WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- William & Mary baseball fell 18-7 to Hofstra Friday afternoon at Plumeri Park. Ben Williamson and Joe Delossantos hit homers for the Tribe, but the Pride would plate five in the third, four in the fifth, and seven in the seventh to hold off a comeback. 
 
Tribe starter Rojo Prarie retired five of the first six men he faced, but the Pride would use a two-out rally in the second to give Hofstra an early lead. A double and error would place a runner at third and a dribbler up the middle plated an unearned run to make it 1-0 visitors. 
 
After the Tribe went down in order in the bottom of the second, Hofstra struck again in the third. After a single and a walk, Brian Morrell snuck a homer inside the foul pole in right to make it a 4-0 game. The next man singled up the middle, and Kevin Bruggeman followed with a homer to left to make it 6-0. 
 
The Tribe would strike back in the bottom of the third as Delossantos hit a lead off double and scored on a Mark Trotta single to right. David Hogarth followed with a single before Williamson smoked a 3-2 pitch over the scoreboard in left to make it 6-4. 
 
Nate Knowles would retire the first six men he faced in order in the Hofstra half of the third and fourth innings, but the Pride would get to the freshman in the fifth. A pair of singles and a walk would load the bases with no outs, and Zack Bailey's double into right center would score all three runners. A sacrifice fly would later plate the fourth run of the inning to make it 10-4. 
 
In the bottom of the fifth, Matt Thomas hit a one-out single to left and stole second. Williamson would follow with a walk and the duo would both move up 90 feet on a double steal. A sac fly from Cole Ragone plated Thomas. 
 
Hofstra would add another in the sixth as Morrell hit his second homer of the game. William & Mary would chip into the Hofstra lead again as Tyler Solomon reached on a walk and scored as Delossantos ripped a full-count pitch over the 370 sign in left center for his sixth homer of the year. 
 
Hofstra would break the game open in the top of the seventh inning scoring seven unearned runs due to a pair of Tribe errors. Adam Fischer would retire the Pride in the eighth inning and Nick Lottchea worked hitless ninth inning in relief.