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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Aliya Catanzarita
Matteo Bracco
Aliya Catanzarita
4
Winner Hofstra HU 8-17
1
UNCW UNCW 17-13
Winner
Hofstra HU
8-17
4
Final
1
UNCW UNCW
17-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hofstra HU 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 0
UNCW UNCW 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0

W: Apsel, Julia (7-5) L: Winstead,Em (6-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | Nick Kapatos

Catanzarita, Apsel Power Hofstra Past UNCW in Series Opener

Wilmington, NC – Aliya Catanzarita flashed her power with two home runs and Julia Apsel continued her excellent 2024 season as the Hofstra softball team opened its Coastal Athletic Association series with a 4-1 win on the road against UNCW from Boseman Field, the site of the 2024 CAA Softball Championship in May.
 
Hofstra moves to 8-17 and 6-4 in league play with the win over the Seahawks, and UNCW drops to 17-13 and 8-2 against conference opponents.
 
Olivia Malinowski delivered a one-out single for Hofstra's first hit of the afternoon, and Catanzarita delivered an early 2-0 Hofstra lead with a two-run home run on a 2-2 pitch just over the wall in left center for her first homer of the season.
 
Following a hitless second inning for the Pride, Becca Vaillancourt reached base on a single, and with two outs after a Chelsea Manto strikeout and a Malinowski foul out, Catanzarita belted her second homer of the day to left field to bring home another two runs and up the Pride lead to four over the host Seahawks. UNCW cut the deficit to three with an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning, but Apsel and the Hofstra defense kept the Seahawk offense in check for the remainder of the game as only two UNCW batters reached base in the remaining four innings.
 
In addition to her two home runs, Catanzarita hit a bloop single in the seventh inning and was intentionally walked in the fifth for a 3-3 day at the plate. Vaillancourt three hits in four trips to the plate, and Malinowski recorded a pair of hits. Apsel pitched her ninth complete game of the season, striking out three UNCW batters and allowing only five hits and one walk.
 
The series between the Pride and the Seahawks continues on Saturday at 4 p.m.
 
NOTES:
-Hofstra is now 48-8 all-time against UNCW. This was Hofstra's first meeting against the Seahawks in the regular season since the 2022 season.
-Catanzarita's two home runs and four RBI are a new single-game high, and her three hits ties a single-game high originally set against Drexel on May 5, 2023.
-Hofstra outhit UNCW, 10-5.
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