- The Pride has won 20 of its last 24 games, 23 of the last 28, 49 of their last 77 contests, 57 of its last 90 games, 61 of the last 95, 72 of the last 115, and 85 of its last 131 games, dating back to 1999. - Hofstra has won 16 straight home games and 31 of its last 39 home contests at James M. Shuart Stadium dating back to the 2003 season.
SEASON 59 FOR HOFSTRA - Hofstra is in its 59th season of men’s lacrosse in 2005. Pride teams have tallied a 469-322-4 record during that time.
PRIDE COACH SETH TIERNEY: Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney is in his first season with the Pride. Only the fifth head coach in the program’s history, Tierney came back to Hofstra after a 2007 HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE six year stint at Johns Hopkins University, the last two years as HOFSTRA PRIDE (1-1) associate head coach. As the Blue Jays offensive coordinator, he was the architect of one of the most potent and explosive offenses in the at nation in recent years. Tierney directed the Blue Jays attack that #5 JOHNS HOPKINS BLUE JAYS (2-1) finished second in the nation in scoring margin, sixth in scoring Saturday, March 10, 2007 – Noon offense and 16th in man-up offense during Hopkins' NCAA title run Homewood Field – Baltimore, MD 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. In 2006, Hopkins posted a 9-5 record, advanced to the NCAA 2007 HOFSTRA Championship quarterfinals, and ranked in the top 15 in the country LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS in four statistical categories. A total of 21 Blue Jay midfielders and attackmen earned All-America honors during Tierney's tenure in Homewood. Among them was Kyle Harrison, a two-time first team February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result All-America, who received the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Lt. 24 #9 MASSACHUSETTS (#18) 8-6 W Enners Award in 2005 and the McLaughlin Award in 2004 and 2005. March 3 at Brown (#13) 6-7 L During his six-year tenure with the Pride as an assistant, Hofstra 10 at #5 Johns Hopkins Noon recorded six consecutive winning seasons with a combined overall 17 #7 PRINCETON (MSG-TV) 4:00 p.m. record of 61-28 and a conference mark of 29-2, captured five league 24 at Delaware 7:00 p.m. titles, received five top 15 final national rankings, and played in four 27 at Army 7:30 p.m. NCAA Championship tournaments. Tierney also coached seven All- Americans and nearly two dozen all-conference players while at 30 VILLANOVA 7:00 p.m. Hofstra. Among them was midfielder Doug Shanahan, who would April receive the inaugural Tewaaraton Trophy as College Lacrosse Player 7 ROBERT MORRIS 1:30 p.m. of the Year, the Lt. Ray Enners Award as the Division I Player of the 11 at Sacred Heart 3:30 p.m. Year, and the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award as the Division I 14 at Towson 1:00 p.m. Midfielder of the Year in 2001. 20 LAFAYETTE 7:00 p.m. 24 STONY BROOK 7:00 p.m. Tierney played for the Blue Jays from 1988-91 and served as team captain as a senior. He helped lead Hopkins to the NCAA 28 DREXEL 1:30 p.m. Tournament in each of his four seasons, including an appearance in May the 1989 NCAA title game. He received Hopkins' Turnbull- 2 CAA Tournament Semifinal TBA Reynolds Award as a senior as the player most exemplifying 5 CAA Tournament Championship TBA leadership and sportsmanship. Tierney was also selected to play in 12-13 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA the North-South game as a senior. He is a 1991 graduate of Johns 19-20 NCAA Tournament - Quarterfinals TBA Hopkins University. 26 NCAA Semifinals at Baltimore TBA 28 NCAA Championship at Baltimore TBA HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES - Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 to * - Colonial Athletic Association Game 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach at Hofstra. Amplo + - Inside Lacrosse poll. served as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001 before leaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He returned to Hofstra in 2003. NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride slipped from 14th in the USILA Coaches Poll and 13th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media - Former Johns Hopkins standout Matt Rewkowski is in his first Poll last week to also receiving votes in both polls this week season on the Pride coaching staff. A member of the Blue Jays following their 7-6 loss at Brown last Saturday. The Blue Jays of national championship team in 2005, he was an All-America Johns Hopkins are ranked fifth in both polls this week. selection in 2004. Rewkowski, who played his first two years at Duke, was an All-AmericA pick as a sophomore in Durham. STREAKS AND TRENDS - Hofstra has won 17 of its last 18 regular season games. - 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 The Hofstra-JHU Series Since 1999 vs. Johns Hopkins Year Winner Location Score 2006 Hofstra Hempstead 11-6 Pos. Name No. Cl. 2007 Stats 2005 JHU Baltimore 11-5 A Dan Stein 32 Fr. 1-1-2 2004 JHU Hempstead 13-6 A Tom Dooley 40 So. 4-0-4 2002 JHU Hempstead 9-8 A Ryan Miller 42 Sr. 3-0-3 2001 JHU Baltimore 7-6 M Bill Peters 3 Sr. 1-3-4 2000 JHU Hempstead 12-6 M Mike Unterstein 5 Jr. 1-1-2 1999 JHU* Hempstead 11-7 M Anthony Muscarella 26 So. 0-0-0 1999 Hofstra Hempstead 9-8 (OT) D John Gorman 6 Sr. 0 GB * - NCAA Quarterfinals D Connor Hagans 30 Jr. 4 GB D Adam Swarsen 