Harrisonburg, Va. – Junior outfielder Caryn Bailey hit two home runs for a second consecutive game, including a three-run blast to center with two outs in the seventh as the second-seeded Pride went from being down to its last strike to pulling out a come-from-behind 5-3 win over No. 18 James Madison in the second day of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship Thursday afternoon.

Hofstra extended its winning streak to a season-high 11 games in advancing to the CAA Championship game Friday at noon. That game will be televised by the American Sports Network (ASN) and streamed online for free via Pride Productions. JMU saw its nation-leading 36-game winning streak snapped as the top-seeded Dukes will face the winner of the Towson vs. Elon game at 5 p.m. today in an elimination contest. Hofstra moved to 36-11-1 while JMU fell to 45-7.

Bailey has three consecutive multi-home run games in CAA Tournament play dating to last season's game versus Towson. JMU freshman Megan Good, who was 27-0 entering the game, retired the first two Hofstra batters in the seventh before freshman Brielle Pietrafesa reached on an error. Good then got two strikes on junior Chloe Fitzgerald, who battled to work an infield single that put Pietrafesa on second with the potential tying run and the go-ahead run at first.

Bailey then smashed her second home run of the game to center, smacking her CAA-leading 16th homer on the first pitch. It was the third Hofstra comeback of the day as the Pride erased one-run deficits in both the fourth and fifth innings. Good dropped to 27-1 with the National Freshman of the Year candidate not giving up an earned run in 2 2/3 innings in relief of Jailyn Ford.

Senior pitcher Taylor Pirone worked around a leadoff walk in the bottom of the seventh to close out the win in improving to 17-10. Pirone allowed just one run in three innings in relief, sending the Pride to the championship round of the CAA Tournament for the third time in the last four seasons.

Hofstra needs just one more win to capture the double-elimination tournament and will face either JMU, Towson or Elon in the first game at noon on Friday with a second, winner-take-all game to follow if the Pride lose the first game. The Pride defeated its first ranked team since knocking off No. 20 Notre Dame on Feb. 15.

Both Pietrafesa and Fitzgerald reached base in the seventh after getting two strikes on them. Bailey then came through with her sixth home run in the last three conference tournament games. The Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania native, who hit a fourth-inning solo home run, tied Hailey Clark's 16 home runs in 2004 for the second-highest single-season total in program history. Danielle Stewart's 17 in 2003 is the record.

Bailey continued to make JMU Veterans Memorial Park her personal bandbox. The centerfielder, who hit two home runs versus Elon on Wednesday, now has 32 career home runs with a season of eligibility remaining and trails only Tessa Ziemba's 39 (2010-13) and Ashley Lane's 40 (2004-07) for the school record. Her 52 RBIs this season is the third-most in program history and trails only Crystal Boyd's 53 in 1992 and Ashley Lane's 63 in 2002.

The Pride's defense generated three outs on JMU basepaths through the first three innings, though the Dukes opened the scoring when leadoff hitter Niki Prince singled through the right side to score Thali Moore in the third. Prince's two-out single to right staked Ford to the 1-0 edge and was one of four JMU hits in the inning.

But Bailey's first home run tied the score, which stayed until Taylor Newton pulled a leadoff home run to left-center over the production truck for a 2-1 edge. Patierno responded with her first career CAA Tournament home run, chasing Ford by hitting a home run over the "James" sign in center. Patierno's eighth home run trails only Bailey for the team lead.

Fitzgerald slashed an opposite-field leadoff single to left and advanced to second on a wild pitch in the opening inning. Ford struck out the side, all on swings-and-misses, to quell the threat. Hofstra senior starter Morgan Lashley was also sharp early, inducing a harmless fly out and striking out the next two to retire the side in order.

JMU nearly opened the scoring in the second before Bailey executed a double play by catching Jessica Mrozek's fly ball in shallow center. Newton tagged from third but stopped halfway and attempted to return to third on Bailey's throw home, resulting in a rundown.