Notre Dame are ranked 15th in both the USILA poll and the Inside media poll.

STREAKS AND TRENDS: • Hofstra is on a two-game losing skid with losses to #1 Johns Hopkins and #5 Princeton.

• The Pride have won 22 of their last 31 contests, 30 of its last 44 games, 34 of the last 49, 45 of the last 69 and 58 of its last 85 games, dating back to 1999.

• Hofstra has won eight of its last 10 home games at James M. Shuart Stadium. The only blemishes during HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE that time were the 14-12 loss to Cornell on February 28 2004 Season - Game 6 and the loss to Hopkins on March 13. #13 (2-3) at PRIDE COACH JOHN DANOWSKI • John Danowski, who is in his 19th season at Hofstra, is #15 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH (1-3) the head coach of the Pride. He has posted a 165-106 Wednesday, March 24 - 7:00 p.m. (.609) record during the time. Loftus Center• Notre Dame, IN • Danowski-coached teams have recorded nine or more 2004 HOFSTRA wins 13 of the 25 times that it has happened in school LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS history.

February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result • Only 12 teams in Hofstra history have recorded 11 or 28 #12 CORNELL (#11) 12-14 L more wins in a season. Danowski-coached teams have March done it six times. 6 #7 LOYOLA (#19) 9-8 W 8 BINGHAMTON (#11) 14-9 W • Danowski has a career coaching record of 192-122 13 #1 JOHNS HOPKINS (#11) 6-13 L (.611) in 22 years of coaching. He spent three seasons 20 at #6 Princeton (#14) 5-10 L at C.W. Post recording a 27-16 record with the Pioneers. 24 at #15 Notre Dame (#13) 7:00 p.m. 28 at Massachusetts 1:00 p.m. HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES: April • Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra 3 at Delaware* 7:30 p.m. from 1996 to 1999 and served as an assistant for two 7 SACRED HEART* 7:30 p.m. seasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001, is in 10 at Drexel* 2:00 p.m. his second season as an assistant on the Pride staff. 17 TOWSON* 7:30 p.m. 24 at Villanova* 6:00 p.m. • Sean Smith is in his sixth season as a part-time 27 at Stony Brook 7:00 p.m. assistant coach with the Pride. May 5 CAA Tournament Semifinals TBA • Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholastic 8 CAA Tournament Championship TBA assistant coach Ron Caputo is in his first season on the 15 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA Pride staff. 16 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA 22 NCAA Quarterfinals at Virginia Noon 23 NCAA Quarterfinals at Cornell Noon 29 NCAA Semifinals at Baltimore Noon 31 NCAA Championship at Baltimore 2:00 p.m. * Colonial Athletic Association Game

NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride of Hofstra are ranked 13th in both the USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll and the .com media poll. The Fighting Irish of HOFSTRA’S 2004 STAT LEADERS – 5 GAMES NOTRE DAME 2004 STAT LEADERS – 4 GAMES Key Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts. Key Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts. Ryan Vilar M Jr. 9-6-15 Pat Walsh A So. 9-9-18 Athan Ianucci A Fr. 5-7-12 Matt Howell A Sr. 8-6-14 Tim Treubig M So. 10-1-11 Brian Hubschmann A So. 6-5-11 John Keysor M So. 7-1-8 Brian Giordano M Jr. 5-4-9 Ryan Lucas A So. 4-3-7 Matt Karweck M So. 8-0-8 Ryan Miller A So. 4-3-7 Stewart Crosland G Sr. 13.25 GAA Matt Southard G So. 10.80 GAA 2004 NOTRE DAME RESULTS HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP 2/29 PENN STATE 17-7 W vs. Notre Dame 3/11 at Syracuse 13-19 L Pos. Name No. Cl. 2004 Stats 3/14 NORTH CAROLINA 11-14 L A Ryan Lucas 1 So. 4-3-7 3/20 at Loyola 7-13 L A Athan Ianucci 32 Fr. 5-6-11 A Ryan Miller 2 So. 4-3-7 HOFSTRA-NOTRE DAME SERIES M Don Scott 41 Sr. 0-0-0 M Ryan Vilar 36 Jr. 9-6-15 • Tonight's game is the 11th meeting between Hofstra M Tim Treubig 22 So. 10-1-11 and Notre Dame in men’s lacrosse in a series that D Brian Zuchelli 43 Sr. 8 GB started in 1991. D Brett Moyer 15 So. 22 GB D Jon Edwards 37 Jr. 6 GB • Hofstra leads the series 6-4 and has won the last five G Matt Southard 23 So. 10.80 GAA meetings. Reserves 2M Keith Mekeel 12 Sr. 0-0-0 • The Pride is 4-1 at home against the Irish and 2-3 at 2M John Keysor 11 So. 7-1-8 Notre Dame. 2M Rob Bonaguro 49 So. 1-0-1 3M Tom Brewer 20 Fr. 1-2-3 • The 15-5 Hofstra victory at Notre Dame in 2002 was 3M Bill DeNisco 10 Jr. 0-0-0 the most lopsided in the series that has featured close 3M James Morgan 14 Jr. 0-0-0 contests. Six of the last eight games have been decided LSM Julian Watts 18 Fr. 8 GB by one goal. LSM Kevin McDonaugh 7 So. 9 GB FO Len Panarelli 40 Jr. 23-57 .404 FO Bill DeNisco 10 Jr. 5-18 .278 The Hofstra-Notre Dame Series FO John Keysor 11 So. 8-37 .216 Year Location Winner Score TONIGHT’S OPPONENT 3/21/03 Hofstra Hofstra 9-8 3/23/02 Notre Dame Hofstra 15-5 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 3/24/01 Hofstra Hofstra 11-10 OT Location: Notre Dame, IN 3/26/00 Notre Dame Hofstra 8-7 Nickname: Fighting Irish 4/3/99 Hofstra Hofstra 10-9 OT Director of Athletics: Kevin White 5/20/98 Notre Dame Notre Dame 4-8 Lacrosse Stadium: Moose Krause Stadium (5,000) 4/4/97 Notre Dame Notre Dame 