STREAKS AND TRENDS - Hofstra has won three of their last four contests. The Pride had their three-game winning streak snapped last Saturday against Notre Dame in a thrilling 9-8 double-overtime loss.

- Hofstra is 0-2 on the road this season with losses at Brown and at Johns Hopkins.

- The Pride have won 27 of their last 47 contests, 35 of its last 60 games, 39 of the last 65, 50 of the last 85 and 63 of its last 101 games, dating back to 1999. HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE #11 HOFSTRA PRIDE (3-4) - Hofstra has won 12 of its last 17 home games at James M. AT Shuart Stadium. The only blemishes during that time were the 14-12 loss to Cornell on February 28, 2004, a 13-6 loss to #1 #5 ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (5-1) Hopkins on March 13, 2004, a 12-6 Towson loss on April 17, Tuesday, March 29, 2005 – 7:30 p.m. 2004, a 12-7 loss to Massachusetts on February 26, 2005, and Michie Stadium – West Point, NY a 9-8 double-overtime loss to Notre Dame on March 26, 2005. Radio: WRHU-FM 88.7 PRIDE COACH JOHN DANOWSKI - John Danowski, who is in his 20th season at Hofstra, is the 2005 HOFSTRA head coach of the Pride. He has posted a 170-117 (.592) LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS record during the time.

February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result - Danowski-coached teams have recorded nine or more wins 26 #15 MASSACHUSETTS (#23) + 7-12 L 13 of the 25 times that it has happened in school history. March 5 at #20 Brown (#24) + 2-10 L - Only 12 teams in Hofstra history have recorded 11 or more 12 at #1 Johns Hopkins 5-11 L wins in a season. Danowski-coached teams have done it six 16 #15 NORTH CAROLINA (FSNY) 12-8 W times. 19 #11 PRINCETON 9-8 W 21 BINGHAMTON 7-5 W - Danowski has a career coaching record of 197-133 (.597) in 26 #9 NOTRE DAME 8-9 L (2OT) 22 years of coaching. He spent three seasons at C.W. Post 29 at Army (Michie Stadium) 7:30 p.m. recording a 27-16 record with the Pioneers. April 1 VILLANOVA* 7:30 p.m. HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES 6 at Sacred Heart* 3 p.m. - Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 9 at Delaware* 7:30 p.m. 1996 to 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach to 15 DREXEL* 7:30 p.m. Danowski at Hofstra. Amplo served as an assistant for two 23 at Towson* 7:30 p.m. seasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001 before 26 STONY BROOK 7:30 p.m. leaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He returned to 30 HARVARD 7:30 p.m. Hofstra in 2003. May 4 CAA Tournament Semifinals TBA - Sean Smith is in his seventh season as a part-time assistant 7 CAA Tournament Championship TBA coach with the Pride. 14 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA 15 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA - Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholastic 21 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA assistant coach Ron Caputo is in his second season on the 22 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA Pride staff. 28 NCAA Semifinals at Philadelphia TBA 30 NCAA Championship at Philadelphia Noon HOFSTRA’S 2005 STAT LEADERS * - Colonial Athletic Association Game Key Returnees Pos. Cl. GP G-A-Pts. GB + - Inside Lacrosse poll. 11 John Keysor A Jr. 7 10-2-12 13 33 Chris Unterstein A Jr. 7 4-7-11 11 NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride of Hofstra are ranked 32 Athan Ianucci A So. 6 6-5-11 14 11th in this week’s USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll and 14th 36 Ryan Vilar M Sr 7 7-2-9 4 in the Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll. Army is ranked 22 Tim Treubig M Jr. 7 7-1-8 3 fifth in the USILA poll and eighth in the Inside Lacrosse 15 Brett Moyer D Jr. 7 1-0-1 28 media poll.. 23 Matt Southard G Jr. 6 8.87 GAA/.523% 29 John Walker A Jr. 8-12-20 HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP 20 Matt Scheel A Fr. 8-5-13 vs. Army 7 Matt Obringer M Jr. 5-4-9 Pos. Name No. Cl. 2005 Stats 31 Justin Bokmeyer M So. 7-0-7 A John Keysor 11 Jr. 10-2-12 44 Erik Mineo M Sr. 27 GB A Athan Ianucci 32 So. 6-5-11 3 Matt Darak G Sr. 7.87 GAA/.621% A Chris Unterstein 33 Jr. 4-7-11 46 Adam Fullerton G Fr. 4.64 GAA/.667% M Ryan Lucas 1 Jr. 3-3-6 M Ryan Vilar 36 Sr. 7-2-9 HOFSTRA-ARMY SERIES M Tim Treubig 22 Jr. 7-1-8 - Today’s game is the 49th meeting between Hofstra and D Sean McCarthy 47 Jr. 9 GB Armyin men’s lacrosse in a series that started in 1955. D Brett Moyer 15 Jr. 28 GB - Army leads the series 35-13 but Hofstra has won the last six D Jon Edwards 37 Sr. 10 GB meetings. G Matt Southard 23 Jr. 8.87 GAA - The two teams met last on March 26, 2003 at Shea Stadium Reserves at West Point with the Pride posting a 12-11 victory. 2M John Orsen 19 Jr. 2-2-4 - Army's last victory over the Pride came in 1997 at Michie 2M Mike Unterstein 35 Fr. 2-4-6 Stadium 6-2. 2M Rob Bonaguro 9 Jr. 6-1-7 3M James Morgan 14 Sr. 6 GB The Last Five Hofstra- Army Games 3M Kevin Unterstein 34 Fr. 11 GB Date Winner Location Score 3M John Gorman 6 Jr. 0 GB 3/26/03 Hofstra West Point 12-11 LSM Nick Calleluori 27 Fr. 1 GB 3/30/02 Hofstra Hempstead 16-9 LSM Julian Watts 18 So. 4 GB 4/10/01 Hofstra West Point 17-9 FO Joe Mascaretti 16 Jr. 47-87 .540 4/22/00 Hofstra Hempstead 18-10 FO Len Panarelli 40 Sr. 16-29 .552 4/24/99 Hofstra West Point 16-9 FO John Keysor 11 Jr. 2-9 .222

