HOFSTRA VS. UNCW • BOSEMAN FIELD • APRIL 27-28, 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 SCHEDULE/RESULTS AT A GLANCE OVERALL: 19-23 • CAA: 6-9 First Pitch .............................................. April 27-28, 2019 ..................................................Wilmington, N.C. FEBRUARY Location ST. PETE/CLEARWATER ELITE INVITATIONAL (CLEARWATER, FLA.) Venue ........................................................ Boseman Field Fri. 15 vs. 18/21 Kentucky ....................................L, 0-8 (5) Live Video ..................................Seahawk Digital Network Sat. 16 vs. 3/3 Oklahoma ....................................L, 3-17 (5) Live Audio ....................................................................N/A Sat. 16 vs. 20/17 Oklahoma State ....................L, 2-13 (6) Live Stats ......................................www.HofstraStats.com Sun. 17 vs. RV Utah ................................................L, 3-11 (6) All-Time Series ................................... Hofstra leads, 41-4 MARDI GRAS INVITATIONAL (MOBILE, ALA.) Fri. 22 vs. Nicholls State .....................................L, 1-11 (5) Active Streak ............................................................... W6 Fri. 22 vs. Illinois .................................................. Cancelled HOFSTRA (19-23, 6-9 CAA) Last Year's Reg. Season Series .......................Hofstra, 3-0 UNCW (21-22, 4-8 CAA) Sat. 23 vs. Nicholls State ........................................... W, 8-2 PRIDE Miller vs. UNCW ...........................................................0-0 Sat. 23 at South Alabama ....................................L, 0-8 (5) SEAHAWKS Sun. 24 vs. Stephen F. Austin .......................................L, 3-7 FIRST PITCH this sesaon, good for third all-time in a MARCH I-75 CHALLENGE (ATLANTA, GA.) The Hofstra softball team (19-23, 6-9 CAA) is single season and the most since 2001. Fri. 1 at Kennesaw State (DH) ..............W, 10-3; L, 0-2 gearing up for a very important road series Hofstra needs two more to tie for second Sat. 2 at Georgia Tech (DH) ........................L, 1-8, L, 1-2 against the UNCW Seahawks (24-24, 6-9 CAA). and 11 more to break the record. Sun. 3 at Georgia State ...................................W, 10-8 (8) BLUE AND WHITE CLASSIC (NORFOLK, VA.) Fri. 8 at Norfolk State .............................................W, 6-0 Hofstra is entering the contest after dropping MILESTONE REACHED Fri. 8 vs. Albany ........................................................ W, 2-0 a three-game series to Towson, two games With a two-RBI double against Stony Brook Sat. 9 vs. Iona.....................................................W, 13-1 (6) Sat. 9 vs. Morgan State ...........................................L, 6-12 to one. The Pride opened up the series with on Wednesday April 3, Courtney Scarpato Sun. 10 at Hampton ................................................. W, 11-2 a come-from-behind walk-off victory over reached the 100-career hit milestone. She ST. JOHN’S INVITATIONAL (QUEENS, N.Y.) the Tigers (9-8) before falling in the double- accomplished the feat in just over two and Fri. 15 at St. John’s .....................................................W, 9-3 Sat. 16 vs. Wagner ...................................................... W, 9-3 header, 12-8 and 4-3 in eight innings. UNCW a half seasons. (27 hits sophomore year, 41 Sun. 17 vs. Holy Cross.................................................. W, 5-0 most recently played a single game against junior year, 32 senior year). Sun. 17 vs. Wagner ....................................................W, 11-1 in-state rival North Carolina, but fell to the Tar Wed. 20 LIU BROOKLYN .................................. W, 4-3 Heels, 3-0. UNCW's last series came against STREAKING Sat. 23 at Charleston (DH) *........................W, 3-0; L, 3-4 Delaware where the Seahawks won the Hofstra recorded a seven-game win streak, Sun. 24 at Charleston * ...............................................W, 5-1 series, 2-1. the longest of the season spanning from Thurs. 28 at LIU Brooklyn ............................................... L, 3-6 Sat. 30 DELAWARE (DH) * ................ W, 1-0; L, 8-11 March 10 (Hampton) to March 23 (Charles- Sun. 31 DELAWARE * ........................................L, 3-4 "STEALING" THE TOP SPOT ton). The Pride had its streak snapped in APRIL With her 27th stolen base of ths eason, Kristin the nightcap of the doubleheader against Wed. 3 STONY BROOK .................................. W, 6-1 Hallam set a program record for total swipes Charleston, and at the time, Hofstra had won Sat. 6 JAMES MADISON (DH) * .. L, 4-9; L, 2-16 (5) Sun. 7 JAMES MADISON *............................L, 5-10 in a single season against Towson on April 11 of its last 13 games. Thurs. 