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NATIONAL RANKING: Hofstra is ranked ninth in this week’s USILA poll. It is the first time that the Pride has been in the Top 10 since the 2006 season. The Pride is also ranked 10th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Poll. The Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins are ranked 10th in the USILA Poll and ninth in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Poll STREAKS: Hofstra enters the Hopkins game on a six -game, regular season winning streak… Including the NCAA Tournament game, a 10-4 loss at Johns Hopkins last May, Hofstra has won six of its last seven and nine of its last 11 games…The Pride has won 34 of its last 47 regular season games, dating back to the 2006 season... Seven of Hofstra’s eight losses in 2007 were by one-goal and two losses were in 2008… The Pride has won 25 of their last 30 home 2009 HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE games at Shuart Stadium. #9 HOFSTRA PRIDE (2-0) at SEASON 61 FOR HOFSTRA - Hofstra is in its 61st season of men’s lacrosse in 2009. Pride teams #10 JOHNS HOPKINS BLUE JAYS (2-1) have tallied a 486-335-4 record during that time. Saturday, March 7, 2009 – Noon Homewood Field – Baltimore, MD TOP 10 FOR PRIDE: The Pride’s ninth-place ranking in the USILA Poll this week is their highest since the 2006 season. Hofstra was ranked second from the start of April, 2006 through the end of Television: ESPNU (HD) at Noon, Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Quint the 2006 regular season. Kessenich (color), Paul Rabil (color) 2-0: Hofstra is 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 1997 Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7) at Noon, Matt Greenstein and Stephen when they opened up 5-0. Florival. HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP 2009 HOFSTRA at Johns Hopkins LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS Pos. Name No. Cl. 2009 Stats A Tom Dooley 40 Sr. 1-0-1 A Jay Card 20 So. 7-3-10 February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result A Dan Stein 32 Jr. 3-0-3 21 #20 MASSACHUSETTS (13) 1 p.m. M Michael Colleluori 3 Sr. 4-7-11 28 at #15 Brown 11-10 (2OT) M Kevin Ford 4 RFr. 3-1-4 March M Anthony Muscarella 26 Sr. 1-1-2 7 at #10 Johns Hopkins (ESPNU) Noon D Mike Skudin 29 So. 3 GB 14 PRINCETON 1 p.m. D Adam Swarsen 47 Jr. 9 GB 21 at Sacred Heart* 1 p.m. D Christian Scuderi 50 Jr. 5 GB G Danny Orlando 5 Jr. 9.40 GAA 24 at Army (ESPNU) 7 p.m. Reserves 28 ROBERT MORRIS* Noon 2M Tom Interlicchio 22 Jr. 0-0-0 2M Dan Pezzolla 19 Fr. 0-0-0 April 2M Ryan Carter 15 Sr. 1-1-2 4 Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic at Giants Stadium LSM Steve Prifte 8 Sr. 10 GB vs. Delaware* 5 p.m. LSM Adam Mojica 6 So. 0 GB 8 DREXEL* 7 p.m. SS Stephen DeNapoli 7 So. 2-0-2/11GB SS Jake Born 30 Jr. 0-0-0/0 GB 11 at Towson (ESPNU) 1 p.m. FO Joe Montemurro 28 So. 20-20/.500 FO 18 NORTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. FO Shane Wynn 41 Fr. 4-4/.500 FO 21 STONY BROOK 7 p.m. FO Mike Vaccaro 21 Jr. 0-0/.000 FO 25 VILLANOVA* 7 p.m. 29 CAA Tournament – Semifinals TBA HOFSTRA-JOHNS HOPKINS BY THE NUMBERS May 2 CAA Tournament - Championship TBA HOFSTRA Category JHU 9 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA 2-0 Overall Record 2-1 10 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 100 Total Shots 100 16 NCAA Tournament – Quarterfinals (Hofstra) TBA 22/11.0 Goals For/Avg. 33/11.0 17 NCAA Tournament – Quarterfinals (Navy) TBA 13 Assists 19 23 NCAA Semifinals at Foxboro, MA TBA 20/10.0 Goals Against/Avg. 28/9.3 25 NCAA Championship at Foxboro, MA TBA 4/3.5 Penalties/Min. 19/15.5 24-24/.500 FO W-L/Pct. 38-68/.559 * - Colonial Athletic Association Game 4-9/.444 Man-Up/Pct. 5-11/.455 + - Inside Lacrosse poll. 1-3/.333 Opp. Man-Up/Pct. 6-14/.429 14/.412 Saves/Pct. 26/.481 THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT… JOHNS HOPKINS TENTATIVE LINE-UP vs. Hofstra Location: Baltimore, MD Pos. Name No. Cl. 2009 Stats Nickname: Blue Jays A Steven Boyle 10 Jr. 8-2-10 Director of Athletics: Tom Calder A Josh Peck 13 Sr. 1-0-1 Lacrosse Stadium: Homewood Field A Kyle Wharton 42 So. 6-3-9 (8,500) M Michael Kimmel 15 Jr. 7-3-10 Press Box Phone: (410) 516-0243 M Brian Christopher 19 Sr. 4-4-8 Head Lacrosse Coach: Dave M Mark Bryan 26 Sr. 1-1-2 Pietramala D