Lynchburg, VA – On the Hofstra's softball team's final day in Lynchburg at the Liberty Softball Classic, the Pride dropped both of its games from Liberty Softball Classic. Hofstra, now 0-9 on the season, lost 4-2 to Charleston Southern before falling 8-0 in five innings to RV/#25 Liberty.
 
Game 1: Charleston Southern 4, Hofstra 2
Tyler Douglas drove in the game's opening run in the second inning on a double to left field, scoring Anna Butler from second. The Pride added a second run in the top of the fourth with another RBI double from Douglas, this time driving in Olivia Malinowski, to make it 2-0 Hofstra. Unfortunately, Charleston Southern scored all four of its runs in the bottom half of the inning to take the 4-2 lead. The Buccaneers kept Hofstra off the board for the remainder of the game despite allowing five Hofstra baserunners after the fourth inning. The Pride had runners in scoring position in the top of the seventh inning after Lily Yepez led off the inning with a single and Butler reached base on an infield single, but Gabby Sultan's drive to the outfield fell short of bringing at least one run home.
 
Douglas was a perfect 3-3 at the plate with two doubles and a single, and she recorded both of Hofstra's runs against the Buccaneers. Mackenzie Fitzgerald also tallied two hits in four at-bats, while Butler, Sultan, and Yepez reached base on hits. Carley Ernst got the start against Charleston Southern and struck out one batter in five innings. Haley Venturini also saw action in the circle.
 
Game 2: RV/#25 Liberty 8, Hofstra 0 (5 innings)
Receiving votes in the latest NFCA/GoRout rankings and ranked #25 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, Liberty scored seven runs in the first inning to take a commanding lead over the Pride, before tacking on an eighth run in the second. Aside from a first inning single by Mackenzie Fitzgerald and a fielding error that allowed Fitzgerald on base in the fourth, no Hofstra player reached based for the entire game.
 
Emma Falen struck out two Liberty batters in three innings, while Emma Brennan got the start against the Flames.
 
The Pride will return to Virginia for the Party at Palmer Invitational in Charlottesville from February 28 through March 2. Hofstra opens the invitational against Cornell at 11 a.m. and Seton Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
 
NOTES:
-Hofstra is now 0-2 against Charleston Southern and 1-3 versus Liberty all-time.
-Olivia Malinowski caught one Charleston Southern baserunner stealing.
-Tyler Douglas went 6-9 with two RBIs in Hofstra's four games at the Liberty Softball Classic.