Johns Hopkins last May, Hofstra has won 13 of its last 16 and 16 of its last 20 games…The Pride has won 41 of its last 56 regular season games, dating back to the 2006 season... The Pride has won 28 of their last 34 home games at Shuart Stadium…Stony Brook has won their last three contests and seven of their last nine games.

HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP vs. Stony Brook Pos. Name No. Cl. 2009 Stats A Tom Dooley 40 Sr. 10-2-12 A Jay Card 20 So. 26-8-34 A Kevin Ford 4 RFr. 10-5-15 M Michael Colleluori 3 Sr. 10-17-27 M Ryan Carter 15 Sr. 7-5-12 2009 HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE M Anthony Muscarella 26 Sr. 17-7-24 #9 HOFSTRA PRIDE (9-2) D Jack Vivonetto 44 Sr. 2 GB vs. D Adam Swarsen 47 Jr. 23 GB D Christian Scuderi 50 Jr. 28 GB STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (7-4) G Andrew Gvozden 18 Fr. 8.28 GAA Tuesday, April 21, 2009 – 7 p.m. Reserves James M. Shuart Stadium –Hempstead, NY 2M Tom Interlicchio 22 Jr. 3-0-3 2M Dan Pezzolla 19 Fr. 0-1-1

2M Stephen Bentz 35 So. 4-1-5 2009 HOFSTRA LSM Steve Prifte 8 Sr. 36 GB LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS LSM Adam Mojica 6 So. 0 GB SS Stephen DeNapoli 7 So. 4-2-6/38 GB February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result SS Jake Born 30 Jr. 0-0-0/2 GB 21 #20 MASSACHUSETTS (13) 11-10 W FO Joe Montemurro 28 So. 94-107/.468 FO% FO Mike Vaccaro 21 Jr. 13-12/.520 FO 28 at #15 Brown 11-10 W (2OT) FO Shane Wynn 41 Fr. 4-6/.400 FO March

7 at #10 Johns Hopkins (ESPNU) 7-12 L 14 #3 PRINCETON 9-7 W HOFSTRA-STONY BROOK SERIES 21 at Sacred Heart* 6-5 W - Tonight’s game is the sixth men’s lacrosse meeting 24 at Army (ESPNU) 9-8 W (2OT) between Hofstra and Stony Brook in a series that 28 ROBERT MORRIS* 11-5 W started in 2004. - Hofstra leads the series,3-2 April - The two programs last met on April 22, 2008 in 4 Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic at Giants Stadium Stony Brook with the Pride posting a 14-13 victory. vs. Delaware* 10-8 W - Hofstra and Stony Brook met in 2007 in Hempstead with the 8 DREXEL* 12-7 W Seawolves recording a 13-12 overtime victory over the Pride

11 at Towson (ESPNU) 11-10 W The Hofstra- Stony Brook Series 18 #10 NORTH CAROLINA 8-13 L Date Winner Location Score 21 STONY BROOK 7 p.m. 4/22/08 Hofstra Stony Brook 14-13 25 VILLANOVA* 7 p.m. 4/25/07 Stony Brook Hempstead 13-12 OT 29 CAA Tournament – Semifinals TBA 4/25/06 Hofstra Stony Brook 18-8 May 4/26/05 Hofstra Hempstead 13-5 2 CAA Tournament - Championship TBA 4/27/04 Stony Brook Stony Brook 9-6 9 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA STONY BROOK 2009 RESULTS 10 NCAA Tournament -First Round TBA 2/20 Virginia 10-20 L 16 NCAA Tournament – Quarterfinals (Hofstra) TBA 2/28 Harvard 4-12 L 17 NCAA Tournament – Quarterfinals (Navy) TBA 3/4 Lehigh 16-6 W 23 NCAA Semifinals at Foxboro, MA TBA 3/7 at Siena 8-7 W 25 NCAA Championship at Foxboro, MA TBA 3/14 Delaware 10-9 W 3/17 at Lafayette 12-9 W * - Colonial Athletic Association Game 3/21 at Denver 12-17 L + - Inside Lacrosse poll. 3/28 UMBC 8-14 L 4/4 at Vermont 10-8 W NATIONAL RANKING: Hofstra slipped two places and is now 4/11 at Hartford 15-11 W ranked ninth in this week’s USILA poll. The Pride is also ranked 4/18 Binghamton 14-9 W ninth in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Poll this week. The Seawolves of Stony Brook are not ranked in either poll.

STREAKS: Hofstra enters the Stony Brook game having won seven of its last eight games and 13 of the last 15 regular season contests… Including the NCAA Tournament game, a 10-4 loss at HOFSTRA-STONY BROOK BY THE NUMBERS Category Player Rank Actual HOFSTRA Category SBU Points Per Game Jordan McBride 13 3.55 9-2 Overall Record 7-4 Kevin Crowley 21 3.27 5-0 Conference Record 3-1 Tom Compitello 104 2.18 416 Total Shots 326 Robbie Campbell 143 1.91 105/9.34 Goals For/Avg. 119/10.72 Timmy Trenkle 196 1.55 54 Assists 71 Goals Per Game Jordan McBride 5 2.91 95/8.45 Goals Against/Avg. 122/10.99 Kevin Crowley 78 1.64 32/25.0 Penalties/Min. 46/38.0 Robbie Campbell 134 1.27 111-125/.470 FO W-L/Pct. 169-109/.608 Timmy Trenkle 151 1.18 17-42/.405 Man-Up/Pct. 7-30/.233 Kyle Belton 171 1.09

10-31/.323 Opp. Man-Up/Pct. 13-43/.302 Assists Per Game Kevin Crowley 14 1.64 109/.534 Saves/Pct. 126/.508 Tom Compitello 16 1.55 Jordan McBride 141 0.64 STONY BROOK’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP Robbie Campbell 141 0.64 at Hofstra Ground Balls Per Game Steven Waldeck 9 6.18 Pos. Name No. Cl. 2009 Stats Kevin Crowley 32 4.18 A Jordan McBride 11 So. 32-7-39 Adam Rand 37 4.0 A Kyle Belton 12 Fr. 12-4-16 Charlie Paar 94 3.0 A Tom Compitello 23 Jr. 7-17-24 Jared LeVerne 113 2.82 M Timmy Trenkle 20 So. 13-4-17 Goals-Against Average Charlie Paar 48 10.81 M Kevin Crowley 21 So. 18-18-36

Save Percentage Charlie Paar 42 0.508 M Robbie Campbell 37 Fr, 14-7-21 D Chris Gignilliat 9 Jr. 15 GB Face-Off Win Pct Adam Rand 1 0.65 D Steven Waldeck 24 Jr. 4-3-7/68 GB D Nick Maturro 32 Sr. 14 GB HOFSTRA-STONY BROOK LAST YEAR – APRIL 22, 2008 G Charlie Parr 22 Jr. 10.8 GAA AT STONY BROOK: Junior midfielder Anthony Muscarella FO Adam Rand 10 So. 156-84/.650 recorded a career-high six goals and sophomore Dan Stein added a goal and three assists to lead the 20th-ranked Hofstra Pride to a 14-13 STONY BROOK QUICK FACTS victory over the Stony Brook Seawolves at LaValle Stadium. Location: Stony Brook, NY Nickname: Seawolves Muscarella topped his previous best of five goals and fell one point Director of Athletics: Jim Fiore short of his single game point total, set against Towson on March 21. Lacrosse Stadium: LaValle Stadium (8,136) He posted five of his six tallies in the second half after the game was Press Box Phone: (631) 632-4037 tied at 6-6 at halftime. Stein recorded his second-best game of the Head Lacrosse Coach: Rick Sowell season after a three goal, three assist outing against Sacred Heart on Record at School/Years: 15-12/2 years April 5, Freshman Jay Card tallied two goals and one assist while Overall Record: 54-67/9 years junior Michael Colleluori added a goal and two assists in the winning Coach’s Office Phone: (631) 632-7219 effort. Stony Brook was led by senior attackman Bo Tripodi with Men's Lacrosse SID: Phil Hess three goals and three assists and classmate Bobby Trenkle with two Office Phone: (631) 632-7289 goals and three assists. 2008 Record: 7-7, 3-2 (America East) Returning Lettermen: 18 In a game that featured nine tied scores but just three lead changes Returning Starters: 6 the first half was a see-saw battle with Hofstra only holding a lead by Series Record: Hofstra leads 3-2 more than one goal just once at 4-2 after Card and junior Tom Last Meeting: 2008-Hofstra won, 14-13 Dooley (two goals) scored nine seconds apart in the final two minutes Athletic Web Site: www.goseawolves.org of the first quarter.

STONY BROOK IN THE NCAA STATS: Here After a 6-6 deadlock at halftime, the Seawolves came out in the is where Stony Brook ranks in this week’s NCAA second half and notch goals by Owen Adams (2 goals) and Kevin statistical report, as of April 20, 2009: Crowley (2 goals) in the first 2:14 to give Stony Brook an 8-6 lead. But Muscarella tallied his second and third goals of the game, 2:30 apart midway through the third, to tie the game at 8-8. SBU freshman Jordan McBride notched his 38th goal of the year with 5:11 to play in the quarter to break the tie before Hofstra's Michael Colleluori scored Category Rank Actual his eight of the year and Muscarella posted his fourth of the game and Scoring Offense 12 10.82 19th of the season to put the Pride ahead, 10-9, with 3:43 to play in Scoring Defense 50 11.09 the third. Stony Brook senior Bo Tripodi tied the game at 10-all on Face-Off Win Percentage 2 0.608 his 24th of the season with 3:25 to play before Muscarella and Adams Man-Up Offense 52 0.233 exchanged goals in the final 1:26 to close the third quarter tied at 11- Man-Down Defense 21 0.711 11.

Scoring Margin 32 -0.27 Hofstra, which dropped a 13-12 overtime decision to Stony Brook Win Percentage 15 0.636 last season, jumped on the Seawolves in the fourth quarter, scoring Assists Per Game 13 6.45 three goals in the first 3:13 as senior middie Michael Unterstein, Points Per Game 14 17.27 Muscarella and long-stick middie Steve Prifte (1 goal and 1 assist) Ground Balls Per Game 8 36.0 dented the twine and gave the Pride a 14-11 lead. It was Prifte's first Saves Per Game 19 11.45 goal of the year and just the second of his career. USILA DIVISION I COACES POLL: Hofstra fell But Jordan McBride scored an unassisted goal, his 39th of the year, two places to ninth this week with 9:55 to play, and Bo Tripodi notched his third of the game and in the ninth United States 25th of the season with 1:35 to play in regulation to bring Stony Intercollegiate Lacrosse Brook to within one at 14-13. But SBU senior defender Nick Maturro Association (USILA) regular was whistled for a one-minute illegal body check penalty 20 seconds season coaches poll, released on April 20. later and Hofstra played keep-away for the rest of the period to post its third win over their Long Island-rivals in five contests. No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW 1 Virginia (6) 13-1 158 2 Hofstra outshot the Seawolves, 53-27 in the contest including 27-11 2 Cornell (1) 9-2 145 4T in the second half. The Pride was also helped at the face-off X as 3 Syracuse 10-2 143 4T freshman Joe Montemurro captured 21 of 31 draws in the victory. 4 Notre Dame (1) 12-0 139 3 Hofstra goalie Danny Orlando posted three saves while SBU goalie 5 Princeton 10-2 129 1 Rob Camposa stopped 14 Hofstra shots. 6 Duke 10-3 124 8 7 Johns Hopkins 6-4 110 9 HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA STATS: Here is 8 North Carolina 10-4 102 10 where Hofstra ranks in this week’s NCAA statistical 9 Hofstra 9-2 101 7 report, as of April 20, 2009: 10 UMBC 9-3 84 6

