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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Kim Smith
Kim Smith and Hofstra split on Friday
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Bethune-Cookman BCU 4-17
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Winner Hofstra HOFSTRA 6-5
Bethune-Cookman BCU
4-17
1
Final
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Hofstra HOFSTRA
6-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bethune-Cookman BCU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1
Hofstra HOFSTRA 5 1 0 0 0 0 X 6 9 0

W: Lashley, Morgan (0-0) L: ANGUIANO,S. (0-0)

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Hofstra HOFSTRA 6-6
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Winner Florida Atlantic FAU 17-4
Hofstra HOFSTRA
6-6
2
Final
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Florida Atlantic FAU
17-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Hofstra HOFSTRA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1
Florida Atlantic FAU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 1

W: Hanson, Kylee (6-0) L: Pirone, Taylor (0-0)

Game Recap: Softball | | By Brian Bohl

SB: Hofstra Splits Opening Day Of Parents’ Weekend Tournament

Boca Raton, Fla. – Hofstra scored five first-inning runs and cruised to a 6-1 win over Bethune-Cookman in the opener before falling to host Florida Atlantic, 3-2, in eight innings in the second game of the Parents' Weekend Tournament on Friday night at FAU Stadium.

The Pride moved to 6-6 on the season. Hofstra held a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the seventh before the Owls scored the tying run with two outs and winning in walk-off fashion in the eighth.

Senior pitcher Morgan Lashley held Bethune-Cookman to one run in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander improved to 3-1 and lowered her ERA to 2.46. Bolstered by Hofstra's five-run opening inning, Lashley struck out three and sophomore Jessica Peslak retired the last two batters on ground outs to close out the victory.

Four consecutive hits started Hofstra's first at-bat against Bethune-Cookman. Junior Caryn Bailey lined a RBI single to center following junior Chloe Fitzgerald's leadoff single and stolen base. A bunt single put two runners on for Clark, who ripped a two-run double to center. Hofstra tagged Wildcats starter Sabrina Anguiano for two more runs in the inning on sophomore Michaela Transue's RBI ground out and junior Danielle Bitts' run-scoring single up the middle.

Freshman Brittany Allocca registered a RBI in the second on a base hit that plated Fitzgerald for her second run of the game.

Bethune-Cookman (4-16) ended Lashley's shutout bid in the sixth. Melissa Berouty drove a single to right-center that scored Kaitlin Alamprese. Lashley then induced a fly out to end the inning.

Fitzgerald's two stolen bases to extend her streak to 27 straight swipes without  being caught dating to April 7, 2013. Fitzgerald has 31 stolen bases, which trails Erika Bernstein (2006-09) by just one for the eighth-most in program history.

The Pride took a 2-1 lead over a FAU squad that entered the game receiving a vote in the latest NFCA national poll. Bailey tripled and scored on Kylee Hanson's wild pitch to open the scoring in the top of the first.

FAU tied the game in the third off Hofstra senior pitcher Taylor Pirone (3-5) when Delaney Rickey's single to left drove in Alex Miller.

Hofstra appeared to take the lead for good in the fourth when Allocca extended her team-leading RBI total to 12 when her single up the middle scored Bitts. Allocca needed just 11 career games to reach double-digits in RBIs and has 12 in 12 games total.

FAU mounted a comeback and scored the tying run when down to its last out. Emily Lochten hit a leadoff single and stole second. Pirone induced a fly out and a ground out moved Lochten to third before she scored the tying run on a wild pitch.

Tiebreaker rules put a runner on second to start the eighth. Hanson (6-0) pitched a scoreless eighth and Lochten continued her late heroics on a RBI single in the  bottom of the eighth that scored Lindsey Shell and improve FAU to 17-4.

Hofstra will resume tournament play on Saturday with an 11:15 a.m. game versus Coastal Carolina and a matchup against No. 12 Florida State at 1:30 p.m.
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