9-10 Press Box Phone: (574) 631-7264 3/6/93 Hofstra Notre Dame 8-9 Head Lacrosse Coach: Kevin Corrigan 3/28/92 Notre Dame Notre Dame 9-12 Record at School/Years: 132-74/15 years 3/9/91 Hofstra Hofstra 10-5 Overall Record: 142-89/17 years Coach’s Office Phone: (574) 631-5108 THE LAST HOFSTRA-PRINCETON GAME - MARCH Men’s Lacrosse SID: Bo Rottenborn 21, 2003 in HEMPSTEAD: Jim Femminella scored his Office Phone: (574) 631-8642 seventh goal of the game midway through the fourth Fax: (219) 631-7941 quarter to snap an 8-8 tie and the Pride defense held 2003 Record: 9-5, 4-1 (Great Western) strong in the final minutes as #15 Hofstra posted a 9-8 Returning Lettermen/Starters: 20/8 victory over the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame Series Record: Hofstra leads 6-4 at Shuart Stadium. Despite a 36-minute delay at the start Last Meeting: 2003-Hofstra won 9-8 of the game due to a passing thunderstorm, the Hofstra- Athletic Website: www.und.com Notre Dame series close game tradition continued as the teams played their sixth one-goal game in the 10 game series. The Irish jumped out to a 3-1 lead after one EMO: 2-2 1-3 quarter on two goals by Dan Berger and a man-up goal Clears/Att.: 19-27 20-26 from Matt Howell. Femminella scored his 10th of the year off a pass from Chris Unterstein to tie the game at Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 11 svs., 8 GA); ND- 1-1 with 5:47 to play in the period before Berger scored Stewart Crosland (60:00, 8 svs., 9 GA) unanswered goals for the 3-1 lead. The second period Attendance: 2,373 was all Hofstra as the Pride scored six times, including two man-up goals, and outshot the Irish 18-7 in the USILA GEICO/STX COACHES POLL: Here is the quarter. Femminella notched his second of the game USILA Coaches Poll, as of March 22, 2004: 1:04 into the second off a short pass from Mike Morrison (2 assists). Berger notched his hat trick with his 14th of No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW the year 48 seconds later, from Howell, to boost the 1 Johns Hopkins (9) 5-0 199 1 Notre Dame lead to 4-2. But Hofstra scored three 2 Maryland (1) 5-0 191 2 straight goals in 2:37 as Femminella started the run with 3 Syracuse 3-1 174 3 goals two minutes apart off assists from Ryan Miller (3 4 North Carolina 5-1 168 8 assists). Joe Kostolansky gave Hofstra a 5-4 lead 37 5 Princeton 3-1 156 T6 seconds later, with 9:11 to play in the half, with an 6 Georgetown 4-1 145 T6 unassisted goal. But Owen Mulford tallied his sixth of the 7 Duke 4-2 131 5 year 38 seconds later off a pass from Patrick Walsh (2 8 Navy 5-1 124 9 assists) to knot the score at five. But Femminella scored 9 Army 4-1 116 15 his career-best fifth and sixth of the game in the last 5:59 10 Rutgers 4-1 113 4 to give the Pride a 7-5 lead at halftime. Notre Dame 11 Loyola 2-2 90 16 came out strong in the second half, scoring three times 12 Cornell 3-1 84 11 in the first 8:58 to regain the lead 8-7. Kostolansky would 13 Hofstra 2-3 73 14 tie the game for Hofstra with his second of the game and 14 UMBC 2-2 65 13 seventh of the season with 3:20 to play in the third 15 Notre Dame 1-3 46 10 quarter. Defense was the order for the fourth quarter as 16 Denver 3-2 45 12 the two teams split 22 ground balls and Hofstra turned 17 Virginia 2-4 37 n/r away a man-down situation. But Femminella broke the 18 Brown 4-0 30 n/r deadlock with 7:22 to play. Chris Unterstein came 19 Ohio State 3-2 28 T19 around the left side behind the Irish cage and fed 20 Delaware 6-2 17 n/r Femminella for a 10-yard blast that beat Stewart Crosland. The Pride defense, behind freshman goalie Others receiving votes (in order): Towson, Harvard, Matt Southard's three saves in the quarter and 11 in the Yale, Air Force, Dartmouth, Villanova, Massachusetts, contest, thwarted the Notre Dame attack the rest of the Penn State, Bucknell way. Femminella's seven goals were the most by a Hofstra player since Brian Langtry tallied seven against INSIDE LACROSSE.COM MEDIA POLL: Here is the Hartford in 1998. latest Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll, as of March 22, 2004: 1 2 3 4 F #11 Notre Dame 3 2 3 0 8 No. School (1st pl. votes) Rec. Pts. LW #15 Hofstra 1 6 1 1 9 1 Johns Hopkins (14) 5-0 299 1 2 Maryland (1) 5-0 286 2 Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Jim Femminella (7- 3 Princeton 3-1 255 4 0), Ryan Miller (0-3), Joe Kostolansky (2-0), Chris 4 North Carolina 5-1 249 7 Unterstein (0-2), Mike Morrison (0-2) 5 Syracuse 3-1 253 3 6 Georgetown 4-1 226 8 Notre Dame Scoring (Goals-Assists): Dan Berger (5- 7 Duke 4-2 202 6 0), Matt Howell (1-2), Patrick Walsh (0-2), Matt Karweck 8 Rutgers 4-1 184 5 (0-1), Brian Giordano (1-0), Travis Wells (0-1), Owen 8t Navy 5-1 184 11 Mulford (1-0) 10 Loyola 2-2 161 14 11 Army 4-1 159 14 Hofstra ND 12 Cornell 3-1 134 12 Shots: 35 33 13 Hofstra 2-3 125 10 Ground Balls: 38 34 14 Virginia 2-4 100 17 Face-offs Won: 9 12 15 Notre Dame 1-3 74 9 Saves: 11 8 16 UMBC 2-2 71 18 Penalties: 3/2.0 2/1.5 17 Brown 4-0 65 NR 18 Towson 1-3 59 19 Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): John Keysor (2-1), 19 Denver 3-2 52 13 Tim Treubig (1-0), Chris Unterstein (1-0), Ryan Vilar (1- 20 Dartmouth 3-1 29 NR 0), Steve Wax (0-1), Athan Ianucci (0-1).

