STREAKS: Hofstra has won 19 of its last 24 regular season games...Including tournament play the Pride has won seven of the last eight home games at Shuart Stadium against conference opponents dating back to the 2005 season…The Pride has won 17 of their last 19 home games at Shuart Stadium

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE: The Pride has won 22 of its last 29 games, 25 of the last 33, 51 of their last 82 contests, 59 of its last 95 games, 63 of the last 100, 74 of the last 120, and 87 of its last 136 games, dating back to 1999.

PRIDE COACH SETH TIERNEY: Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney is in his first season with the Pride. Only the fifth head 2007 HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE coach in the program’s history, Tierney came back to Hofstra after a HOFSTRA PRIDE (3-5, 1-2) six year stint at Johns Hopkins University, the last two years as associate head coach. As the Blue Jays offensive coordinator, he was at the architect of one of the most potent and explosive offenses in the SACRED HEART PIONEERS (2-5, 1-2) nation in recent years. Tierney directed the Blue Jays attack that Wednesday, April 11, 2007 – 3:30 p.m. finished second in the nation in scoring margin, sixth in scoring Campus Field – Fairfield, CT offense and 16th in man-up offense during Hopkins' NCAA title run in 2005. The Blue Jays led the nation in scoring offense and man-up offense in 2003 and finished fifth in both categories in 2004. 2007 HOFSTRA In 2006, Hopkins posted a 9-5 record, advanced to the NCAA LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS Championship quarterfinals, and ranked in the top 15 in the country in four statistical categories. A total of 21 Blue Jay midfielders and attackmen earned All-America honors during Tierney's tenure in February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result Homewood. Among them was Kyle Harrison, a two-time first team 24 #9 MASSACHUSETTS (#18) 8-6 W All-America, who received the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Lt. March Enners Award in 2005 and the McLaughlin Award in 2004 and 2005. 3 at Brown (#13) 6-7 L 10 at #5 Johns Hopkins 8-9 L During his six-year tenure with the Pride as an assistant, Hofstra 17 #10 PRINCETON (FSNY) 4-5 L recorded six consecutive winning seasons with a combined overall 24 at #14 Delaware 5-6 L record of 61-28 and a conference mark of 29-2, captured five league titles, received five top 15 final national rankings, and played in four 27 at #9 Army (ESPNU) 5-3 W NCAA Championship tournaments. Tierney also coached seven All- 30 VILLANOVA 8-9 L Americans and nearly two dozen all-conference players while at April Hofstra. Among them was midfielder Doug Shanahan, who would 7 ROBERT MORRIS 14-5 W receive the inaugural Tewaaraton Trophy as College Lacrosse Player 11 at Sacred Heart 3:30 p.m. of the Year, the Lt. Ray Enners Award as the Division I Player of the 14 at Towson 1:00 p.m. Year, and the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award as the Division I 20 LAFAYETTE 7:00 p.m. Midfielder of the Year in 2001. 24 STONY BROOK (FSNY)) 7:00 p.m. Tierney played for the Blue Jays from 1988-91 and served as team 28 DREXEL 1:30 p.m. captain as a senior. He helped lead Hopkins to the NCAA May Tournament in each of his four seasons, including an appearance in 2 CAA Tournament Semifinal TBA the 1989 NCAA title game. He received Hopkins' Turnbull- 5 CAA Tournament Championship TBA Reynolds Award as a senior as the player most exemplifying 12-13 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA leadership and sportsmanship. Tierney was also selected to play in 19-20 NCAA Tournament - Quarterfinals TBA the North-South game as a senior. He is a 1991 graduate of Johns 26 NCAA Semifinals at Baltimore TBA Hopkins University. 28 NCAA Championship at Baltimore TBA HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES * - Colonial Athletic Association Game - Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 to + - Inside Lacrosse poll. 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach at Hofstra. Amplo served as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001 before leaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He NATIONAL RANKING: For the first time this season, the Pride, returned to Hofstra in 2003. winners in two of their last three games, are neither ranked or receiving votes in either of the two college lacrosse polls. Sacred - Former Johns Hopkins standout Matt Rewkowski is in his first Heart is not ranked in either poll as well. season on the Pride coaching staff. A member of the Blue Jays national championship team in 2005, he was an All-America selection in 2004. Rewkowski, who played his first two years at Duke, was an All-America pick as a sophomore in Durham.

- Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholastic assistant coach Ron Caputo is in his fourth season on the Pride staff. HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP SACRED HEART TENTATIVE LINE-UP vs. Sacred Heart vs. Hofstra Pos. Name No. Cl. 2007 Stats Pos. No. Name Cl. 2007 Stats A Dan Stein 32 Fr. 6-2-8 A 2 Peter Greco Sr. 10-7-17 A Tom Dooley 40 So. 12-2-14 A 3 Bobby Karl So. 3-9-12 A Ryan Miller 42 Sr. 8-3-11 A 36 Evan Morgan Fr. 7-7-14 M Mike Colleluori 4 So. 10-3-13 M 4 Tony Tanzi Jr. 8-2-10 M Mike Unterstein 5 Jr. 5-7-12 M 10 Shawn McDonough So. 0-1-1 M Anthony Muscarella 26 So. 8-0-8 M 23 Bobby Rushton So. 7-2-9 D John Gorman 6 Sr. 10 GB D 16 Brett McGlensey Jr. 17 GB D Conor Hagans 30 Jr.. 17 GB D 29 Brendan Foley Fr. 6 GB D Adam Swarsen 47 So 21 GB D 30 Rich Schmidt Fr. 10 GB G Danny Orlando 46 Fr. 6.25 GAA/.600 Sv. % G 19 Ricardo Vargas Jr. 10.86 GAA/.539 sv.% Reserves FO 31 Zach Smith So. 69-118/.585 2M Steve Prifte 8 So. 1-1-2 2M Tom Interlicchio 22 Fr. 5-1-6 2M Zachary Heyl 21 Sr. 2-0-2 HOFSTRA-SACRED HEART SERIES LSM Tom Shuey 13 So. 1 GB - Today’s game is the sixth meeting between Hofstra and Sacred LSM Collin Stabler 25 Jr. 0 GB Heart in men’s lacrosse in a series that started in 2002. SS Julian Watts 18 Jr. 9 GB - Although Hofstra leads the series 5-0, two of the five games have SS Kevin Unterstein 9 Jr. 40 GB/0-0-0 been decided by one goal. FO Kevin Unterstein 9 Jr. 21-43/.488 - The two teams met last on April 5, 2006 in Hempstead, NY with the FO Steve Prifte 8 So. 10-24/.417 Pride posting a 19-8 victory. The Hofstra- Sacred Heart Series HOFSTRA-SACRED HEART Date Winner Location Score BY THE NUMBERS 4/19/02 Hofstra Hempstead 19-5 4/19/03 Hofstra Fairfield 9-8 OT HOFSTRA SHU 4/7/04 Hofstra Hempstead 12-11 3-5 Overall Record 2-5 4/6/05 Hofstra Fairfield 14-10 1-2 Conference Record 1-2 4/5/06 Hofstra Hempstead 19-8 256 Total Shots 233 58/7.25 Goals For/Avg. 61/8.71 22/2.7 Assists/Avg. 37/2.3 50/6.25 Goals Against/Avg. 71/10.14 CAA STANDINGS: Here are the latest Colonial Athletic 22/16.0 Penalties/Min. 39/32.0 Association standings, as of Tuesday, April 10, 2007: 65-134/.485 FO W-Att/Pct. 87-155/.561 CAA Overall 9-35/.257 Man-Up/Pct. 11-38/.289 Team W-L Pct W-L Pct 4-21/.190 Opp. Man-Up/Pct. 10-34/.294 Towson 3-0 1.000 6-3 .667 75/.600 Saves/Pct. 83/.539 Drexel 2-0 1.000 8-3 ,727 Delaware 1-1 .500 6-4 .600 SACRED HEART QUICK FACTS: Villanova 1-1 .500 5-4 .556 Location: Fairfield, CT Hofstra 1-2 .333 3-5 .375 Nickname: Pioneers Sacred Heart 1-2 .333 2-5 .286 Director of Athletics: C. Donald Cook Robert Morris 0-3 .000 3-5 .375 Lacrosse Stadium: Campus Field (4,000) Press Box Phone: (203) 365-7532 USILA DIVISION I COACHES Head Lacrosse Coach: Tom Mariano POLL: Here are the United States Record at School/Years: 59-81/10 years Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Overall Record: 73-93/12 years (USILA) Division I Men’s Lacrosse Coach’s Office Phone: (203) 365-7563 Coaches Poll, as of April 10, 2007. Men’s Lacrosse SID: Bill Peterson Office Phone: (203) 396-8125 No. Name (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW Fax: (203) 371-7889 1 Cornell (12) 8-0 240 1 2006 Record: 2-12, 2-4 (CAA) 2 Albany 8-0 225 2 Returning Lettermen/Starters: 24/4 3 Virginia 10-1 217 3 Series Record: Hofstra leads 5-0 4 Duke 9-2 206 4 Last Meeting: 2006-Hofstra won, 19-8 5 Georgetown 6-2 187 5 Athletic Web Site: www.sacredheartpioneers.com 6 Princeton 6-2 182 7 7 Maryland 8-3 166 11 SACRED HEART’S 2007 RESULTS 8 Navy 8-2 152 6 2/24 at Colgate 5-14 L 9 Johns Hopkins 4-4 136 9 3/3 Wagner 22-5 W 10 North Carolina 7-4 123 10 3/10 at Manhattan 8-10 L 11 Notre Dame 6-3 102 13 3/20 at Massachusetts 4-11 L 12 Bucknell 9-2 98 15 3/25 at Robert Morris 10-7 W 13 Loyola 5-3 94 8 3/31 Drexel 3-10 L 14 Towson 6-3 90 12 4/6 at #12 Towson 9-14 L 15 UMBC 6-4 64 20 16 Drexel 8-3 50 NR with six goals and seven points, and Athan Iannucci scored a 17 Delaware 6-4 35 14 personal-best six goals to lead #2 Hofstra to a 19-8 Colonial Athletic 18 Syracuse 3-5 30 16 Association victory over Sacred Heart at James M. Shuart Stadium. 19 Fairfield 5-3 26 19 Sacred Heart got on the scoreboard first as Tony Tanzi scored an 20 Brown 6-3 20 NR unassisted goal 42 seconds into the contest. Hofstra responded with goals from Tim Treubig, Dooley and Chris Unterstein to take a 3-1 Others Receiving Votes (in order): Stony Brook, Army, Rutgers, lead with 7:39 remaining in the first quarter. Matthew Robideau Colgate, Ohio State, Penn, Dartmouth scored for Sacred Heart off a pass from Peter Greco with 6:05 left in the opening period to make the score 3-2. The Pioneers would then tie the score three minutes into the second quarter on Kiel Adams’ NIKE/INSIDE LACROSSE man-up score from James Hinkson. The two teams then traded goals DIVISION I MEDIA POLL: until Iannucci broke a 5-5 tie with his second goal of the game, this Here is the latest Nike/Inside on the man-up from Chris Unterstein that gave Hofstra the lead for Lacrosse Division I Top 20 Media good with 6:38 remaining in the half. The goal ignited the Hofstra Poll, as of April 10, 2007. offense which tallied nine unanswered scores and led 14-5 with 3:42 to go in the third quarter. Iannucci tallied four goals in the run, while No Team (1st Pl. votes) W-L Pts Dooley scored three times. After Sacred Heart’s Nicholas Russo and 1 Cornell (17) 8-0 359 Billy Fuchs scored to make the score 14-7 at the end of three periods, 2 Virginia (1) 10-1 335 Hofstra scored the first three goals of the fourth, two by Dooley and 3 Albany 9-0 328 one from Iannucci, to take a 17-5 lead with 12:05 to go. Fuchs scored 4 Duke 9-2 310 a man-up goal for Sacred Heart with 6:30 left before Chris Unterstein 5 Princeton 6-2 281 and Kevin Unterstein scored for the Pride in an 11 second span to 6 Georgetown 6-2 269 account for the final score. Hofstra’s 19-goal outburst was the most 7 Maryland 8-3 252 since a 19-5 win over Sacred Heart on April 19, 2002. 8 Navy 8-2 226 In addition to his scoring, Dooley also picked up six ground balls. Joe 9 North Carolina 7-4 204 Mascaretti won 14 of 23 face-offs and had a team-high seven ground 10 Johns Hopkins 4-4 200 balls. Chris Unterstein tied his career high with six points on three 11 Notre Dame 6-3 175 goals and three assists, and Tewaaraton Trophy candidate Brett 12 Loyola 5-3 159 Moyer scooped up five ground balls. Goalkeeper Matt Southard, one 13 Bucknell 9-2 138 of three Hofstra goalies on the night, made six saves to record the 14 UMBC 6-4 112 win. Sacred Heart got three goals from Fuchs and a goal and two 15 Towson 6-3 102 assists from Robideau. Thomas Hind started in goal and made 12 16 Drexel 8-3 85 saves in just over three quarters of action. 17 Syracuse 3-5 51 18 Delaware 6-4 44 1 2 3 4 F 19 Stony Brook 5-2 33 Sacred Heart 2 3 2 1 8 20 Rutgers 4-4 25 #2 Hofstra 3 7 4 5 19 Others receiving votes: Army 18, Fairfield 17, Brown 15, Colgate 13, Pennsylvania 7, Yale 6, Penn State 4, UMass 1 Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Tom Dooley 6, Athan Iannucci 6, Chris Unterstein 3, John Keysor, Tim Treubig, Mike Colleluori, Kevin Unterstein; Assists: Chris Unterstein 3, John Keysor 2, Tim Treubig HOFSTRA IN THE 2007 DIVISION I MEN’S LACROSSE 2, Tom Dooley, Zachary Heyl, Peter Kasper, Joe Mascaretti, Brett POLLS Moyer Sacred Heart Scoring: Goals: Billy Fuchs 3, Matt Robideau, Bobby Date USILA Nike/Inside Lacrosse Karl, Kiel Adams, Tony Tanzi, Nicholas Russo; Assists: Matt Feb. 19 NR 18 Robideau 2, Peter Greco, James Hinkson Feb. 26 14 13 Hofstra SHU Mar. 5 RV RV Shots: 51 28 Mar. 12 RV RV Ground Balls: 53 31 Face-offs Won: 18 12 Mar. 19 RV RV Saves: 7 15 Mar. 26 NR RV Penalties: 5-4.5 6-5.5 Apr. 3 NR RV EMO: 3-6 2-5 Clears/Att 18-26 18-25 Apr. 10 NR NR Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (53:58, 8 GA, 6 saves), Pat DeBolt HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA STATISTICS: The Pride rank fifth in (5:00, 0 GA, 1 saves), Brian Schneider (1:02, 0 GA, 0 saves); SHU- the nation in man-down defense (0.81) and sixth in the country in Thomas Hind (45:130, 16 GA, 12 saves), Jim Millhausen (14:47, 3 goal against average with a 6.25 mark this week. Individually, GA, 3 saves) freshman goalie Danny Orlando is also sixth in the country in goals Attendance: 1,132 against average (6.25), and ranks 11th in save percentage with a .600 mark. Junior Kevin Unterstein ranks 14th in ground balls per game YOUNG GUNS: In the Pride’s 14-5 victory over Robert Morris, with a 5.0 average. Hofstra freshmen and sophomores accounted for 10 of the 14 goals. The sophomore trio of Tom Dooley, Anthony Muscarella and Mike HOFSTRA-SACRED HEART LAST YEAR - Game 9 – April Colleluori posted eight goals while newcomers Dan Stein and Tom 5, 2006 vs. Sacred Heart: Tom Dooley recorded career-highs Interlicchio each added single goals. In the 9-8 loss to Villanova on March 30, seven of the eight goals were scored by the freshmen and He posted a goal and two assists in 2006. sophomores. Sophomores Tom Dooley and Mike Colleluori each had two goals and Anthony Muscarella added one, and freshman Tom SENIOR RYAN MILLER: Senior attackman Ryan Miller, who Interlicchio added two goals. played two seasons for the Pride before sitting out the 2005 and 2006 seasons for personal reasons, is now on a four-game point scoring ONE-GOAL DECISIONS: Hofstra’s five one-goal decisions this streak after a season best two goals and one assist against Robert season is the most in a season since 1993. The Pride had four one- Morris in his last outing. Miller, who made his return to the Hofstra goal decisions in 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997 and 1996. In 1993, line-up a happy one by scoring two goals in the Pride’s 8-6 season- Hofstra had six one-goal decisions and posted a 5-1 record in those opening win over UMass. He added his third goal of the year at contests. Brown and added an assist at Hopkins and at Delaware. Miller tallied two goals in the Pride’s 5-3 victory at Army. He now has six goals CLOSING IN ON VICTORY: The Pride has played eight games and two assists in 2007. Miller tallied nine goals and seven assists in this season with five decided by one goal, and two decided by two 2004, and eight goals and seven assists as a freshman in 2003. Ryan, goals. The two, two-goal decisions were victories. who is one of the Pride’s four captains this year, is the brother of Hofstra lacrosse alum and USA Team member Blake Miller, who SOPHOMORE MIKE COLLELUORI: Sophomore midfielder currently plays indoors for the New York Titans and outdoors for the Michael Colleluori is currently on an eight-game point-scoring Long Island Lizards. streak. Colleluori, who has a career-best 10 goals and three assists on the season, tallied two goals against both Robert Morris and JUNIOR MICHAEL UNTERSTEIN: Midfielder Mike Unterstein Villanova, and a goal and an assist in the Pride’s victory at Army. He tallied a goal and three assists in the Pride’s victory over Robert scored twice in the season opening victory against Massachusetts on Morris last Saturday. Unterstein, who notched two goals in Hofstra’s February 24. Included was the game-winner that snapped a 6-6 tie 6-5 loss at Delaware on March 24 to boost his consecutive games with 4:26 to play in the contest. Colleluori’s first goal of the season point-scoring streak to 15-games, had the streak end at Army on tied the game at 4-4. He also added a goal at Brown, an assist at March 30. He started a new streak with an assist against Villanova. Hopkins, and two goals against Princeton and an assist at Delaware. This year, Unterstein also tallied goals against UMass and Hopkins, His second goal against the Tigers tied the game at 4-4 with just in addition to Delaware, and has five goals and seven assists on the under five minutes to play. Last year Michael tallied four goals and season. Unterstein tallied a career-high three goals in the Pride’s four assists on the year. 2006 CAA title game victory over Delaware and two goals in the NCAA quarterfinal against UMass last May. It was the first two FRESHMAN DANNY ORLANDO: Freshman goalie Danny multi-goal games of his career. He tallied 13 goals and 11 assists last Orlando continues to display the talent this year that allowed him to season. earn high school All-America honors in 2006 at South Side High School on Long Island. Orlando has recorded double-digit saves five FRESHMAN DAN STEIN: Hofstra freshman Dan Stein was named times this season including 10 in the victory at Army. Against the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week for the week Princeton, Hopkins and UMass, he posted 13 saves and 10 stops at ending March 11. Stein recorded three goals in the Pride’s 9-8 loss at Brown. His 13 saves over UMass in his college debut earned him Johns Hopkins. The three goals helped erase a 5-1 halftime deficit CAA Rookie of the Week. He now has a 6.25 goals against average and rallied the Pride in the second half. He recorded his first and a 600 save percentage in eight games this season. Orlando is also collegiate goal in the season opener against UMass, his first career sixth in the country in goals against average, and ranks 11th in save assist at Brown, and his first career hat-trick at Hopkins. Stein, who percentage. scored a goal at Delaware and a goal and an assist against Robert Morris, has six goals and two assists on the season. SOPHOMORE TOM DOOLEY: Hofstra sophomore Tommy Dooley, the 2006 CAA Rookie of the Year who posted 38 goals and INJURY SIDELINES PETERS: Senior Bill Peters, who stepped 13 assists to break the Pride freshman scoring record, regained the into the starting line-up and also serves as one of the Pride’s face-off team scoring lead with a three goal, one assist performance against specialists, is expected to miss at least two weeks after suffering an Robert Morris last Saturday. He now has 12 goals and two assists on ankle injury at Delaware on March 24. Peters tallied two assists in the the season for 14 points. The Yorktown, NY, native, who scored season opener against UMass, and a goal and an assist at Brown. Last twice in the loss to Villanova, tallied two goals in each of his first year he tallied a career-high five goals and two assists. At the face-off three games in 2007 and leads the team with nine goals. At Hopkins, X, Peters has won 18 of 37 face-offs for a .486 winning percentage. Dooley posted a season-high two goals and one assist in the 9-8 loss. He had a 22-game point scoring streak stopped against the Princeton QUAD-CAPTAIN KEVIN UNTERSTEIN: Midfielder Kevin Tigers on March 18. Unterstein leads the team this year with 40 ground balls after picking up nine against Robert Morris, seven at Delaware, and five against FRESHMAN TOM INTERLICCHIO: Freshman Tom Interlicchio both Army and Villanova. With the injury to Bill Peters, Unterstein posted career-highs of two goals and three points in the Pride’s 9-8 has also moved into a face-off specialist role. He has taken 43 face- loss to Villanova on March 30. He scored his first college goal at offs this season, winning 21. Last season, he recorded three or more Hopkins on March 10 and notched his second with 5:27 to play in the ground balls in 15 of the 19 games. He picked up eight ground balls third quarter to snap a 3-3 tie in the Pride’s 5-3 victory at Army on against Notre Dame and Army, and six against Princeton, Delaware March 27. Interlicchio, who had a goal against Robert Morris, now and Villanova. He led the team with 85 ground balls. Kevin scored has five goals and one assist on the season. his second career goal on April 5, 2006 against Sacred Heart and his third of the year against Delaware on April 14, 2006. He tallied his SOPHOMORE ANTHONY MUSCARELLA: Sophomore first college goal against Army in 2006. midfielder Anthony Muscarella, who posted his first college hat-trick last Saturday against Robert Morris, is currently on a five-game CAPTAINS: Hofstra has four team captains this year. In addition to points scoring streak. The sophomore from Wantagh tallied his first Ryan Miller and Kevin Unterstein, defender John Gorman, and two goals of the season against Princeton, scored goals at Delaware defensive middie Julian Watts are also captains this season. and at Army, and notched his fifth of the season against Villanova. LUCKY 11: Including 13 victories last season, Hofstra has won 21 were ranked in the top 20 at the time of their contest. recorded a 4-6 consecutive games when scoring 11 goals or more. mark in those games. The Pride recorded a 4-6 mark in those games.