47 So 7 GB JOHNS HOPKINS TENTATIVE LINE-UP G Danny Orlando 46 Fr. 6.50 GAA/.639 Sv. % vs. Hofstra Reserves Pos. Name No. Cl. 2007 Stats M Mike Colleluori 4 So. 3-0-3 A Kevin Huntley 24 Jr. 3-1-4 M Tom Interlicchio 22 Fr. 0-0-0 A Jake Byrne 25 Sr. 3-2-5 2M Zachary Heyl 21 Sr. 0-0-0 A Steven Boyle 10 Fr. 5-4-9 LSM Tom Shuey 13 So. 1 GB M Phil Rabil 9 Jr. 3-1-4 LSM Collin Stabler 25 Jr. 3 GB M Michael Kimmel 15 Fr. 4-4-8 SS Julian Watts 18 Jr. 3 GB M Stephen Peyser 12 Jr. 2-2-4 SS Kevin Unterstein 9 Jr. 9 GB/0-0-0 D Ben O’Neill 8 Jr. 2 GB FO Bill Peters 3 Sr. 15-24/.625 D Eric Zerrlaut 16 Sr. 5 GB FO Kevin Unterstein 9 Jr. 1-3/.333 D Michael Evana 33 So. 3 GB FO Mike Unterstein 5 Jr. 1-3/.333 G Jesse Schwartzman 2 Sr. 6.60 GAA FO Stephen Peyser 12 Sr. 15-28 .536 JOHNS HOPKINS QUICK FO Jamison Koesterer 1 Sr. 13-26 .500 FACTS: Location: Baltimore, MD HOFSTRA-JOHNS HOPKINS LAST YEAR - March 11, 2006 Nickname: Blue Jays vs. #7 Johns Hopkins: Tom Dooley scored three times and the Pride Director of Athletics: Tom defense held the Blue Jays to just three goals over the first 58 minutes Calder as #15 Hofstra defeated #7 Johns Hopkins, 11-6, at James M. Shuart Lacrosse Stadium: Homewood Stadium. Athan Iannucci (2G, 1A), Chris Unterstein (1G, 2A), John Field (8,500) Keysor (1G, 2A) and Rob Bonaguro (0G, 3A) each tallied three Press Box Phone: (410) 516-0243 points for the Pride. The defending national champion Blue Jays were Head Lacrosse Coach: Dave Pietramala led by Kevin Huntley with three goals. The Pride scored the first Record at School/Years: 72-15/Six years three goals of the game on the way to a 4-1 lead after one period. Tim Overall Record: 95-32/Eight years Treubig opened the scoring with his first goal of the season, Coach’s Office Phone: (410) 516-7479 unassisted, just 1:09 into the contest. Chris Unterstein tallied his fifth Men's Lacrosse SID: Ernie Larossa goal of the year, coming around the right side of the cage and beating Office Phone: (410) 516-0552 Hopkins’ goalie Jess Schwartzman (10 saves) to make it 2-0 at the Fax: (410) 516-7482 4:36 mark. Keysor gave the Pride a 3-0 lead four minutes later with 2006 Record: 9-5 his third goal of the season off a pass from Bonaguro. The Blue Jays Returning Lettermen/Starters: 27/8 got on the board with 3:01 to play in the first as Kevin Huntley Series Record: Johns Hopkins leads 15-3 scored a man-up goal, off a pass from junior Drew Dabrowski. But Last Meeting: 2006-Hofstra won, 11-6 Hofstra got the goal back with 1:27 to play in the first as Ryan Lucas Athletic Web Site: www.hopkinssports.com took a pass from Bonaguro and fired a 20-yard bullet past Schwartzman for a 4-1 lead after one period. Hofstra boosted the lead JOHNS HOPKINS 2007 RESULTS to 6-1 at halftime with two goals in the second quarter as Dooley 2/24 Albany 7-8 L scored from 6 yards out, off a pass from Keysor, at the 6:56 mark. 3/3 #3 Princeton 7-6 W (2OT) One minute later, Treubig scored his second of the game off a pass 3/6 @ UMBC 15-6 W from Iannucci to make it 6-1 at halftime. The two teams traded goals in the third quarter as Dooley scored the second of his three goals on HOFSTRA-JOHNS HOPKINS SERIES th the day off a pass from Bonaguro at the 6:54 mark before Huntley - Saturday’s game is the 19 meeting between Hofstra and Johns scored his second of three, from Mark Bryan, a minute later as the Hopkins in men’s lacrosse in a series that started in 1974. The Blue Pride kept a comfortable 7-2 lead after three period. Bryan and Jays lead the series 15-3. Huntley combined again on a goal 2:42 into the fourth quarter; this time Bryan scored the goal, to draw the Blue Jays within four. But - The Pride defeated the Blue Jays, 11-6 in Hempstead, in the last Dooley started a 4-0 Hofstra run three minutes later to give Hofstra a encounter on March 11, 2006. commanding 11-3 lead. Mike Unterstein scored his second of the season with 5:43 to play, and Iannucci added the final two goals to - Prior to the Hofstra win last year, the Blue Jays had won the close out the Pride scoring. The Blue Jays scored three goals in the previous six meetings against Hofstra, including an 11-5 win over the final 1:03 as Brian Christopher, Jamison Koesterer and Huntley Pride on March 12, 2005 at Homewood Field. dented the twine for the 11-6 final. Statistically, the game was even with each team taking 31 shots and Hopkins picking up 28 ground - Hofstra is 0-6 against the Blue Jays at Homewood Field in balls to Hofstra’s 25. But the Pride forced 23 Blue Jay turnovers Baltimore. while making only nine. Hofstra’s Tewaaraton Trophy candidate, senior defender Brett Moyer recorded four forced turnovers. Hofstra No. Name (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW senior goalie Matt Southard needed to make just five saves while 1 Duke (6) 3-0 210 2 allowing four goals in 57 minutes of work. 2 Georgetown (3) 2-0 207 1 3 Cornell (1) 3-0 202 4 1 2 3 4 F 4 Albany (1) 2-0 176 7 #7 Johns Hopkins 1 0 1 4 6 5 Johns Hopkins 1-1 166 9 #15 Hofstra 4 2 1 4 11 6 Navy 3-0 164 12 7 Princeton 1-1 152 3 Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Tom Dooley 3, Athan Iannucci 2, Tim 8 Virginia 2-1 136 10 Treubig 2, John Keysor, Chris Unterstein, Mike Unterstein, Ryan 9 Army 4-0 127 13 Lucas; Assists: Rob Bonaguro 3, John Keysor 2, Chris Unterstein 2, 10 Delaware 4-0 100 15 Athan Iannucci 11 Towson 2-0 88 16 Johns Hopkins Scoring: Goals: Kevin Huntley 3, Mark Bryan, 12 Syracuse 1-2 87 11 Brian Christopher, Jamison