Hofstra Awaits ‘Cuse In Non-Conference Finale

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Tuesday afternoon the Orange (17-25) will take its final road trip to Hempstead, N.Y., to take on Hofstra (25-11-1) at 3:00 p.m., in its newly named Bill Edwards Stadium. The Pride will be one of Syracuse's toughest non-conference tests this season.

Scouting The Pride
Hofstra has stumbled of late, splitting its last four games with one of its losses being one-of-three falters within the CAA. Nevertheless, defeating The Pride is no easy task. With four hitters hitting .301 or better, the lineup as a whole combines for a .288 batting average with Caryn Baily leading the way with a .402 batting average and nine home runs.

The Pride rolls out two lights out pitchers in Morgan Lashley and Taylor Pirone. Lashley leads the two in starts (22), wins (14), earned run average (1.91) and strikeouts (132) while Pirone has 11 wins in 15 starts and 26 appearances and a 2.09 ERA. Combined, the two have thrown 10 shutouts, with seven of them credited to Lashley. Pirone has been credited with three saves this season.

'Cuse Notes

Corinne Ozanne earned her 100^th career RBI over the weekend with a double in game two of the series against Notre Dame. She has been on fire of late at the plate, recording a hit or more in 15 of her last 18 games and has either scored a run or knocked in a run in 13 of them as well.
Julie Wambold enters the Hofstra matchup just two RBI away from 100 in her career. This season, she's done nothing but get on base, reaching in 34 of 40 games played. She's owns a .430 on-base percentage this season.
Sammy Fernandez is locked in at the plate once again is as good as any hitter in the game right now. In her last 12 at-bats she has recorded seven hits and has scored two runs while knocking in a pair as well. One of her seven hits was her first collegiate triple.
Sydney O'Hara enjoyed one of the best games of her career on Friday against Notre Dame. After going one-for-two in game one she was locked in at the plate in game two, launching two home runs in three at-bats to drive in five runs and score two. She now has eight homers on the season and a team-leading 29 runs batted in.

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Players Mentioned

Sammy Fernandez

Sydney O'Hara

Corinne Ozanne

Julie Wambold

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