Hornets Too Much For Pride In Series Opener

Dover, Del. (Mar. 30, 2012) -Delaware State jumped out to a 9-0 lead and never looked back in a 10-2 victory over Hofstra in game one of a three-game series at Soldier Field.

The Hornets won for the third time in the last four games to improve to 15-10-1 this season. The Pride fell to 11-12.

DSU had 13 hits, with four players collecting at least two each, in the contest.

JP Frey was 2-for-4 with three runs batted in, while Aaron Nardone and Ryan Haas drove in two runs each for the Hornets.

Starter Jordan Elliott allowed two runs on eight hits in 7.1 innings to earn the win (4-2). Elliott Gardner pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless for the Hornets.

Hammer and Danny Poma had three hits each for Hofstra.

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Maine Pounds out 18 Hits, Ends NSU's 8-Game Winning Streak

NORFOLK, Va. - Visiting Maine pounded out 18 hits, including seven extra-base hits, to end Norfolk State's eight-game winning streak in the Black Bears' 16-5 victory on Friday afternoon at Marty L. Miller Field.

The Black Bears (8-14) scored at least one run in the first seven innings, including five in the first and sixth in the fifth, to pull away early from the Spartans (9-13). Fran Whitten went 4-for-6 with a trio of doubles, Michael Fransoso went 3-for-5, and four other Black Bears had two hits each.

Two Spartans recorded their first career hits on Friday: freshman catcher Carson Moon and sophomore outfielder Mark Wells achieved the feat with consecutive singles in the sixth inning.

Rafael Colon went 3-for-3 and walked once, reaching in all four of his plate appearances. The three hits ties his career high, which he has done twice before this season. Day and Wells both went 2-for-3, and Wells recorded his first career RBI on a groundout in the ninth.

Ryan Egan (1-3) took the loss for NSU, allowing nine hits and eight runs (four earned) in four innings pitched.

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