News from Hofstra University
2018 infielder Brittany Allocca, from Stormville, New York, is a member of the 2016 Hofstra Softball team.
HEMPSTEAD, NY (01/26/2016)– 2018 infielder Brittany Allocca, from Stormville, New York, is a member of the 2016 Hofstra Softball team.
Hofstra returns 13 players off last season’s roster that went 38-14-1 and 17-3 against the CAA last season. The Pride won the CAA title and advanced to the NCAA Gainesville Regional in Larissa Anderson’s first season as the head coach. Anderson sees eight players who comprised last year’s starting lineup return. The Pride brings back a group that smashed 54 of the team’s 56 home runs, including senior outfielder Caryn Bailey, who hit 16 home runs and drove in 52 runs. All four of Hofstra’s .300 hitters Bailey, fellow seniors Chloe Fitzgerald and Kim Smith, as well as juniorLacey Clark are back. Four additional players who all logged more than 40 games, including juniorMichaela Transue and sophomores Brittany Allocca, Megan Patierno and Brielle Pietrafesa, are again in the fold. The Pride will also welcome four freshmen to the squad. Hofstra will start the season in the FAU Kick-Off Classic from Feb. 12-14 in Boca Raton, Florida.
Hofstra University is a nationally ranked private university just 25 miles from New York City and all its cultural, recreational and professional opportunities. We offer small classes and personal attention with the resources, technology, and facilities of a large university. Students can chose from undergraduate and graduate offerings in liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering and applied science, communication, education, health sciences and human services, honors studies, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law, the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, and the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. Named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, and one of only two schools chosen to host consecutive presidential debates, Hofstra University is a dynamic community of more than 11,000 students known for civic engagement and public service.
