting by lacing a two-run single to right field. Shortstop Chris Mentrasti then doubled to left to plate Legregni for a 3-0 lead.

The Pride tacked on a run in the fourth as Stuckless singled home Panzarella, who had led off with a double, then added another run in the fifth for a 5-0 lead. William & Mary got on the scoreboard for the first time in 14 innings on the day when Rob Nickle led off the sixth with a home run to right field. The Pride got the run back in the seventh as Mentrasti was hit by a Jay McCarthy pitch with the bases loaded.

After Panzarella took over on the mound for the top of the eighth, he was greeted by a solo home run from Stampone that made the score 6-2. After a single by Nickle and a hit batsman, Panzarella settled down and induced a fielders choice groundout and a line out double play to end the inning. The Pride then capped the scoring in the bottom of the inning as Legregni, in his last collegiate at-bat, took a Tyler Truxell offering over the left field fence for a two-run shot that scored Stuckless. The Tribe went 1-2-3 in the top of the ninth as Hofstra won it's season-best fourth game in a row. 

Prokopowicz had his second three-hit game of the day and also knocked in two more runs, while Stuckless, Mentrasti and Hagburg each added two hits in the game. Williamson and Nickle each posted two-hit games for the Tribe. Jeremy Neustifter took the loss for the Tribe, allowing seven hits and five runs in five innings of work.

The CAA sweep was Hofstra's first since taking three games from James Madison in 2006.

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