SB: Hofstra Drops Rubber Game to Delaware – Hofstra University Athletics

Newark, Del. – The Hofstra softball staff battled again and stayed in all of it day however finally fell within the rubber sport to the Delaware Blue Hens on the Delaware Softball Diamond on Sunday afternoon, 8-6.
 
Hofstra fell to 16-23 general and 9-5 within the Colonial Athletic Affiliation, whereas Delaware moved to 28-14 general and 11-4 within the CAA.
 
Chelsea Manto and Meghan Giordano completed with a 2-for-4 day on the plate whereas additionally scoring two runs every. Each Manto and Giordano additionally recorded an extra-base hit, together with Sam Ward who recorded an RBI double.
 
Delaware struck first within the backside of the second with a two-run single that scored two runners who reached base with a base hit to the left aspect. Neither staff scored within the third and fourth innings.
 
The ultimate three frames noticed every staff scoring three runs in back-to-back innings, together with six runs by Delaware within the fifth and sixth frames and three by Hofstra within the sixth and seventh. The Blue Hens elevated their result in 5-0 with an RBI double and back-to-back bases loaded walks, however a giant wanting strikeout by Haley Venturini put Hofstra again within the dugout to bat within the sixth.
 
Hofstra’s first run crossed after Manto drilled a lead-off triple to left-center subject and scored on a wild pitch. Giordano stored the momentum going with a double to the right-center hole, and two at-bats later, Ward smacked a pitch reverse subject to commerce locations with Giordano. Shortly after a Delaware pitching change, Madison McKevitt roped a base hit to second base scoring pinch runner Kayla Wilson, chopping the Hofstra deficit to simply two runs, 5-3.
 
After Delaware answered Hofstra’s spurt with three extra runs of their very own within the backside half of the sixth, the Satisfaction had the identical actual reply within the prime half of the seventh. Pinch hitter Anna Butler reached on an error to guide off the inning earlier than Manto legged out a bunt to position runners on first second base. Giordano loaded the bases with a line drive single proper again to the pitcher earlier than Ioppolo knocked in her first run of the day with a floor out to second base. Issues received attention-grabbing whereas Ward was batting as Hofstra trimmed the deficit to 2 as soon as once more as Manto scored on a wild pitch and Giordano scored on an error on the identical play, however that was all Hofstra might get as the sport completed with the rating 8-6.
 
Nikki Mullin took the loss on the rubber after pitching 4.2 innings with two strikeouts.
 
Hofstra is again in motion on Wednesday, April 27 for a mid-week non-conference single-game towards Villanova. First pitch at Invoice Edwards Stadium is about for 3 p.m.
 
Notes:
-McKevitt led Hofstra this previous weekend with a .625 batting common (5-for-8) with a team-high 4 RBI with two doubles
-Giordano and Ward every completed the weekend with three RBI
-Manto recorded her first triple of the season
-Pisapia struck out seven batters in seven innings of labor over the sequence