May 5, 2004

Game 1
Game2

Hempstead, N.Y. - Ashley Lane homered in both ends of the doubleheader and Callie Osborne tossed a two-hit shutout in the nightcap as the Hofstra Softball team swept a doubleheader from Stony Brook 9-3 and 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Hofstra Softball Stadium.

With the sweep, the Pride improves to 28-17 on the season, while Stony Brook slips to 27-30 with the defeats.

In the opening game, the Pride jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead when Lane and Tara Ulrich hit back-to-back homers in the bottom of the first inning.

Stony Brook answered back with a three-run fourth inning to take the lead. Kristen Brust hit a two-run homer to even the score, her 15th of the season. Hayley Durham (San Jose, CA/San Lorenzo Valley) and Jane Stein (Merion, PA/Akiba Academy) then followed with back-to-back doubles to give the Seawolves the lead at 3-2.

The Pride responded with a five-run outburst in the bottom half of the fourth to take the lead for good. Lisa Wambold laid down a bunt with two strikes to drive home the first run and tie the score at 3-3. Two batters later, Ulrich walked with the bases loaded for her second RBI of the day. Adrienne Clark then capped off the inning with an RBI single to stretch the lead to 7-3. Hofstra added two more runs in the sixth to make the final score 9-3.

Brust finished 1-for-3 with the two-run homer for the Stony Brook, while Angela Andrews took the loss to fall to 17-18.

Clark picked up the win in the circle, allowing four hits in five innings, all of which came in the fourth inning.

In the nightcap, Meaghan Almon led off the second inning with a homer to give Hofstra a 1-0 lead. Hailey Clark added a solo shot in the fourth to put the Pride ahead 4-0. Lane then capped off the scoring with a two-run shot in the sixth inning, her second of the day. The game was called after six innings due to darkness.

Brust was 1-for-2 with a double for Stony Brook, while Sarah Hoffman took the loss for the Seawolves to fall to 10-11.

Osborne allowed only two hits and struck out a season-high 10 batters for the Pride to improve to 10-3 on the season. Lane was 2-for-2 with a double and a homer in the nightcap, completing a doubleheader which saw her bat 3-for-4 with four walks, two homers and a double.

The Seawolves return to acion on Saturday and Sunday when they travel to Vestal, N.Y., to close out their regular season with a three-game series at Binghamton.