11T Navy 9-4 76 11 11T Maryland 8-5 76 12 Category Rank Actual 13 Brown 11-2 64 14 Scoring Offense 26 9.55 14 Loyola 8-4 58 15T Scoring Defense 24 8.64 15 Bucknell 8-6 42 18 Face-Off Win Percentage 37 0.47 16 UMass 7-4 30 15T Man-Up Offense 12 0.405 17T Georgetown 6-6 24 nr Man-Down Defense 27 0.677 17T Colgate 9-4 24 13 Scoring Margin 22 0.91 19 Harvard 6-5 23 17 Win Percentage 6 0.818 20 Albany 7-4 14 20 Assists Per Game 29 4.91 Points Per Game 29 14.45 NIKE/INSIDE LACROSSE Ground Balls Per Game 32 29.36 DIVISION I MEDIA POLL: The Saves Per Game 41 9.91 Hofstra men’s lacrosse team slipped two places and is now ranked ninth Category Player Rank Actual in the tenth Nike/Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll, as of April 20, 2009. Points Per Game Jay Card 27 3.09 Michael Colleluori 81 2.45 Anthony Muscarella 88 2.4 No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts 1 Virginia (15) 13-1 295 Goals Per Game Jay Card 14 2.36 Anthony Muscarella 62 1.7 2 Syracuse 10-2 276 Assists Per Game Michael Colleluori 16 1.55 3 Notre Dame (5) 12-0 271 Jay Card 113 0.73 4 Cornell 9-2 263 Anthony Muscarella 122 0.7 5 Princeton 10-2 244 6 Duke 10-3 224 Ground Balls Per Game Steven DeNapoli 57 3.45 Steve Prifte 68 3.27 7 Johns Hopkins 6-4 206 Joe Montemurro 133 2.64 8 North Carolina 10-4 198 Christian Scuderi 144 2.55 9 Hofstra 9-2 180 Anthony Muscarella 195 2.3 10 UMBC 9-3 150 Goals-Against Average Andrew Gvozden 19 8.29 11 Maryland 8-5 140 12 Loyola 8-4 124

Save Percentage Andrew Gvozden 22 0.559 13T Navy 9-4 120 Face-Off Win Pct Joe Montemurro 42 0.468 13T Brown 11-2 120 15 Massachusetts 7-4 87 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS IN 2009 16 Bucknell 8-6 73 Week USILA NIKE/IL 17 Colgate 9-4 65 2/9 13th 14th 18 Georgetown 6-6 35 2/16 13th* 14th 19 Penn State 7-5 33 2/23 13th* 13th 20 Harvard 6-5 24 3/2 9th 10th Others receiving votes: Albany 15, Bryant 2, Villanova 2, Drexel 1 3/9 12th 11th 3/16 6th 9th STREAKS: Senior Anthony Muscarella has tallied at least one point 3/23 6th 8th in his last 28 regular season games dating back to 2007… Sophomore 3/30 7th 7th Jay Card has tallied at least one point in his last 25 regular season 4/6 5th 7th games…He has also tallied a hat-trick in 10 of his last 21 contests 4/13 7th 7th …Senior Michael Colleluori has posted a point in 19 of his last 20 4/20 9th 9th regular season games. ATTACKMAN JAY CARD: Sophomore Jay Card, the 2008 CAA Rookie of the Year, has picked up where he left off last season with 26 goals and eight assists in the 11 games this year. He has seven game-winning goals this year to bring his career total to10. Card is one goal away from tying his 2008 goal total of 27.

- Card tallied his 10th hat-trick in his last 20 contests with four goals against #10 North Carolina. CAA STANDINGS: Here are the latest Colonial Athletic Association standings, as of April 21, 2009: - He had three goals and one assist against Drexel on April 8. CAA Overall Team W-L Pct W-L Pct - He equaled his career-highs with five goals and seven points against Hofstra* 5-0 1.000 9-2 .818 Delaware on April 4. Card, who was named the CAA Player of the Towson** 4-2 .667 6-7 .462 Week on April 6, took 11 shots including eight on goal. Villanova** 3-2 .600 9-4 .692 Drexel 2-3 .400 6-7 .462 - He scored three goals, including the game-winner with 1:13 to play Delaware 2-3 .400 5-9 .357 in the second overtime in a 9-8 victory at Army on March 24. He also Robert Morris 1-4 .200 8-7 .533 picked up five ground balls against the Black Knights. Sacred Heart 1-4 .200 4-9 .308 *-clinched regular season title - Card tallied two goals in the Pride’s win at Sacred Heart on March **-clinched CAA tournament spot 21.

HOFSTRA-CAA WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS IN 2009 - He was named the CAA Player of the Week on February 23 after a 2/23- Jay Card - Player of the Week three goal, two assist performance in Hofstra’s 11-10 win over 2/23- Kevin Ford - Rookie of the Week UMass. All three of his goals came in the final 12 minutes as he tied 3/2 - Michael Colleluori - Player of the Week the game at 7-7, tied the game at 10-10 with 1:12 to play, and won 3/16- Ryan Carter – Player of the Week the game with four seconds to play. 3/16- Andrew Gvozden –Rookie of the Week 3/30- Andrew Gvozden - Rookie of the Week - At #15 Brown on February 28, he tallied four goals and one assist 4/6 - Jay Card - Player of the Week and notched the game-winner in double-overtime to lead the Pride 4/13 - Anthony Muscarella - Player of the Week past the Bears.

CAA REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS: The Pride captured their - Card had a goal at Hopkins on March 7 and a goal against Robert first CAA regular season title since 2006 after their dramatic win at Morris. Towson in the final seconds and Villanova’s loss to Drexel on April 11. Hofstra will be the top seed and host in the CAA Championship - The Caledon, Ontario native played on the Canadian National Tournament that begins with semifinals on Wednesday, April 29 and Under-19 Team last summer in the International Lacrosse Federation finals on Saturday, May 2. The other three seeds will not be Under-19 World Championships and was named to the All-World determined until this Saturday night. The Pride captured the 2008 Team after scoring 22 goals in seven games. CAA Championship Tournament title last year with a 10-9 overtime victory at Drexel in the title game. - Card had an outstanding rookie season, posting 27 goals and 12 assists. He posted a career-best three assists against Drexel in the BIG CROWD: Last Saturday’s crowd of 6,661 for the North 2008 CAA Championship game. Carolina game was the most fans to see a Hofstra lacrosse contest at Shuart Stadium since 10,510 fans watched the Pride and Syracuse in HAT-TRICKS: The Pride had three players tally hat-tricks in the 2001 NCAA Championship Quarterfinals. The UNC crowd is Hofstra’s 12-7 victory over Drexel on April 8, had two players add also the largest regular season crowd to see a Pride game at Shuart hat-tricks at Towson on April 11 and one against UNC. Tom Dooley Stadium since 7,476 saw Hofstra defeat Johns Hopkins, 9-8 in scored four goals while Jay Card and Anthony Muscarella each added overtime, on May 8, 1999. three against Drexel. Card and Muscarella scored all of their goals in the second half while Dooley scored the first three goals of the game PRIDE FOURTH IN DIVISION I LACROSSE ATTENDANCE: and added one in the fourth. At Towson, Muscarella tallied four goals Hofstra is now fourth in the country in men’s lacrosse home and Kevin Ford notched three in the Pride’s 11-10 win. Last Saturday attendance average, drawing 2,872 fans through five games at Shuart Card recorded Hofstra’s 11th hat-trick of the 2009 season. Stadium. Syracuse leads the nation in attendance average with 6,287 followed by Navy (5,263) and Johns Hopkins (3,706). SENIOR DAY ON SATURDAY VS. VILLANOVA: Hofstra University will honor its 11 graduating men’s lacrosse seniors and HOFSTRA WINNING STREAKS: With the loss to North Carolina student-assistant coach Pat DeBolt in pregame ceremonies before the last Saturday, Hofstra’s ninth-longest winning streak in the same Villanova contest on Saturday. The graduating players include: on season has come to an end. Here are the top 10, same-season, attack Tom Dooley; at midfield Michael Colleluori, Steve Prifte, winning streaks in Hofstra school history: Keith Prifte, Ryan Carter, Anthony Muscarella; on defense Tom Shuey, Patrick Watson and Jack Vivonetto; and in goal Brian Games Year Final Record Schneider. Junior defender Adam Swarsen, who has one more year of 17 2006 17-1 (Current) eligibility after sitting out 2008 with a knee injury, will also be 13 1999 13-3 honored with his Class of 2009 teammates. 12 1955 & 1956 14-2 & 8-5-1 9 1993 10-6 MIDFIELDER RYAN CARTER: Senior middie Ryan Carter 9 2002 11-3 scored two goals including the game-winner with three seconds to 8 1969 & 1970 8-6 & 12-5 play at Towson. 7 2009, 1978 & 1953 TBD, 8-5 &11-3 - He has seven goals and five assists on the season, crushing his best Nationwide balloting begins immediately to determine the third single season output of one goal and two assists in 2008. He has annual winner, which will receive the award during the NCAA Men’s almost doubled his career point output (3G, 4A) with 12 points this Lacrosse Championships in Foxboro, Mass. Fan balloting, available year. on the award’s official website http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/michael_colleluori and by - He notched a goal and an assist against Robert Morris on March 28. text messaging will be combined with votes from coaches and media to determine the recipient of the award. To vote for Colleluori via - Carter tallied a career-best two goals and one assist, equaling his text, text LAX3 to 839863. total output for the 2008 season, in the Pride’s 9-7 victory over #3 Princeton at Shuart Stadium on March 14. He was named the CAA Currently the second leading scorer on the ninth-ranked, 9-2 Hofstra Player of the Week for his performance against the Tigers. team with a career-best 27 points on 10 goals and 17 assists, Colleluori has worked tirelessly to honor the memory of his late - The San Francisco, CA native tallied a goal and an assist against brother, Nick, who passed away in 2006 after a 15-month battle with UMass, a second goal at Johns Hopkins and two goals and one assist non-Hodgekin’s Lymphoma. He has worked to help those affected by against Princeton. the disease while raising funds to help search for a cure. Colleluori serves as vice-president of the HEADstrong Foundation and the - He added an assist at Army on March 24. many charitable events and activities it entails. He founded and is president of LEAN ON ME, which is a support group focusing on GOALIE ANDREW GVOZDEN: Freshman goalie Andrew young adults who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. During the Gvozden recorded his fifth double-digit save-game of the season with past two years over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday breaks, 12 stops against North Carolina on April 18. Michael has volunteered at a soup kitchen, and at hospitals serving meals and helping others cope. He also presented the first Hofstra - He now has a 8.28 goals against average, a.559 save percentage and University Athletics-Nick Colleluori Unsung Hero awards last May. a 7-2 record in nine games. During the summer of 2008, Colleluori completed an internship in - He made 11 saves in Hofstra’s 12-7 victory over Drexel on April 8 the Oncology Department at the Hospital of the University of and nine saves in the win at Towson on April 11. Pennsylvania (HUP). After he graduates from Hofstra in May with a degree in Community Health, Michael has already received - Gvozden recorded 11 saves in the Pride’s 10-8 victory over permission and plans to join the research team at HUP. During that Delaware in the Big City Classic at Giants Stadium on April 4. time he plans to take classes to qualify for medical school and become a physician. - He was named the CAA Rookie of the Week on March 16 after stopping nine shots against Princeton two days earlier in a 9-7 The finalists were chosen from a list of 30 candidates based on victory. qualities that define a complete student-athlete. These four primary areas of criteria include: classroom, community, character and - On March 30, for the second time this season, Gvozden was named competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement the CAA Rookie of the Week for his performances in the Pride’s for Staying in School, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award has victories over Army and Robert Morris. developed into the nation’s premier tribute to college seniors.

- At Army on March 24, the rookie posted 17 saves in the double-OT In addition to Colleluori, 2009 finalists also include: Matt Abbott, win on ESPNU, equaling the most saves by a Hofstra goalie since Syracuse University; Jordan Burke, Brown University; Brandon 2004 when Matt Southard stopped 17 against Massachusetts. Corp, Colgate University; Joel Dalgarno, Ohio State University; Danny Glading, University of Virginia; Ryan Hoff, Notre Dame - On March 28, he made eight saves to post his fourth consecutive University; Max Seibald, Cornell University; Andy Tormey, U.S. win since facing Johns Hopkins in his collegiate debut. Naval Academy; Grant Zimmerman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. - He made his collegiate debut against Johns Hopkins on March 7 and recorded 11 saves in the Pride’s 12-7 loss to the Blue Jays. Andrew The 2009 award winner will be announced and presented with the faced his older brother, Michael, in the Hopkins cage all day long prestigious Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award trophy during festivities marking the first time that brother s faced each other in the cage since surrounding the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships, scheduled Keith Cynar of Harvard faced Justin Cynar of Cornell in 1999. May 23-25. The Lowe’s All-Senior All-America Team, based on final results of the balloting, will also be recognized. - He tallied his first victory on March 14 in the Pride’s 9-7 win over Princeton, posting nine saves. He posted seven saves in the middle MIDFIELDER MICHAEL COLLELUORI: Hofstra senior two periods to help the Pride build a 7-1 lead six minutes into the midfielder Michael Colleluori is having the best season of his four third quarter. Gvozden faced 33 shots in the contest. year career at Hofstra. With his assist on April 18 against North Carolina he now has 10 goals and 17 assists for 27 points. - Gvozden recorded seven saves including one in the waning seconds of Hofstra’s 6-5 victory at Sacred Heart on March 21. - He has six goals and nine assists in his last seven games.

