Hofstra has won nine of its last 11 and 12 of its last 15 games…The Pride has won 37 of its last 51 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 26 of their last 31 home games at Shuart Stadium.

HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP vs. Robert Morris Pos. Name No. Cl. 2009 Stats A Tom Dooley 40 Sr. 3-1-4 A Jay Card 20 So. 13-4-17 A Dan Stein 32 Jr. 4-1-5 M Michael Colleluori 3 Sr. 8-10-18 M Ryan Carter 15 Sr. 4-3-7 2009 HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE M Anthony Muscarella 26 Sr. 8-3-11 #6 HOFSTRA PRIDE (5-1, 1-0) D Mike Skudin 29 So. 8 GB vs. D Adam Swarsen 47 Jr. 15 GB D Christian Scuderi 50 Jr. 14 GB (7-3, 0-1) G Andrew Gvozden 18 Fr. 7.78 GAA Saturday, March 28, 2009 – Noon Reserves James M. Shuart Stadium –Hempstead, NY 2M Tom Interlicchio 22 Jr. 1-0-1 2M Dan Pezzolla 19 Fr. 0-1-1

2M Kevin Ford 4 RFr. 4-3-7 2009 HOFSTRA LSM Steve Prifte 8 Sr. 19 GB LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS LSM Adam Mojica 6 So. 0 GB SS Stephen DeNapoli 7 So. 3-0-3/23 GB February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result SS Jake Born 30 Jr. 0-0-0/1 GB 21 #20 MASSACHUSETTS (13) 11-10 W FO Joe Montemurro 28 So. 51-55/.481 FO FO Shane Wynn 41 Fr. 4-5/.444 FO 28 at #15 Brown 11-10 W (2OT) FO Mike Vaccaro 21 Jr. 5-3/.625 FO March

7 at #10 Johns Hopkins (ESPNU) 7-12 L HOFSTRA-ROBERT MORRIS 14 #3 PRINCETON 9-7 W SERIES 21 at Sacred Heart* 6-5 W - Today’s game is the fourth meeting in 24 at Army (ESPNU) 9-8 W (2OT) men’s lacrosse between Hofstra and 28 ROBERT MORRIS* Noon in a series that started in 2006. April - Hofstra leads the series 3-0 4 Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic at Giants Stadium - The two teams last met on April 26, vs. Delaware* 5 p.m. 2008 in Moon Township, with the Pride recording a 13-12 come- 8 DREXEL* 7 p.m. from-behind victory. 11 at Towson (ESPNU) 1 p.m. - The last time the two teams met in 18 NORTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. Hempstead was April 7, 2007 with the Pride winning 14-5. 21 STONY BROOK 7 p.m. 25 VILLANOVA* 7 p.m. The Hofstra- Robert Morris Series 29 CAA Tournament – Semifinals TBA Date Winner Location Score May 4/26/08 Hofstra Moon Twnshp. 13-12 2 CAA Tournament - Championship TBA 4/7/07 Hofstra Hempstead 14-5 9 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA 4/12/06 Hofstra Moon Twnshp. 21-2

10 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA ROBERT MORRIS 2009 RESULTS 16 NCAA Tournament – Quarterfinals (Hofstra) TBA 2/7 at North Carolina 4-16 L 17 NCAA Tournament – Quarterfinals (Navy) TBA 2/14 Penn State 12-11 W 23 NCAA Semifinals at Foxboro, MA TBA 2/21 Bellarmine 20-11 W 25 NCAA Championship at Foxboro, MA TBA 2/27 Manhattan 11-8 W 3/1 Detroit Mercy 18-8 W * - Colonial Athletic Association Game 3/7 VMI 14-6 W + - Inside Lacrosse poll. 3/10 at Presbyterian 17-4 W 3/13 at Ohio State 13-19 L 3/17 Wagner 21-8 W NATIONAL RANKING: Hofstra is ranked sixth in this week’s 3/21 at Towson 9-11 L USILA poll. The Pride is also ranked eighth in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Poll. The Colonials of Robert Morris are not ranked in either poll.

STREAKS: Hofstra enters the Robert Morris game having won three straight games, nine of the last 10regular season games… Including the NCAA Tournament game, a 10-4 loss at Johns Hopkins last May, HOFSTRA-ROBERT MORRIS BY THE NUMBERS man-up goal from Card, his second of the contest and 26th of the year. But the Colonials scored the next three goals as Dan Kerch HOFSTRA Category ROBERT MORRIS scored with 7:33 to play in the third and Watt notched his fourth and 5-1 Overall Record 7-3 fifth of the game 43 seconds apart to give Robert Morris an 11-8 lead 1-0 Conference Record 0-1 with 6:06 to play in the quarter. 233 Total Shots 362 53/8.49 Goals For/Avg. 139/13.9 Two minutes later the rain and lightening descended on this 27 Assists 78 Pittsburgh suburb causing a 38 minute delay in the game. The rest 52/8.33 Goals Against/Avg. 102/9.86 seem to rejuvenate the Pride as Stein would score the next three goals 14/11.5 Penalties/Min. 54/46.5 including the last one 6:36 into the fourth quarter to tie the game at 60-63/.488 FO W-L/Pct. 148-122/.548 11-11. Hofstra took the lead with 3:59 to play when Card found Muscarella in the middle of the field 12 yards out. The junior fired a 12-25/.480 Man-Up/Pct. 16-45/.356 bullet that beat John Kennedy over his shoulder for his second of the 3-13/.231 Opp. Man-Up/Pct. 13-47/.277 game and a 12-11 lead. 58/.527 Saves/Pct. 120/.541 Hofstra added to its lead with 11 seconds remaining as junior Ryan ROBERT MORRIS QUICK FACTS Carter, with Robert Morris in a full-field ride, scooted from behind Location: Moon Township, PA the cage to score into the unguarded net for his first score of the Nickname: Colonials season. The Colonials closed out the scoring when a desperation pass Director of Athletics: Dr. Craig Coleman from midfield after the face-off, skidded by the Pride defense to Lacrosse Stadium: Stadium Moore, who was in alone on Danny Orlando and scored his second of Press Box Phone: N/A the game with three seconds to play. The Pride outshot the Colonials, Head Lacrosse Coach: Kenneth Davis 53-31 in the contest. Record at School/Years: 8-46/4 years Overall Record: 34-75/8 years Coach’s Office Phone: (412) 269-3890 USILA DIVISION I Men’s Lacrosse SID: Janette Schneider COACES POLL: Hofstra Office Phone: (412) 397-5841 remained sixth this week in the Fax: (412) 397-5857 fourth United States E-mail: [email protected] Intercollegiate Lacrosse 2008 Record: 4-11, 0-6 (CAA) Association (USILA) regular Returning Lettermen: 30 season coaches poll, released on March 23. Returning Starters: Series Record: Hofstra leads 3-0 No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW Last meeting: 2008-Hofstra won, 13-12 1 Virginia (10) 10-0 200 1 Athletic Web Site: www.rmu.edu/athletics 2 Syracuse 5-1 190 2 3T Notre Dame 6-0 175 3T HOFSTRA-ROBERT MORRIS LAST YEAR – GAME 13 - 3T Cornell 5-1 175 3T APRIL 26 AT ROBERT MORRIS: Sophomore Dan Stein scored 5 Princeton 5-1 156 5 four goals and junior Anthony Muscarella capped a furious Pride 6 Hofstra 4-1 137 6 rally as #20 Hofstra defeated Robert Morris, 13-12, in a CAA game 7 Johns Hopkins 3-3 125 9 at Joe Walton Stadium. 8 UMBC 5-2 123 7 9 Maryland 6-2 119 11 Stein equaled his career-best with four goals while Jay Card had three 10 Duke 7-3 118 8 goals and one assist and Muscarella added two goals and one assist 11 Harvard 4-1 96 16 for the Pride. Robert Morris was led by Andrew Watt with five goals 12 North Carolina 7-3 89 10 and two assists, Trevor Moore with three goals and Lee Davis with 13 Brown 5-1 82 14 two goals. Colonials' goalie John Kennedy made 23 saves to prevent 14 UMass 4-3 55 NR a Hofstra rout. 15 Loyola 5-3 49 12

16 Navy 6-3 39 15 The Colonials jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Corbyn TaoBrambleby and Watt in the first 3:24 of the contest. After Card 17T Hobart 5-1 36 13 closed the gap to 2-1 with his 25th goal of the year off a pass from 17T Colgate 4-3 36 NR Stephen Bentz with 10:05 to play, the two teams exchanged the next 19 Villanova 6-1 17 NR four goals with Watt and Trevor Moore scoring for Robert Morris 20T Denver 5-3 15 NR and Card and Tom Dooley scoring for the Pride to end the first 20T Albany 4-1 15 17 quarter with the Colonials ahead, 4-3. Others Receiving Votes: St. John's, Georgetown, Army, Bucknell, Ohio State, Fairfield, Lehigh But Robert Morris scored the first three goals of the second quarter with Lee Davis, Moore and Watt denting the twine in the first 11 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS IN 2009 minutes to take a 7-3 lead. Hofstra battled back with four unanswered Week USILA NIKE/IL goals with tallies coming from Michael Colleluori, his ninth of the 2/9 13th 14th season, and Anthony Muscarella, his 22nd, coming before halftime, 2/16 13th 14th and Dan Stein, his 14th, and Stephen Bentz, his first of the season, 2/23 13th 13th coming in the first 3:26 of the third quarter to give the Pride their first 3/2 9th 10th lead of the contest at 8-7. 3/9 12th 11th 3/16 6th 9th Davis tied the game at 8-all1:32 later off a pass from Michael 3/23 6th 8th Fleming before the Pride regained the lead right off the face-off on a NIKE/INSIDE LACROSSE …Senior Michael Colleluori has posted a point in 14 of his last 15 DIVISION I MEDIA POLL: The regular season games. Hofstra men’s lacrosse team climbed one place and is now HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA STATS: Here is ranked eighth in the fourth where Hofstra ranks in this week’s NCAA Nike/Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll, as of March 23, 2009. statistical report, as of March 23, 2009:

