• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

STREAKS: Hofstra has won 20 of its last 25 regular season games...The Pride has won three of their last four games…Including tournament play the Pride has won seven of the last eight home games at Shuart Stadium against conference opponents dating back to the 2005 season…The Pride has won 17 of their last 19 home games at Shuart Stadium A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE: The Pride has won 23 of its last 30 games, 26 of the last 34, 52 of their last 83 contests, 60 of its last 96 games, 64 of the last 101, 75 of the last 121, and 88 of its last 137 games, dating back to 1999. PRIDE COACH SETH TIERNEY: Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse Coach 2007 HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE Seth Tierney is in his first season with the Pride. Only the fifth head HOFSTRA PRIDE (4-5, 2-2) coach in the program’s history, Tierney came back to Hofstra after a six year stint at Johns Hopkins University, the last two years as at associate head coach. As the Blue Jays offensive coordinator, he was #14 TOWSON TIGERS (7-3, 4-0) the architect of one of the most potent and explosive offenses in the Saturday, April 14, 2007 – 1:00 p.m. nation in recent years. Tierney directed the Blue Jays attack that Unitas Stadium – Towson, MD finished second in the nation in scoring margin, sixth in scoring offense and 16th in man-up offense during Hopkins' NCAA title run in 2005. The Blue Jays led the nation in scoring offense and man-up 2007 HOFSTRA offense in 2003 and finished fifth in both categories in 2004. LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS In 2006, Hopkins posted a 9-5 record, advanced to the NCAA Championship quarterfinals, and ranked in the top 15 in the country in four statistical categories. A total of 21 Blue Jay midfielders and February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result attackmen earned All-America honors during Tierney's tenure in 24 #9 MASSACHUSETTS (#18) 8-6 W Homewood. Among them was Kyle Harrison, a two-time first team March All-America, who received the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Lt. 3 at Brown (#13) 6-7 L Enners Award in 2005 and the McLaughlin Award in 2004 and 2005. 10 at #5 Johns Hopkins 8-9 L 17 #10 PRINCETON (FSNY) 4-5 L During his six-year tenure with the Pride as an assistant, Hofstra 24 at #14 Delaware 5-6 L recorded six consecutive winning seasons with a combined overall record of 61-28 and a conference mark of 29-2, captured five league 27 at #9 Army (ESPNU) 5-3 W titles, received five top 15 final national rankings, and played in four 30 VILLANOVA 8-9 L NCAA Championship tournaments. Tierney also coached seven All- April Americans and nearly two dozen all-conference players while at 7 ROBERT MORRIS 14-5 W Hofstra. Among them was midfielder Doug Shanahan, who would 11 at Sacred Heart 10-8 W. receive the inaugural Tewaaraton Trophy as College Lacrosse Player 14 at Towson 1:00 p.m. of the Year, the Lt. Ray Enners Award as the Division I Player of the 20 LAFAYETTE 7:00 p.m. Year, and the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award as the Division I 24 STONY BROOK (FSNY) 7:00 p.m. Midfielder of the Year in 2001. 28 DREXEL 1:30 p.m. Tierney played for the Blue Jays from 1988-91 and served as team May captain as a senior. He helped lead Hopkins to the NCAA 2 CAA Tournament Semifinal TBA Tournament in each of his four seasons, including an appearance in 5 CAA Tournament Championship TBA the 1989 NCAA title game. He received Hopkins' Turnbull- 12-13 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA Reynolds Award as a senior as the player most exemplifying 19-20 NCAA Tournament - Quarterfinals TBA leadership and sportsmanship. Tierney was also selected to play in 26 NCAA Semifinals at Baltimore TBA the North-South game as a senior. He is a 1991 graduate of Johns Hopkins University. 