SOUTH HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (Interstat) — Nicholas Reese pitched five innings of three-hit shutout ball as Hofstra Pride blanked the Towson Tigers 8-0 in a Colonial Athletic Association game Sunday evening at University Field.

Reese struck out two and allowed no earned runs. Michael Craig drove in two runs with a double. Nick Biddle went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Gabriel Melara and Nick Gallello each drove in a run. Gallello also scored twice.

Hofstra scored three runs in the first inning, capitalizing on a Towson error. The Pride added a run in the third and four more in the fourth, highlighted by Craig’s two-run double. Gallello’s RBI single in the fourth came on a fielding error.

Towson mustered only three hits. Brady Nathison went 1-for-2. Joey Tuttoilmondo pitched a scoreless inning but allowed two earned runs on no hits. Liam Diehl allowed five earned runs in three innings.

Hofstra improved to 17-23 overall. Towson fell to 17-27.