MARDI GRAS INVITATIONAL • JAGUAR FIELD • FEBRUARY 22-24, 2019 RACHEL VOGEL Assistant Director of Athletic Communications David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex 245 Hofstra University, Hempstead NY, 11549 O: 516.463.6759 | C: 908.616.0560 [email protected] | www.GoHofstra.com Date ......Feb. 22, 2019 / Feb. 23, 2019 Date ....................................Feb. 22, 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS First Pitch .........10 am CST / 9 am CST First Pitch .........................12:15 pm CST Location ...............................Mobile, Ala. Location ...............................Mobile, Ala. OVERALL: 0-4 • CAA: 0-0 Venue .....................................Jaguar Field Venue .....................................Jaguar Field Live Video ........................................... N/A Live Video ........................................... N/A FEBRUARY Live Audio .......................................... N/A Live Audio .............SoonerSports.com ILLINOIS ST. PETE/CLEARWATER ELITE INVITATIONAL (CLEARWATER, FLA.) NICHOLLS STATE Live Stats ...................HofstraStats.com Live Stats ...................HofstraStats.com COLONELS All-Time Series .....Nicholls State (1-0) ILLINI All-Time Series .....................Illinois (4-2) Fri. 15 vs. Kentucky ......................................................L, 0-8 (7-4, 0-0 SOUTHLAND) Last Meeting...............1999 (NSU, 3-0) (7-2, 0-0 BIG 10) Last Meeting....3/9/14 (Illinois, 2-0) (8) Sat. 16 vs. Oklahoma .................................................L, 3-17 Sat. 16 vs. Oklahoma State ......................................L, 2-13 Date ....................................Feb. 23, 2019 Date ....................................Feb. 24, 2019 First Pitch ........................... 1:30 pm CST First Pitch ......................... 11:15 am CST Sun. 17 vs. Utah ............................................................L, 3-11 Location ...............................Mobile, Ala. Location ...............................Mobile, Ala. MARDI GRAS INVITATIONAL (MOBILE, ALA.) Venue .....................................Jaguar Field Venue .....................................Jaguar Field Live Video ................ JagNationTV.com Live Video ........................................... N/A Fri. 22 vs. Nicholls State ............................. 10:00 am CST Live Audio .......................................... N/A STEPHEN F. Live Audio .......................................... N/A Fri. 22 vs. Illinois ........................................... 12:15 pm CST HOFSTRA (0-4, 0-0 CAA) SOUTH ALABAMA Live Stats ...................HofstraStats.com AUSTIN Live Stats ...................HofstraStats.com Sat. 23 vs. Nicholls State ................................9:00 am CST JAGUARS All-Time Series ...................................N/A LADYJACKS All-Time Series .................................. N/A PRIDE (4-5, 0-0 SUN BELT) Last Meeting...................................... N/A (9-3, 0-0 SOUTHLAND) Last Meeting...................................... N/A Sat. 23 at South Alabama ............................ 1:20 pm CST Sun. 24 vs. Stephen F. Austin ....................... 11:15 am CST FIRST PITCH ABOUT THE HOFSTRA PRIDE MARCH I-75 CHALLENGE (ATLANTA, GA.) Hofstra will continue its 2019 campaign at Despite having a very inexperienced Fri. 1 at Kennesaw State (DH) .........................3:00 pm the Marti Gras Invitational in Mobile, Ala- roster, several newcomers stepped up Sat. 2 at Georgia Tech (DH) ...............................1:00 pm bama, hosted by the University of South this weekend at the St. Pete/Clearwater Sun. 3 vs. Georgia State ........................................1:00 pm Alabama. The Pride will play a stretch of Elite Invitational. Seven total freshman BLUE AND WHITE CLASSIC (NORFOLK, VA.) Fri. 8 vs. Albany .................................................. 11:15 am five games in the Yellowhammer State had their first career start, including four Fri. 8 at Norfolk State .........................................3:45 pm spanning from Feb. 22 to Feb. 24. The trip who started and played in all four games. Sat. 9 vs. Iona..........................................................9:00 am Sat. 9 vs. Morgan State ..................................... 11:15 am will begin with doubleheader against Madison McKevitt, Meghan Giordano, Sun. 10 at Hampton ............................................. 12:30 pm Nicholls State (10 am CST) and No. 25 Angelina Ioppolo and Lyndsey Shaw were ST. JOHN’S INVITATIONAL (QUEENS, N.Y.) Illinois (12:15 pm CST), before meeting those four freshman, as McKevitt started Fri. 15 at St. John’s .................................................1:00 pm Nicholls State again (9 am CST) and South all four games at right field, Giordano saw Sat. 16 vs. Wagner ...................................................2:00 pm Sun. 17 vs. Holy Cross............................................ 