Koesterer; Assists: Mark Bryan, Drew 13 North Carolina 3-1 83 5 Dabrowski, Kevin Huntley 14 Maryland 2-2 79 6 15 Notre Dame 2-1 78 8 Hofstra JHU 16 Bucknell 3-0 69 17 Shots: 31 31 17 Denver 3-2 35 NR Ground Balls: 25 28 18 Yale 2-0 34 NR Face-offs Won: 4 17 19 Pennsylvania 3-0 32 NR Saves: 5 10 20 Drexel 2-1 15 NR Penalties: 4-3.0 2-2.0 Others Receiving Votes (in order): UMBC 10, Fairfield 8, Hofstra 7, EMO: 1-2 2-4 Ohio State 5, Colgate 5, Brown 4, Rutgers 1, Stony Brook 1 Clears/Att 22-24 10-15 NIKE/INSIDE LACROSSE Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (57:51, 4 GA, 5 saves) Pat DeBolt DIVISION I MEDIA POLL: The (2:00, 1 GA, 0 saves), Brian Schneider (0:09, 1 GA, 0 saves); JHU- Hofstra Pride men’s lacrosse is Jesse Schwartzman (56:57, 11 GA, 10 saves), Graydon Locey (3:03, among the teams who are also 0 GA, 0 saves receiving votes in this week’s Nike/Inside Lacrosse Division I Top 20 Attendance: 6,448 Media Poll. The Pride was ranked 13th prior to their loss at Brown last Saturday. For the fourth straight week there is a new No. 1 in the HOMECOMING: Saturday’s game at Johns Hopkins marks a Nike/Inside Lacrosse DI Men's Media Poll. The Blue Devils of Duke Homecoming of sorts for two Pride staff members. In addition to take over the top spot this week, receiving 13 of the 16 first-place former Blue Jays Associate Head Coach and current Hofstra Head votes. Georgetown landed in second place in this week's poll, Coach Seth Tierney, Pride Assistant Coach Matt Rewkowski, who followed by Cornell, Virginia and Johns Hopkins. Princeton, last played for the Blue Jays in 2004 and 2005, will also be making his week's No. 1 team, fell to No. 6 this week. Navy, Syracuse, Albany return to Homewood Field. and Maryland rounded out the top 10. Albany's jump is particularly large, going from being unranked two weeks ago to a top ten team HOFSTRA IN THE 2007 DIVISION I MEN’S LACROSSE this week. Delaware, Army, Towson, Notre Dame and North POLLS Carolina fell into spots 11 through 15, while Loyola, Bucknell, Denver, Yale and Pennsylvania round out the top 20. Date USILA Nike/Inside Lacrosse NIKE/INSIDE LACROSSE Feb. 19 NR 18 DIVISION I MEN’S MEDIA POLL Team Record Points Feb. 26 14 13 No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW Mar. 5 RV RV 1 Duke (13) 3-0 313 3 2 Georgetown (1) 2-0 297 2 3 Cornell (1) 3-0 279 4| USILA DIVISION I COACHES 4 Virginia 2-1 268 5 POLL: The Hofstra Pride received 5 Johns Hopkins 1-1 262 7 votes this week in the United States 6 Princeton 1-1 243 1 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association 7 Navy (1) 3-0 237 8 (USILA) Division I Men’s Lacrosse 8 Syracuse 1-2 188 9 9 Albany 2-0 180 12 Coaches Poll. 10 Maryland 2-2 164 6| Six Hofstra opponents are ranked in this week’s USILA Top 20. 11 Delaware 4-0 155 14 Hopkins comes in at five, Princeton, who the Pride will face on 12 Army 4-0 137 16 March 17 at Hofstra, is seventh, Army is ninth, Delaware is tenth, 13 Towson 2-0 135 15 Towson is 11th, and Drexel is 20th. Duke takes over the top spot in 14 Notre Dame 2-1 133 11| this week’s poll, edging out last week’s number one Georgetown, 15 North Carolina 3-1 89 10 after the Blue Devils’ victory over Maryland. The Hoyas slip to 16 Loyola 1-2 50 18 17 Bucknell 3-0 46 RV number two followed by Cornell, Albany and Johns Hopkins. Navy, 18 Denver 2-2 37 20 Princeton, Virginia, and two upcoming opponents, Army and 19 Yale 2-0 36 NR| Delaware, round out the top 10. 20 Pennsylvania 3-0 34 RV
Others receiving votes: UMBC 27, Hofstra 26, Colgate 9, Fairfield 4, Brown 3, Rutgers 3, UMass 2, Ohio State 2, Stony Brook 1. DOOLEY PICKS UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF: Hofstra added a goal at Brown last week to give him three on the season. Last sophomore Tommy Dooley, the 2006 CAA Rookie of the Year who year Michael tallied four goals and four assists on the year. posted 38 goals and 13 assists to break the Pride freshman scoring record, has picked up where he left off last year. The Yorktown, NY CAPTAINS: Hofstra has four team captains this year. In addition to native has tallied two goals in each of his first two games in 2007. Ryan Miller and Kevin Unterstein, defender John Gorman, and defensive middie Julian Watts are also captains this season. FRESHMAN ORLANDO HAS BEEN MAGICAL SO FAR: Freshman goalie Danny Orlando has displayed the talent so far this CAREER FIRSTS: Freshman Dan Stein recorded his first collegiate year that allowed him to earn high school All-America honors in goal in the season opener against UMass. He added his first career 2006 at South Side High School on Long Island. Orlando posted 13 assist at Brown. saves ad earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors after the win over Massachusetts, and stopped 10 shots last week at Brown. He has a HOME, SWEET HOME - 16 STRAIGHT VICTORIES: Hofstra 6.50 goals against average and a .639 save percentage in two games is riding a 16-game home winning streak including a perfect 12-0 this season. mark in 2006. The Pride home streak tied them for 11th all-time in Division I history. Virginia also had a 15-game home streak between MILLER’S HAPPY RETURN: Senior attackman Ryan Miller, who 1994 and 1996. played two seasons for the Pride before sitting out the 2005 and 2006 seasons, made his return to the Hofstra line-up a happy one by scoring two goals in the Pride’s 8-6 win over UMass. Miller tallied LUCKY 11: Including 13 victories last season, Hofstra has won 