No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. 1 Virginia (15) 10-0 300 2 Syracuse 5-1 285 Category Rank Actual

3 Notre Dame 6-0 268 Scoring Offense (59 ranked) 35 8.8 4 Cornell 5-1 255 Scoring Defense (59 ranked) 28 8.8 5 Princeton 5-1 238 Face-Off Win Percentage (59 ranked) 35 0.471 6 Johns Hopkins 3-3 231

Man-Up Offense (59 ranked) 18 0.381 7 UMBC 7-3 211 8 Hofstra 4-1 194 Man-Down Defense (59 ranked) 9 0.818

9 Maryland 6-2 183 Win Percentage (59 ranked) 90.8

10 Duke 7-3 183 Saves Per Game (59 ranked) 54 8.2

11 Brown 5-1 146 Ground Balls Per Game (59 ranked) 42 28.4 12 North Carolina 7-3 142 Assists Per Game (59 ranked) 38 4.4 13 Harvard 4-1 122 Points Per Game (59 ranked) 36 13.2 14 Massachusetts 4-3 80

15 Loyola 5-3 65 16 Navy 6-3 64 Category Player Rank Actual 17 Colgate 4-3 49 18 Albany 4-2 45 Points Per Game (200 ranked) Michael Colleluori 57 2.8 Jay Card 57 2.8 19 Hobart 5-1 44 Anthony Muscarella 123 2.0 20 Villanova 6-1 26 Goals Per Game (200 ranked) Jay Card 40 2.0 Others receiving votes: Denver 24, Army 15, Bucknell 9, Anthony Muscarella 93 1.5 Georgetown 4, St. John's 3, Fairfield 1, Lehigh 1. Michael Colleluori 180 1.0

Assists Per Game (200 ranked) Michael Colleluori 14 1.8 Jay Card 106 0.8 Anthony Muscarella 186 0.5

Ground Balls Per Game (200 ranked) Steven DeNapoli 40 4.0 Christian Scuderi 125 2.8 Steve Prifte 125 2.8 Joe Montemurro 149 2.6 Adam Swarsen 183 2.4

Face-Off Win Pct (65 ranked) Joe Montemurro 43 0.459 CAA STANDINGS: Here are the latest Colonial Athletic Association standings, as of March 27, 2009: ATTACKMAN JAY CARD: Sophomore Jay Card, the 2008 CAA CAA Overall Rookie of the Year, has picked up where he left off last season with Team W-L Pct W-L Pct 13 goals and four assists in his first six games. He scored three goals, Villanova 1-0 1.000 6-1 .857 including the game-winner with 1:13 to play in the second overtime Hofstra 1-0 1.000 5-1 .833 in a 9-8 victory at Army last Tuesday. He also picked up five ground Towson 1-0 1.000 3-4 .429 balls against the Black Knights. Robert Morris 0-1 .000 7-3 .700 Drexel 0-0 .000 4-4 .500 - Card tallied two goals in the Pride’s win at Sacred Heart on March Delaware 0-1 .000 3-6 .333 21. Sacred Heart 0-1 .000 2-5 .286 -He was named the CAA Player of the Week on February 23 after a HOFSTRA-CAA WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS IN 2009 three goal, two assist performance in Hofstra’s 11-10 win over 2/23- Jay Card - Player of the Week UMass. All three of his goals came in the final 12 minutes as he tied 2/23- Kevin Ford - Rookie of the Week the game at 7-7, tied the game at 10-10 with 1:12 to play, and won 3/2 - Michael Colleluori - Player of the Week the game with four seconds to play. 3/16- Ryan Carter – Player of the Week 3/16- Andrew Gvozden –Rookie of the Week - At #15 Brown on February 28, he tallied four goals and one assist and notched the game-winner in double-overtime to lead the Pride TOP 10 FOR PRIDE: The Pride’s sixth-place ranking in the USILA past the Bears. It was Card’s fifth game-winning goal of his career. Poll again this week is their highest since the 2006 season. Hofstra was ranked second from the start of April, 2006 through the end of - Card had a goal at Hopkins on March 7. the 2006 regular season. - The Caledon, Ontario native played on the Canadian National STREAKS: Senior Anthony Muscarella has tallied at least one point Under-19 Team last summer in the International Lacrosse Federation in his last 23 regular season games dating back to 2007… Sophomore Under-19 World Championships and was named to the All-World Jay Card has tallied at least one point in his last 20 regular season Team after scoring 22 goals in seven games. games…He has also tallied a hat-trick in seven of his last 16 contests Card had an outstanding rookie season, posting 27 goals and 12 University goalkeeper Matt McMonagle was the inaugural winner in assists. He posted a career-best three assists against Drexel in the 2007. 2008 CAA Championship game. The list of 30 student-athletes was narrowed down to 10 finalists this MIDFIELDER MICHAEL COLLELUORI: Hofstra senior week, and those 10 names are now placed on the official ballot. The midfielder Michael Colleluori is off to the best start of his four year ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to career at Hofstra. He scored three goals and added an assist at Army media, coaches and fans, who will select the candidate who best last Tuesday and had a goal and an assist at Sacred Heart last exemplifies excellence in the “Four C’s” of Classroom, Character, Saturday. Colleluori now has eight goals and 10 assists this season Community, and Competition. Fan balloting, available by texting and on the award’s official website www.seniorclassaward.com, will be - He was named the Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Lacrosse combined with votes from coaches and media to determine the Player of the Week for his play against Brown on February 28. recipient of the award. To vote for Colleluori via text, type in LAX3 to 839863. - Colleluori recorded career highs of four assists and six points in the Pride’s dramatic 11-10 double-overtime victory at Brown. The Pride, The award winner will be announced and presented with his trophy at who trailed 10-3 late in the third quarter, came back behind the 2009 NCAA® Men’s Lacrosse Championship in Foxboro, Colleluori’s second goal of the game with 4:35 to play in that third Massachusetts. period to cut the gap to 10-4, and four assists over the next seven Hofstra goals to win the contest. He assisted on Jay Card’s game- GOALIE ANDREW GVOZDEN: Freshman Andrew Gvozden winning goal with 19 seconds remaining in the second overtime recorded a season-high 17 saves in the Pride’s 9-8 double-overtime period. victory at Army on March 24. It equals the most saves since March 28, 2004 when Matt Southard posted 17 saves in a 6-3 loss at UMass. - The four assists topped his previous best of three set in the 2008 Eaerlier that season Southard posted 19 saves in a 13-6 loss to Johns CAA Championship semifinals against Delaware while the six points Hopkins. were one better than the two goal, three-assist performance that he had on February 21 in the season opener against Massachusetts. - Gvozden made his collegiate debut against Johns Hopkins on March Colleluori recorded the best season of his career last year with 10 7 and recorded 11 saves in the Pride’s 12-7 loss to the Blue Jays. goals and 15 assists. Andrew faced his older brother, Michael, in the Hopkins cage all day long marking the first time that brother s faced each other in the cage COLLELUORI NAMED A LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS AWARD since Keith Cynar of Harvard faced Justin Cynar of Cornell in 1999. FINALIST: It was announced on Friday, March 27 that Hofstra senior midfielder Michael Colleluori has been named one of 10 - He tallied his first victory on March 14 in the Pride’s 9-7 win over NCAA® lacrosse student-athlete finalists for the Lowe’s Senior Princeton, posting nine saves. He posted seven saves in the middle CLASS Award. The award is given to student-athletes who strive to two periods to help the Pride build a 7-1 lead six minutes into the make a difference in their classroom, their communities and on their third quarter. Gvozden faced 33 shots in the contest. field of competition. - Gvozden recorded seven saves including one in the waning seconds To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an of Hofstra’s 6-5 victory at Sacred Heart on March 21. NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: Classroom, Character, Community, and Competition. MIDFIELDER ANTHONY MUSCARELLA: Senior midfielder An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in Anthony Muscarella tallied two goals and one assist in the victory at School, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total Army on March 24. student-athlete and encourages those leaders to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact on their circle of influence. - Muscarella, who did not play in the UMass opener, made his 2009 debut at Brown and scored the goal that tied the game at 10-all with Colleluori has worked tirelessly to honor the memory of his late for the Pride with 1:08 to play. brother, Nick, who passed away in 2006 after a 15-month battle with non-Hodgekin’s Lymphoma and fight the battle against the disease. - At Hopkins on March 7, he scored twice in the Pride’s 12-7 loss to During the past two years over the Thanksgiving and Christmas the Blue Jays. holiday breaks, Michael has volunteered at a soup kitchen, and at hospitals serving meals and helping others cope. He presented the - Against Princeton on March 14 he tallied three goals in the Pride’s first Hofstra University Athletics-Nick Colleluori Unsung Hero victory.It was his fifth career hat-trick. awards last May. He is vice-president of the HEADstrong Foundation and the many charitable events and activities it entails. He founded - Muscarella, the Pride’s leading returning scorer in 2009, recorded and is president of LEAN ON ME, which is a support group focusing 28 goals and 14 assists in 2008. He tallied a career-high six goals in on young adults who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. the Pride’s 14-13 victory at Stony Brook on April 22, 2008.

