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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Chloe Fitzgerald
Chloe Fitzgerald
3
Iowa IOWA 3-6
4
Winner Hofstra HOFSTRA 3-3
Iowa IOWA
3-6
3
Final
4
Hofstra HOFSTRA
3-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Iowa IOWA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 1
Hofstra HOFSTRA 0 0 0 2 2 0 X 4 5 1

W: Lashley, Morgan (2-1) L: Yoways (1-3) S: Pirone, Taylor (1)

3
Winner Louisiana UL 11-0
0
Hofstra HOFSTRA 3-4
Winner
Louisiana UL
11-0
3
Final
0
Hofstra HOFSTRA
3-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Louisiana UL 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 5 1
Hofstra HOFSTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

W: Wallace (4-0) L: Pirone, Taylor (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | By Brian Bohl

SB: Hofstra Splits Opening Day Of Louisiana-Lafayette Invitational

Lafayette, La. – Freshman Brittany Allocca hit her second home run in as many games and senior pitcher Taylor Pirone recorded five outs from the bullpen without allowing a hit to lift Hofstra to a 4-3 win over Iowa in the opener. Nationally ranked Louisiana-Lafayette allowed just one hit and broke a scoreless tie in the fourth as the Pride fell to the Cajuns, 3-0, in the opening day of the Louisiana-Lafayette Invitational at Lamson Park.

Hofstra is 3-4 on the season. The Pride won the afternoon contest by erasing a pair of deficits, capped when Allocca pulled a two-run home run in the fifth to turn a 3-2 Iowa lead into a 4-3 Hofstra edge.

Iowa freshman Angela Schmiederer's second-inning sacrifice fly opened the scoring against Hofstra senior starter Morgan Lashley. Allie Wood's RBI double to left-center in the top of the fourth extended the lead to 2-0, though Hofstra erased that margin in the bottom of the inning. Redshirt junior first baseman Danielle Bitts lined a sac fly down the rightfield line and junior Chloe Fitzgerald legged out a bunt single against Iowa starter Ashley Yoways that plated senior catcher Erin Trippi for the tying run. Fitzgerald finished 2-for-4 and added the RBI.

The Hawkeyes staked Yoways to another lead in the top of the fifth when Wood was hit by a pitch with two outs and the bases loaded. A throwing error earlier in the inning made the run unearned, though Hofstra picked up Lashley in bottom of the frame when sophomore Lacey Clark worked a leadoff walk and Allocca went deep to right. The first-year designated player hit her first career home versus No. 20 Notre Dame in the team's last game and continued her hot hitting by notching five RBIs in a two-game stretch.

Yoways (1-3) took the loss in allowing five hits with six walks in four innings. She threw six walks and was pulled in favor of Shayla Starkenburg, who threw two scoreless innings in relief. Lashley was relieved after 5 1/3 innings of giving up three runs (two earned) with four strikeouts. Pirone, who came out of the bullpen to throw 4 2/3 hitless relief innings in a win over the Irish, earned her first save as a member of the Pride by retiring all five batters she faced. Lashley improved to 2-1.

The sixth-ranked Ragin Cajuns saw senior pitcher Jordan Wallace (4-0) throw a complete-game one-hitter in the nightcap to improve her team's record to 11-0. Louisiana, which made the 2014 Women's College World Series, broke a scoreless tie on junior catcher Lexie Elkins' fourth-inning solo home run. It was the backstop's fourth home run of the season.

Kelsey Vincent's RBI double and a double-steal of second and home later in the inning provided two insurance runs for Wallace in the sixth. Pirone fell to 1-3 in taking the complete-game loss.

Hofstra will face the same teams on Saturday starting with an 11 a.m. game versus Iowa followed by a 1:30 p.m. rematch against Louisiana.
 
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