COLLELUORI NAMED A LOWE’S - His two assists at Towson on April 11 gave him a single-season SENIOR CLASS AWARD FINALIST: career best of 26 points on 10 goals and 16 assists. He tallied 10 goals Hofstra senior midfielder Michael Colleluori and 15 assists in 2008. has been named one of 10 senior student- athletes who excel both on and off the field - He tallied a goal and three assists against Robert Morris on March and has been selected as finalists for the 2009 28 and scored three goals and added an assist at Army on March 24. Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the Men’s Lacrosse division. - He had a goal and an assist at Sacred Heart.

- He was named the Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Lacrosse - He returned to the Hofstra line-up against UMass on February 21 Player of the Week for his play against Brown on February 28. after missing all but three games last season. He tallied a goal and an Colleluori recorded career highs of four assists and six points in the assist at Army. Pride’s dramatic 11-10 double-overtime victory at Brown. The Pride, who trailed 10-3 late in the third quarter, came back behind - The Floral Park, New York native tallied two goals in the Pride’s Colleluori’s second goal of the game with 4:35 to play in that third 11-10 victory over the Minutemen and was named the CAA Rookie period to cut the gap to 10-4, and four assists over the next seven of the Week. Ford opened the scoring for the Pride and would score Hofstra goals to win the contest. He assisted on Jay Card’s game- Hofstra’s eighth goal to tie the contest in the fourth quarter. He also winning goal with 19 seconds remaining in the second overtime picked up four ground balls. He had a goal and an assist and took a period. team-high nine shots at Brown on February 28.

- The four assists topped his previous best of three set in the 2008 - He tallied five goals and one assist in three games last season CAA Championship semifinals against Delaware while the six points including a three-goal game against Brown. were one better than the two goal, three-assist performance that he had on February 21 in the season opener against Massachusetts. ATTACKMAN DAN STEIN: Junior attackman Dan Stein had a goal and an assist against Delaware on April 4 and an assist against MIDFIELDER ANTHONY MUSCARELLA: Senior midfielder Drexel on April 8. Anthony Muscarella has tallied 11 goals and five assists in his last six games. He tallied one assist against North Carolina. - After an assist against UNC, he is seventh on the team in scoring with six goals and four assists. Over the last 18 games, he has posted - He recorded back-to-back four point games, posting three goals and 18 goals and nine assists. one assist against Drexel on April 8, and four goals at Towson on April 11. It was his sixth and seventh career hat-tricks. For his - He tallied a goal against Robert Morris on March 28 to snap a three- performance he was named the CAA Player of the Week. game scoreless drought.

- He scored a goal and an assist against Delaware on April 4. - He had his 10-game point scoring streak snapped against Princeton on March 14. - He tallied two goals and one assist in the victory at Army on March 24 and added a goal and an assist and picked up seven ground balls - Stein tallied two goals in the opener against UMass, one at Brown against Robert Morrison March 28. and a goal and an assist at Johns Hopkins.

- Muscarella, who did not play in the UMass opener, made his 2009 - He tied his career-high with four goals at Robert Morris on April debut at Brown and scored the goal that tied the game at 10-all with 26, 2008. His three goals after a lightening-delay propelled the Pride for the Pride with 1:08 to play. to the victory over the Colonials.

- At Hopkins on March 7, he scored twice in the Pride’s 12-7 loss to ATTACKMAN TOM DOOLEY: Senior Tom Dooley, after a the Blue Jays. three-game scoring drought, has tallied seven goals in his last four outings. He scored two goals against Delaware on April 4, added four - Against Princeton on March 14 he tallied three goals in the Pride’s goals against Drexel on April 8 and one at Towson. victory. It was his fifth career hat-trick. - He now has 10 goals and two assists this season. - Muscarella, the Pride’s leading returning scorer in 2009, recorded 28 goals and 14 assists in 2008. He tallied a career-high six goals in - He notched the 100th goal in his Hofstra career at Towson on April the Pride’s 14-13 victory at Stony Brook on April 22, 2008. 11. Dooley has 100 goals and 21 assists in his 60-game career.

- The Wantagh, NY native topped his previous best of five goals and - He recorded his third goal of the season against Princeton on fell one point short of his single game point total, set against Towson March 14. on March 21, 2008. He posted five of his six tallies in the second half after the game was tied at 6-6 at halftime. - 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 - He tallied eight goals and one assist in the Pride’s two victories over 14th trip to the NCAA Championship Tournament. Stony Brook and Robert Morris before the 2008 CAA Tournament. At Robert Morris, he tallied two goals, including the game-winner - The Yorktown, NY native, who went over the 100-point mark in his with 3:59 to play, and added one assist as Hofstra edged the career on April 19 at North Carolina with two goals, now has 100 Colonials, 13-12. goals and 21 assists for 121 points in his 59-game Hofstra career. Dooley, who had nine multi-point games last year, led the Pride with - Last season, Muscarella more than doubled the combined point total six man-up goals in 2008. of his first two years with 42 points on 28 goals and 14 assists. He posted four goals and one assist in the CAA title game against Hofstra All-time Single Season Freshman Scoring List Drexel. No. Player Year G-A-Pts. 1 - Tom Dooley 2006 38-13-51 ATTACKMAN KEVIN FORD: Red-shirt freshman Kevin Ford 2 - Dave McCulloch 1983 26-23-49 tied his career-high with three goals at Towson on April 11. After 3 - Dom DiNardo 1991 30-15-45 posting a goal and an assist against North Carolina on April 18, he 4 - Andy Carlson 1991 35-9-44 now has 10 goals and five assists in 2009 5 - Bruce Yancey 1983 37-6-43 - Ford notched two goals against Robert Morris on March 28. MIDFIELDER STEVE PRIFTE: Senior long-stick middie Steve Prifte recorded a career-high eight ground balls in the Pride’s victory at Brown. His previous best was five against Drexel last year. One-goal decisions 5-0 - He is second on the team with 36 ground balls. Two-goal decisions 2-0 Three-goal decision 0-0 - He picked up four grounds balls at Towson on April 11and against Four-goal decisions 0-0 UNC on April 18. Others 2-2

- He tallied three ground balls against Princeton and Delaware and PRIDE COACH SETH TIERNEY: Seth Tierney became the fifth had two caused turnovers at Sacred Heart and against Robert Morris. head coach in the 60-year history of the Hofstra Men's Lacrosse program when he was hired to the position in August 2006. Now in - Prifte posted five ground balls at Army on March 24. his third season, Tierney has led the Pride to 16 victories, the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association championship and a berth in the 2008 DEFENDER ADAM SWARSEN: Junior defender Adam Swarsen NCAA Championship in his two seasons. posted six ground balls-one short of his personal best- at Brown. Tierney served as an assistant coach at Hofstra from 1995 through - The junior, who missed last year with a knee injury, also picked up 2000 before leaving for a similar position at his alma mater Johns a key turnover in the waning seconds of the first overtime against Hopkins University. During his six-year tenure with the Pride, Brown. Hofstra recorded six consecutive winning seasons with a combined overall record of 61-28 and a conference mark of 29-2, captured five - Swarsen picked up three ground balls at Army and against Robert league titles, received five top 15 final national rankings, and played Morris. in four NCAA Championship tournaments.

Tierney also coached seven All-Americans and nearly two-dozen all- - Swarsen has 23 ground balls on the season. conference players during his first tenure at Hofstra. Among them

was midfielder Doug Shanahan, who would receive the inaugural MIDFIELDER STEVEN DENAPOLI: After two assists and three Tewaaraton Trophy as College Lacrosse Player of the Year, the Lt. ground balls against UNC on April 18, sophomore Steven DeNapoli Ray Enners Award as the Division I Player of the Year, and the Lt. has tallied four goals and two assists on the season and leads the team Donald McLaughlin Award as the Division I Midfielder of the Year with 38 ground balls. in 2001.

- He has tallied goals against UMass, Brown, Princeton and Robert The 2008 season saw Hofstra make a return to the NCAA Morris. Tournament after a one-year hiatus. The team posted a 10-6 record

and captured the CAA title in a thrilling overtime victory over - DeNapoli had four ground balls against Robert Morris and Drexel Drexel. Leading scorer Anthony Muscarella was named an honorable and three ground balls at Army and Towson. mention All-American, while Kevin Unterstein was the CAA

Defensive Player of the Year and Jay Card earned CAA Rookie of DEFENSEMAN CHRISTIAN SCUDERI: Junior defender the Year accolades. In addition, seven players received All-CAA Christian Scuderi posted a season-best six ground balls in the win at honors and the Unterstein brothers, Kevin and Michael, were named Towson on April 11. He now has 28 ground balls on the season. North-South Game All-Stars and were both selected in the Major

League Lacrosse Draft. - He picked up five ground balls in games against both Princeton and Delaware this season. In his first year at the helm of the Hofstra program, Tierney took over a team that returned one starter from 2006’s NCAA Quarterfinal TEAM CAPTAINS: Hofstra has four team captains this year. Senior squad and led them to a 6-8 record that saw seven losses decided by Tom Dooley, senior midfielder Steve Prifte, senior defender Jack one goal. The team qualified for the CAA Championship, saw one of Vivonetto and junior defender Adam Swarsen were selected team its star players – Kevin Unterstein – earn honorable mention All- captains before the 2009 season. America honors and had seven players named to All-CAA teams, including three All-Rookie selections. DEFENSEMAN MICHAEL SKUDIN: Sophomore defender Michael Skudin has missed the last four games with an injury. Tierney returned to Hofstra after a six-year tenure at John Hopkins, with the final two seasons as associate head coach. As the Blue Jays - He tallied his first career goal at Sacred Heart on March 21. He took offensive coordinator, he was the architect of one of the most potent an outlet pass near midfield and went in almost unguarded and beat and explosive offenses in the nation in recent years. Tierney directed SHU goalie Zach Frank. He also had one ground ball on the day. the Blue Jays attack that finished second in the nation in scoring margin, sixth in scoring offense and 16th in man-up offense during DEFENSEMAN RYAN SMITH LOST FOR THE SEASON: Hopkins' NCAA title run in 2005. The Blue Jays led the nation in Junior defenseman Ryan Smith will be lost for the season with a knee scoring offense and man-up offense in 2003 and finished fifth in both injury suffered in the Massachusetts game on February 21. categories in 2004.

GOALIE DANNY ORLANDO TO TAKE ACADEMIC LEAVE In Tierney’s final season at Hopkins the Blue Jays posted a 9-5 OF ABSENCE: Hofstra Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney record, advanced to the NCAA Championship quarterfinals, and announced on March 13 that junior goalie Danny Orlando (South ranked in the top 15 in the country in four statistical categories. With Hempstead, NY) has taken an Academic Leave of Absence and will an emphasis on a balanced attack that puts pressure on the opposition not return for the remainder of the spring semester. “Danny Orlando at every position, individual awards have been plentiful at Hopkins. has decided to take some time to attend to personal and family A total of 21 Blue Jay midfielders and attackmen earned All-America matters, and as a result, he has taken an Academic Leave of honors during Tierney's tenure in Homewood. Among them was Kyle Absence,” commented Tierney. “We all wish him a speedy return.” Harrison, a two-time first team All-America, who received the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Lt. Enners Award in 2005 and the KEEPING IT CLOSE: Hofstra has been involved in five one-goal McLaughlin Award in 2004 and 2005. decisions this season. They are 5-0 in those contests. The Pride is: Tierney played for the Blue Jays from 1988 through 1991 and served as team captain as a senior. He helped lead Hopkins to the NCAA - Hofstra’s victory over Loyola in March, 2004 was the Pride’s one Tournament in each of his four seasons, including an appearance in and only win in 2004 over a Top 10 opponent. The Greyhounds came the 1989 NCAA title game. He received Hopkins' Turnbull-Reynolds into the game ranked seventh. Award as a senior as the player most exemplifying leadership and sportsmanship. Tierney was also selected to play in the North-South Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp game as a senior. 4/18/09 #10 North Carolina Home 8-13 L