During the summer of 2008, Colleluori completed an internship in - The Wantagh, NY native topped his previous best of five goals and the Oncology Department at the Hospital of the University of fell one point short of his single game point total, set against Towson Pennsylvania (HUP). After he graduates from Hofstra in May with a on March 21, 2008. He posted five of his six tallies in the second half degree in Community Health, Michael has already received after the game was tied at 6-6 at halftime. permission and plans to join the research team at HUP. During that time he plans to take classes to qualify for medical school and - He tallied eight goals and one assist in the Pride’s two victories over become a physician. Stony Brook and Robert Morris before the 2008 CAA Tournament. At Robert Morris, he tallied two goals, including the game-winner This marks the third year for the men’s lacrosse division of the with 3:59 to play, and added one assist as Hofstra edged the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Syracuse University attack and team Colonials, 13-12. captain Mike Leveille took home the award in 2008 and Cornell - Muscarella more than doubled the combined point total of his first MIDFIELDER STEVE PRIFTE: Senior long-stick middie Steve two years last season with 42 points on 28 goals and 14 assists. He Prifte recorded a career-high eight ground balls in the Pride’s victory posted four goals and one assist in the CAA title game against at Brown. His previous best was five against Drexel last year. Drexel. - He tallied three more ground balls against Princeton and had two ATTACKMAN DAN STEIN: Junior attackman Dan Stein is sixth caused turnovers at Sacred Heart. on the team in scoring with four goals and one assist. - Prifte posted five ground balls at Army on March 24. - He had his 10-game point scoring streak snapped against Princeton on March 14. DEFENDER ADAM SWARSEN: Junior defender Adam Swarsen posted six ground balls-one short of his personal best- at Brown. - Over the last 13 games, he has posted 16 goals and six assists. Stein tallied two goals in the opener against UMass, one at Brown and a - The junior, who missed last year with a knee injury, also picked up goal and an assist at Johns Hopkins. a key turnover in the waning seconds of the first overtime against Brown. - He tied his career-high with four goals at Robert Morris on April 26, 2008. His three goals after a lightening-delay propelled the Pride - Swarsen picked up three ground balls at Army on March 24 to the victory over the Colonials. - Swarsen has 15 ground balls on the season. MIDFIELDER RYAN CARTER: Senior middie Ryan Carter has four goals and three assists on the season more than doubling his best DEFENSEMAN MICHAEL SKUDIN: Sophomore defender single season output. Michael Skudin tallied his first career goal last Saturday at Sacred Heart. He took an outlet pass near midfield and went in almost - Carter tallied a career-best two goals and one assist, equaling his unguarded and beat SHU goalie Zach Frank. He also had one ground total output for the 2008 season, in the Pride’s 9-7 victory over #3 ball on the day. Princeton at Shuart Stadium. He has already doubled his 2008 season point output with seven points this year. He was named the CAA MIDFIELDER STEVEN DENAPOLI: Sophomore Steven Player of the Week for his performance against the Tigers. DeNapoli has tallied three goals on the season and leads the team with 23 ground balls. He has tallied goals against UMass, Brown and - The San Francisco, CA native tallied a goal and an assist against Princeton. He had three ground balls at Army on March 24. UMass, a second goal at Johns Hopkins and two goals and one assist against Princeton. TEAM CAPTAINS: Hofstra has four team captains this year. Senior Tom Dooley, senior midfielder Steve Prifte, senior defender Jack - He added an assist at Army on March 24. Vivonetto and junior defender Adam Swarsen were selected team captains before the 2009 season. ATTACKMAN TOM DOOLEY: Senior Tom Dooley recorded his third goal of the season against Princeton on March 14. It was the DEFENSEMAN RYAN SMITH LOST FOR THE SEASON: 93rd goal of his career. Junior defenseman Ryan Smith will be lost for the season with a knee injury suffered in the Massachusetts game on February 21. - Last May in the CAA title game at Drexel, Dooley’s 26th goal of the year gave Hofstra its second CAA Championship and the school’s GOALIE DANNY ORLANDO TO TAKE ACADEMIC LEAVE 14th trip to the NCAA Championship Tournament. OF ABSENCE: Hofstra Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney announced on March 13 that junior goalie Danny Orlando (South - The Yorktown, NY native, who went over the 100-point mark in his Hempstead, NY) has taken an Academic Leave of Absence and will career on April 19 at North Carolina with two goals, now has 93 not return for the remainder of the spring semester. “Danny Orlando goals and 20 assists for 113 points in his 55-game Hofstra career. has decided to take some time to attend to personal and family Dooley, who had nine multi-point games last year, led the Pride with matters, and as a result, he has taken an Academic Leave of six man-up goals. Absence,” commented Tierney. “We all wish him a speedy return.”

Hofstra All-time Single Season Freshman Scoring List PRIDE COACH SETH TIERNEY: Seth Tierney became the fifth No. Player Year G-A-Pts. head coach in the 60-year history of the Hofstra Men's Lacrosse 1 - Tom Dooley 2006 38-13-51 program when he was hired to the position in August 2006. Now in 2 - Dave McCulloch 1983 26-23-49 his third season, Tierney has led the Pride to 16 victories, the 2008 3 - Dom DiNardo 1991 30-15-45 Colonial Athletic Association championship and a berth in the 2008 NCAA Championship in his two seasons. 4 - Andy Carlson 1991 35-9-44

5 - Bruce Yancey 1983 37-6-43 Tierney served as an assistant coach at Hofstra from 1995 through 2000 before leaving for a similar position at his alma mater Johns ATTACKMAN KEVIN FORD: Ford returned to the Hofstra line- Hopkins University. During his six-year tenure with the Pride, up against UMass on February 21 after missing all but 2.5 games last Hofstra recorded six consecutive winning seasons with a combined season. He tallied a goal and an assist at Army last Tuesday. He has overall record of 61-28 and a conference mark of 29-2, captured five four goals and three assists on the year. league titles, received five top 15 final national rankings, and played in four NCAA Championship tournaments. - The Floral Park, New York native tallied two goals in the Pride’s 11-10 victory over the Minutemen and was named the CAA Rookie Tierney also coached seven All-Americans and nearly two-dozen all- of the Week. Ford opened the scoring for the Pride and would score conference players during his first tenure at Hofstra. Among them Hofstra’s eighth goal to tie the contest in the fourth quarter. He also was midfielder Doug Shanahan, who would receive the inaugural picked up four ground balls. He had a goal and an assist and took a Tewaaraton Trophy as College Lacrosse Player of the Year, the Lt. team-high nine shots at Brown on February 28. Ray Enners Award as the Division I Player of the Year, and the Lt.

Donald McLaughlin Award as the Division I Midfielder of the Year - Sean Smith, who returned to the Pride in 2008 after one season in 2001. away from the program, is in his 11th season on the Hofstra lacrosse staff. He served on John Danowski’s Pride staff from 1998 through The 2008 season saw Hofstra make a return to the NCAA 2006. A two-time All-American at Roanoke College in 1982 and Tournament after a one-year hiatus. The team posted a 10-6 record 1983 Smith has also served on the coaching staff at Army from 1987 and captured the CAA title in a thrilling overtime victory over through 1990. Drexel. Leading scorer Anthony Muscarella was named an honorable mention All-American, while Kevin Unterstein was the CAA AGAINST THE TOP 10 Defensive Player of the Year and Jay Card earned CAA Rookie of -Following the Pride’s win against #3 Princeton last week, Hofstra is the Year accolades. In addition, seven players received All-CAA now 12-17 in its last 29 games against USILA Top 10 opponents. honors and the Unterstein brothers, Kevin and Michael, were named - Prior to the victory over #1 Hopkins in 2008, the Pride’s highest- North-South Game All-Stars and were both selected in the Major ranked victory was an 11-10 overtime decision over second-ranked League Lacrosse Draft. Notre Dame in 2001. - Including 2009, the Pride has defeated at least one top 10 opponent In his first year at the helm of the Hofstra program, Tierney took over in eight of the last nine seasons. a team that returned one starter from 2006’s NCAA Quarterfinal - Hofstra’s victory over Loyola in March, 2004 was the Pride’s one squad and led them to a 6-8 record that saw seven losses decided by and only win in 2004 over a Top 10 opponent. The Greyhounds came one goal. The team qualified for the CAA Championship, saw one of into the game ranked seventh. its star players – Kevin Unterstein – earn honorable mention All- America honors and had seven players named to All-CAA teams, Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp including three All-Rookie selections. 3/14/09 #3 Princeton Home 9-7 W Tierney returned to Hofstra after a six-year tenure at John Hopkins, 3/7/09 #10 Johns Hopkins Away 7-12 L with the final two seasons as associate head coach. As the Blue Jays 3/8/08 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 8-7 W offensive coordinator, he was the architect of one of the most potent 3/27/07 #9 Army Away 5-3 W and explosive offenses in the nation in recent years. Tierney directed 3/18/07 #10 Princeton Home 4-5 L the Blue Jays attack that finished second in the nation in scoring 3/10/07 #5 Johns Hopkins Away 8-9 L margin, sixth in scoring offense and 16th in man-up offense during 2/24/07 #9 Massachusetts Home 8-6 W Hopkins' NCAA title run in 2005. The Blue Jays led the nation in 5/20/06 #10 Massachusetts Neutral 10-11 L (OT) scoring offense and man-up offense in 2003 and finished fifth in both 3/18/06 #6 Princeton Away 9-5 W categories in 2004. 3/11/06 #7 Johns Hopkins Home 11-6 W 3/29/05 #5 Army Away 10-11 L In Tierney’s final season at Hopkins the Blue Jays posted a 9-5 3/26/05 #9 Notre Dame Home 8-9 L (2OT) record, advanced to the NCAA Championship quarterfinals, and 3/12/05 #1 Johns Hopkins Away 5-11 L ranked in the top 15 in the country in four statistical categories. With 3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L an emphasis on a balanced attack that puts pressure on the opposition 3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L at every position, individual awards have been plentiful at Hopkins. 3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W A total of 21 Blue Jay midfielders and attackmen earned All-America 5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L honors during Tierney's tenure in Homewood. Among them was Kyle 4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W Harrison, a two-time first team All-America, who received the 3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L Tewaaraton Trophy and the Lt. Enners Award in 2005 and the 3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L McLaughlin Award in 2004 and 2005. 4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W 3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L Tierney played for the Blue Jays from 1988 through 1991 and served 3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L as team captain as a senior. He helped lead Hopkins to the NCAA 3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L Tournament in each of his four seasons, including an appearance in 5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home 13-18 L the 1989 NCAA title game. He received Hopkins' Turnbull-Reynolds 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W (OT) Award as a senior as the player most exemplifying leadership and 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L sportsmanship. Tierney was also selected to play in the North-South 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W game as a senior. 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT)