20 nine goals and seven assists in 2004, and eight goals and seven assists consecutive games when scoring 11 goals or more. as a freshman in 2003. Ryan, who is one of the Pride’s four captains this year, is the brother of Hofstra lacrosse alum and USA Team AGAINST THE TOP 6 member Blake Miller, who currently plays indoors for the New York - The Pride is 2-12 in their last 14 games against teams that were Titans and outdoors for the Long Island Lizards. ranked sixth or better, dating back to the end of the 1999 season. The only Pride wins over top six teams during that time came in 2001 PETERS STEPS UP: With the graduation of 13 seniors including when Hofstra edged Notre Dame 11-10 in overtime, and on March nine starters, Pride coach Seth Tierney will need some players to step 18, 2006 against #6 Princeton 9-5. up this year and senior Bill Peters has heard the call. The midfielder, - Hofstra is 7-24 against opponents ranked sixth or better since 1993. who also serves as one of the Pride’s face-off specialists, tallied two assists in the season opener against UMass, and a goal and an assist at Brown. Last year he tallied a career-high five goals and two assists. AGAINST THE TOP 10 - After the Pride’s win over #9 UMass this season and #7 Johns QUAD-CAPTAIN KEVIN UNTERSTEIN: Midfielder Kevin Hopkins and #6 Princeton last year, Hofstra is now 9-14 in its last 23 Unterstein recorded three or more ground balls in 15 of the 19 games games against USILA Top 10 opponents. last season. He picked up 8 ground balls against Notre Dame and - The Pride’s highest-ranked victory during that time was an 11-10 Army and six against Princeton, Delaware and Villanova. He led the overtime decision over second-ranked Notre Dame in 2001. team with 85 ground balls. Kevin scored his second career goal on - Including 2007, the Pride has defeated at least one top 10 opponent April 5 against Sacred Heart and his third of the year against in six of the last seven seasons. Delaware on April 14. He tallied his first college goal against Army. - Hofstra’s victory over Loyola in March, 2004 was the Pride’s one Kevin tallied his first assist of the year at Robert Morris. He is second and only win in 2004 over a Top 10 opponent. The Greyhounds came on the team this year with nine ground balls. into the game ranked seventh. - Hofstra played four opponents who were ranked in the Top 10 in TWIN MICHAEL UNTERSTEIN: Midfielder Mike Unterstein 2003. Massachusetts was ranked fifth entering the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Syracuse was ranked seventh when they lost to Hofstra tallied a career-high three goals in the Pride’s 2006 CAA title game th victory over Delaware and two goals in the NCAA quarterfinal 8-6. The Pride lost to then-#7 Princeton 18-5 on March 15 and then- against UMass. It was the first two multi-goal games of his career. #6 Massachusetts 14-7 on March 23. He tallied 13 goals and 11 assists last season. He has a goal and an assist this year. Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp 2/24/07 #9 Massachusetts Hofstra 8-6 W REMEMBERING NICK: The Hofstra University 5/20/06 #10 Massachusetts Neutral 10-11 L (OT) family lost a beloved member of the community on 3/18/06 #6 Princeton Away 9-5 W November 28, 2006 with the passing of men’s 3/11/06 #7 Johns Hopkins Home 11-6 W lacrosse player Nicholas Colleluori. His 14-month 3/29/05 #5 Army Away 10-11 L battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma was a study in 3/26/05 #9 Notre Dame Home 8-9 L (2OT) courage, dignity and the relentless attitude that he brought to 3/12/05 #1 Johns Hopkins Away 5-11 L everything he did. A son, a brother, a fiancé, a teammate, a classmate 3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L and a friend, Nick cherished and honored all of these titles. He will 3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L be remembered for the love and joy that he brought to so many 3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W people and a spirit that will last forever. The Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse 5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L Team dedicates the 2007 season to his memory. The Pride will wear 4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W a circular patch on their jerseys in his memory. 3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L 3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L MIKE COLLELUORI SCORES GAME-WINNER AGAINST 4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W UMASS: Sophomore midfielder Michael Colleluori, the younger 3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L brother of the late Nick Colleluori, scored twice in the season opener 3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L against Massachusetts on February 24. Included was the game- 3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L winner that snapped a 6-6 tie with 4:26 to play in the contest. 5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home 13-18 L Colleluori’s first goal of the season tied the game at 4-4. He also 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W (OT) 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L The CAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship will begin on May 2 with 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W semifinal action, with the winners advancing to the title contest on 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT) May 5.
