Harrisonburg, VA - James Madison rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth in game one to post a 12-11 victory and then won in less dramatic fashion in game two, 18-3, as the Dukes swept a Colonial Athletic Association doubleheader from the Pride Saturday.

Hofstra falls to 3-10 overall and 0-2 in the CAA with the losses, while James Madison improves to 8-6 and 2-0 in league play.

James Madison led game one, 10-3, after six innings and appeared to be headed for an easy win before the Pride struck for eight runs over the last three frames, including a five-run seventh, to take an 11-10 advantage going to the bottom of the ninth. Taylor Stuart tied the game at 10 with a two-run home run in the eighth and Robbie Cafiero singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth.

Hofstra brought on Bryan Verbitsky, who was 3-3 in save situations this season and had a 0.00 ERA, to close the game. But Cole McInturff led off with a single and came in to tie the score on Tyler Gregory's double. After a ground out moved Gregory to third, Verbitsky hit Johnny Bladel to put runners on the corners. Ty McFarland then delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly to plate Gregory with the winning run.

Chris Huffman (1-1) picked up the win in relief for the Dukes. Verbitsky (0-1) took the loss for the Pride. Chris Nardo, who was making his second consecutive start, had four hits, two runs and two RBIs in the game for the Pride. Verbitsky did have a good day at the plate as he started at designated hitter and went 2-5 with a homer and three RBIs. Joe Perez also had two hits and two RBIs, while Jared Hammer had three hits and Cafiero added two hits and an RBI. Hofstra collected 19 hits in the game.

McInturff and Bladel both had three hits to pace the Dukes offense. Chad Carroll knocked in three runs for JMU.

In game two the Dukes jumped out to a 5-0 lead after four complete before Hofstra scored three times in the fifth to make it a 5-3 game. But the Dukes would then score six runs in the bottom of the inning and three more in the sixth to take a commanding 14-3 lead. Three Hofstra errors in the fifth led to five unearned runs. Bobby San Martin had a two-run double in the fifth inning and Matt Tenaglia delivered a two-run double in the sixth.

JMU would add four runs in the eighth as McFarland had an RBI double and Tenaglia came through with his second two-RBI two-bagger of the game.

Aaron Hoover (1-0) picked up the win with four innings of two-hit relief. Hofstra starter John Tiedemann (0-4) took the loss as he allowed eight hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.

Kenny Jackson was the offensive star for the Pride in game two as he went 3-3 with an RBI. Cafiero was the only other Pride player with multiple hits as he delivered two and a run scored.

Tenaglia finished with six RBIs in the game and McFarland had five hits and three RBIs.

The teams conclude the series Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.