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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Santino Rosso
Rob Cuni
Santino Rosso watches his game-winning double off the bat in game one.
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UNCW UNCW 24-16, 13-5 CAA
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Winner Hofstra HOFSTRA 20-22, 10-12 CAA
UNCW UNCW
24-16, 13-5 CAA
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Final
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Hofstra HOFSTRA
20-22, 10-12 CAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNCW UNCW 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 8 12 2
Hofstra HOFSTRA 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 9 10 1

W: DesLauriers, Jake (1-0) L: Brett Banks (0-2)

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Winner UNCW UNCW 25-16, 14-5 CAA
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Hofstra HOFSTRA 20-23, 10-13 CAA
Winner
UNCW UNCW
25-16, 14-5 CAA
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Final
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Hofstra HOFSTRA
20-23, 10-13 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNCW UNCW 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 6 11 1
Hofstra HOFSTRA 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 1

W: Connor Kane (3-1) L: Faello, Mark (4-6)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Len Skoros

Hofstra Wins Game One In Dramatic Fashion, Settles For Doubleheader Split

Hempstead, NY - Hofstra rallied from an 8-1 deficit over its final four turns at bat, scoring four times in the bottom of the ninth, with Santino Rosso's double driving in the winning runs, to post a 9-8 victory over Colonial Athletic Association-leading UNCW as the Pride split a doubleheader Friday at University Field. The Seahawks won game two, 6-3. 

Hofstra moved to 20-23 overall and 10-13 in the CAA with the split. UNCW is now 25-16 overall and 14-5 in league play. 

Tied at one in game one, the Seahawks pulled away with a five-run fifth inning. Tanner Thach had a two-run single, while John Newton hit a two-run home run and Alec DeMartino hit a solo shot. UNCW would add two more runs in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-1 as Dillon Lifrieri and Jac Croom had RBI hits. 

The Pride cut their deficit to four with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Steve Harrington had a two-run double and Zach Bailey added an RBI single. Following a scoreless seventh, Harrington cut the UNCW lead to three, 8-5, with a solo home run in the eighth to cap off a 4-4, 4 RBI game. 

In the bottom of the ninth, UNCW closer Brett Banks came on to try and close out the game but walked Bailey to start the inning. Following a passed ball, pinch-hitter Nick Marrero reached on an infield single to put runners on the corners. Frankie DiMartino came on to run for Marrero and advanced to third on a fielder's choice and a throwing error that plated Bailey and put runners on first and third. A wild pitch scored DiMartino and sent Dylan Palmer to second. After a strikeout and a groundout, Harrington was intentionally walked to put runners on the corners. Rosso then hit a double to the gap in right center that allowed both runners to score and give the Pride the win. 

Freshman Jake DesLauriers (1-0) notched his first career win with three scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit with three strikeouts. Rosso finished 2-5 in the game. 

Banks (0-2) took the loss for UNCW, which got three-hit games from Brock Wills and Lifrieri. Banks allowed four runs on two hits and two walks in ⅔ of an inning. 

In the nightcap, UNCW scored three times in the fifth to erase a 2-1 deficit and added two more insurance runs in the ninth for the 6-3 win. Connor Kane (3-1) pitched five innings of two-hit, one-run relief to earn the win and five Seahawk batters had multi-hit games. 

The Pride took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI single from Ryan Morash that drove in Rosso, who had doubled. UNCW tied the score in the fourth on Alec DeMartino's RBI single. The tie did not last long as Rosso singled home Kevin Bruggeman in the bottom of the frame to put Hofstra back up by one, 2-1. 

The Hofstra lead evaporated in the fifth as Newton and Croom had RBI singles and a third run scored on a dropped fly ball to make it a 4-2 game in favor of UNCW. The Pride would make it a 4-3 game in the seventh as Anthony D'Onofrio walked, stole second, and came in to score on a double from Michael Florides. But that was as close as Hofstra would get and Thach and Croom drove in runs in the ninth to close out the scoring. 

Mark Faello (4-6) started and took the loss for Hofstra, allowing four hits and one earned run over 4 ⅔ innings. Tristan Nemjo threw 3 ⅓ innings and allowed a pair of runs (one earned), while Michael O'Hanlon was charged with a run on two hits in the ninth. 

Rosso had two hits in game two.

The team will look to conclude the series Sunday with a 12 p.m. start time. 

Notes:
-The walk-off win was Hofstra's third of the season.
-Hofstra is 17-41 all-time against UNCW.
-Harrington has reached base in 35 consecutive games.
-Harrington's game one home run was his team-leading sixth of the season. 
-Hofstra is now 14-4 at home. 
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