Others Receiving Votes (in order): Ohio State 28, Princeton Scoring (Goals-Assists): Jason Donegar (3- Harvard 26, Yale 24, Delaware 21, Penn State 14, Air 0), Whitney Hayes (2-1), Peter Trombino (1-2), Ryan Force 11, UMass 9, UPenn 1 Boyle (1-2), Jim O’Brien (1-1), Drew Casino (1-0), Michael Biles (1-0) INJURY REPORT • Sophomore midfielder John Orsen is out for the season Hofstra Princeton with a knee injury suffered last week (3/18) in practice. Shots: 30 29 Ground Balls: 28 35 • Sophomore defender Bryan Read is out for the season Face-offs Won: 10 9 with a knee injury sustained during the first week of Saves: 10 15 practice. Penalties: 2-1.0 4-3.5 EMO: 1-4 0-2 HOFSTRA’S LAST GAME– MARCH 20, 2004 at Clears/Att. 16-19 11-14 PRINCETON: The number six-ranked Princeton Tigers scored the game’s first three goals and never looked Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 10 svs., 10 GA); back in posting a 10-5 victory over the #14 ranked PU- Dave Law (60:00, 15 svs., 5 GA) Hofstra Pride on Saturday afternoon at the Class of 1952 Attendance: 2106 Stadium.!Jason Doneger tallied the first of his three goals almost three minutes into the contest to give the 2004 CAA STANDINGS Tigers an early 1-0 advantage, a lead they would not As of March 22, 2004 relinquish.! Princeton added two more goals over the next 2:38 before the Pride got on the board with an Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. unassisted goal from John Keysor at the 5:45 mark of Delaware 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 the first quarter.! The two goal deficit for Hofstra would Villanova 0-0 .000 5-1 .833 be the smallest of the day as the Tigers would score two Drexel 0-0 .000 3-4 .429 straight over the next 16:36 to open a 5-1 advantage Hofstra 0-0 .000 2-3 .400 following Doneger’s second goal of the game.! Tim Towson 0-0 .000 1-3 .250 Treubig would pull Hofstra within three at half as he Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 0-5 .000 scored off an assist from Keysor with 2:31 left before halftime. Ryan Boyle scored 1:14 into the third quarter to give Princeton its first four goal lead of the game, 6-2.! TIGERS EVEN SERIES WITH THE PRIDE: Last Hofstra would look to make a run and Steven Wax Saturday’s Princeton victory over the Pride evened the forced a Tiger turnover at midfield and fed Chris all-time series between the two teams at 9-9. Princeton Unterstein for his first goal of the season to pull the Pride has won the last seven meetings. within three, 6-3 with 13:24 remaining.! That would be as close as Hofstra would get the remainder of the contest PRIDE WIN THE BATTLE AT THE X: For just the though, as Doneger notched his third and Whitney second time this season, Hofstra won the battle at the Hayes scored his second of the game to push the face-off X last Saturday at Princeton. The Pride won 10 advantage up to five with 9:34 left in the third quarter.! of 19 face-offs with junior Len Panarelli taking all the The two teams would each tally two goals in the final draws. 18:35 as the Tigers evened the all-time series with the Pride at nine and have won the last seven meetings. KEYSOR Keysor finished the day with two goals and an assist for • Sophomore John Keysor (pronounced Kaiser) posted a the Pride, while Matthew Southard made 10 saves in net career-high three goals against Cornell on February 28. for Hofstra.! Brett Moyer led Hofstra with six ground balls and Len Panarelli added four and was 10-19 on face- • The three scores topped his previous high of two goals offs. For Princeton, Hayes (2 G, 1A), Boyle (1 G, 2 A) that he scored against Sacred Heart and Towson twice. and Peter Tombino (1 G, 2 A) all joined Doneger with three points and Dave Law made a game-high 15 saves • Keysor tallied two goals and one assist against in net. Princeton on March 20. 1 2 3 4 F #14 Hofstra 1 1 2 1 5 #6 Princeton 3 2 3 2 10 THREE MIDDIES DO ALL THE SCORING VS. JHU IANUCCI • Ryan Vilar, John Orsen and Tim Treubig did all the • Freshman attackman Athan Ianucci also posted a scoring for Hofstra against number 1 Johns Hopkins on career-best with five points on three goals and two March 13. Vilar had three goals and two assists, Orsen assists against Binghamton on March 8. He had a goal had two goals and an assist and Treubig had a goal and and an assist against the Greyhounds of Loyola. an assist against the Blue Jays. • For his efforts in the two Hofstra victories he was VILAR named the CAA Rookie of the Week for March 9. • Junior middie Ryan Vilar posted a career-high three goals and two assists for five points in the loss to Johns • Ianucci had an impressive college debut on February Hopkins on March 13. 28th with one goal and three assists against Cornell.