AGAINST THE TOP 6 OVERTIME - The Pride is 2-13 in their last 15 games against teams that were - Hofstra is 7-3 in its last 10 overtime games. ranked sixth or better, dating back to the end of the 1999 season. The - The Pride was 13-5 in overtime games during John Danowski’s only Pride wins over top six teams during that time came in 2001 tenure. when Hofstra edged Notre Dame 11-10 in overtime, and on March Here is the Pride’s OT history since 1986: 18, 2006 against #6 Princeton 9-5. - Hofstra is 7-25 against opponents ranked sixth or better since 1993. Year Opponent Result 2006 Massachusetts 10-11 L 2006 Towson 10-9 W AGAINST THE TOP 10 2005 Notre Dame 8-9 L (2OT) - After the Pride’s win over #9 Army, #9 UMass and the losses to #5 2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W Hopkins and #10 Princeton this season, Hofstra is now 10-16 in its 2002 at Massachusetts 12-11 W last 26 games against USILA Top 10 opponents. 2001 Virginia 15-14 W - The Pride’s highest-ranked victory during that time was an 11-10 Notre Dame 11-10 W overtime decision over second-ranked Notre Dame in 2001. 2000 at Delaware 7-8 L - Including 2007, the Pride has defeated at least one top 10 opponent 1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W in six of the last seven seasons. Notre Dame 10-9 W - Hofstra’s victory over Loyola in March, 2004 was the Pride’s one 1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT) and only win in 2004 over a Top 10 opponent. The Greyhounds came 1996 Georgetown 15-16 L into the game ranked seventh. Massachusetts 15-14 W - Hofstra played four opponents who were ranked in the Top 10 in 1995 Brown 10-9 W 2003. Massachusetts was ranked fifth entering the 2003 NCAA 1994 Army 14-15 L Tournament. Syracuse was ranked seventh when they lost to Hofstra th 1993 Virginia 7-6 W 8-6. The Pride lost to then-#7 Princeton 18-5 on March 15 and then- 1991 at Army 14-13 W #6 Massachusetts 14-7 on March 23. 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT)

Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp 3/27/07 #9 Army Away 5-3 W REMEMBERING NICK: On November 28 2006, 3/18/07 #10 Princeton Home 4-5 L the Hofstra University family lost a beloved 3/10/07 #5 Johns Hopkins Away 8-9 L member of the community with the passing of 2/24/07 #9 Massachusetts Home 8-6 W men’s lacrosse player Nicholas Colleluori. His 14- 5/20/06 #10 Massachusetts Neutral 10-11 L (OT) month battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma was a 3/18/06 #6 Princeton Away 9-5 W study in courage, dignity and the relentless attitude that he brought to 3/11/06 #7 Johns Hopkins Home 11-6 W everything he did. A son, a brother, a fiancé, a teammate, a classmate 3/29/05 #5 Army Away 10-11 L and a friend, Nick cherished and honored all of these titles. He will 3/26/05 #9 Notre Dame Home 8-9 L (2OT) be remembered for the love and joy that he brought to so many 3/12/05 #1 Johns Hopkins Away 5-11 L people and a spirit that will last forever. The Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse 3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L Team dedicates the 2007 season to his memory. The Pride will wear 3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L a circular patch on their jerseys in his memory. 3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W 5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L UNCLE BILL WINS BATTLE OF THE TIERNEYS: Hofstra’s 4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W March 18th game against Princeton marked the second time in 3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L Hofstra history that family relatives met on the sidelines as head 3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L coaches. The Pride, coached by Seth Tierney, faced Princeton, 4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W coached by his uncle, Bill. They have met numerous times with Seth, 3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L as an assistant, and Bill, as Tigers head coach. The encounter made 3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L Bill Tierney comment that it was the worst experience in his collage 3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L career. In the early ‘90s in men’s basketball, Pride Head Basketball 5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home 13-18 L Coach Butch van Breda Kolff squared off against his son Jan van 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W (OT) Breda Kolff’s Cornell team in Ithaca. 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W HOME, SWEET HOME: Hofstra had its 16-game home winning 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT) streak snapped on March 18 against Princeton. The Pride home streak tied them for 11th all-time in Division I history. Virginia also had a HOFSTRA AGAINST NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 20: Following 15-game home streak between 1994 and 1996. The Pride has won 32 last Saturday’s loss to #14 Delaware, Hofstra is now 11-10 in their of its last 42 home contests at James M. Shuart Stadium dating back last 21 games against teams ranked from 11 through 20. Since 2003, to the 2003 season. the Pride is 14-12 against teams #11 through 20. Hofstra was 7-0 in 2006, 4-3 in 2005, 0-5 in 2004 and 3-3 in 2003. HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 36 of its last 48 home games at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly Hofstra Stadium). Here is how HOFSTRA HAD FOUR TOP 15 WINS IN 2006: With the 10-9 the Pride has done at home since 2000: victory over #12 Towson last March 31, the Pride picked up its fourth 2007 - 2-2 top 15 win of the 2006 season. In 2005, Hofstra faced 10 teams who 2006 - 12-0 2005 – 6-3 2004 – 3-3 HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE 2003 – 9-2 - Get the latest information on the Hofstra men’s lacrosse program by 2002 – 6-2 going to www.hofstra.edu/sports. 2001 – 7-4 2000 – 7-2 HOFSTRA PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS: CONFERENCE EXCELLENCE: Hofstra has captured eight 4 - Colleluori - (Coll-la-law-ree) conference men’s lacrosse championships since 1987. The Pride has 5 & 9 - Unterstein - (Un-ter-Stine) posted league titles in the East Coast Conference in 1988 and 1989, 8 - Prifte - (Priff-tee) in the North Atlantic Conference/America East in 1995, 1996, 1997, 13 - Shuey - (Shoo-ee) 1998 and 2000 and in the Colonial Athletic Association in 2006. 19 - Rieg - (Reeg) HOFSTRA PICKED THIRD IN 2007 CAA PRESEASON 20 - Mauch - (Mock) POLL: Delaware, which returns seven starters from last year’s 12-5 21 - Heyl - (Hile) squad, is favored to win the CAA men’s lacrosse championship in 22 - Interlicchio - (In-ter-lick-ee-oh) 2007 according to a vote of the league’s seven head coaches. 26 - Muscarella - (Mus-ka-rell-ah) 32 - Stein - (Stine) The Blue Hens, who are ranked #13 nationally in Lacrosse 33 - Sminkey - (Smink-ee) Magazine’s preseason Top 20, received all six first-place votes and 41 - McPherson (Mick-fur-son) 36 total points in the poll since coaches weren’t allowed to vote for their own teams. Perennial league power Towson, which is ranked #11 nationally by Inside Lacrosse/Faceoff Yearbook, picked up the remaining first place vote and was second in the poll with 31 points, while defending conference champion Hofstra is third with 24 points. Villanova was fourth in the voting, followed by Drexel, Sacred Heart and Robert Morris.

Delaware returns 20 lettermen, including its top seven scorers, from a team that has gone 23-11 over the past two years and reached the title game of the past two CAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships. Among the Blue Hens’ top returnees are a pair of All-Americans in face-off specialist Alex Smith and midfielder Jordan Hall. Also back are top scorers Cam Howard (29g, 27a) and Dan Deckelbaum (31g) and starting goalie Tommy Scherr.

Towson has 23 lettermen returning off last year’s 8-6 team that finished the season ranked #14 nationally, but failed to win the CAA tournament title for the first time in four years. Back to lead Tigers are face-off specialist Matt Eckerl and defender Matt Mehrer, who both earned 2nd team All-CAA honors. Towson’s top two returnees offensively are junior midfielder Brian Vetter and senior attacker Bobby Griebe, who each scored 18 goals.

Hofstra is coming off an outstanding 17-2 campaign in which they tied an NCAA record for victories, captured their first CAA championship, were ranked #2 in the country and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. First-year head coach Seth Tierney has 20 lettermen back, led by CAA Rookie of the Year Tom Dooley who tallied 38 goals and 13 assists. He is joined by junior Mike Unterstein (13g, 11a) and senior defender Julian Watts.

The CAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship will begin on May 2 with semifinal action, with the winners advancing to the title contest on May 5.

2007 CAA MEN’S LACROSSE PRE-SEASON COACHES POLL 1. Delaware (6 first-place votes) 36 2. Towson (1 first-place vote) 31 3. Hofstra 24 4. Villanova 20 5. Drexel 19 6. Sacred Heart 11 7. Robert Morris 6