HOFSTRA HAD FOUR TOP 15 WINS IN 2006: With the 10-9 2007 CAA MEN’S LACROSSE PRE-SEASON COACHES victory over #12 Towson on March 31, the Pride picked up its fourth POLL top 15 win of the 2006 season. In 2005, Hofstra faced 10 teams who 1. Delaware (6 first-place votes) 36 were ranked in the top 20 at the time of their contest. The Pride 2. Towson (1 first-place vote) 31 recorded a 4-6 mark in those games. 3. Hofstra 24 4. Villanova 20 HOFSTRA AGAINST NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 20: Following 5. Drexel 19 2006 wins over #19 Delaware, #16 Harvard and #19 Stony Brook, 6. Sacred Heart 11 Hofstra is now 11-9 in their last 20 games against teams ranked from 7. Robert Morris 6 11 through 20. The eight other victories came against #11 Notre Dame, #12 Towson, #19 Stony Brook and #20 Army this season, #11 OVERTIME Princeton, #15 UNC, #17 Delaware and #17 Stony Brook in 2005, - Hofstra is 7-3 in its last 10 OT games. and #11 Duke in 2003. Hofstra was 4-3 in 2005 against teams #11 - The Pride was 13-5 in overtime games during John Danowski’s through 20, 0-5 in 2004 and 3-3 in 2003. tenure. Here is the Pride’s OT history since 1986: CONFERENCE EXCELLENCE: Hofstra has captured eight Year Opponent Result conference championships since 2006 Massachusetts 10-11 L 1987. The Pride has posted league 2006 Towson 10-9 W titles in the East Coast Conference 2005 Notre Dame 8-9 L (2OT) in 1988 and 1989, in the North 2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W Atlantic Conference/America East 2002 at Massachusetts 12-11 W in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000 and in the Colonial Athletic 2001 Virginia 15-14 W Association in 2006. Notre Dame 11-10 W HOFSTRA PICKED THIRD IN 2007 CAA PRESEASON 2000 at Delaware 7-8 L POLL: Delaware, which returns seven starters from last year’s 12-5 1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W squad, is favored to win the CAA men’s lacrosse championship in Notre Dame 10-9 W 2007 according to a vote of the league’s seven head coaches. 1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT) 1996 Georgetown 15-16 L The Blue Hens, who are ranked #13 nationally in Lacrosse Massachusetts 15-14 W Magazine’s preseason Top 20, received all six first-place votes and 1995 Brown 10-9 W 36 total points in the poll since coaches weren’t allowed to vote for 1994 Army 14-15 L their own teams. Perennial league power Towson, which is ranked 1993 Virginia 7-6 W #11 nationally by Inside Lacrosse/Faceoff Yearbook, picked up the 1991 at Army 14-13 W remaining first place vote and was second in the poll with 31 points, 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT) while defending conference champion Hofstra is third with 24 points. Villanova was fourth in the voting, followed by Drexel, Sacred Heart and Robert Morris. HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 35 of its last 45 home games at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly Hofstra Stadium). Here is how Delaware returns 20 lettermen, including its top seven scorers, from a the Pride has done at home since 2000: team that has gone 23-11 over the past two years and reached the title 2007 - 1-0 game of the past two CAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships. Among 2006 - 12-0 the Blue Hens’ top returnees are a pair of All-Americans in face-off 2005 – 6-3 specialist Alex Smith and midfielder Jordan Hall. Also back are top 2004 – 3-3 scorers Cam Howard (29g, 27a) and Dan Deckelbaum (31g) and 2003 – 9-2 starting goalie Tommy Scherr. 2002 – 6-2 2001 – 7-4 Towson has 23 lettermen returning off last year’s 8-6 team that 2000 – 7-2 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 HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE are face-off specialist Matt Eckerl and defender Matt Mehrer, who - Get the latest information on the Hofstra men’s lacrosse program by both earned 2nd team All-CAA honors. Towson’s top two returnees going to www.hofstra.edu/sports. 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. 2006 YEAR IN REVIEW Dan Deckelbaum, Delaware M Jr. Owings Mills, Md./Owings Mills Oliver Bacon, Towson M Jr. Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day 2006 CAA STANDINGS: Here are the final 2006 Colonial Athletic John Keysor, Hofstra M Sr. Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville Association standings John Orsen, Hofstra LSM Sr. Laurel Hollow, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor Alex Smith, Delaware FO Spec. Jr. Timonium, Md./Boy’s Latin Conference Overall Brett Moyer, Hofstra D Sr. Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley W L Pct. WL Pct. H A N Adam Crystal, Drexel D Jr. Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin Hofstra 6 01.000 17 2 .895 12-0 5-1 0-1 Sean McCarthy, Hofstra D Sr. Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville Matt Southard, Hofstra GK Sr. Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin Towson 5 1.833 8 6 .571 5-3 3-3 0-0 Delaware 3 3.500 12 5 .706 8-0 4-5 0-0 SECOND TEAM Name, School Pos. Yr, Hometown/High School Villanova 3 3.500 5 10 .333 4-4 1-6 0-0 Phil Grillo, Towson A Sr. Baltimore, Md./Loyola Drexel 2 4.333 5 9 .357 3-3 2-6 0-0 Jeff Pfeffer, Drexel A Sr. Penfield, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit Chris MacDonald, Villanova A So. Westfield, N.J./Westfield Sacred Heart 2 4.333 2 12 .143 2-5 0-7 0-0 Matt Starker, Villanova M Sr. Summit, N.J./Summit Robert Morris 0 6.000 1 13 .071 1-7 0-5 0-1 Jordan Hall, Delaware M Jr. Surrey, B.C./Fleetwood Park Casey Cittadino, Towson M Sr. Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin CAA Tournament Schedule Steve Grossi, Drexel LSM So. Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven Wednesday, May 3 - Semifinals Matt Eckerl, Towson FO Spec. Jr. Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall #4 Villanova 7 at #1 Hofstra 14 Taylor Bloor, Delaware D Sr. Corning, N.Y./Corning East #3 Delaware 13 at #2 Towson 12 Matt Mehrer, Towson D Jr. Salt Lake City, Utah/Bingham Saturday, May 6 – Championship Chad Clark, Sacred Heart D Sr. Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee #3 Delaware 6 at #1 Hofstra 12 Joe Canuso, Villanova GK Sr. Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown 2006 CAA MEN’S LACROSSE ALL-ROOKIE TEAM HOFSTRA SWEEPS CAA LACROSSE AWARDS: The Pride Name, School Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School swept all four CAA post-season awards in voting by conference Tom Dooley, Hofstra A Fr. Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown coaches. Seniors Chris Unterstein and Brett Moyer were named the Adam Dennis, Drexel A Fr. Fairfax, Va./DeMatha CAA Player of the Year and the CAA Defender of the Year, Beau Davis, Delaware M Fr. Annapolis, Md./Broadneck respectively; freshman Tom Dooley was named the CAA Rookie of Bobby Karl, Sacred Heart A Fr. Clifton Park, N.Y./Schenendehowa the Year; and coach John Danowski was named the CAA Coach of Mike Colleluori, Hofstra M Fr. Holmes, Pa./Ridley the Year. Moyer became the first two-time CAA Defender of the Matt Fritts, Villanova M Fr. Ridgewood, N.J./Highland Park Year award winner while Danowski earned his second CAA Coach Kyle Smedley, Towson M Fr. Baltimore, Md./St. Paul’s School of the Year Award. Frank Keel, Robert Morris A Fr. Fort Defiance, Va./James W. Robinson CAA MEN’S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Chris Tim Langan, Villanova A Fr. Madison, N.J./Madison Unterstein, Sr., A, Hofstra T.J. Sarnese, Robert Morris M Fr. Horsham, Pa./Hatsboro-Horsham CAA MEN’S LACROSSE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Brett Moyer, Sr., D, Hofstra HOFSTRA BREAKS SCHOOL MARK FOR CONSECUTIVE CAA MEN’S LACROSSE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Tom Dooley, WINS: Hofstra has recorded 17 straight wins this season to break the Fr., A, Hofstra school record for consecutive victories. In 1999, the Pride posted 13 CAA MEN’S LACROSSE COACH OF THE YEAR: John consecutive wins on the way to a 13-3 season. Danowski, Hofstra HOFSTRA WINNING STREAKS: Here are the top five winning HOFSTRA PLACES SEVEN ON ALL-CAA FIRST TEAM: The streaks in Hofstra school history: Pride placed seven players, attackmen Chris Unterstein and Athan Iannucci, midfielders John Keysor amd John Orsen, defenders Brett Games Year Final Record Moyer and Sean McCarthy and goalie Matt Southard, on the 2006 17 2006 17-2 All-Colonial Athletic Association first team. In addition, two 13 1999 13-3 freshmen, Tom Dooley and Mike Colleluori, were selected to the All- 12 1955-56 14-2 & 8-5-1 CAA Rookie Team. Unterstein was an All-CAA second team 9 1993 10-6 selection last year and a first team selection in 2004. Moyer, the first 9 2002 11-3 two-time (2005-06) CAA Defender of the Year award winner, was 8 1969-70 8-6 & 12-5 named to the All-CAA first team in 2004 and 2005 and was a second team selection as a freshman in 2003. Iannucci was an All-CAA first 17 VICTORIES: The Pride broke the school record for victories on team pick in 2005. Matt Southard, who was a second team All-CAA May 3, 2006 against Villanova with its 15th victory. Prior to this pick in 2003. Keysor, Orsen and McCarthy earned their first All- season, only one other team in Hofstra lacrosse history tallied 14 CAA honor in 2006. victories in a single season. The 1955 Hofstra team held the school mark for 50 years with 14 victories. That 1955 team, lost the season 2006 ALL-CAA MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM opener, won the next five, lost game seven, and then won the next FIRST TEAM nine contests for a 14-2 final mark. Name, School Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School Chris Unterstein, Hofstra A Sr. Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading HOFSTRA TIES THE NCAA RECORD FOR VICTORIES IN River A SEASON: With its victory over Providence last week Hofstra has Athan Iannucci, Hofstra A Jr. Coquitlam, B.C./Gleneagle tied the NCAA Division I record for most wins in a season with 17. Cam Howard, Delaware A Jr. Wilmington, Del./Tatnall School The 2005 Duke Blue Devils share that record with 17. The Pride is 20 Army 8-7 21 16 tied for second on that list with the 2005 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, the 1990 Yale Bulldogs and the 1976 Cornell Big Red with 16 Others receiving votes (in order): Stony Brook 13, Albany 9, victories in a single season. Dartmouth 5, Ohio State 4, Colgate 1