Michael Evans 33 Sr. 5 GB Record at School/Years: 96-25/9 years D Matt Drenan 43 Sr. 12 GB Overall Record: 119-42/12 years D Sam DeVore 44 Jr. 3 GB Coach’s Office Phone: (410) 516-7479 G Michael Gvozden 6 Jr. 9.83 GAA Men's Lacrosse SID: Ernie Larossa FO Matt Dolente 4 So. 19-40/.475 Office Phone: (410) 516-0552 Fax: (410) 516-7482 HOFSTRA-HOPKINS LAST YEAR E-mail: [email protected] 2008 Record: 11-6 GAME 16 - NCAA TOURNAMENT, FIRST ROUND - MAY 11, Returning Lettermen: 28 2008 AT #5 JOHNS HOPKINS: Senior Paul Rabil tallied four goals Returning Starters: 3 and sophomore Michael Kimmel added three goals and one assist to Series Record: Johns Hopkins leads 15-5 lead the fifth-seeded Johns Hopkins Blue Jays to a 10-4 victory over Last Meeting: 2008-Hofstra won, 8-7 (OT) the Hofstra Pride in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Athletic Web Site: www.hopkinssports.com Lacrosse Championship Tournament at Homewood Field. HOFSTRA-JOHNS HOPKINS SERIES The Pride, who had their four-game winning streak snapped, end the season with a 10-6 record. Hofstra was led by senior midfielder - Saturday’s game is the 22nd meeting between Hofstra and Johns Michael Unterstein with two goals while sophomore Dan Stein and Hopkins in men’s lacrosse in a series that started in 1974. While the Tom Interlicchio each added a goal. Pride sophomore goalie Danny Pride has won two of the last four meetings, the Blue Jays lead the Orlando tied his season high, which he achieved in the first meeting series 17-4. with Hopkins in March, with 14 saves. In addition to Rabil and Kimmel, Johns Hopkins received two goals from senior Michael - Hofstra and Hopkins met twice in 2008 with each team winning on Doneger, a goal and two assists from senior middie Stephen Peyser their home turf. In the last meeting, the Blue Jays downed Hofstra, and nine saves from sophomore goalie Michael Gvozden. 10-4 in the first round of the NCAA Championship Tournament at Homewood Field. The two teams split the first four goals with Peyser opening the scoring with an unassisted tally from 12 yards 8:33 into the contest - Freshman Jay Card’s overtime goal gave the Pride an 8-7 victory for the only goal of the first quarter. The Pride tied the contest 1:07 over the Blue Jays at Shuart Stadium in the first meeting between the into the second period as Stein scored his 22nd of the season on a two teams last year on March 8, 2008. one-handed wrap-around. Just a little over a minute later Rabil scored his first of the game and 23rd of the season, on the run from 10 yards, - Prior to the Hofstra win over JHU in 2006, the Blue Jays had won to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 advantage. But Michael Unterstein tied the previous six meetings against Hofstra, including an 11-5 win over the contest with his 19th of the season with 8:47 to play in the half. the Pride on March 12, 2005 at Homewood Field. Hopkins has won eight of the last 10 meetings. The Blue Jays would then go on a 6-0 streak over the next period- and-a-half to build a comfortable 8-2 lead heading into the fourth - Hofstra is 4-10 against Hopkins at home and 0-7 against the Blue quarter. Rabil would score his second and third of the game, all Jays at Homewood Field in Baltimore. unassisted, before Kimmel notched his 11th of the year from Steven Boyle with 23 seconds to play in the half to give Hopkins a 5-2 lead The Hofstra-JHU Series Since 1999 at the intermission. Rabil's third goal of the contest was the 100th of Year Winner Location Score his career. The Blue Jays outshot Hofstra, 24-9 in the half including 2008 JHU+ Baltimore 10-4 16-4 in the second quarter alone. Orlando tallied five saves in the 2008 Hofstra Hempstead 8-7 W (OT) period for Hofstra. 2007 JHU Baltimore 9-8 2006 Hofstra Hempstead 11-6 Johns Hopkins expanded the lead with three in the third as Doneger 2005 JHU Baltimore 11-5 notched a man-up goal off a feed from Kimmel 3:47 into the period. 2004 JHU Hempstead 13-6 Doneger tallied his second of the game and 18th of the year, off a 2002 JHU Hempstead 9-8 pass from Peyser two minutes later from 10 yards out. Kimmel 2001 JHU Baltimore 7-6 scored his second of the contest on a leaping catch and shot, of a pass 2000 JHU Hempstead 12-6 from Boyle, from in front of the crease with 2:09 remaining in the 1999 JHU* Hempstead 11-7 third quarter for an 8-2 lead.