SEASON 59 FOR HOFSTRA: Hofstra is in its 59th season of men’s lacrosse in 2005. Pride teams have tallied a 471-326-4 record during that time. 2007 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES Hofstra UMass GAME 1 - Saturday, February 24, 2007 vs. #9 Massachusetts: Shots: 41 34 Sophomore Mike Colleluori's second goal of the game, with 4:26 Ground Balls: 29 18 remaining, broke a 6-6 tie as #18 Hofstra (1-0) defeated #9 Face-offs Won: 9 9 Massachusetts (0-1), 8-6, in head coach Seth Tierney's Pride debut at Saves: 13 9 James M. Shuart Stadium. Hofstra won its 17th consecutive regular Penalties: 1-1.0 3-2.0 season game and recorded its 16th straight home victory. EMO: 0-3 0-1 Clears/Att 10-18 10-11 Hofstra junior Mike Unterstein added an insurance goal with 1:42 to play and the Hofstra defense thwarted a Massachusetts man- Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 6 GA, 13 svs.); UMass – Doc advantage in the final minute to hold-on to the win and exact a little Schneider (60:00, 8 GA, 9 svs.) revenge for the only two blemishes on their 17-2 season last year. Attendance: 1,503 The Pride had bookend losses to UMass in 2006, including a heartbreaking NCAA Tournament quarterfinal loss in overtime. GAME 2 - March 3, 2007 at Brown: Freshman Thomas Muldoon In addition to Colleluori, sophomore Tom Dooley, the Colonial scored three goals, including one with 3:38 remaining in the fourth Athletic Association Rookie of the Year in 2006, and senior Ryan quarter, and sophomore goaltender Jordan Burke made 10 saves, including a huge stop with two minutes remaining on a point-blank Miller each added two goals. Senior Bill Peters had two assists and th freshman keeper Danny Orlando posted 13 saves to snap a six-game shot as the Brown Bears edged the 14 -ranked Hofstra Pride, 7-6. losing streak to the Minutemen. Massachusetts received two goals from Rory Pedrick and Brett Garber, while Doc Schneider posted With Brown holding a 6-5 lead entering the fourth quarter, the nine saves in the cage. Pride’s Bill Peters scored 1:17 into the period to tie the game at six. After a ground ball pickup by freshman Jake Hardy at 9:23 off of a In a game that featured six tied scores and two lead changes, UMass Burke save, the Bears methodically worked the ball around for nearly on two goals by Garber in the final 2:32 of the half took a 3-2 lead at six minutes, taking three shots in that span before senior Will Davis halftime. But Hofstra attackman Ryan Miller, who made his return set up Muldoon, who fired a shot from the goalie’s right that went on Saturday after sitting out the past two seasons, made a pretty move into the top left corner. to the cage, beating his defender, and scooping a shot past Schneider to tie the game at 3-3 just 1:13 in the third quarter. But seven minutes After winning the following face-off, Hofstra went on the attack. The later UMass’ Pedrick took a short pass on the run from Jim Connolly Pride was able to find sophomore middie Anthony Muscarella for a and beat Orlando from five yards out for a 4-3 advantage. Colleluori, one-on-one with Burke, and Muscarella launched a rocket that Burke tied the game for Hofstra less than a minute later on a dodge from the got the head of his stick up over his right shoulder in time to knock wing, before Pedrick gave the Minutemen the lead again, charging the ball down. from behind the cage and beating Orlando on the way through to close out the scoring in the quarter. Although there was three tied scores in the game, the Bears never trailed in the contest, although Hofstra never let the lead get larger The Pride tied the contest 3:11 into the fourth period as freshman Dan than two goals. Sophomore Kyle Hollingsworth had two goals, while Stein took a short pass from Bill Peters and streaked across the goal Davis and sophomore Jack Walsh added one each. Freshman Zach mouth for his first collegiate goal. Hofstra took its first lead since a 2- Caldwell and Davis had the Bears’ two assists. Hofstra received two 1 advantage early in the second as Dooley picked up a rebound of a goals from sophomore Tommy Dooley and a goal and an assist from Anthony Muscarella shot and beat Schneider from in close with 8:46 senior Bill Peters. Freshman goalie Danny Orlando made 10 saves in to play in the fourth. But Denis Whelan took a pass from Paul the Pride cage Manesis and beat Orlando from 10 yards out to cap a transition 4-on- 3 fast break and tie the game at 5-all with 5:55 remaining. While the shots were close, with Brown holding a 30-28 advantage, Bruno won the battle for loose balls, holding a 56-46 advantage on It seemed only fitting that Colleluori, who lost his older brother and ground balls. For the Pride, Adam Swarsen, Ryan Miller and Peters teammate, Nick, in late November after a courageous 14-month battle each picked up six ground balls. Each team converted one extra-man with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, would score the winning goal and opportunity in three attempts. stop a six-game losing skid to UMass, Colleluori fired a bounce shot, 1 2 3 4 F on the run, that nestled just under the crossbar for a 7-6 lead. #14 Hofstra 1 2 2 1 6 Unterstein’s goal with 1:42 to play gave the Pride a little cushion, Brown 3 1 2 1 7 especially as they were killing off a one minute illegal check penalty taken with 1:05 remaining. Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Tom Dooley 2, Bill Peters, Ryan Miller, Hofstra outshot the Minutemen 41-34, and picked up 29 ground balls Steve Prifte, Mike Colleluori; Assists: Bill Peters, Dan Stein, Mike to UMass’ 18. Orlando posted nine of his 13 saves in the second half. Unterstein

* Nike/IL ranking 1 2 3 4 F Brown Scoring: Goals: Thomas Muldoon 3, Kyle Hollingsworth 2, #9 Massachusetts 1 2 2 1 6 Will Davis, Jack Walsh; Assists: Zach Caldwell, Will Davis. #18 Hofstra 1 1 2 4 8 Hofstra Brown Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Tom Dooley 2, Mike Colleluori 2, Ryan Shots: 28 30 Miller 2, Dan Stein, Mike Unterstein; Assists: Bill Peters 2 Ground Balls: 46 56 Face-offs Won: 10 7 UMass Scoring: Goals: Rory Pedrick, 2, Brett Garber 2, Jim Saves: 10 10 Connolly, Denis Whelen ; Assists: Tim Balise, Jim Connolly, Paul Penalties: 3-2.5 3-3.0 Manesis, Rory Pedrick, Andrew Recchione EMO: 1-3 1-3 Clears/Att 12-16 15-20 front of the cage to Heyl who buried the man-up goal. But Boyle scored twice in the final 59 seconds of the half to give the Blue Jays a Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 7 GA, 10 svs.); Brown – Jordan 5-1 lead at the intermission. Burke (59:50, 6 GA, 10 svs.), Chandler Clarke (0:10, 0 GA, 0 svs.) Attendance: 1,024 Hofstra goalie Danny Orlando posted his third consecutive game with double-digit saves, recording 13 including five in the fourth quarter. The Blue Jays outshot the Pride 30-22 while each team picked up 30 GAME 3 - Saturday, March 10, 2007 at #5 Johns Hopkins: ground balls. Hofstra freshman attackman Dan Stein scored three goals and sophomore Tommy Dooley added two goals and one assist, but the 1 2 3 4 F fifth-ranked Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins were able to stave off a late Hofstra 0 1 4 3 8 Pride rally to record a 9-8 victory at Homewood Field. #5 Johns Hopkins 1 4 1 3 9

The Pride fell behind 5-1 at halftime as freshman Steven Boyle Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Dan Stein 3, Tom Dooley 2, Tom scored three times and senior Jake Byrne added two more in the first Interlicchio, Zach Heyl, Mike Unterstein; Assists: Mike Colleluori, two periods to give the Blue Jays what seemed to be a commanding Tom Dooley, Ryan Miller lead. But Hofstra rallied in the second half, scoring the first three JHU Scoring: Goals: Steven Boyle 3, Jake Byrne 2, Michael goals of the third period as Stein scored twice around a goal by Kimmel, Kevin Huntley, Paul Rabil, Michael Doneger; Assists: Jake Dooley to close the gap to 5-4 with 4:48 to play in the third quarter. Byrne 2, George Castle, Kevin Huntley, Michael Kimmel Hopkins junior Kevin Huntley boosted the lead to 6-4 off a pass from Byrne with 3:47 remaining in the period before Dooley fed Stein with Hofstra Hopkins a short pass just off the crease with 22 seconds to play in the third for Shots 22 30 his third of the game and fourth of the season. Ground Balls: 30 30 Face-offs Won: 9 11 But the Blue Jays came out on fire in the fourth as junior middie Paul Saves: 13 6 Rabil picked himself off the ground behind the cage, came around the Penalties: 1-1.0 3-2.5 right side of Pride goalie Danny Orlando and beat the freshman 40 EMO: 2-3 1-1 seconds into the period. Hofstra middie Kevin Unterstein was called Clears/Att 19-25 16-19 for a slashing penalty after the goal, and Hopkins made the Pride pay as freshman midfielder Michael Kimmel, behind the cage, fed junior Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 9 GA, 13 svs.); JHU–Jesse Michael Doneger out front for his third goal of the year and an 8-5 Schwartzman (60:00, 8 GA, 6 svs.), lead with 13:46 remaining in the contest. Attendance: 1,503

Dooley, who recorded his third consecutive game with two goals, GAME 4 - March 18, 2007 vs. #10 Princeton: Tommy Davis tallied his second of the game and sixth of the season 52 seconds later scored his second goal of the game, off a pass from Peter Trombino on a turn-around shot from the side of Hopkins goalie Jesse with eight seconds remaining, to snap a 4-4 tie as #10 Princeton Schwartzman to close the deficit to 8-6. But Kimmel picked up the defeated Hofstra, 5-4, at Shuart Stadium. The Tigers improved to 2-2 ground ball at midfield on the ensuing face-off, charged the Pride on the season while the Pride, who dropped their third straight goal and fired a shot past Orlando for a 9-6 lead with 12:42 to play. contest, fall to 1-3.