Most Victories in a Single Season, Division I IANNUCCI BREAKS HOFSTRA GOALS RECORD: On May 3 1 - Hofstra 17 2006 against Villanova, Hofstra attackman Athan Iannucci broke Tom 1 - Virginia 17 2006 Kessler’s 2001 Hofstra record for most goals in a season of 51. The 1 - Duke 17 2005 British Columbia, Canada native tallied four goals and one assist 4 - Johns Hopkins 16 2005 against the Wildcats to break the record. He added four goals in the 4 - Yale 16 1990 CAA Championship game against Delaware and five against HOFSTRA’S NCAA TEAM RANKINGS: Here is Hofstra’s team Providence in the NCAA Tournament first round. He finished the rankings in the final 2006 NCAA statistical report: year with 62 goals and 18 assists, and 104 goals and 42 assists in his Hofstra career. Category Rank Avg Scoring Offense (50 ranked) 2 12.58 DOOLEY BREAKS FRESHMAN SCORING RECORD: With Scoring Defense (50 ranked) 5 6.58 His two goals against Providence in last May’s NCAA Tournament, Face-Off Win Percentage (50 ranked) 19 0.543 Hofstra freshman Tom Dooley broke the Pride freshman point record, Man-Up Offense (50 ranked) 16 0.333 set more than two decades ago. Dooley finished with 38 goals and 13 Man-Down Defense (50 ranked) 41 0.672 assists in 2006. In 1983, freshman Dave McCulloch, part of one of Scoring Margin (50 ranked) 2 6.00 the top freshmen classes in Hofstra lacrosse history, tallied 26 goals Win Percentage (50 ranked) 2 0.895 and 23 assists for 49 points. In addition to McCulloch, classmate Bruce Yancey added 37 goals and six assists that same season while 2006 HOFSTRA’S NCAA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS: Here are rookie Brian Robinson added eight goals and eight assists. Hofstra’s individual rankings in the final 2006 NCAA statistical report: Hofstra Freshman Scoring Record Category Player Rank Actual No. Player Year G-A-Pts. Points Per Game Chris Unterstein 2 4.26 1 - Tom Dooley 2006 38-13-51 Athan Iannucci 3 4.21 2 - Dave McCulloch 1983 26-23-49 Goals Per Game Athan Iannucci 1 3.26 3 - Dom DiNardo 1991 30-15-45 Chris Unterstein 10 2.37 4 - Andy Carlson 1991 35-9-44 Tom Dooley 27 2.0 5 - Bruce Yancey 1983 37-6-43 Assists Per Game Chris Unterstein 10 1.89 Ground Balls Per Game Kevin Unterstein 25 4.47 OFFENSIVE PUNCH: Hofstra’s 239 goals last season ranked John Orsen 33 4.17 second on the all-time Pride single season scoring chart. The school Joe Mascaretti 47 3.79 mark for goals in a season is 247 set in 16 games in 1955. Only four Goals-Against Average Matthew Southard 3 6.38 teams in Hofstra history have tallied 200 goals or more in a single Save Percentage Matthew Southard 45 0.502 season. In addition to the 1955 team, the 2001 team tallied 229 goals, Face-Off Win Pct Joe Mascaretti 15 0.573 the 2000 team posted 212 scores, and the 1989 team recorded 204 goals. 2006 USILA DIVISION I COACHES POLL: Here is the ninth and final regular season United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Most Goals in One Season, Team Association Division I Coaches Poll of the 2006 season, with pre No. Goals Years Games NCAA Tournament records as of May 9, 2006. 1 - 247 1955 16 2 - 229 2006 18 No. Name (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts LW 2 - 229 2001 17 1 Virginia (10) 13-0 200 1 4 - 212 2000 16 2 Hofstra 16-1 190 2 5 - 204 1989 15 3 Cornell 11-2 177 3 4 Maryland 10-4 173 4 DEFENSE: The Pride held its opponent to six goals or less in 11 of 5 Georgetown 10-2 156 5 the 19 games last season. Towson’s nine goals, on March 31, snapped 6 Johns Hopkins 8-4 143 7 Hofstra’s streak of holding opponents to six or less goals at six. In 7 Syracuse 8-4 135 8 2005, the Pride held opponents to six goals or less five times in 16 8 Princeton 10-4 128 6 games. 9 Navy 11-3 122 9 10 Massachusetts 10-4 107 11 TEAMWORK: Hofstra broke the school record for assists in a 11 UMBC 10-4 96 13 single game with 19 at Robert Morris on April 12, 2006. The 12 Pennsylvania 10-3 84 10 previous best was 18 against Hartford in Springfield, Massachusetts 13 Denver 12-4 72 14 in a 21-9 victory. 14 Towson 8-6 66 12 15 Delaware 12-5 59 19 A FIRST HALF BLANKING: Against Brown last year, the Pride 16 Penn State 8-5 43 15 shutout the Bears in the first two quarters while building a 6-0 lead. 17 Notre Dame 10-4 40 18 The last time that Hofstra blanked an opponent in the first half was 18 Loyola 6-6 32 20 April 6, 2002 at Towson as the Pride jumped out to a 6-0 lead on the 19 Harvard 6-6 24 17 way to a 13-7 victory. SIX GOALS FOR IANNUCCI AND DOOLEY: Junior Athan Iannucci and freshman Tom Dooley each tallied a career-high six goals against Sacred Heart on April 5, 2006. It was the second time in school history that two Pride players scored six goals in a game. In 1996, Blake Miller and Chris Panos scored six goals each against Delaware. The six goals against Sacred Heart are also the most since Jim Femminella scored seven in 2003 against Notre Dame.