3/14/09 #3 Princeton Home 9-7 W After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Tierney continued his playing 3/7/09 #10 Johns Hopkins Away 7-12 L career by playing three seasons of indoor lacrosse for the New York 3/8/08 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 8-7 W Saints before serving as an assistant coach for the Saints for two 3/27/07 #9 Army Away 5-3 W seasons. 3/18/07 #10 Princeton Home 4-5 L HOFSTRA UNDER TIERNEY 3/10/07 #5 Johns Hopkins Away 8-9 L Overall record 25-16 .610 2/24/07 #9 Massachusetts Home 8-6 W Conference record 13-4 .765 5/20/06 #10 Massachusetts Neutral 10-11 L (OT) Home record 13-6 .684 3/18/06 #6 Princeton Away 9-5 W Road record 11-10 .524 3/11/06 #7 Johns Hopkins Home 11-6 W Neutral record 1-0 1.000 3/29/05 #5 Army Away 10-11 L One goal decisions 12-9 .571 3/26/05 #9 Notre Dame Home 8-9 L (2OT) Two goal decisions 6-0 1.000 3/12/05 #1 Johns Hopkins Away 5-11 L Three-goal decision 1-0 1.000 3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L Four goal decisions 0-2 .000 3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L Others 6-5 .545 3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W 5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES 4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W - Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 to 3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach at Hofstra. Amplo 3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L served as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in 2000 4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W and 2001 before leaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He 3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L returned to Hofstra in 2003. 3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L 3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L - Former Johns Hopkins standout Matt Rewkowski is in his second 5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home 13-18 L season on the Pride coaching staff. A member of the Blue Jays 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W (OT) national championship team in 2005, he was an All-America 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L selection in 2004. Rewkowski, who played his first two years at 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W Duke, was an All-America pick as a sophomore in Durham. 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT)

- Sean Smith, who returned to the Pride in 2008 after one season HOFSTRA AGAINST NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 20: Following away from the program, is in his 11th season on the Hofstra lacrosse the Pride’s victory over #20 UMass in the 2009 season opener and staff. He served on John Danowski’s Pride staff from 1998 through the double-overtime win at #15 Brown, Hofstra is now 16-15 in their 2006. A two-time All-American at Roanoke College in 1982 and last 31 games against teams ranked from 11 through 20. Since 2003, 1983 Smith has also served on the coaching staff at Army from 1987 the Pride is 19-18 against teams #11 through 20. Hofstra was 2-3 in through 1990. 2008, 1-4 in 2007, 7-0 in 2006, 4-3 in 2005, 0-5 in 2004 and 3-3 in 2003. TEACHER-STUDENT: Hofstra’s game at Towson on April 11 was the fourth meeting between Pride coach Seth Tierney and TOP 10 FOR PRIDE: The Pride’s fifth-place ranking in the USILA Towson Coach Tony Seaman, who coached Tierney at Johns Poll on April 6 was their highest since the 2006 season. Hofstra was Hopkins, as head coaches. Tierney now holds a 3-1 series lead. ranked second from the start of April, 2006 through the end of the 2006 regular season. AGAINST THE TOP 6 - The Pride is 4-13 in their last 17 games against teams that were A RECORD CROWD: The April 4th crowd against Delaware at the ranked sixth or better, dating back to the end of the 1999 season. 80,242-seat Giants Stadium drew a lacrosse-only, regular season record crowd of 22,308. Giants Stadium is the biggest venue in which - In addition to Princeton this year and Hopkins last year, the only the Pride has played lacrosse. The biggest stadium that the Pride had Pride wins over top six teams came in 2001 when Hofstra edged #2 played in previously was the 60,000-seat Kenan Stadium at the Notre Dame 11-10 in overtime, and on March 18, 2006 against #6 University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2008. Princeton 9-5. HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 63 of its last 85 home games - Hofstra is 9-25 against opponents ranked sixth or better since 1993. at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly Hofstra Stadium). The Pride had a 16-game home winning streak snapped on March 18, 2007 AGAINST THE TOP 10 against Princeton. The Hofstra home streak tied them for 11th all- -Following the Pride’s loss to UNC on April 18 and their win against time in Division I history. Here is how the Pride has done at home #3 Princeton on March 24, Hofstra is now 12-18 in its last 30 games since 2000: against USILA Top 10 opponents. 2009 - 4-1 - Prior to the victory over #1 Hopkins in 2008, the Pride’s highest- 2008 - 6-1 ranked victory was an 11-10 overtime decision over second-ranked 2007 - 3-4 Notre Dame in 2001. 2006 - 12-0 - Including 2009, the Pride has defeated at least one top 10 opponent 2005 – 6-3 in eight of the last nine seasons. 2004 – 3-3 2003 – 9-2 second with 44 goals. He was also an all-conference Laurie Cox 2002 – 6-2 Division selection as a senior and was named to the USILA North- 2001 – 7-4 South Senior All-Star Game. 2000 – 7-2 Singled out as one of the top ten players that he ever coached by Myers, Simandl still holds the Hofstra records for most points and OVERTIME - Hofstra is 13-5 in its last 18 overtime games. most assists in a single season, most assists and points in a career, - The Pride is 19-7 in overtime games since 1985. and is third in goals scored in a career in Pride history. He finished - Hofstra is 6-2 in overtime games under Seth Tierney and was 13-5 his Hofstra career with 119 goals and 119 assists for 238 points. All in overtime games during John Danowski’s tenure. four of his Hofstra teams were nationally-ranked, including the 1955 - Here is the Pride’s OT history since 1986: team that was ranked third. Year Opponent Result 2009 at Army 9-8 W (2OT) Shanahan (#26), who played at Hofstra from 1998 through 2001, was 2009 at #15 Brown 11-10 W (2OT) a two-sport All-American athlete in both football and lacrosse. While 2008 at #11 Drexel * 10-9 W a standout as a defensive back in football and leading the Pride in 2008 at Villanova 7-6 W (2OT) interceptions as a junior and senior, he excelled in lacrosse over his 2008 at Drexel 8-9 L (2OT) four year career at Hofstra. As Hofstra’s most honored lacrosse 2008 #1 Johns Hopkins 8-7 W player, Shanahan was a three-time All-America selection earning 2007 Stony Brook 12-13 L honorable mention in 1999, second team honors in 2000, and first 2007 at Towson 9-8 W team accolades as a senior. In addition to his first team honors in 2006 Massachusetts 10-11 L 2001, he also earned: the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award from the 2006 #12 Towson 10-9 W USILA as Division I Midfielder of the Year; the Lt. Ray Enners 2005 #9 Notre Dame 8-9 L (2OT) Award as USILA Division I Player of the Year; and the inaugural 2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W Tewaaraton Trophy as college lacrosse’s Player of the Year. 2002 at Massachusetts 12-11 W 2001 Virginia 15-14 W Shanahan also earned All-America East honors four times, picking up Notre Dame 11-10 W first team honors as a freshman, as well as Rookie of the Year honors 2000 at Delaware 7-8 L in 1998, as a sophomore in 1999 and as a senior in 2001 when he was 1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W also voted Most Valuable Player honors. He was named to the 2001 Notre Dame 10-9 W USILA North-South Senior All-Star Game where he captured the 1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT) Most Valuable Player award. During his Hofstra career, he tallied 95 1996 Georgetown 15-16 L goals and 44 assists for 139 points, a school-record 450 ground balls Massachusetts 15-14 W while winning 528 of 868 face-offs for a .608 winning percentage. In 1995 Brown 10-9 W 2002 Shanahan was named to the United States National Team for 1994 Army 14-15 L the ILF World Championships and earned the ILF’s Most Valuable 1993 Virginia 7-6 W Player Award. He was also voted to the All-World Team 1991 at Army 14-13 W 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT) HOFSTRA PICKED TO REPEAT IN 2009 CAA PRESEASON POLL: The Hofstra Pride, which has won two of the last three CAA * - CAA Title Game Men's Lacrosse Championships, is picked to repeat in 2009 as the conference champion according to a vote conducted by all seven SEASON 61 FOR HOFSTRA league coaches. The Pride, which picked up five of the possible - Hofstra is in its 61st season of men’s lacrosse in 2009. Pride teams seven first-place votes, edged out second-place Delaware in the poll. have tallied a 493-337-4 record during that time. Hofstra, already ranked No. 15 in the Inside Lacrosse/Faceoff SEASON OPENERS: Hofstra is 39-22 in opening games in its Yearbook preseason poll and picked as the league favorites in the history. same publication, received four more total points than Delaware in the preseason coaches poll. The Blue Hens, ranked 20th in the RETURNING STARTERS: The Pride return eight starters from last Faceoff Yearbook, logged two first-place votes and finished with a year’s 10-6, CAA Championship team. total of 31 points. Drexel, one of two 2008 regular-season league champions, is picked to finish third in the conference after recording HOFSTRA RETIRES SIMANDL’S AND SHANAHAN’S 27 points in the poll. Towson logged 20 total points in the poll to NUMBERS: During halftime ceremonies of the North Carolina come in fourth, while Villanova, Sacred Heart and Robert Morris game on April 18, Hofstra Athletics retired the jersey numbers of two rounded out the preseason vote, respectively. all-time lacrosse greats, Doug Shanahan and Jerry Simandl. They are the first two Pride lacrosse players to have their numbers retired. 2009 CAA MEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON COACHES POLL

In an effort to acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments of Team (first-place votes) Points numerous former student-athletes during the University's nearly 75 1. Hofstra (5) 35 years of existence, Hofstra University announced last summer that a 2. Delaware (2) 31 group of 20 former Pride athletes would have their jersey numbers 3. Drexel 27 retired. "The honoring of these 20 former student-athletes is a 4. Towson 20 celebration of the outstanding history of Hofstra Athletics," 5. Villanova 17 commented Hofstra University Director of Athletics Jack Hayes. 6. Sacred Heart 9 7. Robert Morris 8 Simandl (#10) lettered in lacrosse at Hofstra from 1952 through 1955 under legendary coach Howard “Howdy” Myers. He earned All- FOUR PRIDE PLAYERS NAMED TO 2009 ALL-CAA America second team honors as a senior in 1955 after leading the PRESEASON TEAM: Four Pride players were voted to the nation in scoring with 102 points and assists with 58 while placing preseason All-CAA team. Sophomore Jay Card, the CAA Rookie of the Year in 2008, ranked among the league's best in goals-per-game ! -- All-CAA Rookie Selection in 2008 as a freshman last year, scoring 27 to go with 13 assists. Senior Anthony Muscarella, already an Honorable Mention 2009 Preseason HOFSTRA HAS 14 NCAA TOURNAMENT BIDS: The Pride All-America pick by Inside Lacrosse and a first team All-CAA earned their 14th trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2008 by defeating honoree in 2008, ranked eighth in league with an average of 1.75 Drexel in thrilling fashion, 10-9 in overtime, in the Colonial Athletic goals per game (28 goals) and had 14 assists on the year. Senior Association Championship game at Vidas Field in Philadelphia. The Steve Prifte was a unanimous preseason all-conference pick at the Pride trailed 9-7 with 1:20 to play in regulation before junior long-stick midfield position. Prifte, a Shamong, New Jersey native midfielder Anthony Muscarella and sophomore attackman Dan Stein was a Second Team All-League pick in 2008 after logging 40 scored 28 seconds apart to send the game into overtime. Junior groundballs and causing eight turnovers. Inside Lacrosse Preseason attackman Tom Dooley tallied the game-winner 11 seconds into the Honorable Mention All-America goalkeeper Danny Orlando rounds extra period to punch the Pride's NCAA Tournament-bound ticket. out the Pride's 2009 All-CAA Preseason team selections. The Hofstra, which defeated then-number one Johns Hopkins, 8-7, in Hofstra junior finished 2008 with a 8.56 goals-against average and overtime on March 8 in Hempstead, faced the Blue Jays for the had a save percentage of .491. fourth time in NCAA Championship competition last week with Hopkins exacting some revenge, 10-4. Johns Hopkins downed the The league's coaches also selected Delaware junior attacker Curtis Pride in first round games in 1974 (18-10) and 1978 (20-8), and in Dickson as the CAA's Preseason Player of the Year.Dickson, one of the quarterfinals in 1999 (11-7) at Hofstra. three Blue Hen preseason all-conference picks in 2009, returns after a first team all-conference performance in 2008. The Port Coquitlam, ROYLE-SOMBROTTO LOCKER ROOM: The Hofstra Men’s British Columbia, native and preseason third team All-American by Lacrosse Locker Room was officially dedicated before the Pride’s Inside Lacrosse, scored a league-best 46 goals while also passing out game against Delaware on April 12, 2008. The Harry Royle-Vincent 15 assists in 2008. Alongside Dickson and Card at the attack position Sombrotto Pride Locker Room, named in honor of former Hofstra is Colin Ambler. Ambler, a junior at Drexel, recorded 21 goals and Lacrosse Coach Harry Royle and former Pride All-American and 21 assists in 2008, helping him earn a spot on the CAA's All- National Lacrosse Hall of Fame member Vincent Sombrotto, was Conference Second Team. made possible by a generous gift from James Metzger, a former teammate of Sombrotto and a standout player under Coach Royle. At midfield with Muscarella are Delaware junior Martin Cahill and Drexel junior Greg Casey. Cahill, a 2008 first team All-CAA pick, REMEMBERING NICK: On November 28 2006, was among the league's best scorers in 2008 by logging 29 goals on the Hofstra University family lost a beloved the year. Casey, a second team all-league honoree in 2008, finished member of the community with the passing of his sophomore season with 13 goals and five assists. Drexel junior men’s lacrosse player Nicholas Colleluori. His 14- Ryan West, a 2008 First Team All-CAA pick at the face-off specialist month battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma was a position, is a preseason all-conference honoree in 2009. West, a study in courage, dignity and the relentless attitude that he brought to Berlin, Md., native finished the 2008 season 69-of-114 (.605) in face- everything he did. A son, a brother, a fiancé, a teammate, a classmate offs and scored two goals as a sophomore. and a friend, Nick cherished and honored all of these titles. He will be remembered for the love and joy that he brought to so many Drexel junior Matt McCormick leads three preseason All-CAA people and a spirit that will last forever. The Pride will continue to defenders in 2009. An Honorable Mention Preseason All-America wear a circular patch on their jerseys in 2008 in his memory. The selection by Inside Lacrosse, McCormick was a 2008 first team all- Hofstra lacrosse program is active in fund-raising activities in the conference pick in 2008 after playing a vital role in Drexel's top- fight against lymphoma. ranked defense (7.15 goals/game). Villanova senior Eddie DiDonato logged 26 groundballs in 2008, and joins McCormick on the HOFSTRA PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS: preseason all-league defense. Delaware sophomore Pat Dowling, an 1 - Loizeaux - (La-wah-zoo) all-rookie pick in 2008, picked up 35 groundballs and forced 18 3 - Colleluori - (Coll-la-law-ree) turnovers last season which helped him earn a spot on the 2009 6 - Mojica (Mo-Jee-ca) Preseason squad. 7 & 9 - DeNapoli (Dee-Nap-po-lee) 8 & 10 - Prifte - (Priff-tee) 2009 PRESEASON ALL-CAA MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM 13 - Shuey - (Shoo-ee) 18 - Gvozden - (Ga-vozz-den) Name, School Pos. Yr. 19 - Pezzolla - (Pa-zoll-ah) Colin Ambler, Drexel# A Jr. 21 - Vaccaro (Va-car-oh) Jay Card, Hofstra! A So. 22 - Interlicchio - (In-ter-lick-ee-oh) Curtis Dickson, Delaware* A Jr. 26 - Muscarella - (Mus-ka-rell-ah) Martin Cahill, Delaware* M Jr. 28 - Montemurro - (Mon-tah-more-oh) Greg Casey, Drexel# M Jr. 29 - Skudin (Skoo-din) Anthony Muscarella, Hofstra* M Sr. 32 - Stein - (Stine) Steve Prifte, Hofstra# LSM Sr. 39 - Koesterer - (Kes-ter-rer) 44- Vivonetto (Viv-a-net-oh) Ryan West, Drexel* FO Jr. 50 - Scuderi (Ska-dare-ee) Eddie DiDonato, Villanova D Sr.