The Pride would not give up and junior Mike Unterstein fired a shot The Pride trailed 4-2 heading into the fourth quarter before from the left side of Schwartzman that found the twine for his second sophomore Anthony Muscarella scored his second goal of both the goal of the season with 7:57 to play. Hofstra freshman middie Tom game and the season 3:26 into the final period, cutting inside his Interlicchio made the Hopkins’ faithful squirm in their seats with defender and firing an 8-yard bullet past Princeton goal Alex Hewit 3:38 to play with a running jump shot from 10 yards out on the side to close the gap to 4-3. Pride sophomore Michael Colleluori tied the that beat Schwartzman to close the gap to 9-8. game with 4:56 to play with an extra-man goal from eight yards out off a pass from Michael Unterstein. But after each team had tie- The final two minutes saw each team turn the ball over before the breaking chance thwarted, the Tigers found themselves with the ball Pride regained possession on a check with 16 seconds to play and with 19 seconds remaining. After a timeout, Tiger attackman Peter rushed the ball down field before taking a timeout with four seconds Trombino moved the ball away from the middle of the field, right of remaining. On the set play after the timeout, Mike Unterstein took the Pride goal Danny Orlando. That opened a huge space for sophomore restart and fed Dooley, who was coming around a pick in the middle Tommy Davis to move in, take a pass from Trombino, and fire a 12- of the field about 12 yards out. The ball hadn’t fully settled into yard bounce shot over Orlando with eight seconds remaining. The Dooley’s pocket and his shot sailed high as time expired. Pride had a last second shot attempt by Ryan Miller but the shot went high and wide. The Pride dug themselves a hole in the first half, mainly in the second quarter, committing eight turnovers and allowing the Blue Jays 17 Princeton opened the scoring 6:57 into the contest as Davis scored his shots in the first two periods. The Hofstra defense kept Hopkins in fourth goal of the season off a pass from Alex Haynie. It was the only check in the first quarter until Steven Boyle scored his sixth goal of goal of the quarter. The Pride tied the score at 1-1 when sophomore the year on a charge from behind the cage and beating Orlando from Anthony Muscarella scored his first goal of the season on a running just off the crease with 14 seconds remaining in the first. Jake Byrne shot from 11 yards out. But the Tigers took a 2-1 lead into the locker scored a goal in transition off a pass from George Castle 5:05 into the room when Bob Schneider took a short pass from Rob Engelke and second, and then added his fifth of the season, from in close, off a went in on Orlando 1-on-1 and beat the freshman goalie for his fifth pass from Huntley three minutes later to make it 3-0 Hopkins. goal of the year.

Hofstra senior Zach Heyl scored his first of the season with 2:57 to The Tigers boosted the lead to 3-1 with 5:01 to play in the third when play in the half as sophomore Mike Colleluori sent a pass across the Mark Kovlar took a pass from Josh Lesko and beat Orlando for his seventh goal of the season. But the Pride closed the deificit with just The Pride, as they have in all five games this season, kept the fans on over a minute remaining in the quarter as Michael Unterstein fed the edge of their seats as Mike Unterstein closed the deficit to 5-4 Colleluori who fired an 11-yard bounce shot past Hewit for his fourth 1:23 into the third quarter with his third goal of the season. But of the season. Hofstra's excitement was short-lived as Mike DeSantis Delaware Adam Zuder-Havens gave the Blue Hens some breathing scored an unassisted goal from eight yards 22 seconds later for his room midway through the fourth quarter, backing in on the Pride second of the season to give the Tigers a 4-2 lead at the end of three defense and firing a sidearm bullet past Pride goalie Danny Orlando quarters. (eight saves).

Danny Orlando made 13 saves in goal, including eight in the first Unterstein brought the Pride back to within one at 6-5 with 3:23, half, for the Pride, while Hewit posted 11 saves for Princeton. The getting the ball at the top of the box, running to the right of Scherr Tigers outshot the Pride 30-25. The Hofstra loss snapped a 16-game and then cutting inside the defense to the crease for the goal. The home winning streak. Pride seemed to get a break with 2:07 to play when Brett Manney was sent off for a 30-second pushing penalty. Hofstra got one good 1 2 3 4 F shot off with 1:39 remaining but Scherr stopped Dooley's point-blank #10 Princeton 1 1 2 1 5 shot in front of the cage. After Delaware's clear failed the Pride got Hofstra 0 1 1 2 4 the ball back again with 1:22 to play. Colleluori's shot with 46 seconds remaining went wide before the Pride turned the ball over Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Anthony Muscarella 2, Mike Colleluori 2; with 21 seconds to play to end their threat. Assists: Mike Unterstein 2 The Blue Hens outshot the Pride, 31-27, picked up 29 ground balls to Princeton Scoring: Goals: Tommy Davis 2, Mark Kovler, Mike Hofstra's 24 and won eight of 14 face-offs. The Pride did well at the DeSantis, Bob Schneider; Assists: Rob Engelke, Alex Haynie, Josh face-off X against Alex Smith, the Division I leader in face-off Lesko, Peter Trombino percentage (.813) as Kevin Unterstein took six of 14 draws for Hofstra Princeton Hofstra. Shots 25 30 Ground Balls: 22 23 1 2 3 4 F Face-offs Won: 4 7 Hofstra 2 1 1 1 5 Saves: 13 11 #14 Delaware 3 2 0 1 6 Penalties: 3-2.0 4-3.0 EMO: 2-4 1-3 Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Mike Unterstein 2, Anthony Muscarella, Clears/Att 17-20 15-16 Tom Dooley, Dan Stein; Assists: Mike Colleluori, Ryan Miller

Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 5 GA, 13 svs.);Princeton –Alex Delaware Scoring: Goals: Chris Hichborn 2, Dan Deckelbaum, Hewit (60:00, 4 GA, 11 svs.), Adam Zuder-Havens, Martin Cahill, Rob Smith; Assists: Dan Attendance: 1,602 Deckelbaum, Kyle Rotelli

GAME 5 - Saturday, March 24, 2007 at #14 Delaware: Hofstra Hofstra Delaware junior midfielder Mike Unterstein tallied two goals but Delaware Shots 27 31 attackman Chris Hichborn scored twice and Dan Deckelbaum tallied Ground Balls: 24 29 a goal and an assist to lead the 14th-ranked Blue Hens to a 6-5 Face-offs Won: 6 8 victory over the Hofstra Pride at Rullo Stadium in the Colonial Saves: 8 9 Athletic Association opener for both teams. Penalties: 2-1.0 5-4.0 EMO: 1-4 0-2 The Blue Hens scored the first three goals of the game in the first Clears/Att 19-20 21-26 nine minutes as Hichborn scored his 10th of the year, off a pass from Decklebaum, 1:55 into the contest, Martin Cahill tallied his seventh Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 6 GA, 8 svs.); Delaware – of the year, from seven yards out, six minutes later, and Deckelbaum Tommy Scherr (60:00, 5 GA, 9 svs.), notched his 13th of the year, on a run to the goal from outside the Attendance: 880 box, a minute later. GAME 6 - Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at #9 Army: Hofstra But the Pride scored the next three to tie the game at 3-3 early in the freshman Tom Interlicchio broke a 3-3 tie late in the third quarter and second quarter. Hofstra sophomore Anthony Muscarella scored his senior Ryan Miller scored his second goal of the game midway third of the season on a run from the wing to the crease with 4:47 to through the fourth quarter to lead the Hofstra Pride to a 5-3 victory play in the first quarter. Sophomore Tom Dooley closed the gap to 3- over ninth-ranked Army at Michie Stadium Tuesday night. The Pride 2 with 2:02 to play in the first period, taking a pass from Ryan Miller victory, which snapped a four-game losing skid-all by one goal- behind the cage, and scoring from five yards out for his seventh of improves the Hofstra record to 2-4 on the season. The Black Knights the season. Freshman attackman Dan Stein took advantage of a two- of Army fall to 6-2. man, man-up situation taking a pass from Michael Colleluori inside and beating Blue Hens' goalie Tommy Scherr 2:18 into the second Pride sophomore Michael Colleluori tallied a goal and an assist while period. freshman goalie Danny Orlando tallied 10 saves in the victory. Holding Army to three goals, the Pride posted their best defensive Delaware responded with goals two minutes apart to take a 5-3 lead effort of the season and held the Black Knights to their lowest goal at halftime. Hichborn scored his second of the game with 10:36 to total of the season. play in the half and Rob Smith tallied his second of the season with 8:33 to play to close out the scoring in the first half. The Pride jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one quarter as Miller scored his fourth goal of the season off a pass from Steve Prifte on the transition just 2:16 into the contest. Colleluori tallied his fifth of the season, with 2:15 to play in the quarter, on a running shot from eight Hofstra also received two goals from both Mike Colleuori and Tom yards out. The Black Knights closed the gap to 2-1 at halftime as Dooley. Jason Peyer scored a transition goal off a pass from Mike Hanna 4:16 into the second quarter. After Villanova's Eric Heidenberger scored the game's first goal just 43 seconds into the contest, the Pride would scored the next four Army tied the game at 2-2 just 17 seconds into the third quarter as goals and seven of the next eight to take a commanding 7-2 lead at Ryan McClure fed Brooks Korvin who beat Orlando for his ninth halftime. Sophomore Tom Dooley put the Pride on the board with goal of the year. Hofstra sophomore Anthony Muscarella tallied his 4:43 to play in the first quarter, taking a pass from Tom Interlicchio fourth goal of the year five minutes later on a shot from 10 yards out and beating Wildcats' goalie Andrew DiLoreto from five yards out. that beat Army goalie Adam Fullerton (9 saves). But the Black Two minutes later Interlicchio scored an unassisted goal on a running Knights tied the game just two minutes after Muscarella's goal as jump shot from seven yards for a 2-1 lead. Colleluori closed out the Kevin LoRusso notched his eighth goal of the year from 10 yards in scoring in the first period with 34 seconds remaining on a goal from front of Orlando to tie the game at 3-3. in close, off a pass from Mike Unterstein.