10:00 am Alabama on Saturday, Feb. 23 (1:30 pm every inning at third base, Ioppolo was Sun. 17 vs. Wagner ...................................................2:00 pm CST). Hofstra will conclude the Invitational used as a first baseman and designated Wed. 20 LIU BROOKLYN ............................... 3:00 pm with a game against Stephen F. Austin. All player, and Shaw was used all over the Sat. 23 at Charleston (DH) *.............................. 12:00 pm five games will be played at Jaguar Field. field, making starts at first base, left field, Sun. 24 at Charleston * ........................................ 12:00 pm and designated player. In addition, all four Thurs. 28 at LIU Brooklyn ..........................................3:00 pm Sat. 30 DELAWARE (DH) * .......................... 1:00 pm The Pride is coming off a trip to ESPN’s St. of those players each had one hit. Sun. 31 DELAWARE * .................................12:00 pm Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational, where APRIL the squad faced some of the nation’s In addition, the freshman pitching duo Wed. 3 STONY BROOK ............................... 3:00 pm best competition including three top-25 of Mackenzie Suto and Madison Burns Sat. 6 JAMES MADISON (DH)................... 1:00 pm Sun. 7 JAMES MADISON .........................12:00 pm opponents; No. 18/21 Kentucky, No. 3/3 pitched a combined 14.1 innings, as Burns Thurs. 11 at Seton Hall ...............................................4:00 pm Oklahoma and No. 20/17 Oklahoma State. tallied five strikeouts while Suto had two. Sat. 13 at Drexel (DH) * .......................................11:00 am Completing the battery was sophomore Sun. 14 at Drexel * ................................................. 12:00 pm Wed. 17 at Fordham .................................................3:00 pm (cont. to page 3) Sat. 20 TOWSON (DH) * .............................. 4:00 pm Sun. 21 TOWSON * ....................................12:00 pm POSSIBLE HOFSTRA STARTERS Tue. 23 at UConn (DH) ...........................................1:00 pm Pos # Name Ht. B/T Cl. Notable Stats/Info Sat. 27 at UNCW (DH) * ...................................... 12:00 pm Sun. 28 at UNCW * ................................................ 12:00 pm P 25 Madison Burns 5-10 R/R Fr. Four-time Suburban Council Pitcher of the Year P 26 Mackenzie Suto 5-10 R/R Fr. First Team All-Catholic in 2017 at St. Mary’s High School MAY Fri. 3 ELON (DH) * .................................... 5:00 pm C 24 Devyn Losco 5-9 R/R So. 21 appearances last season with two hits (one triple) Sat. 4 ELON *............................................. 1:00 pm 1B 22 Lyndsey Shaw 5-4 R/R Fr. 228 hits, 30 HR, 244 RBI in six years of varsity softball CAA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (HARRISONBURG, VA.) 2B 16 Courtney Scarpato 5-3 R/R Sr. Hit .299 last season w/ 41 hits, 36 RBI, eight HR Wed.-Sat. 8-11 CAA Conference Tournament .....................TBD 3B 18 Meghan Giordano 5-3 R/R Fr. Holds NYSPHSAA Career Home Run Record with 56...hit .621 in HS NCAA TOURNAMENT SS 9 Kristin Hallam 5-7 L/R Jr. Hit .315 last season w/ 63 hits, eight 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR Thu.-Sun. 16-19 NCAA Regionals ................................................TBD Fri.-Sun. 24-26 NCAA Super Regionals ...................................TBD OF 3 Lydia Witkowski 5-5 L/R R-Sr. Hit .259 last season w/14 hits, 4 2B, 20 runs scored Fri.-Sun. 24-26 Women’s College World Series ....................TBD OF 12 Imani Myint 5-1 L/R So. Pinch ran last season, 10 runs scored * CAA game OF 7 Madison McKevitt 5-5 L/L Fr. Named All-Area and Second-Team All-State in 2016 Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Bill Edwards Statdium DP 21 Angelina Ioppolo 5-9 L/L Fr. Class 5A Second Team All-State in 2018 Neutral site games in Italics WWW.GOHOFSTRA.COM @HOFSTRA PRIDE @HOFSTRASOFTBALL MARDI GRAS INVITATIONAL • JAGUAR FIELD • FEBRUARY 22-24, 2019 2019 HOFSTRA PRIDE SOFTBALL ROSTER ## Name Pos. Cl. B/T Ht. Hometown / High School / Last School Pronunciation Guide 3 Lydia Witkowski OF R-Sr. L/R 5-5 Alpharetta, Ga. / Milton / Georgia Southern wit-COW-skee 4 Jessie Joy INF/OF So. R/R 5-4 Paramus, N.J. / Paramus 5 Skyler Cirillo INF/OF Fr. R/R 5-2 Lindenhurst, N.Y. / Lindenhurst 6 Amanda Maffucci OF Fr. L/L 5-4 Bellmore, N.Y. / John F. Kennedy ma-FOOCH-ee 7 Jaycee Ruberti OF/1B Fr. L/L 5-7 Virginia Beach, Va. / Greenbrier Christian Academy roo-BURR-tee 9 Kristin Hallam INF Jr. L/R 5-7 Hamilton, N.J. / Nottingham HAL-um 10 Kasey Collins 2B/OF Fr. L/R 5-2 West Chester, Pa. / West Chester Henderson 12 Imani Myint INF/OF So. L/R 5-1 Virginia Beach, Va. / Landstown ih-MON-ee MINT 14 Madison McKevitt OF Fr. L/L 5-5 Stockton, N.J. / Hunterdon Central