U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT Location: West Point, NY Nickname: Black Knights 2005 Director of Athletics: Kevin Anderson GEICO/STX MEN’S LACROSSE COACHES POLL Lacrosse Stadium: Michie Stadium (38,115); Shea Stadium Week 4 - March 28, 2005 (2,000) Press Box Phone: NA No. Name W-L Pts. LW Head Lacrosse Coach: Jack Emmer 1 Johns Hopkins (7) 5-0 197 1 Record at School/Years: 175-125/21 years 2 Duke (3) 9-0 191 3 Overall Record: 315-178/35 years 3 Virginia 6-1 182 2 Coach’s Office Phone: (845) 938-2429 4 Maryland 5-2 156 4 Men’s Lacrosse SID: James Zuhlke 5 Army 5-1 155 T6 Office Phone: (845) 938-7197 6 Navy 7-1 142 T6 Fax: (845) 446-2556 7 Georgetown 4-2 141 5 2004 Record: 10-5/4-3 (Patriot) 8 Syracuse 2-3 138 8 Returning Lettermen/Starters: 31/7 9 Notre Dame 4-1 131 9 Series Record: Army leads 35-13 Last Meeting: 2003-Hofstra won 12-11 10 Cornell 3-2 108 10 Athletic Website: www.goarmysports.com 11 Hofstra 3-4 87 13 12 Hobart 5-1 84 14 ARMY 2005 RESULTS 13 Massachusetts 5-2 64 11 2/26 at #3 Syracuse 4-9 L 14 Stony Brook 5-1 59 18 3/5 Lehigh 10-7 W 15 Bucknell 5-2 49 17 3/12 #6 Cornell 11-9 W 16 Princeton 0-4 45 15 3/19 at #14 Rutgers 8-6 W 17 North Carolina 2-5 37 19 3/22 Lafayette 14-2 W 18 Brown 3-1 33 20 3/26 at Colgate 11-4 W 19 Dartmouth 3-1 30 NR 20 Towson 4-3 19 12