Pat Dowling, Delaware! D So. HOFSTRA TO HOST 2009 NCAA Matt McCormick, Drexel* D Jr. CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS: Danny Orlando, Hofstra GK Jr. Tickets and parking passes to the 2009 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship Quarterfinals at CAA MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Curtis Hofstra University are now on sale. The Dickson, A, Jr., Delaware Quarterfinals will return to Long Island on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at James M. Shuart Stadium. Game times * -- First Team All-CAA Selection in 2008 are noon and 3 p.m. # -- Second Team All-CAA Selection in 2008 Lacrosse fans can purchase general admission tickets and parking the Minutemen jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Blum and senior passes online at: www.Hofstra.edu/Athletics (click button on right Jim Connolly in the first six minutes. Ford put Hofstra on the board side of page) or by calling the Hofstra Athletic Ticket Office at 516- with a 13-yard, man-up bullet from the center of the box with 4:36 to HOF-TIXX (463-8499). play in the first. But UMass freshman Anthony Biscardi and Hofstra junior Danny Stein exchanged goals to close the first quarter with the Lacrosse fans who purchase tickets and parking early will have the Minutemen ahead, 3-2. Stein’s goal came with two seconds ability to park and tailgate closest to the stadium on game day. As of remaining on a wrap-around. March 4 more than 3,200 tickets have been sold for the Hofstra quarterfinals. For more information on special tent tailgate Massachusetts opened the second quarter with three straight goals as opportunities, please call 516-463-5281. Pedrick scored 4:54 into the period, and sophomore Ryan Hantverk and senior face-off specialist Joe Reale scoring eight seconds apart Hofstra has hosted the NCAA Quarterfinal in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 late in the period to build a 6-2 lead. Pride sophomore Stephen and 2002 and enjoyed great crowds for each event including 12,292 DeNapoli closed the gap with a goal while falling down that beat in 1999 when Johns Hopkins, Duke, Georgetown and Hofstra Schneider high just 15 seconds later. But junior middie Bobby Hayes competed. gave the Minutemen a 7-3 lead at the break off a pass from Pedrick with 14 seconds to play.

HOFSTRA ON TELEVISION: Hofstra The Pride came out with a sense of urgency in the second half and has had three games this season aired on scored four unanswered goals to tie the game at 7-all. Colleluori ESPNU. The Pride was aired on March 7 at started the run with a 12-yard bullet off the stick of Schneider 5:27 Hopkins, the March 24 game at Army, and into the third to cut the gap to 7-4. Almost six minutes later senior the April 11 game at Towson, Ryan Carter took a cross-field pass from Colleluori a fired a shot past Schneider from 12 yards out. In the fourth quarter, Stein scored again BLOGS, BLOG, BLOGS: Five Hofstra on a wrap-around just 1:24 into the period before Card tied the game lacrosse players, Michael Colleluori, Dan off the pass from Colleluori two minutes later. Stein, Brian Schneider, Joe Montemurro and Dan Pezzolla, will be writing weekly blogs during the 2009 season. In addition to blogging UMass ended the run as Reale picked up the ground ball off the on the Pride website at ensuing face-off and ran through the Pride defense and beat Hofstra http://www.hofstra.edu/Athletics/Mlacrosse/ath_mlax_09faceoffblog. goalie Danny Orlando (5 saves) from five yards for an 8-7 lead. Ford cfm, Colleluori’s and Schneider’s blog will also be seen on tied the game at 8-8 for Hofstra 2:33 later with a 15-yard bullet after www.InsideLacrosse.com and Stein’s blog will also be seen on a pass from Card. But a minute later Blum scored his fourth of the www.NCAA.com . season on a 12-yard shot from the left of Orlando, and Pedrick scored on a jump shot from eight yards in front three minutes after that to HOFSTRA TO PARTNER WITH JUMPTV; take a 10-8 lead. GOHOFSTRA.COM TO DEBUT SOON: GoHofstra.com, the new online home for Hofstra Athletics, will debut soon and fans will Colleluori brought Hofstra back to within one with 2:44 to play with now be able to get live streaming video and statistics, up-to-date his second of the game on the run before Card tied the game with promotions, news, and events to keep you informed on all your 1:12 to play. On the ensuing face-off sophomore middie Joe favorite Hofstra teams. GoHofstra.com will also be your one-stop Montemurro won the face-off and started the Pride on their road to shopping source for tickets, merchandise, and apparel. victory.

The Pride outshot the Minutemen, 56-31, including 24-4 in the final 2009 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES quarter. 1 2 3 4 F GAME 1 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009 #20 UMass 3 4 0 3 10 VS. #20 MASSACHUSETTS: Sophomore Jay #13 Hofstra 2 1 2 6 11 Card scored his third goal of the game with just four seconds remaining to give the 13th-ranked MASSACHUSETTS SCORING: GOALS: Evan Blum 2; Rory Pride of Hofstra (1-0) an 11-10 victory over #20 Pedrick 2; Joe Reale 2; Jim Connolly 1; Anthony Biscardi 1; Bobby Massachusetts (1-1) at James M. Shuart Stadium. Hayes 1; Ryan Hantverk 1. ASSISTS: Tim Balise 1; Anthony Biscardi 1; Evan Blum 1; Jim Connolly 1; Ryan Marcus 1; Rory Card, a native of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, scored all three of his Pedrick 1. goals in the final 12 minutes as Hofstra scored six times in the final HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 3; Colleluori, Michael quarter. He tied the game at 10-all with 1:12 to play, taking a pass 2; Ford, Kevin 2; Stein, Dan 2; Carter, Ryan 1; DeNapoli, Steven 1. from senior Michael Colleluori to the right of UMass goalie Doc ASSISTS: Colleluori, Michael 3; Card, Jay 2; Carter, Ryan 1. Schneider (8 saves) and firing a bullet from eight yards out. On the 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, 2009 AT #15 BROWN: Sophomore Jay Card's Card, the 2008 CAA Rookie of the Year who had three game- fourth goal of the game with 19 seconds winning goals last season, tied the game at 7-7 just 3:48 into the remaining in the second overtime capped a fourth quarter, taking another pass from Colleluori down low and to furious 11-10 come-from-behind Hofstra victory the side of the cage. Colleluori tallied two goals and three assists in over #15 Brown at Mesiter-Kavan Field. The 13th-ranked Pride, who the contest while junior Dan Stein and red-shirt freshman Kevin Ford rallied back from a 10-3 deficit midway through the third quarter, each added two goals. The Minutemen of Massachusetts were led by improved to 2-0 on the season while Brown falls to 1-1. It is Hofstra's seniors Evan Blum and Rory Pedrick with two goals and one assist first 2-0 start since the 1997 season when the Pride opened up with each. five straight wins.