• He leads the team in scoring with nine goals and six assists. LUCAS • Sophomore attackman Ryan Lucas recorded his • Vilar came up big for the Pride in the second half second career game-winning goal against Loyola with a against Loyola on March 6. Vilar scored three man-up tally with 4:25 to play. unanswered goals to turn a 7-5 deficit into an 8-7 lead, and then assisted on the game-winning goal by Ryan • He recorded a career-high seven ground balls against Lucas. the Greyhounds.

• He added a goal and an assist against Binghamton. • Lucas tied his career highs in goals and points with two For his efforts against Loyola and Binghamton Vilar was goals and three points against Cornell on February 28. named the CAA Player of the Week on March 9. • He tallied 12 goals and seven assists last season. GOALIE MATT SOUTHARD • Sophomore goalie Matt Southard has recorded career high saves on consecutive weekends. He recorded a TREUBIG career-high 18 saves in Hofstra’s 9-8 victory over Loyola • Sophomore Tim Treubig was named the CAA Co- on March 6. Player of the Week on March 1st after scoring a career- high four goals in the season opener against Cornell. • Against Johns Hopkins, Southard posted 19 saves against the Blue Jays. • He added three goals against Binghamton on March 8.

• Southard’s previous high in saves coming into the 2004 • Treubig had 11 goals and four assists in 2003. He has season was 17 in the 2003 CAA semifinal against 10 goals already in 2004. Villanova. • Treubig, who scored the game-winner in overtime • He had 10 saves at Princeton on March 20. against Sacred Heart, and the tying and game-winning goals against Duke last year, was named the CAA’s Co- MILLER Rookie of the Week on April 28, 2003. • Sophomore Ryan Miller recorded a career-high four goals and five points against Binghamton on March 8. • He added two goals in the CAA semifinal victory over Villanova and one goal against Towson in the title game. • Ryan is following in the footsteps of his older brother Blake, who tallied 22 goals and 12 assists in 1995, and MOYER 36 goals and 17 assists in 1996 for Hofstra. • Sophomore defender Brett Moyer picked up six ground balls against both Johns Hopkins and Princeton, tying • Ryan posted eight goals and seven assists in 2003. his career high. Miller had three assists against Notre Dame and two goals at Army last season. • He was voted the CAA’s 2003 Co-Rookie of the Year by the league’s coaches. • He posted two assists against Cornell on February 28. He has four goals and three assists in five games this • Moyer was a member of the U.S. National Under 19 season. team that captured the Gold Medal in the World Championships last summer. ZUCHELLI 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W OT • Senior defender Brian Zuchelli returned to start for the 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L Pride against Cornell in the season opener after 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W suffering a knee injury at Massachusetts in the NCAA 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT) Tournament last May. Zuchelli underwent surgery in June and has rehabbed the knee since. He was cleared BINGHAMTON MAKES 25 to play in January. • With their victory over Binghamton on March 8, the Pride have won 25 straight contests over non-ranked • He has eight ground balls this season. opponents dating back to an 8-7 overtime loss at Delaware on April 14, 2000. UNLUCKY AGAINST THE TOP 6 • Including the Princeton loss, the Pride is 1-10 in their • The Pride is 46-3 against unranked opponents since last 11 games against teams that were ranked sixth or 1997. Hofstra’s unranked losses have come against better, dating back to the end of the 1999 season. The Delaware in overtime in 2000, Notre Dame in 1998 and only Pride win over a Top Six team during that time Army in 1997. All three were road games. came in 2001 when Hofstra edged Notre Dame 11-10 in overtime. HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 16 of its last 20 home games at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly • Hofstra is 6-22 against opponents ranked sixth or Hofstra Stadium). The Pride’s only losses during that better since 1993. time have been to Princeton, Massachusetts, Cornell and Hopkins. AGAINST THE TOP 10 • Hofstra’s victory over Loyola on March 6 was Hofstra’s ONE-GOAL CONTESTS: first this season over a Top 10 opponent. The • Hofstra posted four one-goal decisions last season. Greyhounds came into the game ranked seventh. The Pride were involved in three one-goal contests in 2002. • The victory marked the third consecutive year and four times in the last five seasons that the Pride • During John Danowski’s 18 seasons as coach at have defeated a Top 7 opponent. Hofstra, the Pride have been involved in 54 one-goal decisions, including playoff games. Hofstra’s record in • Hofstra played four opponents who were ranked in the those games is 39-15. Top 10 last season. Massachusetts was ranked fifth entering the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Syracuse was • The Pride have recorded four or more one-goal ranked seventh when they lost to Hofstra 8-6. The Pride decisions in a single season six times. In each of those lost to then-#7 Princeton 18-5 on March 15th and then- six seasons (1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003), #6 Massachusetts 14-7 on March 23. the Pride advanced to play in the NCAA Championship Tournament. • Hofstra is 6-10 in its last 16 games against Top 10 opponents. • In 1993, Hofstra recorded six one-goal decisions, posting a 5-1 record in those contests. • The Pride’s highest-ranked victory during that time was an 11-10 overtime decision over second-ranked Notre OVERTIME: Dame in 2001. • The Pride is 12-3 in overtime games under John Danowski. Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp 3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L • Hofstra is 7-1 in its last eight OT games. Here is the 3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L Pride’s OT history since 1986: 3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W 5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L Year Opponent Result 4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W 2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W 3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L 2002 at Massachusetts 12-11 W 3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L 2001 Virginia 15-14 W 4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W Notre Dame 11-10 W 3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L 2000 at Delaware 7-8 L 3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L 1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W 3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L Notre Dame 10-9 W 5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home 13-18 L 1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT) 1996 Georgetown 15-16 L Massachusetts 15-14 W HAWC (The Hofstra Athletic Web Channel) by clicking 1995 Brown 10-9 W on the HAWC tag in the multimedia section on the 1994 Army 14-15 L Hofstra Athletics website. 1993 Virginia 7-6 W 1991 at Army 14-13 W 2004 HOFSTRA ACTIVE CAREER HIGHS 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT) #1 Ryan Lucas Goals: 2 3 times (02/28/04 vs. Cornell) SEVEN PRIDE PLAYERS NAMED TO 2003 ALL-CAA Assists: 2 3 times (3/8/04 vs. Binghamton) TEAMS Points: 3 3 times (3/8/04 vs. Binghamton) • Hofstra placed three players on the All-CAA first team and four on the second team in 2003. Joe Kostolansky, #33 Chris Unterstein Mike Morrison and Brian Zuchelli were voted to the first Goals: 3 4/30/03 vs. Villanova team while Jim Femminella, Mike Allain, Brett Moyer and Assists: 2 3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame Matt Southard were picked to the second team. Points: 4 4/30/03 vs. Villanova

SEASON 56 FOR HOFSTRA #32 Athan Ianucci • Hofstra is in its 56th season of men’s lacrosse. Pride Goals: 3 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton teams have tallied a 441-304 record during that time. Assists: 3 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Points: 5 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton SEVEN RANKED OPPONENTS IN 2004 Hofstra will play seven teams this season who are #36 Ryan Vilar ranked in the Inside Lacrosse.com Preseason Top 25 Goals: 3 2 times (3/13/04 vs. Hopkins) Poll. The Pride have played against eight or more Assists: 2 2 times (3/13/04 vs. Hopkins) ranked opponents in each of the past three seasons. Points: 5 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins

OUR TOURNAMENT OPPONENTS IN 2004 #42 Ryan Miller • Hofstra will face four opponents in 2004 that played in Goals: 4 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Assists: 3 3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame Points: 5 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton RETURNEES • The Pride have seven starters returning from last #12 Keith Mekeel year’s 11-6 team. They are Ryan Lucas on attack; John Goals: 2 2 times (3/8/03 vs. Cornell) Keysor, Tim Treubig and Ryan Vilar at midfield; Brian Assists: 1 3 times (3/29/03 vs. Drexel) Zuchelli and Brett Moyer on defense; and Matt Southard Points: 2 3 times (3/8/03 vs. Cornell) in goal. #22 Tim Treubig • Hofstra returns 19 players from last year’s team. Goals: 4 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Assists: 2 4/4/03 at Towson Points: 4 2/28/04 vs. Cornell RADIO: All 13 Hofstra men’s lacrosse games in 2004 will be aired on either WRHU-FM (88.7) on Long Island, #24 John Orsen WRHU.org, the station’s website, or on the Hofstra Goals: 2 2 goals (03/13/04 vs. Hopkins) Athletic Web Channel (HAWC), which can be accessed Assists: 1 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins from the Hofstra Athletics homepage. The Notre Dame Points: 3 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins game can be heard on WRHU-FM 88.7 on Long Island and on the internet at www.WRHU.org. Kevin Ingles and #11 John Keysor Brandon Costa will call the action from the Loftus Goals: 3 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Center. Assists: 3 3/29/03 vs. Drexel Points: 4 3/29/03 vs. Drexel HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE • Get the latest information on the Hofstra men’s #41 Don Scott lacrosse program by going to www.hofstra.edu/sports. Goals: 2 3/4/03 vs. Binghamton Assists: 0 None HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE REPORT Points: 2 3/4/03 vs. Binghamton • The Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse Report, featuring Pride Head Lacrosse Coach John Danowski, is a 30-minute #20 Tom Brewer review, preview and update show that can be heard on Goals: 1 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Thursday nights at 7 p.m. and Fridays at Noon on the Assists: 2 3/8/05 vs. Binghamton Points: 2 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton difference was that we didn’t make the plays that we needed to down the stretch and Cornell did.” Cornell freshman goalie Matt McMonagle recorded 12 saves in 2004 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES his debut while Hofstra sophomore Matt Southard posted 11 saves in the Pride cage, The Pride outshot Cornell 43-28 but were crushed at the face-off X, losing GAME 1 - FEBRUARY 28, 2004 vs. #12 CORNELL: 20 of 28 draws. Senior middie Scott Raasch won 17 of Sophomore midfielder Joe Boulukos