Eric Ferguson
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 27 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was a slow, but action-packed day for college teams. Despite only three teams in action, there was an extra inning game and a terrific pitcher’s duel. Division-I:Hofstra was defeated by Villanova 3-1. The offense only mustered six hits against opposing starter Josh Harris, despite drawing four walks and striking out only once. The Pride’s starter, Chris Bonk, threw eight innings, allowing three runs on 11 hits while striking out three.Villanova got on the board in the first inning on an RBI single. They added two runs in the sixth inning to open up their lead. The Pride’s lone run came in the bottom of the ninth on a sac fly by Eric Ferguson.The Pride falls to 7-12. The two teams will be back in action tomorrow afternoon.Division-II:LIU Post...
Eric Ferguson Hits For the Cycle in Hofstra’s Victory
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana When a player hits a go-ahead grand slam and it’s not even the most impressive feat of the game, you know you have a wild game on your hands. Hofstra won a 12-7 thriller over Delaware, in which Eric Ferguson went 5-for-5 and hit for the cycle. The Pride were actually trailing 4-1 in the fourth inning after Tyler Powell hit an RBI double off Chris Bonk. Things looked bleak as the Pride was staring at the prospect of being swept by a conference opponent.Everything turned around in the fifth inning when Dalton Rouleau cut the lead to 4-2 with RBI double. Steven Foster sliced the lead to one with a run scoring single. Delaware extended the lead to 5-3 when Joe Giacchino hit a solo home run to right field. The Pride changed the complexion of the game in the six...
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...
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...
