Brett Johnson
Hofstra Steam Rolls NYIT
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Hofstra Pride easily took care of their Division-I Nassau neighbors, NYIT, by the score of 13-1 to improve to 12-19. Wake Forest transfer Patrick Bryant (Center Moriches ’14) threw 6 shutout innings, allowing five hits, walked one while striking out two. He needed only 65 pitches.The offense got it going early and often. David Leiderman smacked an RBI double in the first inning to score Matt Anunziata. In the second inning, Anunziata hit an RBI double to score Jake Fallon. He ended up advancing to third on an error and scoring on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.In the next inning, Brett Johnson hit an RBI single to score Leiderman.In the meantime, Bryant was mowing down the Bears hitters. Only Louis Mele and Robert Fiato compiled multi-hit games against th...
Kozlowski Leads Pride over Tribe
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_p9775XzI4] After a 21 day layoff, the Hofstra Pride came out sharp against the College of William & Mary with a 6-4 victory against the CAA foe. Senior ace Nick Kozlowski rebounded from a rocky start to complete six innings, allowing three ER while striking out five. “It’s awesome,” he said. “It’s amazing coming back and facing actual hitters instead of our guys in the cages like we did for two weeks. It’s good to see difference faces out there,” he added, Kozlowski walked five and initially looked like it would be an early day, but he settled down and began blowing fastballs by the Tribe. Bowie Matteson came in relief, and after allowing the first three runners to get on and a run crossing the plate...
