Farmingdale, NY – Behind a one-hit performance by Emma Falen and six RBIs by Ryleigh Smith, the Hofstra softball team claimed a 10-0 win over Drexel in six innings from FSC Softball Complex on the campus of Farmingdale State College.
 
Hofstra is now 15-14 overall and 10-1 in CAA play following today's shutout win, while Drexel sees its record slip to 13-14 overall and 3-5 against conference competition.
 
Lily Yepez put the hosts ahead in the second inning with a single up the middle, scoring Nicole Cancel and Mackenzie Fitzgerald for a 2-0 lead. Smith scored Alanna Morse and Chelsea Villar with a double all the way to the wall in center, and Cancel brought home Smith with a double of her own for a three-run third inning to put the Pride's lead at five. Smith and Cancel hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the fifth inning for a 7-0 lead, and Smith ended things in the sixth with a three-run home run well clear of the left field wall.
 
Smith ended the day by going 3-4 at the plate, while Cancel and Yepez logged two hits apiece, and Victoria Frobosilo drew two walks. Falen pitched another gem from inside the circle for the Pride, allowing just one Drexel baserunner on a fifth inning single, while striking out three batters in 69 pitches.
 
Hofstra hosts Drexel in the series conclusion on Sunday at 12 p.m. from Bob Klein Field at RVC Athletic Complex in Rockville Centre, New York.
 
NOTES:
-Hofstra improves to 84-19 all-time against Drexel with its sixth consecutive win over the Dragons.
-Smith is the first Hofstra player with six RBIs in a game since Meghan Giordano against North Carolina A&T on April 1, 2023.
-Fitzgerald and Kimmya Sims both stole a base in today's game.