scored five goals 23 draws for the Big Red. and senior attackman Andrew Collins added a goal and 1 2 3 4 F four assists to lead the 12th-ranked Big Red of Cornell (1- #12 Cornell 5 1 7 1 14 0) to a 14-12 victory over the 11th-ranked Pride of #11 Hofstra 3 5 3 1 12 Hofstra (0-1) at James M. Shuart Stadium. The Big Red used a big third quarter in which they scored seven of Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Tim Treubig (4-0), the first eight goals, to erase an 8-6 deficit and then held Athan Ianucci (1-3), John Keysor (3-0), Ryan Lucas (2- on for the victory. Sophomore middie Tim Treubig 1), Ryan Vilar (1-2), Ryan Miller (0-2), Tom Brewer (1-0), scored four goals while classmate John Keysor added Chris Unterstein (0-1), John Orsen (0-1). three goals to lead the Pride. Cornell held the upper Cornell Scoring (Goals-Assists): Joe Boulukos (5-0), hand early taking a 2-0 lead after 2:11 on goals by Andrew Collins (1-4), Sean Greenhalgh (4-0), Justin juniors Sean Greenhalgh and Justin Redd. But the Redd (1-3), Dave Pittard (1-1), Brian Clayton (1-0), young Hofstra team, that features 30 players with one Kevin Nee (1-0) year or less of Division I experience, played the Big Red Hofstra Cornell even the rest of the quarter, exchanging goals, and Shots: 43 38 trailed 5-3 after one period. The Pride then went on a 5-0 Ground Balls: 30 39 run in the second quarter as Treubig scored his third Face-offs Won: 8 20 goal of the game 39 seconds into the period, and Saves: 11 12 freshman Athan Ianucci scored his goal 1:30 Penalties: 1-1.0 2-1.5 later to tie the contest at 5-5. Treubig would score his EMO: 1-2 1-1 fourth of the game off a pass from Ianucci 1:05 later to Clears/Att. 24-25 19-21 give the Pride their first lead of the game. Junior middie Ryan Vilar scored a man-up goal off a pass from Ianucci Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 11 svs., 14 GA); with 7:27 to play in the half, and Vilar would feed Ryan CU- Matt McMonagle (60:00, 11 svs., 12 GA) Lucas for the Pride’s fifth straight goal at the 3:51 mark Attendance: 1,429 to give Hofstra an 8-5 lead. But Boulukos would score his first goal of the season off a pass from Justin Redd to GAME 2 - MARCH 6, 2004 vs. #7 LOYOLA: What end the Pride run, close the scoring in the half with started off poorly ended in thrilling fashion as Hofstra Cornell trailing 8-6, and more importantly, starting a Big sophomore attackman Ryan Lucas!tallied a man-up goal Red spurt of their own. Like Hofstra had done in the with 4:25 remaining in the fourth quarter to break an 8-8 second period, Cornell scored twice in the first 2:10 of tie and!give the 19th-ranked Pride a 9-8 victory over the period as Greenhalgh and Boulukos scored seventh-ranked Loyola on Saturday afternoon at James unassisted goals to tie the game at 8-8. Boulukos, the M. Shuart Stadium.The victory snapped the Pride's nine- second year player from Huntington, Long Island, scored game to the Greyhounds and improved his second of the game 2:30 later. Greenhalgh added his Hofstra's record on the season to 1-1. Loyola fell to 1-1. fourth of the game with 7:09 to play in the quarter, and After Pride sophomore middie Tim Treubig opened the Boulukos would scored Cornell’s sixth unanswered goal scoring just 44 seconds into the contest, the Greyhounds with 6:20 to play in the third to give the Big Red an 11-8 jumped on Hofstra, dominating face-offs and seemingly lead. Keysor would stop the Cornell run two minutes scoring at will while building a 4-1 lead after just 2:30. To later off a pass from Ryan Vilar but Boulukos and Brian be fair, two of Loyola's goals were caused by failed Clayton scored 1:10 apart to boost the Big Red lead to Hofstra clears deep in the Pride zone. But the Pride did 13-9. Keysor would score two more goals in the final not fold and battled back on goals by sophomore 1:15 of the quarter to close the gap to 13-11 after three middies John Orsen and John Keysor and freshman periods, and freshman Tom Brewer scored his first attackman Athan Ianucci to tie the game at 4-4 after one college 1:27 into the fourth quarter to close to within one period. The Greyhounds won all nine face-offs in the at 13-12. But Andrew Collins scored his first goal of the period and picked up 18 ground balls but Hofstra season with 8:31 to play to give Cornell a two-goal sophomore goalie Matt Southard made five saves to cushion and the Big Red held on the rest of the way for keep the Pride in the contest. Loyola regained the lead the victory. “I am proud of the way that we have in the second quarter as two-time All-American Stephen progressed offensively the past two weeks,” Hofstra Brundage scored his third goal of the season 2:13 into Head Coach John Danowski said. “We played hard and the period. Another miscue in the Pride defensive zone didn’t give up against a tough Cornell team. I think the led to Craig Georgalas' unassisted goal with 7:37 to play University at snowy Shuart Stadium Monday night. The in the half that gave the Greyhounds a 6-4 lead at Pride, who extended their over unranked halftime. After a scoreless 8:35 of the third quarter, opponents to 25, improve to 2-1 on the season. The Hofstra came alive. Freshman long-stick middie Julian Bearcats of Binghamton fall to 1-1. Sophomore middie Watts scored his first college goal and!brought Hofstra Ryan Miller had four goals and one assist, freshman back to within one at 6-5 with an unassisted tally. But attackman Athan Ianucci posted three goals and two freshman Matt Cassalia scored his third goal of the year assists, and sophomore Tim Treubig added three goals just 1:20 later to boost the Loyola lead to 7-5. Hofstra's to lead the Pride of Hofstra to their second straight Ryan Vilar then