In the 34th installment of one of college lacrosse’s fiercest rivalries, Card, who tallied three of Hofstra's last seven goals including the game-winner, took a cross-crease pass from senior Michael The first two minutes of the second OT were highlighted by turnover Colleluori in the air and dunked the ball behind Brown goalie Jordan exchanges before Hofstra had its first good chance of the period to Burke in the second OT. The Pride were in the man-up situation score. With 1:29 to play Muscarella fired a bullet from straight on following an illegal check penalty on Brown midfielder Thomas that was stopped by Burke. After a Brown timeout, the Bears were Muldoon with just 40 seconds remaining in the second extra stuffed on a shot by Orlando before a second shot bounced off the far session. post behind Orlando. On the ensuing scramble Muldoon was whistled for hitting Steven DeNapoli with an illegal body check giving the Card finished with four goals and one assist but was topped by senior Pride a one minute advantage with 40 seconds left in the second extra middie Michael Colleluori, who posted two goals and career-highs session and setting up Card's second game-winning goal of the year of four assists and six points. Senior middie Anthony Muscarella and and the fifth of his young career. The Pride outshot the Bears, 44-3, red-shirt freshman Kevin Ford chipped in each with a goal and an and picked up 35 ground balls to Brown's 32 in the contest. assist. Pride junior goalie Danny Orlando recorded nine saves in the contest including big stops in each of the extra periods. The Bears of 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 F Brown were led by sophomore Andrew Feinberg with three goals and #13 Hofstra 1 1 3 5 0 1 11 two assists while Muldoon and attackman Kyle Hollingsworth each #15 Brown 4 2 4 0 0 0 10 added a goal and an assist. Burke stopped 15 shots in the Brown cage. HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 4; Colleluori, Michael 2; Ford, Kevin 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Stein, Dan 1; DeNapoli, Brown jumped on the Pride early, building a 4-0 lead late in the first Steven 1; Dooley, Tom 1. ASSISTS: Colleluori, Michael 4; Card, quarter on a man-up-goal from senior Jack Walsh, and even-handed Jay 1; Ford, Kevin 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1. goals by senior Nic Bell, senior Todd Faiella, and Feinberg. Hofstra sophomore middie Steven DeNapoli put the Pride on the board with BROWN SCORING: GOALS: Feinberg, Andrew 3; Muldoon, 3:05 to play in the period with his second goal of the year from 10 Thomas 1; Hollingsworth, Kyle 1; Walsh, Jack 1; Bell, Nic 1; Hardy, yards out in the center of the box to close the gap to 4-1 after one Jake 1; Faiella, Todd 1; Carey, Collins 1. ASSISTS: Feinberg, period. In the second quarter, Feinberg and junior Collins Carey Andrew 2; Williams, Brady 2; Hollingsworth, Kyle 1; Melvin, Nik 1; sandwiched a Pride goal by Colleluori, his third of the season, to take Muldoon, Thomas 1; Seligmann, Reade 1. a 6-2 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Just 11 seconds into the third quarter, Hollingsworth fed junior Jake GAME 3 - SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009 Hardy for his first goal of the season to boost the Bears' lead to 7-2. AT #10 JOHNS HOPKINS: Kyle Wharton Card got one back for the Pride with an unassisted tally two minutes scored five goals and Michael Kimmel added a later before Brown made a run that looked to put the game out of goal and three assists to lead the 10th-ranked reach for the Pride. A minute after Card's fourth goal of the year, Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins to a 12-7 victory Feinberg notched his third of the game and sixth of the season to over the ninth-ranked 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 on the side of the cage and sliding it under Michael Gvozden with 7:34 mark. The penalty kill galvanized Hofstra into a key insurance 8:38 to play in the half. But Max Chautin notched his first of the year goal with 6:09 left when Muscarella took Carter’s pass and fired a 2:33 later off a pass from Boyle, and Wharton tallied his fourth of the 12-yard laser that made it 9-6. game just inside the three minute mark from Kimmel to give Hopkins a strong lead at the intermission. That goal proved critical when Tommy Davis made it a two-goal game with 1:24 remaining. Princeton had a chance to make it a one- Pride junior Danny Stein notched his fourth goal of the year from five goal game before turning it over just inside the final minute. Hofstra yards out to cut the deficit to 8-4 with 12:15 to play in the third but got possession back and ran out the clock for the win. the Blue Jays would score three of the next four in the quarter to bump the lead back to 11-5 after three quarters. Wharton scored 23 Princeton outshot Hofstra, 33-24, though Gvozden was up the seconds after Stein for his fifth of the game, and Donovan added his challenge. The Millersville, MD native came off an 11-save debut second of the contest on the run from 10 yards just 68 seconds later. against Johns Hopkins last week by making five second half saves. Hofstra senior Anthony Muscarella notched his second of the season Hofstra was also 17-for-19 on clears. from 10 yards out with 9:21 to play to close to 10-5 but Hopkins junior Chris Boland scored with 22 seconds to play in the period to Slow starts plagued Hofstra in the first three games, though the Pride boost the lead to 11-5. shrugged off those problems by jumping out to a 2-0 lead after the first quarter. Gvozden made one save while facing eight shots to Hofstra seniors Tom Dooley and Anthony Muscarella sandwiched a blank the Tigers through the first 15 minutes. goal by Kimmel in the fourth quarter as the Blue Jays recorded their eighth win over the Pride at Homewood Field in as many attempts. Tom Interlicchio fired a sharp-angle shot to the low-right side of the Hopkins outshot the Pride, 43-35 and picked up 34 ground balls to cage, opening the scoring nearly seven minutes into the contest. Hofstra's 24. Muscarella followed with a running wind-up shot eight yards away from the crease just 48 seconds later. No. Team 1 2 3 4 F #9 Hofstra 2 1 2 2 7 Scott MacKenzie put Princeton on the board almost three minutes #10 Johns Hopkins 4 4 3 1 12 into the second quarter before Hofstra answered right back at the 9:30 mark. Tom Dooley’s deft flip pass to Ryan Carter near the crease set HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Muscarella, Anthony 2; Stein, up a quick-strike goal, making it 3-1. Dan 1; Card, Jay 1; Dooley, Tom 1; Carter, Ryan 1; Bentz, Stephen 1. ASSISTS: Ford, Kevin 1; Stein, Dan 1. A key defensive play extended Hofstra’s momentum late in the first half. Gvozden’s point-blank stick save on Mark Kovler’s shot 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 midfielder Michael Colleluori fed sophomore midfielder Stephen to give #6 Hofstra a 9-8 victory over the Black Knights of Army at Bentz for his second goal of the season to put the Pride up 1-0 with Michie Stadium. 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 Card scored the game-winner from seven yards out to the right of 2-1 lead into the break between periods as Colleluori scored off an goalie Tom Palesky, taking a pass from Kevin Ford, twisting and assist from senior midfielder Anthony Muscarella with 3:21 left in turning his defender, and firing a high shot past the Army netminder. the first stanza. In addition to Card's three goals, senior Michael Colleluori added three goals and one assist while classmate Anthony Muscarella The second period would be all Sacred Heart, though, as the Pioneers punched in two goals and one assist for the Pride. Hofstra freshman scored twice in the period and held Hofstra to zero goals in taking a goalie Andrew Gvozden recorded a season-best 17 saves including 3-2 halftime advantage. David Gannon tied the game at two with an five stops in the fourth quarter, two in the first overtime and one in unassisted goal with 2:43 left before Katz notched his second of the the second extra session. Army was led by Jason Peyer with three game in exciting fashion, picking up a ground ball and finding the goals, Jeremy Boltus with two goals and Sean O'Sullivan with a goal back of the net as time expired in the half. Zach Frank assisted in the and an assist. Palesky posted 18 saves in the Black Knights cage. first half efforts for Sacred Heart as he made six saves in the first thirty minutes. 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 Hofstra would regroup after the intermission as freshman midfielder their last 15 extra session contests. Hofstra defeated the Black Brad Loizeaux knotted the score at three with 11:06 left in the third Knights for the ninth time in their last 11 meetings. period off an assist from freshman midfielder Dan Pezzolla before Card came from behind the net for an unassisted goal with 5:57 The Pride got on the board first just 3:56 into the contest as remaining in the stanza to give the Pride its first lead since 3:21 Colleluori took a pass from sophomore Stephen Bentz and beat remained in the first period. 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 The Pride would keep a one-goal advantage until a pushing penalty situation as sophomore middie Rob McCallion found senior on junior defender Jake Born gave Sacred Heart a man-up attackman Jason Peyer on the crease for his 22nd goal of the year. opportunity. The Pioneers would capitalize as Dan Casciano fed Katz for his third goal of the contest to even the score at four with The Black Knights took a 2-1 lead with nine seconds remaining in the under seven minutes left in regulation. 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 Hofstra almost immediately answered, though, as sophomore Pride goalie Andrew Gvozden and rolled into the cage for his 15th defender Mike Skudin went nearly the distance of the field after goal of the year. But Hofstra tied the contest with 5:59 to play in the getting a pass from Gvozden to give the Pride back the narrow one- half as sophomore Jay Card, dodged and ducked under an Army goal lead, 5-4, with 6:22 to play. defender, and beat Palesky low and in the corner for his 11th goal of the season. Card then scored what turned out to be a huge insurance goal with 2:15 left as Katz brought the Pioneers within one at the 1:16 mark Army came out in the third quarter and took a 4-2 lead in the first and Sacred Heart would have a chance in the closing seconds to 2:38 of the period. Peyer scored on a bounce shot from 10 yards for possibly send the game to overtime. his second of the game and the 23rd of the season. Just 34 seconds later Army freshman Sean O'Sullivan scored his fourth of the year With 33 ticks left on the clock, Hofstra got whistled for another from Alex Rhoads for a 4-2 lead. penalty and the Pride would be forced to play a man-down for the final few seconds. After a timeout, Sacred Heart would get one final But after a Hofstra timeout, the Pride came out and scored four chance at the net but Gvozden came up big in the final moments as he unanswered goals to take a 6-4 lead. Less than a minute after stopped a shot from the Pioneers' Evan Morgan to preserve the O'Sullivan's goal Colleluori scored his second of the game and victory. seventh of the year on a shot on the run from eighth yards to cut the deficit to 4-3. Card scored his second of the game and 12th of the Colleluori finished with two points for the Pride, with five other season on a behind the back shot in front of the crease with 8:44 to players notching a point for Hofstra. Sophomore midfielder Steven play in the quarter after a perfect pass from Colleluori. Colleluori DeNapoli had a strong game defensively for the Pride as he had four notched the hat-trick 34 seconds later on a running shot from seven caused turnovers and three ground balls in the game. yards that beat the goalie to the short side. Pride senior Anthony Muscarella boosted the lead to 6-4 with 3:47 to play in the quarter Frank finished with 13 saves for the Pioneers, who got eight ground with a bullet from 12 yards on the man-up situation after a pass from balls from Zach Smith. Kevin Ford.

No. Team 1 2 3 4 F Army came right back and tied the game with two goals in the final #6 Hofstra 2 0 2 2 6 nine seconds as Peyer notched his third of the contest from Sacred Heart 1 2 0 2 5 O'Sullivan with nine seconds left before Brooks Korvin notched his 11th of the year, taking a pass from Sean Reppard as he was coming HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 2; Colleluori, Michael around the back of the cage and beating Gvozden to close the third 1; Loizeaux, Brad 1; Skudin, Mike 1; Bentz, Stephen 1. ASSISTS: quarter tied at 6-6. Colleluori, Michael 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Pezzolla, Dan 1.

SACRED HEART SCORING: GOALS: Katz, Timmy 4; Gannon, Hofstra took an 8-6 lead in the fourth as Muscarella scored his second Dennis 1. ASSISTS: Casciano, Dan 1. of the game from Ryan Carter with 8:33 to play and Ford gave the Pride the two-goal lead with a man-up goal from Muscarella with GAME 6 - MARCH 24, 2009 AT ARMY: Pride 5:46 to play in regulation. But once again Army came roaring back, sophomore Jay Card scored his third goal of the scoring off the ensuing face-off as Boltus scored from seven yards game with 1:13 remaining in the second overtime out six seconds later, and Kevin LoRusso scored 24 seconds after that goal to tie it at 8-8 with a goal on the run from 15 yards out. three.

Both goalies were outstanding down the stretch as both Palesky and Hofstra scored four of the next five goals with sophomore middie Gvozden made big stops in the final 15 seconds of regulation. In the Tim Holman throwing in a shot from 35 yards while the Colonials first overtime, Gvozden stopped shots by Andrew Maisano and were on a 10-man ride with 8:56 to play in the third to start the run. It McCallion while Palesky snuffed out Card. Hofstra outshot Army, was Holman’s first goal of his career. Five minutes later Muscarella 38-25 and won 12 of 21 face-offs. The Pride capitalized on four man- took a short pass from Colleluori and beat Barcia from 10 yards out up situations, scoring four times. for his ninth goal of the year to end the third ahead 8-3.

No. Team 1 2 3 4 OT OT F Moore scored his second of the day for Robert Morris just 1:14 into #6 Hofstra 1 1 4 2 0 1 9 the fourth quarter before Ford scored his second goal of the day Army 2 0 4 2 0 0 8 trying to pass to the crease with 11:57 to play. The ball went by his teammate and through Barcia for his sixth tally of the year. Almost HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Colleluori, Michael 3; Card, Jay three minutes later junior Dan Stein scored off a pass from Colleluori 3; Muscarella, Anthony 2; Ford, Kevin 1. ASSISTS: Bentz, Stephen to boost the Pride lead to 10-4. Kiel Matisz closed out the Colonials’ 1; Carter, Ryan 1; Colleluori, Michael 1; Ford, Kevin 1; Muscarella, scoring with eight minutes to play with his eighth goal of the season. Anthony 1. Hofstra’s short-stick middie Steven DeNapoli notched his fourth goal of the season with 3:22 to play to close out the scoring. ARMY SCORING: GOALS: Peyer, Jason 3; Boltus, Jeremy 2; O'Sullivan, Sean 1; Korvin, Brooks 1; LoRusso, Kevin 1. ASSISTS: The Pride outshot the Colonials, 44-23 and picked up 41 ground balls Reppard, Sean 2; McCallion, Rob 1; O'Sullivan, Sean 1; to 24 for Robert Morris. The 11 goals equaled the Hofstra team high Rhoads, Alex 1. this season, achieved against both Massachusetts and Brown, while the six goal victory margin was the Pride’s first win by more than GAME 7 - MARCH 28 VS. ROBERT two goals this season. MORRIS: Ten Hofstra players scored goals including senior Michael Colleluori, who added No. Team 1 2 3 4 F three assists, to lead the sixth-ranked Pride to an Robert Morris 1 1 1 2 5 11-5 CAA victory over the Colonials of Robert #6 Hofstra 2 2 4 3 11 Morris University at James M. Shuart Stadium. HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Ford, Kevin 2; Colleluori, Colleluori recorded his fifth multi-point game of the season with a Michael 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Carter, Ryan 1; Card, Jay 1; goal and three assists. Saturday’s contest also marked the fourth time Interlicchio, Tom 1; DeNapoli, Steven 1; Prifte, Steve 1; Stein, Dan that he has posted four points or more in a game in 2009. Sophomore 1; Holman, Tim 1. ASSISTS: Colleluori, Michael 3; Carter, Ryan 1; attackman Kevin Ford tallied two goals while senior middies Ryan Dooley, Tom 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1. Carter and Anthony Muscarella each chipped in with a goal and an assist. Freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden posted his fourth win of the ROBERT MORRIS SCORING: GOALS: Moore, Trevor 2; season in five outings by making eight saves and allowing five goals Matisz, Kiel 1; Buchanan, Kyle 1; Smith, Patrick 1. ASSISTS: in 56:24 of action. Buchanan, Kyle 1; Matisz, Kiel 1.

