SOUTH HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (Interstat) — Towson scored six runs on seven hits and held off a late Hofstra rally for a 6-5 victory Saturday afternoon at University Field. The Tigers improved to 17-26 overall, while the Pride fell to 16-23.

Aden Knowles pitched 6 2/3 no-hit innings, allowing two earned runs with four strikeouts, to earn the win. Yariel Rodriguez doubled twice, driving in three runs. Josh Janove added an RBI walk. Hofstra mounted a ninth-inning comeback, scoring three runs, but Ryder Jeske closed with two scoreless innings for the save.

The Pride totaled nine hits. Tyler Cox went 3 for 5 with two RBIs. Michael Brown drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and a single. Brayden Gregg struck out three over three relief innings.

Towson took an early lead on Rodriguez’s first-inning RBI double. Rodriguez doubled again in the fourth for two more runs. Hofstra scored in the sixth on Brown’s sacrifice fly and Cox’s RBI single. The Tigers added a run in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk and two in the ninth. Hofstra answered with a run in the eighth and three in the ninth but left the tying run on base.