But almost two minutes after Army's tying goal, Colleuori sent a pass Colleluori gave the Pride a 4-1 advantage 3:09 into the second period back to the middle of the box to Interlicchio, who delivered a 15-yard on a runner from 10 yards before Heidenberger closed the gap for shot past Fullerton for his second goal of the year. Miller added an Villanova with his second of the game and 12th of the season just 19 insurance goal with 8:25 to play in the fourth quarter as he came seconds later. But Hofstra would score the next three goals, all around the left side of Fullerton and beat the junior netminder. unassisted, as senior Ryan Miller, his sixth of the year, Interlicchio, his second of the game and fourth of the year, and sophomore The Pride defense stood tall in the contest and stymied the Army Anthony Muscarella, his fifth of the year, dented the twine to give the attack behind Orlando's fifth double-digit save game of the season. Pride a 7-2 lead at the intermission. Hofstra killed off six man-down opportunities and forced 10 turnovers. The shots, at 32-32, and the face-offs, at 6-6, were even But the Wildcats did not pack it in and cut the lead to 7-3 less than but Army picked up 31 ground balls to Hofstra's 19. three minutes into the third quarter as Haas scored on the man-up from 15 yards out. Dooley would get the goal back for the Pride with 1 2 3 4 F his second of the game and ninth of the season, on a charge to the Hofstra 2 0 2 1 5 goal, with 6:18 to play in the third. It would be Hofstra's last goal of #9 Army 0 1 2 0 3 the contest.

Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Ryan Miller 2, Mike Colleluori, Tom Villanova's Tim Atkins scored his eighth goal of the year, from five Interlicchio, Anthony Muscarella; Assists: Mike Colleluori, Steve yards out, off a pass from Chris MacDonald less than a minute after Prifte Dooley's goal. Haas would then beat Orlando on a bounce shot from 15 yards out with 1:06 to close the gap to 8-5 at the end of three Army Scoring: Goals: Jason Peyer, Kevin LoRusso, Brooks Korvin; quarters. Assists: Mike Hanna, Ryan McClure Just over four minutes into the fourth quarter the Wildcats went on a Hofstra Army three goal run in 29 seconds as Andy German notched his ninth of the Shots 32 32 season from 10 yards out on the right at the 10:42 mark, Atkins Ground Balls: 19 31 tallied his second of the game and ninth of the year from five yards Face-offs Won: 6 6 out at the 10:21 mark and Chris Colliniates would tie the game at 8-8, Saves: 10 9 taking the face-off and going down the middle of the field and firing Penalties: 5-3.5 3-2.5 a bullet past Orlando with 10:13 to play. EMO: 0-3 0-4 Clears/Att 12-16 12-12 The Pride, plagued by turnovers in the second half committing 12 of their 21 miscues in the final two periods, took just three shots in the Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 3 GA, 10svs.); Army–Adam fourth quarter and were turned away twice by DiLoreto. Haas, the Fullerton (60:00, 5 GA, 9 svs.), senior midfielder, would seize the opportunity to be the hero with Attendance: 557 6:16 to play, coming around the right side of the cage and firing a high bullet into the net for his third of the game and ninth of the Game 7 - Friday, March 30, 2007 vs. Villanova: Pride freshman season. The Pride got just one shot off the remainder of the period Tom Interlicchio tallied two goals and one assist but Villanova's and that one, by Colleluori with 4:40 to play was stopped by Mike Haas scored three goals, including the game-winner with 6:16 DiLoreto. Hofstra outshot the Wildcats 31-23 in the contest, and to play, to lead the Wildcats to a 9-8 come-from-behind victory at picked up 31 ground balls to Villanova's 25. Shuart Stadium Friday night. The Wildcats improve to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association while the Pride, who 1 2 3 4 F dropped their fifth one-goal decision of the year, fall to 2-5 overall Villanova 1 1 3 4 9 and 0-2 in conference action. Hofstra 3 4 1 0 8

Trailing 7-2 at halftime, the Wildcats rallied, holding the Pride to one Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Tom Dooley 2, Mike Colleluori 2, Tom second half goal midway through the third quarter, and scoring the Interlicchio 2, Ryan Miller, Anthony Muscarella; Assists: Tom last six goals of the contest to take the victory. Haas scored all three Interlicchio, Mike Unterstein of his goals in the second half including the game-winner, coming around the right side of Pride goalie Danny Orlando and firing a high Villanova Scoring: Goals: Mike Haas 3, Eric Heidenberger 2, Tim shot into the cage from eight yards out. Eric Heidenberger tallied two Atkins 2, Andy German, Chris Colliniates; Assists: Chris goals and one assist for the and goalie Andrew DiLoreto recorded MacDonald 2, Andy German, Eric Heidenberger nine saves for Villanova. In addition to Interlicchio's three points, Hofstra Villanova Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Tom Dooley 3, Anthony Muscarella 3, Shots 31 23 Mike Colleluori 2, Ryan Miller 2, Tom Interlicchio, Mike Unterstein, Ground Balls: 31 25 Dan Stein, Zach Heyl; Assists: Mike Unterstein 3, Tom Dooley, Face-offs Won: 8 12 Ryan Miller, Dan Stein Saves: 5 9 Penalties: 2-1.0 4.3.5 Robert Morris Scoring: Goals: Carlo Sunseri 2, Andrew Watt 2, EMO: 0-4 1-2 Frank Keel: Assists: Pat Britton, Michael Fleming, Carlo Sunseri Clears/Att 13-18 16-18 Hofstra RMU Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 9 GA, 5 svs.); Villanova – Shots 50 18 Andrew DiLoreto (60:00, 8 GA, 9 svs.), Ground Balls: 32 20 Attendance: 557 Face-offs Won: 13 9 Saves: 3 15 GAME 8 - Saturday, April 7, 2007 vs. Robert Morris: Penalties: 5/4.0 10/9.0 Sophomores Tom Dooley and Anthony Muscarella each tallied three EMO: 3-10 0-5 goals and Hofstra exploded for six-third quarter goals enroute to a Clears/Att 13-13 10-18 14-5 Colonial Athletic Association victory over Robert Morris at James M. Shuart Stadium Saturday afternoon. The win was Hofstra's Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 5 GA, 3 svs.);RMU – Sal first CAA victory of the season and improved the Pride's record to 3- Barcia (52:03, 12 GA,13 svs.), John Kennedy (7:57, 2 GA, 2 svs.), 5 overall and 1-2 in conference play. Robert Morris fell to 3-5 and 0- Attendance: 914 3 in CAA play with the loss.

Junior Mike Unterstein recorded a goal and three assists to tie Dooley for game-high point honors, senior Ryan Miller added two goals and one assist, and Mike Colleluori tallied two goals for the Pride. The Colonials were led by Carlo Sunseri with two goals and one assist and Andrew Watt with two goals.

Hofstra jumped on Robert Morris for five first quarter goals to take a 5-0 lead entering the second period. Dooley opened the scoring, with his tenth goal of the year, just 1:20 into the contest. Senior Zach Heyl made it 2-0 with his second of the second just 49 seconds later. Mike Unterstein notched his fifth goal of the season 3:20 later, and freshman Tom Interlicchio tallied his fifth of the year and the Pride's fourth straight unassisted goal with 4:52 to play in the quarter to make it 4-0. Dooley, notched his second of the game and 11th of the season, on the man-up, off a pass from Mike Unterstein with 2:09 to play in the first to close out the scoring.

But the Colonial would tally three of the next four goals to close to 6- 3 early in the third quarter. Robert Morris senior Carlo Sunseri started the mini-rally with his 12th goal of the year, off a pass from Pat Britton 2:35 into the second quarter. After Muscarella boosted the Pride lead to 6-1 with his sixth goal of the season almost two minutes later, Sunseri scores his second of the game with 4:51 to play in the second to close out the scoring in the first half. Only five second quarter saves by Colonials' freshman goalie Sal Barcia kept the Pride from blowing the game wide open.

