STONY BROOK, N.Y. (March 15, 2026) … The Hampton Pirates softball team called upon the long ball on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak. Camryn Hamilton and Carmynn Bonner hit solo shots and Sydney Evans had a two-run blast to help the Pirates defeat the Stony Brook Seawolves 5-3 on Sunday afternoon.

Stony Brook (5-17, 2-4) opened scoring in the bottom of the second as Naiah Ackerman put the hosts on the board with a solo home run.

Hampton (6-16, 1-5) answered with a run in the third as Myiah Sutton walked and was sacrificed to second by Taylor Ivey. Bonner followed with a single up the middle to plate Sutton and even the game at 1-1.

The home run assault for Hampton started in the fourth as Hamilton took a 1-0 pitch and deposited it into centerfield putting the Pirates up 2-1.

In the fifth, the Pirates pushed the margin to 3-1 as with one out Bonner blasted her fourth home run of the season to center. That home run was the 13^th of her career and puts her one in away from breaking into the career top 10 rankings.

Hampton found a two-run blast in the sixth taking the lead to 5-1 on a blast by Evans. Aitrinha Aiken started with a walk and went to second on a pinch-hit single by Riley Bohanon. After a double play moved Aiken to third, Evans blasted a 1-0 pitch to center for a 5-1 advantage.

The Seawolves had one last shot in the sixth and scored on a two-out single from Ashlynn Burgess to score Ella Hayes who started the inning with a double.

Bonner and Evans had two hits and drove in two runs each to lead Hampton. Ava Lester earned the win in a complete game striking out seven and allowing six hits.

Hampton starts a five-game homestand on Friday with the start of a three-game series against Hofstra beginning at 3 p.m.