After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Tierney continued his playing AGAINST THE TOP 6 career by playing three seasons of indoor lacrosse for the New York - The Pride is 4-13 in their last 17 games against teams that were Saints before serving as an assistant coach for the Saints for two ranked sixth or better, dating back to the end of the 1999 season. seasons. - In addition to Princeton this year and Hopkins last year, the only Pride wins over top six teams came in 2001 when Hofstra edged #2 HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES Notre Dame 11-10 in overtime, and on March 18, 2006 against #6 - Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 to Princeton 9-5. 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach at Hofstra. Amplo - Hofstra is 9-25 against opponents ranked sixth or better since 1993. served as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001 before leaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 61 of its last 82 home games returned to Hofstra in 2003. at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly Hofstra Stadium). The Pride had a 16-game home winning streak snapped on March 18, 2007 - Former Johns Hopkins standout Matt Rewkowski is in his second against Princeton. The Hofstra home streak tied them for 11th all- season on the Pride coaching staff. A member of the Blue Jays time in Division I history. Here is how the Pride has done at home national championship team in 2005, he was an All-America since 2000: selection in 2004. Rewkowski, who played his first two years at 2009 - 2-0 Duke, was an All-America pick as a sophomore in Durham. 2008 - 6-1 2007 - 3-4 2006 - 12-0 SEASON OPENERS: Hofstra is 39-22 in opening games in its 2005 – 6-3 history. 2004 – 3-3 2003 – 9-2 RETURNING STARTERS: The Pride return eight starters from last 2002 – 6-2 year’s 10-6, CAA Championship team. 2001 – 7-4 2000 – 7-2 HOFSTRA PICKED TO REPEAT IN 2009 CAA PRESEASON POLL: The Hofstra Pride, which has won two of the last three CAA Men's Lacrosse Championships, is picked to repeat in 2009 as the OVERTIME - Hofstra is 13-5 in its last 18 overtime games. conference champion according to a vote conducted by all seven - The Pride is 19-7 in overtime games since 1985. league coaches. The Pride, which picked up five of the possible - Hofstra is 6-2 in overtime games under Seth Tierney and was 13-5 seven first-place votes, edged out second-place Delaware in the poll. in overtime games during John Danowski’s tenure. - Here is the Pride’s OT history since 1986: Hofstra, already ranked No. 15 in the Inside Lacrosse/Faceoff Year Opponent Result Yearbook preseason poll and picked as the league favorites in the 2009 at Army 9-8 W (2OT) same publication, received four more total points than Delaware in 2009 at #15 Brown 11-10 W (2OT) the preseason coaches poll. The Blue Hens, ranked 20th in the 2008 at #11 Drexel * 10-9 W Faceoff Yearbook, logged two first-place votes and finished with a 2008 at Villanova 7-6 W (2OT) total of 31 points. Drexel, one of two 2008 regular-season league 2008 at Drexel 8-9 L (2OT) champions, is picked to finish third in the conference after recording 2008 #1 Johns Hopkins 8-7 W 27 points in the poll. Towson logged 20 total points in the poll to 2007 Stony Brook 12-13 L come in fourth, while Villanova, Sacred Heart and Robert Morris 2007 at Towson 9-8 W rounded out the preseason vote, respectively. 2006 Massachusetts 10-11 L 2006 #12 Towson 10-9 W 2009 CAA MEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON COACHES POLL 2005 #9 Notre Dame 8-9 L (2OT) 2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W Team (first-place votes) Points 2002 at Massachusetts 12-11 W 1. Hofstra (5) 35 2001 Virginia 15-14 W 2. Delaware (2) 31 Notre Dame 11-10 W 3. Drexel 27 2000 at Delaware 7-8 L 4. Towson 20 1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W 5. Villanova 17 Notre Dame 10-9 W 6. Sacred Heart 9 1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT) 7. Robert Morris 8 1996 Georgetown 15-16 L Massachusetts 15-14 W FOUR PRIDE PLAYERS NAMED TO 2009 ALL-CAA 1995 Brown 10-9 W PRESEASON TEAM: Four Pride players were voted to the 1994 Army 14-15 L preseason All-CAA team. Sophomore Jay Card, the CAA Rookie of 1993 Virginia 7-6 W the Year in 2008, ranked among the league's best in goals-per-game 1991 at Army 14-13 W as a freshman last year, scoring 27 to go with 13 assists. Senior 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT) Anthony Muscarella, already an Honorable Mention 2009 Preseason * - CAA Title Game All-America pick by Inside Lacrosse and a first team All-CAA honoree in 2008, ranked eighth in league with an average of 1.75

goals per game (28 goals) and had 14 assists on the year. Senior HOFSTRA AGAINST NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 20: Following Steve Prifte was a unanimous preseason all-conference pick at the the Pride’s victory over #20 UMass in the 2009 season opener and long-stick midfield position. Prifte, a Shamong, New Jersey native the double-overtime win at #15 Brown, Hofstra is now 16-15 in their was a Second Team All-League pick in 2008 after logging 40 last 31 games against teams ranked from 11 through 20. Since 2003, groundballs and causing eight turnovers. Inside Lacrosse Preseason the Pride is 19-18 against teams #11 through 20. Hofstra was 2-3 in Honorable Mention All-America goalkeeper Danny Orlando rounds 2008, 1-4 in 2007, 7-0 in 2006, 4-3 in 2005, 0-5 in 2004 and 3-3 in out the Pride's 2009 All-CAA Preseason team selections. The 2003. Hofstra junior finished 2008 with a 8.56 goals-against average and

had a save percentage of .491. NUMBER ONE: Hofstra’s game against top-ranked Johns Hopkins on March 8, 2008 was the Hofstra Athletics program’s second contest The league's coaches also selected Delaware junior attacker Curtis against a top-ranked opponent in a 30-day period and the third Dickson as the CAA's Preseason Player of the Year.Dickson, one of contest against a team ranked in the Top 2 team during that time. On three Blue Hen preseason all-conference picks in 2009, returns after a February 17, 2008 the Hofstra wrestling team, which captured its first team all-conference performance in 2008. The Port Coquitlam, eighth consecutive conference title, including seven in the CAA, British Columbia, native and preseason third team All-American by hosted #2 Nebraska. On February 26 the Hofstra women’s lacrosse Inside Lacrosse, scored a league-best 46 goals while also passing out team hosted #1 Northwestern. In men’s lacrosse the JHU game was 15 assists in 2008. Alongside Dickson and Card at the attack position the Hofstra lacrosse program’s fourth contest against a number one is Colin Ambler. Ambler, a junior at Drexel, recorded 21 goals and ranked opponent. Three (1995, 2004, 2005) of the four games were 21 assists in 2008, helping him earn a spot on the CAA's All- against Hopkins. The fourth was against Syracuse in 2001. Conference Second Team.

SEASON 61 FOR HOFSTRA At midfield with Muscarella are Delaware junior Martin Cahill and - Hofstra is in its 61st season of men’s lacrosse in 2009. Pride teams Drexel junior Greg Casey. Cahill, a 2008 first team All-CAA pick, have tallied a 489-336-4 record during that time. was among the league's best scorers in 2008 by logging 29 goals on the year. Casey, a second team all-league honoree in 2008, finished his sophomore season with 13 goals and five assists. Drexel junior Ryan West, a 2008 First Team All-CAA pick at the face-off specialist month battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma was a study in courage, position, is a preseason all-conference honoree in 2009. West, a dignity and the relentless attitude that he brought to everything he Berlin, Md., native finished the 2008 season 69-of-114 (.605) in face- did. A son, a brother, a fiancé, a teammate, a classmate and a friend, offs and scored two goals as a sophomore. Nick cherished and honored all of these titles. He will be remembered for the love and joy that he brought to so many people and a spirit Drexel junior Matt McCormick leads three preseason All-CAA that will last forever. The Pride will continue to wear a circular patch defenders in 2009. An Honorable Mention Preseason All-America on their jerseys in 2008 in his memory. The Hofstra lacrosse program selection by Inside Lacrosse, McCormick was a 2008 first team all- is active in fund-raising activities in the fight against lymphoma. conference pick in 2008 after playing a vital role in Drexel's top- ranked defense (7.15 goals/game). Villanova senior Eddie DiDonato HOFSTRA PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS: logged 26 groundballs in 2008, and joins McCormick on the 1 - Loizeaux - (La-wah-zoo) preseason all-league defense. Delaware sophomore Pat Dowling, an 3 - Colleluori - (Coll-la-law-ree) all-rookie pick in 2008, picked up 35 groundballs and forced 18 6 - Mojica (Mo-Jee-ca) turnovers last season which helped him earn a spot on the 2009 7 & 9 - DeNapoli (Dee-Nap-po-lee) Preseason squad. 8 & 10 - Prifte - (Priff-tee) 13 - Shuey - (Shoo-ee) 2009 PRESEASON ALL-CAA MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM 18 - Gvozden - (Ga-vozz-den) 19 - Pezzolla - (Pa-zoll-ah) Name, School Pos. Yr. 21 - Vaccaro (Va-car-oh) Colin Ambler, Drexel# A Jr. 22 - Interlicchio - (In-ter-lick-ee-oh) Jay Card, Hofstra! A So. 26 - Muscarella - (Mus-ka-rell-ah) Curtis Dickson, Delaware* A Jr. 28 - Montemurro - (Mon-tah-more-oh) Martin Cahill, Delaware* M Jr. 29 - Skudin (Skoo-din) Greg Casey, Drexel# M Jr. 32 - Stein - (Stine) Anthony Muscarella, Hofstra* M Sr. 39 - Koesterer - (Kes-ter-rer) Steve Prifte, Hofstra# LSM Sr. 44- Vivonetto (Viv-a-net-oh) 50 - Scuderi (Ska-dare-ee) Ryan West, Drexel* FO Jr.

