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Hofstra Closes Out Season
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The book is closed on Hofstra’s 2015 season. They finished by losing two of three to James Madison University.The bright spot of today’s 23-7 loss was Brian MacDonald‘s three hits and Steven Foster‘s 2-for-2 performance with two RBI and two runs scored.Unfortunately, the pitching staff was not effective–allowing 15 hits and 10 ER. Thirteen of the runs were unearned due to an error by the second baseman in the third inning that opened the flood gates. On the season, the offense was certainly solid. They batted .274 with a .355 OBP. Foster led the way with a .351 average, .452 OBP, 35 runs scored and 19 stolen bases. Fellow freshman Mat Anunziata smacked five home runs and drove in 28 runs. They will look to improve on a pitching staf...
Hofstra Tops LIU Post in Inter-Division Match Up
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Today was a rare Division-I vs Division-II matchup. Hofstra fended off LIU Post, 12-9, despite getting outhit by six.The Pioneers started their ace, Jake DeCarli, who continued to do what he has all season–he threw three no-hit innings while needing only 27 pitches. Had it been a conference game he obviously would’ve pitched deep into the game but he was lifted in order to preserve him for the meaningful conference games.Reliever James Long came on and struggled, he yielded four ER in one inning of work. Dalton Rouleau hit an RBI single to score Brad Witkowski. Later in the inning, Brian MacDonald smacked his third home run of the season to score Rouleau and Jake Fallon.In the fifth inning, Hofstra broke it pen further when Fallon hit an RBI single a...
Hofstra Wins Slug Fest vs NJIT
Photo Credit: Hofstra Athletics It has not been a banner year for Hofstra to this point. But, when they get the offense going they are scary. They won 13-7 today on 14 hits against NJIT to improve to 14-22 on the season. The offense was led by the trio of Steven Foster, Brian MacDonald and Chris Weiss. Foster had a stat line that would make Jesus proud–he went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI. He hit his first home run and a double. MacDonald went 3-for-5 with four RBI and Weiss went 3-for-4, including a home run, with two RBI and two runs scored.Starter Chris Bonk went four innings, allowing four ER and was credited with his third win of the season. He was relieved by Luke Noone, who went two innings allowing one ER. Ryan Kieran came in, allowed two runs, and was remov...
Hofstra Cruises Past NYIT
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana In the battle of ‘516’ Division-I teams, the Hofstra Pride soared past NYIT for the ninth consecutive time by the score of 7-3 to improve. With the victory, the Pride improve to 10-16 on the season.The offense wasted no time in building a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Brian MacDonald to score Eric Ferguson.They broke it open in the fourth inning, Ferguson hit a sac fly to left field to score Brad Witkowski. Ryan Donovan hit a sac fly to score Dalton Rouleau and MacDonald hit another RBI single to increase the lead to 4-0.NYIT got one back in their half of the inning on a solo home run by Joe Sebastian. The Pride answered with a run-scoring single by David Leiderman and a double steal later in the inning, in which Leiderman stole home. Adam Seibert won...
March 24 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I: Hofstra: The Pride defeated Manhattan 4-2. They trailed 2-1 in the seventh but they scored three runs–highlighted by Ryan Donovan‘s two-run single. Brad Witkowski tied the game at 2 with an RBI double. They compiled only four hits in the game, but it did not matter. Brian MacDonald got the start for Hofstra–he threw six inning, allowing one ER on seven hits while striking out six. He received the no-decision. Chris Weiss saved his first game of the year with a clean ninth. The Pride are now 6-11. Division-II: Dowling defeated Adelphi 12-1. You can read the recap here. Molloy defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 5-2 to split the four-game series. Ron Bauer was absolute nails–he struck out 15 over 8 dominant innings. He walked three and ...
March 16 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Today was a very busy day in Long Island baseball. Six teams were in action. Counting Dowling double header, the teams were 5-2. Division-I: Stony Brook: They lost 13-2 to Binghamton. We covered the game, click here to read the recap. Hofstra: The Pride beat UMass-Lowell 6-5. They came up with two runs in the ninth inning to stave off defeat in a bizarre sequence of events. The first two batters were hit by pitches, the third walked, Eric Ferguson got hit with a pitch to score the tying run and then Jake Fallon was up when the pitcher threw a wild pitch to end the game. Brian MacDonald was the winning pitcher despite walking three batters, throwing two wild pitches and recording one out. Baseball is quite a game. Freshman Adam Heidenfelder started and threw five...