The Colonials of Robert Morris, the third-best offensive team in the GAME 8 - APRIL 4 VS. DELAWARE AT country coming in, were led by sophomore attackman Trevor Moore GIANTS STADIUM: Sophomore Jay Card tied with two goals while freshmen middies Kyle Buchanan and Kiel his career-high with five goals and added two Matisz each added a goal and an assist. Junior goalie Sal Barcia made assists and freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden 16 saves in the Colonials’ cage. made 11 saves to lead the seventh-ranked Pride of Hofstra to a 10-8 CAA victory over Delaware in The Colonials got of the board first just 4:41 into the contest as the nightcap of the Big City Classic at Giants Trevor Moore took a pass from Kyle Buchanan and beat Gvozden Stadium. Hofstra, which recorded its fifth consecutive victory, from a sharp angle to the left of the netminder for a 1-0 lead. But the improved to 7-1 on the season and 3-0 in the CAA while the Blue Pride responded with three unanswered goals including two in the Hens fall to 3-8 overall and 0-2 in conference play. first quarter. Ryan Carter notched his fifth goal of the season on a dodge in the box and scored from seven yards out with 8:25 to play in Card, equaled his career best in goals and points-both set against the period. Less than two minutes later, long-stick middie Steve Prifte Sacred Heart in 2008-with a seven point effort in a game that featured picked up a loose ball and ran three-quarters of the length of the field five tied scores but only one lead change. Senior Tom Dooley and beat RMU goalie Sal Barcia. snapped out of a three-game scoring drought with two goals while junior Dan Stein and senior Anthony Muscarella each added a goal Hofstra boosted the lead to 3-1 just 5:40 into the second quarter as and an assist. Gvozden recorded double-digit stops for the third time junior Tom Interlicchio took a pass from senior Tom Dooley a fired in his six games to boost his season record to 5-1. Delaware was led in a laser from the top of the box for his second goal of the year. The by junior middie Martin Cahill with three goals while junior Colonials ended the Hofstra run as junior Patrick Smith scored on a attackman Curtis Dickson tallied a goal and an assist. Blue Hen man-up situation with 6:38 to play in the half. Colleluori ended the goalie Noah Fossner posted 12 saves in the UD cage. scoring in the first half and gave the Pride a 4-2 lead with his ninth goal of the year, off a pass from Muscarella, from 12 yards out. The Pride held two goal leads twice in the first half before settling for a 5-4 advantage at halftime. The Blue Hens opened the scoring just The Pride broke the game open in the third quarter, scoring four 46 seconds into the contest as Curtis Dixon came around the right times to take an 8-3 into the final quarter. Ford scored his fifth of the side of Pride goalie Andrew Gvozden and beat him low for a 1-0 year from seven yards off a pass from Colleluori 2:23 into the third lead. Hofstra would score the next three goals as Jay Card scored his period before Jay Card notched his team-leading 14th goal from in 15th goal of the year from 10 yards, off a short pass from Anthony front, off a perfect pass from Ryan Carter, 47 seconds later for a 6-2 Muscarella, 44 second later to tie the game, and then notched his 16th lead. Buchanan scored 2:13 later to close the Robert Morris deficit to of the season on a wrap-around with 11:07 to play in the first. Michael Colleluori boosted the lead to 3-1 with his 10th of the year the season. Card, an attackman, posted his fifth hat-trick of the season with 4:32 to play. and has tallied eight goals and three assists in his last two games. Hofstra freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden made 11 saves, including But the Blue Hens came right back behind a man-up goal by Martin five in the fourth quarter to record his sixth win of the year in seven Cahill with 3:14 to play in the period, and Beau Davis, who picked outings. up a deflected pass and drilled an eight-yard shot almost two minutes later to close out the first quarter scoring tied at 3-all. The Dragons of Drexel were led by red-shirt freshman Kyle Bergman with four goals, senior middie Joe Wojciechowski with three assists Hofstra regained the lead 5:54 into the second as Card recorded his and junior attackman Colin Ambler with two assists. Freshman goalie eighth "hat-trick" in his last 18 games. But Delaware tied the game at Mark Manos recorded 14 saves in the Drexel cage. 4-4 with 2:59 to play in the half as Kevin Kaminski scored on the run from seven yards. Hofstra took a 5-4 lead into the locker room at The Pride scored first, just 39 seconds into the contest, as Tom halftime as Muscarella notched his 10th of the season on the run Dooley notched his sixth of the season, from a sharp angle, after a across the box with 22 seconds to play in the half. pass from Anthony Muscarella. Dooley, the senior from Yorktown, notched his second almost three minutes later from five yards out to The Pride boosted the lead to 6-4 six seconds into the third quarter the left of Manos. Dooley scored the natural hat-trick with 7:55 to right off the face-off as Card sent a cross field pass to a streaking play on a perfect feed from behind the cage from Jay Card to the Tom Dooley, who scored his fouth goal of the season. But Delaware front of the crease. Junior attackman Sean Lucas boosted the Hofstra tied the game at 6-all on goals by Cahill at the 13:27 mark, and by lead to 4-0 at the 6:22 mark with his first career goal on a turn-around Phil Rollins, on a man-up tally with 4:50 to play in the third. The shot from seven yards out. Pride took a 7-6 lead into the fourth quarter as Dan Stein notched his sixth of the year from a sharp angle with 1:38 to play in the period. But the Dragons came roaring back with four straight goals as Bergman put Drexel on the board with 30 seconds to play in the The Blue Hens tied the game just 1:02 into the fourth quarter as period with his 12th of the season from 11 yards out off a pass from Cahill scored his third of the day from Dickson. The Pride answered Ambler. The Dragons took advantage of a three minute illegal stick a little over two minutes later as Dooley picked up a deflected ground penalty on Hofstra to score twice on the man-up as Bergman notched ball after a save and beat goalie Noah Fossner low right off the his second of the game just 16 seconds into the second from eight crease. Card boosted the lead to 9-7 with 3:58 to play in the fourth, yards. Kevin Stockel closed the deficit to 4-3 just 86 seconds later on scoring his fourth of the game on a bullet from six yards after a pass a bullet from 12 yards after a pass from Ambler. Senior Brian Neary from Stein. tied the game at 4-all with 5:37 to play in the half on a bullet from 13 yards out off a pass from Jon Van Houten to close out the first half Delaware closed the deficit to 9-8 with 1:21 to play on an unassisted scoring. goal by Mark Steverson. But after the Blue Hens won the ensuing face-off and worked the ball around, Hofstra defender Jake Born Hofstra broke the tie 2:18 into the third quarter as Michael Colleluori stripped the UD attackman of the ball in the waning seconds and sent fed Jay Card on the crease for the sophomore’s 20th goal of the year a long clearing pass downfield. Card outjumped two Blue Hen and a 5-4 lead. Muscarella boosted the lead to 6-4 with his 11th goal defenders and Fossner and sent a shot from mid-air into the net from of the year on a runner that was fired just under the cross bar at the 25 yards out for his fifth goal with just one second to play. 10:17 mark. But Bergman scored his third of the game for Drexel on a dunk shot off a great feed across the crease pass from Delaware outshot Hofstra, 38-28 and picked up 21 ground balls to the Wojciechowski with 8:54 to play in the third. Pride's 19. Almost three minutes later Muscarella boosted the lead to 7-5 on a No. Team 1 2 3 4 F bullet from seven yards. Bergman notched his fourth of the game, on #7 Hofstra 3 2 2 3 10 the man-up, with four minutes to play to cut the deficit to 7-6. Delaware 3 1 2 2 8 But Hofstra responded with four unanswered goals, as Card tallied HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 5; Dooley, Tom 2; back-to-back goals-his second and third of the contest-on an Muscarella, Anthony 1; Stein, Dan 1; Colleluori, Michael 1. unassisted tally with 45 seconds to play in the third and a diving goal ASSISTS: Card, Jay 2; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Scuderi, Christian 1; almost two minutes into the fourth quarter, Muscarella notched his Stein, Dan 1. third of the game, on the man-up with 9:59 to play, and Dooley notched his fourth of the game two minutes later from Dan Stein to DELAWARE SCORING: GOALS: Cahill, Martin 3; Dickson, boost the lead to 11-6. Curtis 1; Rollins, Phil 1; Steverson, Mark 1; Davis, Beau 1; Kaminski, Kevin 1. ASSISTS: Coveleski, Josh 1; Dickson, Curtis 1; Greg Casey ended the Hofstra run with his 12th goal of the year with Rollins, Phil 1. 6:41 to play to close the Drexel deficit to 11-7. But Hofstra sophomore middie Stephen Bentz closed out the scoring a minute GAME 9 - APRIL 8 VS. DREXEL: Senior later with his third goal of the year from Ryan Carter. Tom Dooley scored four goals and sophomore Jay Card and senior Anthony Muscarella each Hofstra outshot the Dragons, 42-29, and picked up 35 ground balls to added three goals and one assist to lead #5 Drexel’s 22. Hofstra to a 12-7 CAA victory over Drexel at Shuart Stadium Wednesday night. The Pride, who won their sixth No. Team 1 2 3 4 F consecutive game, improve to 8-1 overall and 4-0 in the CAA. Drexel Drexel 1 3 2 1 7 falls to 4-7 on the year and 0-3 in conference action. #5 Hofstra 4 0 4 4 12

Dooley, an attackman, tallied a season-high four goals to boost his DREXEL SCORING: GOALS: Bergman, Kyle 4; Stockel, Kevin season total to nine and his career total to 99. Muscarella, a 1; Casey, Greg 1; Neary, Brian 1. ASSISTS: Wojciechowski, Joe 3; midfielder, posted his season-high with four points and equaled his Ambler, Colin 2; Van Houten, Jon 1. season-best of three goals set in a victory over #2 Princeton earlier in HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Dooley, Tom 4; Card, Jay 3; into the period, and Britton completed his first career hat-trick with a Muscarella, Anthony 3; Bentz, Stephen 1; Lucas, Sean 1. runner from six yards 38 seconds later for a 6-4 lead. Hofstra closed ASSISTS: Card, Jay 1; Carter, Ryan 1; Colleluori, Michael 1; Ford, the deficit to one as Ford scored his second of the game and eighth of Kevin 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Prifte, Steve 1; Stein, Dan 1. the year on a bounce shot from five yards. Cooper boosted the lead back to two on a dump pass down low from Tim Stratton with 4:05 to GAME 10 - APRIL 11 AT TOWSON: play in the third. The Pride got one back as Muscarella notched his Hofstra senior Ryan Carter scored his second second hat-trick in as many games on a bullet from 10 yards with goal of the game with just three seconds 1:39 remaining. But the Tigers added two more in the final minute remaining to cap a furious fourth quarter of the quarter as Schneider found Stratton streaking near the crease comeback and give the #5 Pride an 11-10 CAA for a virtual tap-in with 57 seconds to play. Towson boosted the lead victory over Towson (5-7, 3-2) at Johnny Unitas Stadium Saturday to 9-6 with less than one second remaining as Harrington came afternoon. Hofstra won its seventh consecutive game to improve to 9- around the cage and beat Gvozden to close out the third quarter. 1 overall and 5-0 in the CAA. But Hofstra rallied in the fourth quarter. Freshman Brad Loizeaux The Pride clinched at least a tie for the conference regular season title scored his third goal of the season on a runner from six yards 4:12 but will have to wait to face Villanova on April 25 in the CAA into the fourth to close the deficit to 9-7. But Towson's Sean McGuire regular season finale to see who gets the top seed in the CAA scored his ninth of the year two minutes later, off a pass from Bill Championship Tournament that will be held April 29 and May 2. McCutcheon, boosted the lead to 10-7 and set-up Hofstra's rally.