Eddie DiDonato, Villanova D Sr. HOFSTRA TO HOST 2009 NCAA Pat Dowling, Delaware! D So. CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS: Matt McCormick, Drexel* D Jr. Tickets and parking passes to the 2009 NCAA Danny Orlando, Hofstra GK Jr. Men's Lacrosse Championship Quarterfinals at Hofstra University are now on sale. The CAA MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Curtis Quarterfinals will return to Long Island on Dickson, A, Jr., Delaware Saturday, May 16, 2009 at James M. Shuart Stadium. Game times are noon and 3 p.m. * -- First Team All-CAA Selection in 2008 # -- Second Team All-CAA Selection in 2008 Lacrosse fans can purchase general admission tickets and parking ! -- All-CAA Rookie Selection in 2008 passes online at: www.Hofstra.edu/Athletics (click button on right side of page) or by calling the Hofstra Athletic Ticket Office at 516- HOFSTRA HAS 14 NCAA TOURNAMENT BIDS: The Pride HOF-TIXX (463-8499). earned their 14th trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2008 by defeating Drexel in thrilling fashion, 10-9 in overtime, in the Colonial Athletic Lacrosse fans who purchase tickets and parking early will have the Association Championship game at Vidas Field in Philadelphia. The ability to park and tailgate closest to the stadium on game day. As of Pride trailed 9-7 with 1:20 to play in regulation before junior March 4 more than 3,200 tickets have been sold for the Hofstra midfielder Anthony Muscarella and sophomore attackman Dan Stein quarterfinals. For more information on special tent tailgate scored 28 seconds apart to send the game into overtime. Junior opportunities, please call 516-463-5281. attackman Tom Dooley tallied the game-winner 11 seconds into the extra period to punch the Pride's NCAA Tournament-bound ticket. Hofstra has hosted the NCAA Quarterfinal in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 Hofstra, which defeated then-number one Johns Hopkins, 8-7, in and 2002 and enjoyed great crowds for each event including 12,292 overtime on March 8 in Hempstead, faced the Blue Jays for the in 1999 when Johns Hopkins, Duke, Georgetown and Hofstra fourth time in NCAA Championship competition last week with competed. Hopkins exacting some revenge, 10-4. Johns Hopkins downed the Pride in first round games in 1974 (18-10) and 1978 (20-8), and in the quarterfinals in 1999 (11-7) at Hofstra. HOFSTRA ON TELEVISION: The Hofstra Pride Men’s Lacrosse Team will be ROYLE-SOMBROTTO LOCKER ROOM: The Hofstra Men’s televised three times during the 2009 season. Lacrosse Locker Room was officially dedicated before the Pride’s In addition to the games at Hopkins on game against Delaware on April 12, 2008. The Harry Royle-Vincent March 7 and at the United States Military Sombrotto Pride Locker Room, named in honor of former Hofstra Academy on March 24 that were televised Lacrosse Coach Harry Royle and former Pride All-American and on ESPNU, WMAR-TV in Baltimore will National Lacrosse Hall of Fame member Vincent Sombrotto, was televise the Pride’s April 11th game at CAA- made possible by a generous gift from James Metzger, a former rival Towson University. ESPNU will also televise the game on a teammate of Sombrotto and a standout player under Coach Royle. tape delay at 10 p.m.

REMEMBERING NICK: On November 28 2006, BLOGS, BLOG, BLOGS: Five Hofstra lacrosse players, Michael the Hofstra University family lost a beloved Colleluori, Dan Stein, Brian Schneider, Joe Montemurro and Dan member of the community with the passing of Pezzolla, will be writing weekly blogs during the 2009 season. In men’s lacrosse player Nicholas Colleluori. His 14- addition to blogging on the Pride website at http://www.hofstra.edu/Athletics/Mlacrosse/ath_mlax_09faceoffblog. cfm, Colleluori’s and Schneider’s blog will also be seen on take a 10-8 lead. www.InsideLacrosse.com and Stein’s blog will also be seen on www.NCAA.com . Colleluori brought Hofstra back to within one with 2:44 to play with his second of the game on the run before Card tied the game with HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE 1:12 to play. On the ensuing face-off sophomore middie Joe - Get the latest information on the Hofstra men’s lacrosse program by Montemurro won the face-off and started the Pride on their road to going to www.hofstra.edu/athletics victory.

The Pride outshot the Minutemen, 56-31, including 24-4 in the final 2009 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES quarter.

GAME 1 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009 1 2 3 4 F VS. #20 MASSACHUSETTS: Sophomore Jay #20 UMass 3 4 0 3 10 Card scored his third goal of the game with just #13 Hofstra 2 1 2 6 11 four seconds remaining to give the 13th-ranked Pride of Hofstra (1-0) an 11-10 victory over #20 MASSACHUSETTS SCORING: GOALS: Evan Blum 2; Rory Massachusetts (1-1) at James M. Shuart Stadium. Pedrick 2; Joe Reale 2; Jim Connolly 1; Anthony Biscardi 1; Bobby Hayes 1; Ryan Hantverk 1. ASSISTS: Tim Balise 1; Anthony Card, a native of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, scored all three of his Biscardi 1; Evan Blum 1; Jim Connolly 1; Ryan Marcus 1; Rory goals in the final 12 minutes as Hofstra scored six times in the final Pedrick 1. quarter. He tied the game at 10-all with 1:12 to play, taking a pass HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 3; Colleluori, Michael from senior Michael Colleluori to the right of UMass goalie Doc 2; Ford, Kevin 2; Stein, Dan 2; Carter, Ryan 1; DeNapoli, Steven 1. Schneider (8 saves) and firing a bullet from eight yards out. On the ASSISTS: Colleluori, Michael 3; Card, Jay 2; Carter, Ryan 1. winning goal, Card took a pass again on the right side, ducked under a charging defender, and beat Schneider low for the game-winner. GAME 2 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, Card, the 2008 CAA Rookie of the Year who had three game- 2009 AT #15 BROWN: Sophomore Jay Card's winning goals last season, tied the game at 7-7 just 3:48 into the fourth goal of the game with 19 seconds fourth quarter, taking another pass from Colleluori down low and to remaining in the second overtime capped a the side of the cage. Colleluori tallied two goals and three assists in furious 11-10 come-from-behind Hofstra victory the contest while junior Dan Stein and red-shirt freshman Kevin Ford over #15 Brown at Mesiter-Kavan Field. The 13th-ranked Pride, who each added two goals. The Minutemen of Massachusetts were led by rallied back from a 10-3 deficit midway through the third quarter, seniors Evan Blum and Rory Pedrick with two goals and one assist improved to 2-0 on the season while Brown falls to 1-1. It is Hofstra's each. first 2-0 start since the 1997 season when the Pride opened up with five straight wins. In the 34th installment of one of college lacrosse’s fiercest rivalries, the Minutemen jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Blum and senior Card, who tallied three of Hofstra's last seven goals including the Jim Connolly in the first six minutes. Ford put Hofstra on the board game-winner, took a cross-crease pass from senior Michael with a 13-yard, man-up bullet from the center of the box with 4:36 to Colleluori in the air and dunked the ball behind Brown goalie Jordan play in the first. But UMass freshman Anthony Biscardi and Hofstra Burke in the second OT. The Pride were in the man-up situation junior Danny Stein exchanged goals to close the first quarter with the following an illegal check penalty on Brown midfielder Thomas Minutemen ahead, 3-2. Stein’s goal came with two seconds Muldoon with just 40 seconds remaining in the second extra remaining on a wrap-around. session.