took over. The junior middie scored victory. Sophomore attackman Phil Cavallo had three three consecutive unassisted goals, including two in the goals and senior Chris Healy added two goals and one first 4:13 of the fourth quarter, to give the Pride an 8-7 assist to pace Binghamton. lead. Brundage tied the game at 8-8!with his second Three sophomores gave Hofstra a 3-0 lead just 2:56 into goal!of the game and fourth of the season just two the game. Pride sophomore middie Rob Bonaguro minutes later. With 5:24 to play in regulation, Greyhound opened the scoring with his first goal of the year just sophomore defender Michael Graham was whistled off 1:04 into the contest off a pass from freshman Tom for a slashing penalty.On the man-up, Vilar found Lucas, Brewer. Sophomore Tim Treubig took a pass from who beat Loyola goalie Michael Fretwell (7 saves),!for freshman Athan Ianucci 24 seconds later and beat his third goal of the year. Pride goalie Matt Southard, Bearcat goalie Kevin McKeown for his sixth goal of the who had five of his 18!saves in the fourth quarter, and season and a 2-0 lead. Sophomore attackman Ryan the Hofstra defense stymied the Greyhounds the rest of Miller scored 1:28 later off a feed from Ryan Lucas to the way. The Pride's last victory over Loyola, before give the Pride a 3-0 lead. Binghamton sophomore Phil Saturday,!came in 1993 when Hofstra defeated the then- Cavallo put the Bearcats on the board with his fourth fifth-ranked Greyhounds 13-12 at Shuart Stadium. The goal of the year from Chris Healy with 11:19 to play in victory marked the third consecutive year and four times the first. But Ryan Miller scored his second of the game in the last five seasons that the Pride have defeated a and the season off a pass from Ryan Lucas to boost the Top 7 opponent. Pride lead to 4-1. Binghamton freshman Matt McNamara scored his first of the season from Matt Osborne with 1 2 3 4 F 6:28 to play to close the deficit to 4-2. But Hofstra scored #7 Loyola 4 2 1 1 8 the next four goals, including one 2:13 into the second #19 Hofstra 4 0 2 3 9 period to go up 8-4. First, sophomore middie John Keysor scored his fifth of the year with 4:45 to play. Then Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Vilar (3-1), Athan Ianucci scored back-to-back goals to close out the Athan Ianucci (1-1), Ryan Lucas (1-0), Tim Treubig (1- scoring in the first quarter. Junior Ryan Vilar notched his 0), John Orsen (1-0), John Keysor (1-0), Julian Watts (1- fifth of the season early in the second for an 8-2 lead. 0), Chris Unterstein (0-1). But Chris Healy scored an unassisted goal with 10:26 to play in the half and David Burpoe scored off a pass from Loyola Scoring (Goals-Assists): Stephen Brundage Matt DeCirce 2:31 later to close the deficit to 8-4. Hofstra (2-1), Chris Einhorn (2-0), Craig Georgalas (1-1), middie Tim Treubig scored his second of the game and Andrew Spack (1-0), Matt Cassalia (1-0), Geoff Hunter seventh of the year with 3:00 to play in the half to boost (1-0), Jordan Rabidou (0-1). the lead to 9-4. Cavallo scored his second of the game 18 second later to close out the scoring for the half with Hofstra Loyola Hofstra ahead 9-5. The Pride opened up their lead in the Shots: 33 41 third quarter to 10-5 on Treubig’s third goal of the night Ground Balls: 33 46 off a pass from Ryan Vilar 2:06 into the period. After Face-offs Won: 3 17 Cavallo scored his third of the night for Binghamton on Saves: 18 7 the man-up 4:20 later, Ryan Miller scored the third of his Penalties: 2-2.0 6-5.0 four goals on the night at the 5:20 mark, and Ianucci EMO: 2-6 0-2 notched his third of the night with 3:44 to play in the third Clears/Att. 24-32 19-24 to give Hofstra a comfortable 12-6 lead. Hofstra sophomore goalie Matt Southard made 12 saves Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 18 svs., 8 GA ); LC- through the snow Monday night while Kevin McKeown Michael Fretwell (60:00, 7 svs., 9 GA) posted 10 saves in the Bearcats’ cage. Binghamton Attendance: 1027 outshot Hofstra 35-33 and won 16 of 27 face-offs. ! GAME 3 - MARCH 8, 2004 vs. BINGHAMTON: The 1 2 3 4 F 11th-ranked Pride of Hofstra scored seven goals in the Binghamton 2 3 2 2 9 first quarter and never looked back on the way to a 14-9 #11 Hofstra 7 2 4 1 14 non-conference victory over unranked Binghamton Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Miller (4-1), Ryan Vilar 5:16 into the second quarter, turned and fired Athan Ianucci (3-2), Tim Treubig (3-0), Ryan Lucas (1- from seven yards out for his second goal of the season. 2), Tom Brewer (0-2), Ryan Vilar (1-1), Rob Bonaguro Sophomore middie Tim Treubig scored his ninth goal of (1-0), John Keysor (1-0). the year with just under five minutes to play in the half, off a pass from Vilar, and Vilar scored his second of the Binghamton Scoring (Goals-Assists): Phil Cavallo (3- game and seventh of the season, off a pass from Orsen 0), Chris Healy (2-1), Matt McNamara (1-1), Sean with 3:07 remaining to close to within two. But Hopkins’ Meluney (1-0), David Burpoe (1-0), Joe Conner (1-0), senior attackman Conor Ford scored right off the face- Matt Osborne (0-1), Matt DeCirce (0-1) off, his 11th goal of the season, just!six seconds later to give the Blue Jays a 7-4 at halftime. In the third quarter, Hofstra Binghamton Hopkins’ senior middie Kevin Boland scored an Shots: 33 35 unassisted goal just 1:22 into the period to boost the Ground Balls: 47 45 lead to 8-4. But Vilar scored his third of the game 3:31 Face-offs Won: 11 16 later, picking up a ground ball and firing a 15-yard Saves: 12 10 bounce shot into Blue Jays cage. From there it was all Penalties: 2-1.0 3-1.5 Hopkins as the Blue Jays scored five straight goals, EMO: 1-3 1-2 including two by