Carter, a midfielder from San Francisco, CA who is enjoying the best Muscarella, who notched a season-high four goals Saturday, has season of his four-year career at Hofstra with seven goals and five enjoyed playing against the Tigers over the past three seasons. In four assists, took the ball with 10 seconds remaining in regulation, started games, the Wantagh, NY native has posted 11 goals and two assists to go behind the goal to the side, cut back outside his defender who with Hofstra winning three of the four meetings. Ford equaled his fell down, and beat Towson goalie Rob Wheeler for the game- career-high with three goals as did Carter with two. Pride freshman winner. The goal capped a comeback from a 10-7 deficit in the final goalie Andrew Gvozden made nine saves for his seventh win in eight 6:31. outings. The Hofstra victory is the Pride's fifth, one-goal win of the season Trailing 10-7 after Towson freshman Sean McGuire scored his ninth goal of the year with 8:33 to play, the Pride displayed a confidence The Tigers were led by Britton with three goals, Harrington with two, and cohesiveness that wasn't seen since they jumped out to a 3-0 lead and Schneider with three assists. Wheeler recorded 13 saves in the in the first quarter. After McGuire's goal, Carter tallied his first of the Towson cage. game and sixth of the season, off a pass from senior middie Michael Colleluori, in the middle of the box two minutes later. Senior middie No. Team 1 2 3 4 F Anthony Muscarella, who scored four goals to post his second #5 Hofstra 3 1 2 5 11 straight hat-trick and third of the season, notched his 17th of the Towson 1 3 5 1 10 season, from Colleluori (two assists) 42 second later to close the gap to 10-9. Red-shirt freshman Kevin Ford, who recorded his first hat- HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Muscarella, Anthony 4; Ford, trick of the season and the second of his career with three goals Kevin 3; Carter, Ryan 2; Dooley, Tom 1; Loizeaux, Brad 1. Saturday, tied the game at 10-all on a runner after picking up a loose ASSISTS: Colleluori, Michael 2; Card, Jay 1. ball near midfield and making a charge on the Towson cage 1:08 later to set-up Carter's heroics. TOWSON SCORING: GOALS: Britton, Pat 3; Harrington, Will 2; Stratton, Tim 1; Cooper, Randall 1; Maguire, Sean 1; Smedley, Kyle The Pride jumped out to a 3-1 lead after the first quarter after scoring 1; Lamon, Matt 1. ASSISTS: Schneider, Justin 3; Cooper, Randall 1; the first three goals of the contest. Senior attackman Tom Dooley McCutcheon, Bill 1; Rosensweig, Mitchell 1; Stratton, Tim 1. opened the scoring with his 10th goal of the year and the 100th of his career 3:35 into the game, picking up a loose ball to the left of the GAME 11 - APRIL 18 VS. #10 NORTH Towson goalie and beating Wheeler from four yards. Ford gave the CAROLINA: Sophomore Billy Bitter scored Pride a 2-0 lead with 6:49 to play in the period on a low bullet from four goals and the Tar Heels had an eight goal seven yards to the left of Wheeler. It was Ford's seventh goal of the second half as #10 North Carolina downed #7 year. Muscarella boosted the lead to 3-0 with 2:41 to play in the first, Hofstra, 13-8, in front of 6,661 at James M. on a runner from five yards, for his 14th of the season. Shuart Stadium Saturday night. The Tar Heels, with their second straight win, improved to 10-4 on the season. Hofstra, which had its But the Tigers came roaring back with four unanswered goals to take seven-game winning streak snapped, is now 9-2 on the year. a 4-3 lead early in the second. Junior middie Pat Britton started Towson on its way with back-to-back goals. His first, and the eighth In addition to Bitter, junior Sean Delaney tallied three goals-all in the of the year, came on a bounce shot from nine yards with 1:35 to play second half- and one assist while senior middie Ben Hunt posted two in the first. His second, 3:42 into the second quarter, came on a goals and two assists. Junior Gavin Petracca notched two goals while runner from four yards off a pass from Justin Schneider. Senior his freshman brother James recorded nine saves in the UNC cage for middie Kyle Smedley tied the game just 1:27 later on a jump shot his second win of the season. Hofstra was led by sophomore from in front, off a perfect pass from behind the cage by Schneider. attackman Jay Card with four goals, red-shirt freshman Kevin Ford The Tigers took a 4-3 lead just 28 seconds later off a failed Hofstra had a goal and an assist, and freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden clear as Mitchell Rosenweig found Matt Lamon, who fired a low posted 12 saves in the Pride net. screamer from seven yards. But the Pride tied the game with 6:07 to play in the half as Muscarella notched his second of the game and North Carolina scored five times in the third quarter to erase a 6-5 15th of the year on a dodge from the right of the goalie from five Hofstra halftime lead and take a 10-7 lead into the fourth quarter. yards out. Delaney scored twice in the 4-0 run to open the third with Hunt and Bitter scoring the other two. Card scored his fourth of the game and Towson scored two quick goals to open the second half as Will 26th of the year with 5:17 to play in the third to cut the Pride deficit to Harrington scored from 10 yards off a pass from Randall Cooper 1:38 9-7. But Gavin Petracca scored his second of the game and 20th of the year two minutes later to give UNC a 10-7 advantage.

Kevin Ford scored his 10th of the year just 1:10 into the fourth quarter to bring Hofstra to within two at 10-8. But Bitter notched his fourth of the game and 33rd of the season with 11:03 to play to start a three- goal UNC spurt that put the game away.

North Carolina got on the board first 2:35 into the contest as Hunt fired a bullet from 15 yards out for a 1-0 lead. Pride freshman Brad Loizeaux scored on a jumping, twisting shot off the right side of the crease to tie the game almost four minutes later. But the Tar Heels scored the next three goals as Petracca, Bart Wagner and Bitter scored unanswered goals to take a 4-1 lead 2:23 into the second quarter.

But the Pride came roaring back, scoring three straight goals and five of the next six to take a one-goal lead at halftime. Card scored his 23rd of the year 38 seconds later. Junior middie Tom Interlicchio notched his third of the year with 9:35 to play in the half on a bullet from 20 yards, and Card tied the game with a man-up goal, off a perfect pass from Michael Colleluori, to tie the game at 4-4 with 6:05 to play in the second.

A minute later Bitter scored his second of the game on a diagonal run from behind the cage to give the Tar Heels a 5-4 lead. But Hofstra sophomore Stephen Bentz scored his fourth of the season off a pass from Anthony Muscarella on a man-up situation with 3:03 to play, and Card notched his sixth hat-trick of the year 10 seconds later to give the Pride a 6-5 lead at halftime.

North Carolina outshot the Pride, 39-31 and picked up 37 ground balls to Hofstra's 25. The Tar Heels also benefited at the face-off X as Shane Walterhoefer won 17 of 25 face-offs.

No. Team 1 2 3 4 F #10 North Carolina 3 2 5 3 13 #7 Hofstra 1 5 1 1 8

NORTH CAROLINA SCORING: GOALS: Billy Bitter 4; Sean Delaney 3; Ben Hunt 2; Gavin Petracca 2; Bart Wagner 1; Jimmy Dunster 1. ASSISTS: Ben Hunt 2; Sean Delaney 1; Bart Wagner 1.

HOFSTRA SCORING: GOALS: Card, Jay 4; Ford, Kevin 1; Interlicchio, Tom 1; Loizeaux, Brad 1; Bentz, Stephen 1. ASSISTS: DeNapoli, Steven 2; Colleluori, Michael 1; Ford, Kevin 1; Muscarella, Anthony 1; Stein, Dan 1.

The Automated ScoreBook For Lacrosse HOFSTRA Combined Team Statistics All games (as of Apr 21, 2009)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 9-2-0 4-1-0 4-1-0 1-0-0 CONFERENCE 5-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 4-2-0 2-1-0 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 11 26 8 34 75 7 4 0 22 0-0 Feb 28 at Brown W 11-10 514 3 Colleluori, Michael 11 10 17 27 53 0 2 0 14 0-0 Muscarella, Anthony Mar 07 at Johns Hopkins L 7-12 2560 26 10 17 7 24 73 0 3 0 23 0-0 4 Ford, Kevin 11 10 5 15 60 0 4 0 17 0-0 Mar 14 PRINCETON W 9-7 3472 40 Dooley, Tom 11 10 2 12 35 0 1 0 13 0-0 * Mar 21 at Sacred Heart W 6-5 551 15 Carter, Ryan 11 7 5 12 27 1 0 0 10 0-0 Mar 24 at Army W 9-8 456 32 Stein, Dan 10 6 4 10 29 0 0 0 9 0-0 * Mar 28 ROBERT MORRIS W 11-5 1005 7 DeNapoli, Steven 11 4 2 6 12 1 0 0 38 0-0 * Apr 04 vs Delaware W 10-8 22308 35 Bentz, Stephen 10 41570306 0-0 * Apr 08 DREXEL W 12-7 1371 1 Loizeaux, Brad 9 4 0 4 10 0 0 0 4 0-0 22 Interlicchio, Tom 10 3 0 3 15 0 0 0 7 0-0 * Apr 11 at Towson W 11-10 993 8 Prifte, Steve 11 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 36 0-0 Apr 18 NORTH CAROLINA L 8-13 6661 2 Lucas, Sean 6 10140000 0-0 29 Skudin, Mike 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP 24 Holman, Tim 10 10110008 0-0 SHOT STATISTICS 19 Pezzolla, Dan 9 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 0-0 Goals-Shot attempts 105-416 95-352 50 Scuderi, Christia 11 0112000280-0 Goals scored average 9.34 8.45 30 Born, Jake 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-0 Shot pct. . 2 5 2 . 2 7 0 21 Vaccaro, Mike 6 0001000413-12 47 Swarsen, Adam 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0-0 Shots on goal-Attempts 243-416 204-352 44 Vivonetto, Jack 9 00000002 0-0 SOG pct. . 5 8 4 . 5 8 0 41 Wynn, Shane 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-6 S h o t s /G a m e 37.8 32.0 39 Koesterer, Cole 1 00000000 0-0 A s s i s t s 54 51 33 Smith, Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES 31 Watson, Patrick 7 00000004 0-0 G o a l s - O p p o r t u n i t i e s 17-42 10-31 28 Montemurro, Joe 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 94-107 Conversion Percent . 4 0 5 . 3 2 3 23 Rosen, Jordan 2 00000000 0-0 18 Gvozden, Andre 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0-0 GOAL BREAKDOWN 16 Neal, Isaac 5 00000000 0-0 Total Goals 105 95 14 Schneider, Brian 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 M a n - u p 17 10 13 Shuey, Tom 9 00000002 0-0 M a n - d o w n0012 Brant, Tyler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 U n a s s i s t e d 51 44 10 Prifte, Keith 1 00000001 0-0 O v e r t i m e209 DeNapoli, Mike 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 GROUND BALLS 323 305 6 Mojica, Adam 6 00000000 0-0 5 Orlando, Danny 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 TURNOVERS 119 141 Total 11 105 54 159 416 9 17 0 323 111-125 CAUSED TURNOVERS 53 58 Opponents 11 95 51 146 352 2 10 0 305 125-111 FACEOFFS (W-L) 111-125 125-111 Faceoff W-L Pct. . 4 7 0 . 5 3 0 ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T CLEARS 171-197 148-193 14 Schneider, Brian 1 3:36 0 0.00 0 . 0 0 0 0-0-0 Clear Pct. . 8 6 8 . 7 6 7 18 Gvozden, Andre 9 543:11 75 8.28 95 . 5 5 9 7-2-0 PENALTIES 5 Orlando, Danny 2 127:41 20 9.40 14 . 4 1 2 2-0-0 Total 11 674:28 95 8.45 109 . 5 3 4 9-2-0 N u m b e r 32 44 Opponents 11 674:28 105 9.34 138 . 5 6 8 2-9-0 M i n u t e s 25:00 34:00 ATTENDANCE Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total T o t a l 14358 5074 HOFSTRA 23 17 28 35 0 2 105 Dates/Avg Per Date 5/2872 5/1015 Opponents 23 23 28 21 0 0 95 Neutral Site #/Avg 1/22308 Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total HOFSTRA 25 29 25 25 3 2 109 Opponents 34 33 37 32 1 1 138

Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total HOFSTRA 92 93 102 124 1 4 416 Opponents 79 93 93 77 7 3 352

Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total HOFSTRA 57 50 65 67 1 3 243 Opponents 48 52 53 46 3 2 204

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

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