Massachusetts opened the second quarter with three straight goals as Card finished with four goals and one assist but was topped by senior Pedrick scored 4:54 into the period, and sophomore Ryan Hantverk middie Michael Colleluori, who posted two goals and career-highs and senior face-off specialist Joe Reale scoring eight seconds apart of four assists and six points. Senior middie Anthony Muscarella and late in the period to build a 6-2 lead. Pride sophomore Stephen red-shirt freshman Kevin Ford chipped in each with a goal and an DeNapoli closed the gap with a goal while falling down that beat assist. Pride junior goalie Danny Orlando recorded nine saves in the Schneider high just 15 seconds later. But junior middie Bobby Hayes contest including big stops in each of the extra periods. The Bears of gave the Minutemen a 7-3 lead at the break off a pass from Pedrick Brown were led by sophomore Andrew Feinberg with three goals and with 14 seconds to play. two assists while Muldoon and attackman Kyle Hollingsworth each added a goal and an assist. Burke stopped 15 shots in the Brown The Pride came out with a sense of urgency in the second half and cage. scored four unanswered goals to tie the game at 7-all. Colleluori started the run with a 12-yard bullet off the stick of Schneider 5:27 Brown jumped on the Pride early, building a 4-0 lead late in the first into the third to cut the gap to 7-4. Almost six minutes later senior quarter on a man-up-goal from senior Jack Walsh, and even-handed Ryan Carter took a cross-field pass from Colleluori a fired a shot past goals by senior Nic Bell, senior Todd Faiella, and Feinberg. Hofstra Schneider from 12 yards out. In the fourth quarter, Stein scored again sophomore middie Steven DeNapoli put the Pride on the board with on a wrap-around just 1:24 into the period before Card tied the game 3:05 to play in the period with his second goal of the year from 10 off the pass from Colleluori two minutes later. yards out in the center of the box to close the gap to 4-1 after one period. In the second quarter, Feinberg and junior Collins Carey UMass ended the run as Reale picked up the ground ball off the sandwiched a Pride goal by Colleluori, his third of the season, to take ensuing face-off and ran through the Pride defense and beat Hofstra a 6-2 lead into the locker room at halftime. goalie Danny Orlando (5 saves) from five yards for an 8-7 lead. Ford tied the game at 8-8 for Hofstra 2:33 later with a 15-yard bullet after Just 11 seconds into the third quarter, Hollingsworth fed junior Jake a pass from Card. But a minute later Blum scored his fourth of the Hardy for his first goal of the season to boost the Bears' lead to 7-2. season on a 12-yard shot from the left of Orlando, and Pedrick scored Card got one back for the Pride with an unassisted tally two minutes on a jump shot from eight yards in front three minutes after that to later before Brown made a run that looked to put the game out of reach for the Pride. A minute after Card's fourth goal of the year, Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins to a 12-7 victory over the ninth-ranked Feinberg notched his third of the game and sixth of the season to Hofstra Pride at Homewood Field. boost the lead back to five at 8-3. Five minutes later, Hollingsworth Hofstra was led by senior Anthony Muscarella with two goals while took a pass from Feinberg and buried a 10-yard bullet behind junior Dan Stein posted a goal and an assist. Freshman goalie Orlando. Right off the ensuing face-off -seven seconds later-Muldoon Andrew Gvozden recorded 11 saves in his collegiate debut for the notched his third of the season off a pass from Feinberg to boost the Pride. In addition to Wharton and Kimmel, Hopkins received two lead to 10-3 with 6:17 to play in the third. goals from Tim Donovan and a goal and two assists from Steven Boyle. Blue Jays goalie Mike Gvozden, the older brother of the Pride But the Pride did not quit. Two minutes later Colleluori started the goalie, posted 12 saves in the contest, including five in the third to Pride on their long way back with a goal from eight yards off a pass thwart a Hofstra comeback attempt. from Muscarella. Card then notched his second of the game and fifth of the season 1:19 later off a perfect pass to the crease by Colleluori The Blue Jays scored the first four goals of the game, building a 4-0 to close the deficit to 10-5. Card added an extra-man goal 3:36 into lead late in the first quarter. Attackman Steven Boyle opened the the fourth quarter off a pass from Colleluori and senior Tom Dooley scoring 2:56 into the contest on a wrap-around on the left side of notched his first goal of the season off a pass from Card 24 seconds Pride goalie Andrew Gvozden. Almost a minute later freshman later to inch closer to 10-7. Marshall Burkhart notched his second of the season on a run across the box to put the Blue Jays up 2-0. Sophomore Kyle Wharton would Hofstra junior Danny Stein scored his third goal of the season on the score the next two goals, the first on a cross-box pass from Michael crease after a pretty pass from Ford with 4:18 to play and a little over Kimmel at the 9:32 mark, and the second of the game and eighth of a minute later Ford fired a bullet from 10 yards out in the center of the year while falling down from five yards out with 3:13 to play in the box, after a pass from Colleluori, to close to 10-9 with 3:15 the first quarter. remaining. The Pride got the ball back with just under two minutes remaining in regulation. Muscarella, who sat out last week's opener Hofstra got on the board 10 seconds later as sophomore Jay Card against UMass, made a run down the right side of Brown goalie took a pass from Dan Stein and beat Michael Gvozden from eight Jordan Burke and fired a bullet that beat the senior netminder high yards out. It was Card's eighth goal. The Pride tucked another one in and to the far side to tie the game at 10-all with 1:08 to play. The last before the end of the quarter as senior middie Ryan Carter fired a 58 ticks were highlighted by solid defense before Pride defender was bullet on the run from 10 yards that beat the Hopkins' goalie low to whistled for a slash with five seconds to play. close the deficit to 4-2 after one period. It was Carter's second goal of the year. In the first overtime Dooley had a point-blank shot at the gage for the Pride that was blocked by Brown senior defender Ryan Cassil before But the Blue Jays scored four more times in the second quarter to Orlando came up big on a shot by Muldoon with 48 seconds left. The boost their lead to 8-3 at halftime. Wharton notched his third of the Bears took its last possession of the first OT with 23 seconds game and the ninth of the year on a behind the back shot on the run remaining but Hofstra junior co-captain Adam Swarsen stripped his from five yards out just 2:23 into the period. Sophomore Tim Brown opponent of the ball with nine seconds to play to send the Donovan boosted the lead to 6-2 with his second of the year from the game into a second overtime. middle of the box. Hofstra's Stephen Bentz brought the Pride back to within three at 6-3 with his first of the year, picking up a ground ball The first two minutes of the second OT were highlighted by turnover on the side of the cage and sliding it under Michael Gvozden with exchanges before Hofstra had its first good chance of the period to 8:38 to play in the half. But Max Chautin notched his first of the year score. With 1:29 to play Muscarella fired a bullet from straight on 2:33 later off a pass from Boyle, and Wharton tallied his fourth of the that was stopped by Burke. After a Brown timeout, the Bears were game just inside the three minute mark from Kimmel to give Hopkins stuffed on a shot by Orlando before a second shot bounced off the far a strong lead at the intermission. post behind Orlando. On the ensuing scramble Muldoon was whistled for hitting Steven DeNapoli with an illegal body check giving the Pride junior Danny Stein notched his fourth goal of the year from five Pride a one minute advantage with 40 seconds left in the second extra yards out to cut the deficit to 8-4 with 12:15 to play in the third but session and setting up Card's second game-winning goal of the year the Blue Jays would score three of the next four in the quarter to and the fifth of his young career. The Pride outshot the Bears, 44-3, bump the lead back to 11-5 after three quarters. Wharton scored 23 and picked up 35 ground balls to Brown's 32 in the contest. seconds after Stein for his fifth of the game, and Donovan added his second of the contest on the run from 10 yards just 68 seconds later. 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 F Hofstra senior Anthony Muscarella notched his second of the season #13 Hofstra 1 1 3 5 0 1 11 from 10 yards out with 9:21 to play to close to 10-5 but Hopkins #15 Brown 4 2 4 0 0 0 10 junior Chris Boland scored with 22 seconds to play in the period to boost the lead to 11-5. HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 4; Colleluori, Michael 2; Ford, Kevin 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Stein, Dan 1; DeNapoli, Hofstra seniors Tom Dooley and Anthony Muscarella sandwiched a Steven 1; Dooley, Tom 1. ASSISTS: Colleluori, Michael 4; Card, goal by Kimmel in the fourth quarter as the Blue Jays recorded their Jay 1; Ford, Kevin 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1. eighth win over the Pride at Homewood Field in as many attempts. Hopkins outshot the Pride, 43-35 and picked up 34 ground balls to BROWN SCORING: GOALS: Feinberg, Andrew 3; Muldoon, Hofstra's 24. Thomas 1; Hollingsworth, Kyle 1; Walsh, Jack 1; Bell, Nic 1; Hardy, Jake 1; Faiella, Todd 1; Carey, Collins 1. ASSISTS: Feinberg, No. Team 1 2 3 4 F Andrew 2; Williams, Brady 2; Hollingsworth, Kyle 1; Melvin, Nik 1; #9 Hofstra 2 1 2 2 7 Muldoon, Thomas 1; Seligmann, Reade 1. #10 Johns Hopkins 4 4 3 1 12

HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Muscarella, Anthony 2; Stein, GAME 3 - SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009 Dan 1; Card, Jay 1; Dooley, Tom 1; Carter, Ryan 1; Bentz, Stephen AT #10 JOHNS HOPKINS: Kyle Wharton 1. ASSISTS: Ford, Kevin 1; Stein, Dan 1. scored five goals and Michael Kimmel added a goal and three assists to lead the 10th-ranked JOHNS HOPKINS SCORING: GOALS: Kyle Wharton 5; Tim initiated a breakout the other way. Dooley completed the momentum Donovan 2; Michael Kimmel 1; Steven Boyle 1; Marshall Burkhart shift, taking Card’s pass and firing it into the net for a 4-1 lead with 1; Chris Boland 1; Max Chautin 1. ASSISTS: Michael Kimmel 3; 3:06 remaining. Hofstra went into halftime on a high note thanks to Steven Boyle 2; Marshall Burkhart 1. Carter’s goal with five seconds left. Out of a Princeton timeout, Colleluori found Carter for a bullet from 10 yards out, giving the GAME 4 – MARCH 14, 2009 VS. #3 Pride a 5-1 edge at the break, chasing Tigers starting goalie Tyler PRINCETON: Freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden Fiorito. shined in his second collegiate start, registering nine saves as the 12th-ranked Pride led wire-to-wire in a No. Team 1 2 3 4 F 9-7 victory over previously undefeated No. 3 #3 Princeton 0 1 2 4 7 Princeton at James M. Shuart Stadium. #12 Hofstra 2 3 2 2 9