Matt Rewkowski, his seventh and eighth Clears/Att. 26-36 18-25 of the season, to cruise to victory. Rewkowski scored twice in the third, sandwiching a Conor Ford goal, while Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 12 svs., 9 GA); BU- Barrie and Kyle Dowd scored goals in the first four Kevin McKeown (60:00, 10 svs., 14 GA) minutes of the fourth quarter. The Blue Jays dominated Attendance: 400 the stat sheet, outshooting Hofstra 52-24, picking up 43 ground balls to Hofstra’s 27, and winning 19 of 23 face- GAME 4 - MARCH 13, 2004 vs. JOHNS HOPKINS: The offs. top-ranked Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins opened the game with five straight goals, including three by junior 1 2 3 4 F attackman Kyle Barrie, and cruised to a 13-6 victory over #1 Johns Hopkins 6 1 4 2 13 #11 Hofstra at Shuart Stadium Saturday #11 Hofstra 1 3 1 1 6 afternoon.!Barrie finished with four goals while Matt Rewkowski had two goals and one assist to lead the Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Vilar (3-2), Blue Jays. Hofstra was led by sophomore middie Ryan John Orsen (2-1), Tim Treubig (1-1) Vilar!with career-highs of three goals and two assists while classmate John Orsen added two goals and one Johns Hopkins Scoring (Goals-Assists): Kyle Barrie assist. Hofstra sophomore goalie Matt Southard (4-0), Matt Rewkowski (2-1), Conor Ford (2-0), Greg recorded a career high 19 saves. Barrie opened the Peyser (1-1), Brendan Skakandi (1-1), Kyle Harrison (0- scoring just 54 seconds into the contest with a scoop 2), Kevin Boland (1-0), Corey Harned (1-0), Kyle Dowd shot five yards in front of Pride goalie Matt Southard. (1-0), Peter LeSeuer (0-1) Sophomore middie Greg Peyser boosted the lead to 2-0! five minutes later after taking a pass from Peter LeSueur Hofstra Hopkins and firing a high shot into the goal from 11 yards out. Shots: 24 52 Senior long-stick middie Corey Harned made it 3-0 for Ground Balls: 27 43 the Blue Jays just 10 seconds later, scooping up the Face-offs Won: 4 19 face-off ground ball, attacking the goal and beating Saves: 19 8 Southard from seven yards out. Barrie scored his Penalties: 1-1.0 1-0.5 second of the game and eighth of the season from a EMO: 1-1 0-1 sharp angle on the left side of the Hofstra cage. Barrie Clears/Att. 19-27 12-14 then completed the first quarter hat-trick with 5:23 to play, picking up a rebound of a Southard save Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 19 svs., 13 GA); and!beating the Pride goalie from up close. The Pride JHU- Jesse Schwartzman (33:01, 5 svs., 2 GA), Scott got on the board as junior middie Ryan Vilar’s man-up Smith (26:59, 3 svs., 4 GA), bounce shot from 15 yards out beat Hopkins’ sophomore Attendance: 4,208 goalie Scott Smith (3 saves). Blue Jays freshman attackman Jake Byrne ended the first quarter scoring by GAME 5 - MARCH 20, 2004 at PRINCETON: The beating a Hofstra middie around the Pride cage and number six-ranked Princeton Tigers scored the game’s bouncing a low shot to the far side of the Southard. It first three goals and never looked back in posting a 10-5 was Byrne’s second goal of the year. The Pride came victory over the #14 ranked Hofstra Pride on Saturday alive in the second quarter scoring three straight to cut afternoon at the .!Jason Doneger the deficit to 6-4. First, John Orsen!took a pass from tallied the first of his three goals almost three minutes into the contest to give the Tigers an early 1-0 1 2 3 4 F advantage, a lead they would not relinquish.! Princeton #14 Hofstra 1 1 2 1 5 added two more goals over the next 2:38 before the #6 Princeton 3 2 3 2 10 Pride got on the board with an unassisted goal from John Keysor at the 5:45 mark of the first quarter.! The Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): John Keysor (2-1), two goal deficit for Hofstra would be the smallest of the Tim Treubig (1-0), Chris Unterstein (1-0), Ryan Vilar (1- day as the Tigers would score two straight over the next 0), Steve Wax (0-1), Athan Ianucci (0-1). 16:36 to open a 5-1 advantage following Doneger’s second goal of the game.! Tim Treubig would pull Princeton Scoring (Goals-Assists): Jason Donegar (3- Hofstra within three at half as he scored off an assist 0), Whitney Hayes (2-1), Peter Trombino (1-2), Ryan from Keysor with 2:31 left before halftime. Ryan Boyle Boyle (1-2), Jim O’Brien (1-1), Drew Casino (1-0), scored 1:14 into the third quarter to give Princeton its Michael Biles (1-0) first four goal lead of the game, 6-2.! Hofstra would look to make a run and Steven Wax forced a Tiger turnover Hofstra Princeton at midfield and fed Chris Unterstein for his first goal of Shots: 30 29 the season to pull the Pride within three, 6-3 with 13:24 Ground Balls: 28 35 remaining.! That would be as close as Hofstra would get Face-offs Won: 10 9 the remainder of the contest though, as Doneger Saves: 10 15 notched his third and Whitney Hayes scored his second Penalties: 2-1.0 4-3.5 of the game to push the advantage up to five with 9:34 EMO: 1-4 0-2 left in the third quarter.! The two teams would each tally Clears/Att. 16-19 11-14 two goals in the final 18:35 as the Tigers evened the all- time series with the Pride at nine and have won the last Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 10 svs., 10 GA); seven meetings. Keysor finished the day with two goals PU- Dave Law (60:00, 15 svs., 5 GA) and an assist for the Pride, while Matthew Southard Attendance: 2,106 made 10 saves in net for Hofstra.! Brett Moyer led Hofstra with six ground balls and Len Panarelli added four and was 10-19 on face-offs. For Princeton, Hayes (2 G, 1A), Boyle (1 G, 2 A) and Peter Tombino (1 G, 2 A) all joined Doneger with three points and Dave Law made a game-high 15 saves in net.