28 NCAA Championship at Baltimore TBA * - Colonial Athletic Association Game HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES + - Inside Lacrosse poll. - Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 to 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach at Hofstra. Amplo served as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in 2000 NATIONAL RANKING: For the first time this season, the Pride, and 2001 before leaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He winners in two of their last three games, are neither ranked or returned to Hofstra in 2003. receiving votes in either of the two college lacrosse polls. The Tigers of Towson are ranked 14th in the USILA Coaches Poll and 15th in - Former Johns Hopkins standout Matt Rewkowski is in his first the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week. season on the Pride coaching staff. A member of the Blue Jays national championship team in 2005, he was an All-America selection in 2004. Rewkowski, who played his first two years at Duke, was an All-America pick as a sophomore in Durham. - Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholastic assistant coach Ron Caputo is in his fourth season on the Pride staff. HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP 3/24 at Villanova 6-5 W at Towson 3/31 Robert Morris 16-3 W Pos. Name No. Cl. 2007 Stats 4/3 at #20 UMBC 9-11 L A Sean Lucas 24 Fr. 0-0-0 4/6 Sacred Heart 14-9 W A Tom Dooley 40 So. 13-2-15 4/11 at #17 Delaware 10-9 W A Ryan Miller 42 Sr. 9-5-14 M Mike Colleluori 4 So. 13-3-16 TOWSON TENTATIVE LINE-UP M Mike Unterstein 5 Jr. 7-10-17 vs. Hofstra M Anthony Muscarella 26 So. 8-0-8 Pos. No. Name Cl. 2007 Stats D John Gorman 6 Sr. 12 GB A 19 Randall Cooper So. 13-7-20 D Connor Hagans 30 Jr.. 18 GB A 21 Bobby Griebe Sr. 13-14-27 D Adam Swarsen 47 So 28 GB A 33 Jonathan Engelke Jr. 17-7-24 G Danny Orlando 46 Fr. 6.46 GAA/.589 Sv. % M 18 Nick Williams Sr. 7-7-14 Reserves M 25 Cryder DiPietro Fr. 9-2-11 2M Steve Prifte 8 So. 1-1-2 M 32 Justin Schneider So. 5-5-10 2M Tom Interlicchio 22 Fr. 6-1-7 D 24 Fred Lee Jr. 18 GB 2M Zachary Heyl 21 Sr. 3-0-3 D 28 Matthew Mehrer Sr 21GB LSM Tom Shuey 13 So. 1 GB D 40 Matt Richter So. 17 GB LSM Collin Stabler 25 Jr. 0 GB G 2 Matt Antol Jr. 8.59 GAA/.563 sv.% SS Julian Watts 18 Jr. 11 GB FO 1 Matt Eckerl Sr. 43-84/457 SS Kevin Unterstein 9 Jr. 44 GB/1-0-1 FO Vinny D’Angelo 10 So. 15-28/.536 HOFSTRA-TOWSON SERIES FO Kevin Unterstein 9 Jr. 21-43/.488 th FO Steve Prifte 8 So. 13-27/.481 - Today’s game is the 37 men’s lacrosse meeting between Hofstra and Towson in a series that started in 1961. - Hofstra holds an 19-17 series lead. TOWSON QUICK FACTS: - The two teams met last season with the Pride snapping a five-game Location: Towson, MD losing streak with a 10-9 overtime victory at Hofstra Nickname: Tigers - Before last year, the Tigers won the previous five meetings. Towson Director of Athletics: Mike Hermann has won seven of the last nine encounters. Lacrosse Stadium: Johnny Unitas Stadium (11,198) Press Box Phone: (410) 704-3102 Head Lacrosse Coach: Tony Seaman The Hofstra- Towson Series Since 2002 Record at School/Years: 68-49/Eight years Date Winner Location Score Overall Record: 232-122/25 years 3/31/06 Hofstra Hempstead 10-9 Coach’s Office Phone: (410) 704-4968 4/23/05 Towson Towson 10-6 Men’s Lacrosse SID: Peter Schlehr 5/5/04 Towson Towson 6-5 Office Phone: (410) 704-2232 4/17/04 Towson Hempstead 12-6 Fax: (410) 704-3861 5/3/03 Towson Towson 16-11 E-mail: [email protected] 4/4/03 Towson Towson 15-8 2006 Record: 8-6, 5-1 (CAA) 4/6/02 Hofstra Towson 13-7 Returning Lettermen/Starters: 23/4 Series Record: Hofstra leads 19-17 Last Meeting: 2006-Hofstra won, 10-9 (OT) Athletic Web Site: www.towsontigers.com CAA STANDINGS: Here are the latest Colonial Athletic Association standings, as of Saturday, April 14, 2007: HOFSTRA-TOWSON CAA Overall BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L Pct W-L Pct Towson 4-0 1.000 7-3 .700 HOFSTRA TOWSON Drexel 3-0 1.000 9-3 .750 4-5 Overall Record 7-3 Hofstra 2-2 .500 4-5 .444 2-2 Conference Record 4-0 Delaware 1-2 .333 6-5 .545 294 Total Shots 154 Villanova 1-2 .333 5-5 .500 68/7.56 Goals For/Avg. 104/10.4 Sacred Heart 1-3 .250 2-6 .250 27/3.0 Assists/Avg. 60/6.0 Robert Morris 0-3 .000 3-6 .333 58/6.44 Goals Against/Avg. 81/8.1 27/21.0 Penalties/Min. 43/34.5 CAA GAMES SCHEDULE 78-155/.503 FO W-Att/Pct. 99-222/.446 Saturday, April 14 13-42/.310 Man-Up/Pct. 15-57/.263 Hofstra at Towson 1 p.m. 5-26/.192 Opp. Man-Up/Pct.

Load more

  15

Copy Link