11 at Seton Hall .................................................... L, 1-4 20. Hallam surpassed the previous mark of 26 Fri. 12 at Drexel * ..................................................W, 9-8 (8) held by Kris Root set during the 2008 season. SCORE EARLY, SCORE OFTEN Sat. 13 at Drexel (DH) * ................................ L, 7-8; W, 4-3 Wed. 17 at Fordham ..............................................L, 2-16 (5) Hofstra has scored in the first inning in 21 Sat. 20 TOWSON (DH) * ................................. W, 9-8 EYES ON THE RECORD BOOK (cont. to page 3) Sun. 21 TOWSON * ........................ L, 8-12; L, 3-4 (8) • Meghan Giordano (49 RBI) broke into Sat. 27 at UNCW (DH) * ...................................... 12:00 pm PROBABLE STARTERS Sun. 28 at UNCW * ................................................ 12:00 pm the top-10 at Hofstra in RBI in a single season. She is currently seventh all-time, Pos # Name Ht. B/T Cl. MAY P 25 Madison Burns 5-10 R/R Fr. Fri. 3 ELON (DH) * .................................... 5:00 pm surpassing Maggie Hawkins who had 48 P 77 Mackenzie Suto 5-10 R/R Fr. Sat. 4 ELON *............................................. 1:00 pm RBI in 2014. C 24 Devyn Losco 5-9 R/R So. CAA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (HARRISONBURG, VA.) • Giordano (10 HR) is also two away from Wed.-Sat. 8-11 CAA Conference Tournament .....................TBD 1B 21 Angelina Ioppolo 5-9 L/L Fr. NCAA TOURNAMENT entering the top-10 in home runs in a 2B 10 Kasey Collins 5-2 L/R Fr. Thu.-Sun. 16-19 NCAA Regionals ................................................TBD single season at Hofstra 3B 18 Meghan Giordano 5-3 R/R Fr. Fri.-Sun. 24-26 NCAA Super Regionals ...................................TBD • Hallam has 49 career stolen bases which SS 9 Kristin Hallam 5-7 L/R Jr. Fri.-Sun. 30-5 Women’s College World Series ....................TBD is fifth on the all-time list at Hofstra, need- LF 7 Jaycee Ruberti 5-7 L/L Fr. * CAA game CF 16 Courtney Scarpato 5-3 R/R Sr. Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Bill Edwards Statdium ing two more to tie for fourth. RF 12 Imani Myint 5-1 L/R So Neutral site games in Italics • As a team, Hofstra has 67 stolen bases DP 99 Alexis Goeke 6-0 R/R Jr. WWW.GOHOFSTRA.COM @HOFSTRA PRIDE @HOFSTRASOFTBALL HOFSTRA VS. UNCW • BOSEMAN FIELD • APRIL 27-28, 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 (HAL LIKE HALLY) 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 16 Courtney Scarpato RHP/OF/INF Sr. R/R 5-3 Springfield, Pa. / Springfield scar-PATT-oh 18 Meghan Giordano 3B/SS Fr. R/R 5-3 Croton on Hudson, N.Y. / Croton Harmon gee-or-DON-oh 20 Emily Wang INF Fr. R/R 5-6 Levittown, Pa. / Conwell Egan 21 Angelina Ioppolo 1B/OF Fr. L/L 5-9 Newfoundland, Pa. / Wallenpaupack Area eye-oh-POH-lo 22 Lyndsey Shaw C/3B Fr. R/R 5-4 Sayville, N.Y. / Sayville 24 Devyn Losco C So. R/R 5-9 Easton, Pa. / Wilson Area dev-in LOSS-co 25 Madison Burns RHP Fr. R/R 5-10 East Greenbush, N.Y. / Columbia 36 Alexa Corben INF/OF Jr. R/R 5-3 East Northport, N.Y / Commack / Albany 77 Mackenzie Suto RHP Fr. R/R 5-10 Buffalo, N.Y. / St. Mary’s SOO-toe 99 Alexis Goeke RHP Jr. R/R 6-0 Bordentown, N.J. / Hun School of Princeton GO-kee Head Coach: Jay Miller (Illinois State ‘78) - First Season Associate Head Coach: Julie Meyer (California ‘10) - Fifth Season MY-err Assistant Coach: Lindsay Mayer (Fordham ‘17) - First Season MAY-err Volunteer Assistant Coach: Diego Ibarra (Fairfield ‘08) - Third Season EE-bar-UH Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ashley Christy (Georgia State ‘15) - Third Season Assistant Athletic Trainer: Bob Tirado (West Virginia ‘98) - Third Season WWW.GOHOFSTRA.COM @HOFSTRA PRIDE @HOFSTRASOFTBALL 2 HOFSTRA VS. UNCW • BOSEMAN FIELD • APRIL 27-28, 2019 games this season. Hofstra is 12-9 when plate as of late and has been the top hit- scoring in the first inning and 15-9 when ter for the Pride for two-straight weeks. scoring first. Over the last seven games, Goeke has hit & .500 with two doubles, three home runs TURNING HEADS and five walks, helping her to a team-best Meghan Giordano was named to the 1.050 slugging percentage and .615 on Schutt Sports/NFCA Top 25 Freshman of base percentage. In addition, Goeke has 2018 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN the Year List. She is the second Pride player tallied nine RBI during the stretch while in as many years to receive the honor, as also scoring four runs. 18-23 ......................OVERALL RECORD ......................21-22 Sophie Dandola was featured on the list .307 ..................TEAM BATTING AVERAGE ................