Elon, N.C. – Hofstra hit three home runs in the opening game – including sophomore Isabel Hansbury's pinch-hit grand slam – to lift Hofstra to a 10-3 victory in the opener before Elon's Kayla Caruso threw a complete game in the second game in a 7-1 Phoenix victory in a Colonial Athletic Association doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Hunt Softball Park.

Hofstra moved to 18-15 and 3-4 in CAA play. Elon saw its overall ledger go to 21-16 and 6-2 in league action.

Senior centerfielder Caryn Bailey went 2-for-3 in the first game and reached base safely in 3-of-4 plate appearances in the second contest. She extended her on-base streak to 24 games.

Junior pitcher Jessica Peslak threw 5 1/3 innings in the opener to help the Pride turn a 2-0 deficit into a victory. Peslak struck out four in improving to 13-6. She did not allow another run after Elon's two-run second and benefitted when Hofstra put the game away by rallying for six runs in the sixth. Senior third baseman Kim Smith and sophomore outfielder Brielle Pietrafesa both singled and advanced on a sacrifice bunt off Elon starter Elise Walton. Sophomore second baseman Lacey Clark pulled a RBI single through the left side and a walk loaded the bases with one out.

The Pride turned to Hansbury to pinch hit with the Pride leading 4-2 and Hansbury delivered by hitting her first career home run. Hansbury, who was playing in her fourth career game, pulled reliever Abby Barker's 2-1 pitch to left-center, just to the side of the scoreboard, to double her previous career RBI total of two with one swing. Bailey then pulled a solo home run to right-center for back-to-back home runs and a 9-2 lead.

Hansbury hit Hofstra's fourth grand slam this season, joining Smith, Clark and freshman Madison Ambush.

Elon struck for two second-inning runs to open the scoring. Kristin Hoover's sacrifice fly to right scored Hannah Olson, who hit a one-out single to start the rally. Erica Serafini's RBI single to left plated Carey Million for the second run.

Peslak settled down and struck out Alaina Hall to leave the bases loaded. Hofstra cut the deficit in half in the top of the third when Michalowski hit a leadoff single and scored on Bailey's RBI single to the right side.

Bailey's single – the first of two RBIs, started a stretch of 10 consecutive Hofstra runs Junior shortstop Michaela Transue's two-run home run in the fifth put Hofstra ahead for good. Her seventh blast of the season set a new personal best, exceeding her six home runs set as a sophomore last season.

Clark posted her second RBI on a seventh-inning sacrifice fly. Pietrafesa and Michalowski both scored twice.

Walton went 5 1/3 innings and was charged with six runs, all earned, in falling to 7-4. Freshman Courtney Scarpato pitched the final 1 2/3 innings for Hofstra in the non-save situation.

Olson hit a home run and scored twice to help Elon win the twin-bill's second game. The shortstop hit a leadoff home run against Scarpato, the second game starter, to begin the second. Sophomore catcher Brittany Allocca's third-inning RBI double off Kayla Caruso tied the score, though Elon's four-run bottom of the inning provided enough of a cushion to help the Phoenix earn the split.

Elon recorded four base hits in the third, starting when Callie Horn beat out a grounder to short for an infield single and score after a sacrifice bunt when Emily Cameron's double went to the left-centerfield gap. Kara Shutt's single down the rightfield line plated Cameron and Million added a two-run double through the left side.

Kristin Hoover's RBI single in the fifth added an insurance run for a 6-1 advantage. Shutt's second RBI hit of the game added Elon's final run in the seventh.  

Caruso held Hofstra to six hits in her third complete game of the season improving to 6-4.

Scarpato threw all six innings for her first career complete game. The right-hander walked just one but dropped to 1-4.

Hofstra will conclude the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.