Senior midfielder Anthony Muscarella (Wantagh, NY) tallied a hat PRINCETON SCORING: GOALS: McBride, Jack 2; Lesko, Josh trick and fellow senior middie Ryan Carter (San Francisco, CA) 1; MacKenzie, Scott 1; Davis, Tommy 1; Sgalardi, Rich 1; McBride, added a pair of goals as the Pride defeated a top-3 opponent for the Chris 1. ASSISTS: Lesko, Josh 1; McBride, Jack 1; Reilly, Connor second consecutive season. Hofstra improved to 3-1 with all 1. victories coming against nationally-ranked opponents while the Tigers fell to 4-1. HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Muscarella, Anthony 3; Carter, Ryan 2; Dooley, Tom 1; DeNapoli, Steven 1; Loizeaux, Brad 1; Senior attacker Tom Dooley (Yorktown Heights, NY) added a goal Interlicchio, Tom 1. ASSISTS: Card, Jay 1; Carter, Ryan 1; and one assist as Hofstra fended off Princeton’s four-goal fourth Colleluori, Michael 1; Dooley, Tom 1. quarter rally for its first win over a top-10 opponent since knocking off No. 1 Johns Hopkins in May 2008. Hofstra Head Coach Seth GAME 5 - MARCH 21, 2009 AT SACRED Tierney also defeated his uncle and mentor in Tigers Head Coach Bill HEART: Freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden Tierney for the first time. The elder Tierney led Princeton to victories made seven saves, including one in the waning over Hofstra in the first two meetings. moments of the contest, and sophomore attack Jay Card scored two goals to lead the #6 Hofstra Hofstra surged to a 5-1 halftime lead and both schools racked up two Men's Lacrosse team to a 6-5 victory over goals in the third quarter to keep the Pride’s lead at four goals. Sacred Heart at Campus Field. Muscarella added his fifth goal of the season 2:42 into the third and freshman Brad Loizeaux (Mullica Hill, NJ) tallied his first NCAA The win was Hofstra's second straight, with its last win a 9-7 victory goal just three minutes later as the Pride built its largest lead of the over #3 Princeton on March 14, and improves the Pride's record to 4- game at 7-1. 1 overall and 1-0 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. Sacred Heart, which saw its two-game win streak come to an end, Yet Princeton’s leading scorer Jack McBride notched his 10th and falls to 2-5 and 0-1 in conference play with the defeat. Hofstra also 11th goals of the season to cut the deficit to four heading into the improved to 8-0 all-time in the series with the Pioneers. final quarter. The Tigers moved within 8-6 and enjoyed a man advantage before the Pride killed a penalty for an illegal check at the Hofstra would get on the board first in the contest as senior 7:34 mark. The penalty kill galvanized Hofstra into a key insurance midfielder Michael Colleluori fed sophomore midfielder Stephen goal with 6:09 left when Muscarella took Carter’s pass and fired a Bentz for his second goal of the season to put the Pride up 1-0 with 12-yard laser that made it 9-6. 10:45 left in the opening period. Timmy Katz would tie the score up at one for Sacred Heart just over a minute later before Hofstra took a That goal proved critical when Tommy Davis made it a two-goal 2-1 lead into the break between periods as Colleluori scored off an game with 1:24 remaining. Princeton had a chance to make it a one- assist from senior midfielder Anthony Muscarella with 3:21 left in goal game before turning it over just inside the final minute. Hofstra the first stanza. got possession back and ran out the clock for the win. The second period would be all Sacred Heart, though, as the Pioneers Princeton outshot Hofstra, 33-24, though Gvozden was up the scored twice in the period and held Hofstra to zero goals in taking a challenge. The Millersville, MD native came off an 11-save debut 3-2 halftime advantage. David Gannon tied the game at two with an against Johns Hopkins last week by making five second half saves. unassisted goal with 2:43 left before Katz notched his second of the Hofstra was also 17-for-19 on clears. game in exciting fashion, picking up a ground ball and finding the back of the net as time expired in the half. Zach Frank assisted in the Slow starts plagued Hofstra in the first three games, though the Pride first half efforts for Sacred Heart as he made six saves in the first shrugged off those problems by jumping out to a 2-0 lead after the thirty minutes. first quarter. Gvozden made one save while facing eight shots to blank the Tigers through the first 15 minutes. Hofstra would regroup after the intermission as freshman midfielder Brad Loizeaux knotted the score at three with 11:06 left in the third Tom Interlicchio fired a sharp-angle shot to the low-right side of the period off an assist from freshman midfielder Dan Pezzolla before cage, opening the scoring nearly seven minutes into the contest. Card came from behind the net for an unassisted goal with 5:57 Muscarella followed with a running wind-up shot eight yards away remaining in the stanza to give the Pride its first lead since 3:21 from the crease just 48 seconds later. remained in the first period.

Scott MacKenzie put Princeton on the board almost three minutes The Pride would keep a one-goal advantage until a pushing penalty into the second quarter before Hofstra answered right back at the 9:30 on junior defender Jake Born gave Sacred Heart a man-up mark. Tom Dooley’s deft flip pass to Ryan Carter near the crease set opportunity. The Pioneers would capitalize as Dan Casciano fed up a quick-strike goal, making it 3-1. Katz for his third goal of the contest to even the score at four with under seven minutes left in regulation. A key defensive play extended Hofstra’s momentum late in the first half. Gvozden’s point-blank stick save on Mark Kovler’s shot Hofstra almost immediately answered, though, as sophomore defender Mike Skudin went nearly the distance of the field after Pride goalie Andrew Gvozden and rolled into the cage for his 15th getting a pass from Gvozden to give the Pride back the narrow one- goal of the year. But Hofstra tied the contest with 5:59 to play in the goal lead, 5-4, with 6:22 to play. half as sophomore Jay Card, dodged and ducked under an Army defender, and beat Palesky low and in the corner for his 11th goal of Card then scored what turned out to be a huge insurance goal with the season. 2:15 left as Katz brought the Pioneers within one at the 1:16 mark and Sacred Heart would have a chance in the closing seconds to Army came out in the third quarter and took a 4-2 lead in the first possibly send the game to overtime. 2:38 of the period. Peyer scored on a bounce shot from 10 yards for his second of the game and the 23rd of the season. Just 34 seconds With 33 ticks left on the clock, Hofstra got whistled for another later Army freshman Sean O'Sullivan scored his fourth of the year penalty and the Pride would be forced to play a man-down for the from Alex Rhoads for a 4-2 lead. final few seconds. After a timeout, Sacred Heart would get one final chance at the net but Gvozden came up big in the final moments as he But after a Hofstra timeout, the Pride came out and scored four stopped a shot from the Pioneers' Evan Morgan to preserve the unanswered goals to take a 6-4 lead. Less than a minute after victory. O'Sullivan's goal Colleluori scored his second of the game and seventh of the year on a shot on the run from eighth yards to cut the Colleluori finished with two points for the Pride, with five other deficit to 4-3. Card scored his second of the game and 12th of the players notching a point for Hofstra. Sophomore midfielder Steven season on a behind the back shot in front of the crease with 8:44 to DeNapoli had a strong game defensively for the Pride as he had four play in the quarter after a perfect pass from Colleluori. Colleluori caused turnovers and three ground balls in the game. notched the hat-trick 34 seconds later on a running shot from seven yards that beat the goalie to the short side. Pride senior Anthony Frank finished with 13 saves for the Pioneers, who got eight ground Muscarella boosted the lead to 6-4 with 3:47 to play in the quarter balls from Zach Smith. with a bullet from 12 yards on the man-up situation after a pass from Kevin Ford. No. Team 1 2 3 4 F #6 Hofstra 2 0 2 2 6 Army came right back and tied the game with two goals in the final Sacred Heart 1 2 0 2 5 nine seconds as Peyer notched his third of the contest from O'Sullivan with nine seconds left before Brooks Korvin notched his HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 2; Colleluori, Michael 11th of the year, taking a pass from Sean Reppard as he was coming 1; Loizeaux, Brad 1; Skudin, Mike 1; Bentz, Stephen 1. ASSISTS: around the back of the cage and beating Gvozden to close the third Colleluori, Michael 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Pezzolla, Dan 1. quarter tied at 6-6.