ONE-GOAL CONTESTS - During John Danowski’s 21 seasons as coach at Hofstra, the Pride were involved in 63 one-goal decisions including playoff games. Including Hofstra’s 6-5 decision over UNC on March 15, the 10-9 overtime win over Towson, and the 11-10 loss to UMass, Hofstra’s record in those games is 44-19. - Hofstra played in three games decided by one-goal in 2005. The Pride was 1-2 in those games. - The Pride was 3-1 in one-goal decisions in 2004. Hofstra posted four one-goal decisions in 2003 and three one-goal contests in 2002. - The Pride has recorded four or more one-goal decisions in a single season seven times (1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004). In all but one of those seasons, the Pride advanced to play in the NCAA Championship Tournament. - In 1993, Hofstra recorded six one-goal decisions, posting a 5-1 record in those contests.
HOFSTRA RANKED FOURTH IN HOME ATTENDANCE IN 2006: Hofstra ranked fourth in Division I in home attendance during the regular season with an average of 2,697 fans per game in 11 games. Navy led Division I in home attendance average in 2006 with an average of 4,321 fans in six home games. The Pride had a season- high crowd of 6,448 against #7 Johns Hopkins on March 11 and had 4,000-plus fans against #11 Notre Dame (4,363) and #16 Harvard (4,038). With their 11 home games during the regular season, the Pride did have the highest number of fans (29,670) at home games in Division I this season. The top five teams in home attendance in 2006 is as follows:
No. Team Home Gms. Att. Avg. 1 Navy 6 25,926 4,321 2 Syracuse 7 29,043 4,149 3 Johns Hopkins 8 28,953 3,619 4 Hofstra 11 29,670 2,697 5 Maryland 7 16,004 2,286 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
Goalies: HU-Danny Orlando (60:00, 7 GA, 10 svs.); Brown – Jordan Burke (59:50, 6 GA, 10 svs.), Chandler Clarke (0:10, 0 GA, 0 svs.) Attendance: 1,024 2006 Hofstra Men's Lacrosse HOFSTRA Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 05, 2007) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... ( 1- 1- 0) ( 1- 0- 0) ( 0- 1- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) CONFERENCE...... ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 1- 1- 0) ( 1- 0- 0) ( 0- 1- 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 2 4 0 4 10 0 0 0 6 0 1 Mar 03 at Brown L 6-7 1024 3 Peters, Bill 2 1 3 4 9 0 0 0 10 1 0 42 Miller, Ryan 2 3 0 3 10 0 0 0 7 1 0 TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP 4 Colleluori, Mike 2 3 0 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 ------5 Unterstein, Mike 2 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 4 1 1 SHOT STATISTICS...... 32 Stein, Dan 2 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 4 3 0 Goals-Shot attempts.... 14-69 13-64 8 Prifte, Steve 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 Goals scored average... 7.00 6.50 26 Muscarella, Anthony 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 4 1 0 Shot pct...... 203 .203 22 Interlicchio, Tom 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 Shots on goal-Attempts. 33-69 36-64 21 Heyl, Zachary 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 SOG pct...... 478 .562 47 Swarsen, Adam 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 Shots/Game...... 34.5 32.0 46 Orlando, Danny 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 Assists...... 5 7 43 Vivonetto, Jack 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES..... 31 Watson, Patrick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Goals-Opportunities.... 1-6 1-4 30 Hagans, Connor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 Conversion Percent...... 167 .250 25 Stabler, Collin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GOAL BREAKDOWN...... 18 Watts, Julian 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Total Goals...... 14 13 15 Carter, Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Man-up...... 1 1 13 Shuey, Tommy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Man-down...... 0 0 10 D'Angelo, Vinny 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Free-position...... 0 0 9 Unterstein, Kevin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 Unassisted...... 9 6 6 Gorman, John 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Overtime...... 0 0 Total...... 2 14 5 19 69 1 1 0 75 14 6 GROUND BALLS...... 75 74 Opponents...... 2 13 7 20 64 1 1 0 74 15 8 TURNOVERS...... 14 15 CAUSED TURNOVERS...... 6 8 |-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| FACEOFFS (W-L)...... 19-16 16-19 ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T Faceoff W-L Pct...... 543 .457 ------CLEARS...... 22-34 25-31 46 Orlando, Danny 2 120:00 13 6.50 23 .639 1 1 0 Clear Pct...... 647 .806 Total...... 2 120:00 13 6.50 23 .639 1 1 0 PENALTIES...... Opponents...... 2 120:00 14 7.00 19 .576 1 1 0 Number...... 4 6 Minutes...... 3:30 5:00 GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ATTENDANCE...... ------Total...... 1503 1024 HOFSTRA...... 2 3 4 5 - 14 Dates/Avg Per Date..... 1/1503 1/1024 Opponents...... 4 3 4 2 - 13 Neutral Site #/Avg..... 0/0 SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------HOFSTRA...... 5 6 7 5 - 23 Opponents...... 6 1 6 6 - 19
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------HOFSTRA...... 19 10 17 23 - 69 Opponents...... 14 13 19 18 - 64
SHOTS ON GOAL BY PRD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------HOFSTRA...... 8 4 10 11 - 33 Opponents...... 9 9 11 7 - 36 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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