HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – College of Charleston stormed back for four runs in the seventh inning in a 6-4 win over Hofstra in the opening game of a CAA doubleheader on Friday in Hempstead, N.Y.

The Pride bounced back to take a 6-2 victory in the nightcap. The split leaves the Cougars with a conference record of 13-7 (23-23 overall) and enables them to retain a two-game lead over Hofstra (15-23, 11-9) for fifth place in the CAA.

Austy Miller had a double and single in the opener and added another single in the nightcap to run her hitting streak to eight games. She is 13-for-27 (.481) with eight runs scored and eight RBI over that stretch.

Game 1 Summary

• With Hofstra leading 4-2, Karlee Hughes and Bricelyn Bedenbaugh started the Charleston rally in the seventh with leadoff singles.
• After the next two batters were retired, Miller produced an RBI double and Kennedy Rhue followed with a two-run single to put the Cougars in front.
• Leela Langston added an insurance tally with a double to cap the four-run uprising.
• Kendall Thackston allowed four runs (two earned) in the first two innings before blanking the Pride on only two hits the rest of the way.
• Thackston struck out a season-high six in her third complete game of the season.

Game 2 Summary

• Langston singled and scored to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead in the second before Hofstra scored three in the fourth.
• Langston added two more hits for a season-high three and raised her batting average in CAA games to a team-leading .431.
• Halle Cannon had also had three hits, including a double, to match her career high and scored on a Jay Wrightsman double in the seventh.
• Ryley Kutter struck out six, one shy of her career high, in 5.2 innings. 

Up Next
The Cougars will go for their fifth CAA series win of the season when the teams play the rubber game on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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