In the third quarter, RMU junior Andrew Watt took a feed from Sunseri and notched his team-leading 15th goal of the year 2:13 into the period to close the deficit to 6-3. But Hofstra, which has dropped five games by a single goal this season, would not let that happen on this day. The Pride scored the next seven goals including six in the third quarter. Miller tallied his two goals and one assist, Colleluori recorded his two goals, and freshman Dan Stein posted his goal and assist during the seven goal run that gave the Pride a 13-3 advantage early in the fourth quarter.

Hofstra outshot Robert Morris, 50-18, and picked up 32 ground balls to the Colonials' 20. Pride goalie Danny Orlando needed to make just three saves for his third victory of the year.

1 2 3 4 F Robert Morris 0 2 1 2 5 Hofstra 5 1 6 2 14 2007 Hofstra Men's Lacrosse HOFSTRA Combined Team Statistics (as of Apr 10, 2007) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... ( 3- 5- 0) ( 2- 2- 0) ( 1- 3- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) CONFERENCE...... ( 1- 2- 0) ( 1- 1- 0) ( 0- 1- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 2- 3- 0) ( 1- 1- 0) ( 1- 2- 0) ( 0- 0- 0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh GWG UP DN GB TO CT ------Feb 24 #9 MASSACHUSETTS W 8-6 1503 40 Dooley, Tom 8 12 2 14 43 0 2 0 15 5 4 Mar 03 at Brown L 6-7 1024 4 Colleluori, Mike 8 10 3 13 34 1 5 0 9 7 1 Mar 10 at #5 Johns Hopkins L 8-9 1503 5 Unterstein, Mike 8 5 7 12 24 0 0 0 17 12 3 Mar 18 #12 PRINCETON L 4-5 1602 42 Miller, Ryan 8 8 3 11 26 0 0 0 15 11 0 *Mar 24 at #14 Univ. of Delaware L 5-6 880 26 Muscarella, Anthony 8 8 0 8 39 1 0 0 12 5 0 Mar 27 at #9 ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS W 5-3 557 32 Stein, Dan 8 6 2 8 20 0 1 0 14 12 2 *Mar 30 VILLANOVA L 8-9 1857 22 Interlicchio, Tom 8 5 1 6 29 1 0 0 6 6 2 *Apr 07 ROBERT MORRIS W 14-5 914 3 Peters, Bill 5 1 3 4 12 0 0 0 13 6 0 21 Heyl, Zachary 8 2 0 2 18 0 1 0 1 1 0 TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP 8 Prifte, Steve 8 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 10 1 5 ------24 Lucas, Sean 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 SHOT STATISTICS...... 15 Carter, Ryan 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 Goals-Shot attempts.... 58-256 50-228 23 Rosen, Jordan 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goals scored average... 7.25 6.25 9 Unterstein, Kevin 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 2 5 Shot pct...... 227 .219 47 Swarsen, Adam 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 5 Shots on goal-Attempts. 136-256 125-228 46 Orlando, Danny 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 2 SOG pct...... 531 .548 43 Vivonetto, Jack 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Shots/Game...... 32.0 28.5 31 Watson, Patrick 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Assists...... 22 27 30 Hagans, Connor 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 4 MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES..... 25 Stabler, Collin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goals-Opportunities.... 9-35 4-21 19 Rieg, Jason 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Conversion Percent...... 257 .190 18 Watts, Julian 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 GOAL BREAKDOWN...... 13 Shuey, Tommy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total Goals...... 58 50 12 Brant, Tyler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Man-up...... 9 4 10 D'Angelo, Vinny 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Man-down...... 0 0 6 Gorman, John 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 5 Free-position...... 0 0 1 DeBolt, Pat 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unassisted...... 36 23 Total...... 8 58 22 80 256 3 9 0 233 98 41 Overtime...... 0 0 Opponents...... 8 50 27 77 228 5 4 0 232 107 46 GROUND BALLS...... 233 232 TURNOVERS...... 98 107 |-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| CAUSED TURNOVERS...... 41 46 ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T FACEOFFS (W-L)...... 65-69 69-65 ------Faceoff W-L Pct...... 485 .515 46 Orlando, Danny 8 480:00 50 6.25 75 .600 3 5 0 CLEARS...... 115-146 115-140 Total...... 8 480:00 50 6.25 75 .600 3 5 0 Clear Pct...... 788 .821 Opponents...... 8 480:00 58 7.25 78 .574 5 3 0 PENALTIES...... Number...... 22 35 GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Minutes...... 16:00 29:30 ------ATTENDANCE...... HOFSTRA...... 14 11 19 14 - 58 Total...... 5876 3964 Opponents...... 10 14 13 13 - 50 Dates/Avg Per Date..... 4/1469 4/991 Neutral Site #/Avg..... 0/0 SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------HOFSTRA...... 24 17 17 17 - 75 Opponents...... 18 17 21 22 - 78

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------HOFSTRA...... 55 66 69 66 - 256 Opponents...... 56 55 60 57 - 228

SHOTS ON GOAL BY PRD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------HOFSTRA...... 32 28 40 36 - 136 Opponents...... 34 31 30 30 - 125 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY The Pride

# Name Pos. Ht Wt Class Hometown High School/College 1 Pat DeBolt G 6-1 205 SO Waterloo, NY Waterloo 2 Ryan Smith D 6-0 180 SO Baldwinsville, NY Baldwinsville/Herkimer CC 3 Bill Peters M 5-11 195 SR Darien, CT Darien 4 Michael Colleluori M 5-11 185 SO Holmes, PA Ridley 5 Mike Unterstein M 5-11 165 JR Shoreham, NY Shoreham-Wading River 6 John Gorman D 5-11 170 SR Lindenhurst, NY Lindenhurst/Nassau CC 7 Max Cohen A 5-8 189 JR Woodmere, NY Hewlett 8 Steve Prifte M 5-10 190 SO Shamong, NJ Shawnee 9 Kevin Unterstein M 5-11 165 JR Shoreham, NY Shoreham-Wading River 10 Vinnie D'Angelo M 5-10 200 SO Glenolden, PA Ridley 11 John Tenet A 6-0 187 SO Potomac, MD St. John’s 12 Tyler Brant A 6-4 205 FR Silver Spring, MD St. John’s College HS 13 Tom Shuey D 6-2 205 SO Dallas, TX Highland Park 14 Brian Schneider G 6-0 195 SO Rockville, MD Georgetown Prep 15 Ryan Carter M 5-9 165 SO San Francisco, CA St. Ignatius 16 Isaac Neal D 6-4 225 FR Aurora, CO Overland 18 Julian Watts D/M 6-2 205 SR Huntington, NY St. Anthony’s 19 Jason Rieg A 6-0 180 FR Long Valley, NJ West Morris Central 20 James Mauch D 6-2 200 FR Chester, NJ West 21 Zachary Heyl M 5-11 220 SR Murrysville, PA Franklin Regional/Herkimer CC 22 Thomas Interlicchio M 6-0 185 FR Yorktown, NY Yorktown 23 Jordan Rosen M 6-2 190 FR San Francisco, CA St. Ignatius College Prep 24 Sean Lucas A 5-10 170 FR Oceanside, NY Oceanside 25 Collin Stabler D 6-5 210 JR Concord, MA Carlisle 26 Anthony Muscarella M 6-0 192 SO Wantagh, NY Wantagh 28 Chris O’Donnell D 6-3 220 FR Baldwin, NY Baldwin Senior 30 Connor Hagans D 6-2 269 JR Wheatley Heights, NY The Salisbury School 31 Patrick Watson D 5-10 180 SO Yorktown, NY Yorktown 32 Dan Stein A 6-0 165 FR Merrick, NY Calhoun 33 Kyle Sminkey A/M 6-0 205 FR White River Jct., VT Hartford 36 Keith Prifte A 5-8 165 SO Shamong, NJ Shawnee/Fairfield U. 37 Mike Vaccaro M 5-7 170 FR Plano, TX Plano Senior 40 Thomas Dooley A 5-11 180 SO Yorktown Heights, NY Yorktown 41 Ryan McPherson D 6-2 200 JR Marshfield, MA The Thayer Academy 42 Ryan Miller A 5-11 180 SR Manhasset, NY Manhasset 43 Jack Vivonetto D 5-10 203 JR Rocky Point, NY Rocky Point 46 Danny Orlando G 5-9 177 FR South Hempstead, NY South Side 47 Adam Swarsen D 5-11 187 SO Denver, CO East

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