SACRED HEART SCORING: GOALS: Katz, Timmy 4; Gannon, Dennis 1. ASSISTS: Casciano, Dan 1. Hofstra took an 8-6 lead in the fourth as Muscarella scored his second of the game from Ryan Carter with 8:33 to play and Ford gave the GAME 6 - MARCH 24, 2009 AT ARMY: Pride Pride the two-goal lead with a man-up goal from Muscarella with sophomore Jay Card scored his third goal of the 5:46 to play in regulation. But once again Army came roaring back, game with 1:13 remaining in the second overtime scoring off the ensuing face-off as Boltus scored from seven yards to give #6 Hofstra a 9-8 victory over the Black out six seconds later, and Kevin LoRusso scored 24 seconds after that Knights of Army at Michie Stadium. The Pride improved to 5-1 with goal to tie it at 8-8 with a goal on the run from 15 yards out. their third consecutive victory while Army falls to 5-4. Both goalies were outstanding down the stretch as both Palesky and Card scored the game-winner from seven yards out to the right of Gvozden made big stops in the final 15 seconds of regulation. In the goalie Tom Palesky, taking a pass from Kevin Ford, twisting and first overtime, Gvozden stopped shots by Andrew Maisano and turning his defender, and firing a high shot past the Army netminder. McCallion while Palesky snuffed out Card. Hofstra outshot Army, In addition to Card's three goals, senior Michael Colleluori added 38-25 and won 12 of 21 face-offs. The Pride capitalized on four man- three goals and one assist while classmate Anthony Muscarella up situations, scoring four times. punched in two goals and one assist for the Pride. Hofstra freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden recorded a season-best 17 saves including five stops in the fourth quarter, two in the first overtime and one in the second extra session. Army was led by Jason Peyer with three goals, Jeremy Boltus with two goals and Sean O'Sullivan with a goal and an assist. Palesky posted 18 saves in the Black Knights cage.

The Pride, who won their fourth straight overtime game, improved to 6-2 in overtime games under Coach Seth Tierney, and has won 11 of their last 15 extra session contests. Hofstra defeated the Black Knights for the ninth time in their last 11 meetings.

The Pride got on the board first just 3:56 into the contest as Colleluori took a pass from sophomore Stephen Bentz and beat Palesky for a man-up goal. It was Colleluori's sixth goal of the season. Army tied the game with 8:46 to play in the first on a man-up situation as sophomore middie Rob McCallion found senior attackman Jason Peyer on the crease for his 22nd goal of the year.

The Black Knights took a 2-1 lead with nine seconds remaining in the period as sophomore Jeremy Boltus was the beneficiary of a pass that deflected off the stick of a Hofstra defender, dropped on the back of The Automated ScoreBook For Lacrosse HOFSTRA Combined Team Statistics All games (as of Mar 25, 2009)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 5-1-0 2-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 CONFERENCE 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 4-1-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0

Date Opponent Score Att. ## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh GW UP DN GB Faceoff Feb 21 MASSACHUSETTS W 11-10 1849 20 Card, Jay 6 13 4 17 37 4 3 0 11 0-0 Feb 28 at Brown W 11-10 514 3 Colleluori, Michael 6 8 10 18 36 0 2 0 8 0-0 Muscarella, Anthony Mar 07 at Johns Hopkins L 7-12 2560 26 5 8 3 11 37 0 2 0 10 0-0 4 Ford, Kevin 6 4 3 7 37 0 3 0 7 0-0 Mar 14 PRINCETON W 9-7 3472 15 Carter, Ryan 6 4 3 7 11 0 0 0 6 0-0 * Mar 21 at Sacred Heart W 6-5 551 32 Stein, Dan 6 4 1 5 22 0 0 0 5 0-0 Mar 24 at Army W 9-8 456 7 DeNapoli, Steven 6 3039100230-0 40 Dooley, Tom 6 3 1 4 18 0 0 0 5 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP 1 Loizeaux, Brad 4 20260002 0-0 SHOT STATISTICS 35 Bentz, Stephen 5 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 0-0 Goals-Shot attempts 53-233 52-195 22 Interlicchio, Tom 6 10180002 0-0 29 Skudin, Mike 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 0-0 Goals scored average 8.49 8.33 41 Wynn, Shane 4 00000001 4-5 Shot pct. . 2 2 7 . 2 6 7 44 Vivonetto, Jack 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Shots on goal-Attempts 127-233 110-195 47 Swarsen, Adam 6 0000000150-0 SOG pct. . 5 4 5 . 5 6 4 50 Scuderi, Christia 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0-0 S h o t s /G a m e 38.8 32.5 16 Neal, Isaac 1 00000000 0-0 A s s i s t s 27 29 18 Gvozden, Andre 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0-0 MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES 33 Smith, Ryan 1 00000000 0-0 31 Watson, Patrick 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 G o a l s - O p p o r t u n i t i e s 12-25 3-13 30 Born, Jake 6 00000001 0-0 Conversion Percent . 4 8 0 . 2 3 1 28 Montemurro, Joe 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 51-55 GOAL BREAKDOWN 24 Holman, Tim 5 00000005 0-0 Total Goals 53 52 19 Pezzolla, Dan 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0-0 M a n - u p 12 3 13 Shuey, Tom 5 00000001 0-0 M a n - d o w n008 Prifte, Steve 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 0-0 U n a s s i s t e d 26 23 6 Mojica, Adam 4 00000000 0-0 5 Orlando, Danny 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 O v e r t i m e20 2 Lucas, Sean 2 00010000 0-0 GROUND BALLS 167 169 21 Vaccaro, Mike 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5-3 TURNOVERS 58 68 Total 6 53 27 80 233 5 12 0 167 60-63 CAUSED TURNOVERS 24 29 Opponents 6 52 29 81 195 1 3 0 169 63-60 FACEOFFS (W-L) 60-63 63-60 Faceoff W-L Pct. . 4 8 8 . 5 1 2 ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T CLEARS 102-119 94-114 18 Gvozden, Andre 4 246:47 32 7.78 44 . 5 7 9 3-1-0 5 Orlando, Danny 2 127:41 20 9.40 14 . 4 1 2 2-0-0 Clear Pct. . 8 5 7 . 8 2 5 Total 6 374:28 52 8.33 58 . 5 2 7 5-1-0 PENALTIES Opponents 6 374:28 53 8.49 74 . 5 8 3 1-5-0 N u m b e r 14 27 M i n u t e s 11:30 23:00 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total ATTENDANCE HOFSTRA 10 7 15 19 0 2 53 T o t a l 5321 4081 Opponents 14 13 13 12 0 0 52 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/2660 4/1020 Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 HOFSTRA 13 11 15 14 3 2 58 Opponents 22 16 19 15 1 1 74

Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total HOFSTRA 54 44 63 67 1 4 233 Opponents 50 47 47 41 7 3 195

Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total HOFSTRA 32 23 34 34 1 3 127 Opponents 27 24 28 26 3 2 110

2009 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MEN’S LACROSSE The Pride

No First Last Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown High School 1 Brad Loizeaux M 6-0 170 FR Mullica Hill, NJ The Tatnall School 2 Sean Lucas A 5-11 185 JR Oceanside, NY Oceanside 3 Michael Colleluori M 5-11 185 SR Holmes, PA Ridley 4 Kevin Ford A 6-1 184 RFR Floral Park, NY Floral Park 6 Adam Mojica LSM 5-11 165 SO Springfield, PA Springfield 7 Steven DeNapoli M 5-9 160 SO Hewlett, NY G.W. Hewlett 8 Steve Prifte M 5-10 190 SR Shamong, NJ Shawnee 9 Mike DeNapoli M 6-1 205 FR Lynbrook, NY Lynbrook 10 Keith Prifte M 5-10 185 SR Shamong, NJ Shawnee 11 Michael Hamilton M 6-0 215 FR Brighton, MI Brother Rice 12 Tyler Brant A 6-4 215 JR Silver Spring, MD St. John’s College 13 Tom Shuey D 6-3 210 SR Dallas, TX Highland Park 14 Brian Schneider G 6-0 183 SR Rockville, MD Georgetown Prep 15 Ryan Carter M 5-9 175 SR San Francisco, CA St. Ignatius 16 Isaac Neal D 6-4 220 JR Aurora, CO Overland 18 Andrew Gvozden G 6-1 180 FR Millersville, MD Severna Park 19 Dan Pezzolla M 5-10 175 FR Endicott, NY Union Endicott 20 Jay Card A/M 5-10 190 SO Caledon, ON, Canada The Hill Academy/St. Andrew’s Coll. 21 Mike Vaccaro M 5-7 160 JR Plano, TX Plano Senior 22 Thomas Interlicchio M 6-0 190 JR Yorktown, NY Yorktown 23 Jordan Rosen M 6-2 195 JR San Francisco, CA St. Ignatius College Prep 24 Tim Holman M 6-0 170 SO Garden City, NY Garden City 25 Mark Mullen M 6-2 185 FR Harleysville, PA Germantown Academy 26 Anthony Muscarella M 6-0 190 SR Wantagh, NY Wantagh 28 Joseph Montemurro M 5-8 180 SO Kings Park, NY Kings Park 29 Mike Skudin D 6-2 195 SO Long Beach, NY Long Beach 30 Jake Born D 6-2 200 JR Copiague, NY Holy Trinity/Nassau CC 31 Patrick Watson D 5-11 180 SR Yorktown, NY Yorktown 32 Dan Stein A 6-1 180 JR Merrick, NY Calhoun 33 Ryan Smith D 6-1 190 JR Baldwinsville, NY C.W. Baker/Herkimer CC 34 Joe Caven LSM 5-10 178 JR Yardley, PA Pennsbury 35 Stephen Bentz M 6-0 180 SO Massapequa, NY Massapequa 39 Coleman Koesterer A 6-1 195 FR Manhattan Beach, CA Cazenovia 40 Tom Dooley A 5-11 185 SR Yorktown Heights, NY Yorktown 41 Shane Wynn M 6-0 170 FR Oceanside, NY Oceanside 44 Jack Vivonetto D 5-10 195 SR Rocky Point, NY Rocky Point 47 Adam Swarsen D 5-11 180 JR Denver, CO East 50 Christian Scuderi D 6-4 210 JR West Islip, NY West Islip/New York Tech

Head Coach: Seth Tierney Assistant Coaches: Joe Amplo, Matt Rewkowski, Sean Smith, Pat DeBolt