ARMY 2005 STAT LEADERS – 6 GAMES Key Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts. INSIDE LACROSSE.COM MEDIA POLL: Here is the 15 Jim Wagner A Sr. 19-2-21 fourth Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll, as of March 28, 2005: with just 1:36 to play in the quarter. In the fourth quarter, NO. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts, Kostolansky scored an unassisted goal, his third of the game to 1. Johns Hopkins (16) 5-0 448 boost the Pride lead to 10-7 but Chris Woods answered with 2. Duke (2) 9-0 431 an unassisted goal with 10:10 to play to cut the deficit to 10-8. 3. Virginia 6-1 416 After Jim Femminella scored a man-up goal off a pass from 4. Maryland 5-2 381 Kostolansky less than two minutes later, Army mounted a 5. Navy 7-1 370 rally. First, Ryan scored off a pass from Jeff Bryan with 6:49 6. Notre Dame 4-1 348 to play to cut the lead to 11-9. Then Woods scored a man-up 7. Syracuse 2-3 335 goal 1:18 later to bring the Black Knights within one. Ryan 8. Army 5-1 330 would then score an unassisted goal with 4:12 to play to tie the game at 11 and set up Kostolansky's game-winner. On the 9. Georgetown 4-2 314 game-winner, Mike Morrison won the face-off for Hofstra 10. Hobart 7-1 270 with Mike Allain picking up the loose ball. Allain charged into 11. Cornell 3-2 256 the Army box and fed Kostolansky on the left side, who fired 12. UMass 5-2 219 a 10-yard shot past Black Knights' goalie Tom LaRoux. Army 13. Princeton 0-4 216 had a chance to tie the game in the final two minutes but 14. Hofstra 3-4 181 Hofstra freshman middie John Keysor forced a turnover and 15. Bucknell 5-2 165 the Black Knights never got another chance. Army outshot 16. Towson 4-3 151 Hofstra, 34-31, and picked up 47 ground balls to the Pride's 17t. Dartmouth 3-1 135 45. 17t. Stony Brook 5-1 135 19. North Carolina 2-5 131 1 2 3 4 F 20. Brown 3-1 127 #14 Hofstra 6 2 1 3 12 Army 3 3 1 4 11 Others receiving votes: Denver 111, Delaware 58, Loyola 55, Rutgers 29, Fairfield 24, Villanova 19, UMBC 19, Albany 18, Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Joe Kostolansky (4-3), Harvard 15, Penn State 12, Ohio State 6, Drexel 4, Air Force Ryan Miller (2-0), Ryan Lucas (1-1), John Keysor (0-2), Jim 4, Yale 3, Penn 1 Femminella (1-0), Tim Treubig (1-0), Don Scott (1-0), Bryan Walker (1-0), Chris Unterstein (1-0), Mike Morrison (0-1), THE LAST HOFSTRA-ARMY MEETING - GAME 7 - Mike Allain (0-1) MARCH 26, 2003 AT ARMY: Joe Kostolansky scored his fourth goal of the game with just 4:04 remaining in the fourth Army Scoring (Goals-Assists): John Walker (3-0), Chris quarter to break an 11-11 tie and give the 14th-ranked Pride a Woods (2-0), John Ryan (2-0), Mike Kamon (2-0), Jeff Bryan 12-11 victory over the Black Knights at Shea Stadium. Ryan (0-2), Jim Wagner (1-0), Dino Cotilletta (1-0), Brian Green (0- Lucas tallied a goal and an assist, Ryan Miller had two goals 1) and goalie Matt Southard recorded a season-best 15 saves for Hofstra Army Hofstra. Army was paced by John Walker with three goals and Shots: 31 34 Mike Kamon, Chris Woods and John Ryan with two goals each. Kostolansky's goal came just eight seconds after Army Ground Balls: 45 47 senior middie John Ryan tied the game at 11, capping a Face-offs Won: 10 17 furious comeback that erased an 8-3 second quarter deficit. Saves: 15 16 After Tim Treubig opened the scoring 1:13 into the contest off Penalties: 4-3.0 4-3.5 a pass from Lucas, Army took the lead on goals by Walker EMO: 2-4 2-4 and Kamon just 44 seconds apart. But Hofstra would score Clears/Att.: 22-30 19-27 four straight goals, as Kostolansky scored twice, Don Scott scored an unassisted goal and Lucas scored off a pass from Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 15 svs., 11 GA); Army- John Keysor, to give the Pride a 5-2 lead. After John Walker Matt Darak (20:26, 6 svs., 7 GA), Tom LeRoux (39:34, 10 scored an unassisted goal for Army with 2:01 left in the first, svs., 5 GA) Hofstra's Bryan Walker closed out the Hofstra scoring 27 Attendance: 171 seconds later with an unassisted tally for a 6-3 lead. The Pride boosted the lead to 8-3 as Miller scored back-to-back goals. AGAINST THE TOP 6 Miller's first goal, at the 5:26 mark of the period, came off a - The Pride is 1-11 in their last 12 games against teams that feed from Ryan Vilar. Miller's second of the night and his fifth were ranked sixth or better, dating back to the end of the 1999 of the season, came with 5:43 to play in the half off a pass season. The only Pride win over a Top Six team during that from Kostolansky. But Army would score three times in the time came in 2001 when Hofstra edged Notre Dame 11-10 in last 3:41 of the period as Kamon, Cotilletta and Walker would overtime. dent the twine to close the deficit to 8-6 at halftime. Each team - Hofstra is 6-23 against opponents ranked sixth or better since would score just once in the third quarter as Chris Unterstein 1993. scored his second of the season for Hofstra just 2:36 into the period and Jim Wagner scored his 11th of the year for Army ANOTHER ONE-GOAL NOTRE DAME GAME: Last - Hofstra’s victory over Loyola last March was Hofstra’s one Saturday's 9-8 double-overtime loss to Notre Dame was the and only win last season over a Top 10 opponent. The seventh time in 13 games that the contest was decided by one Greyhounds came into the game ranked seventh. goal. - The Loyola victory marked the third consecutive year, and fourth time in the last five seasons, that the Pride have MIKE UNTERSTEIN NAMED CAA ROOKIE OF THE defeated a Top 7 opponent. WEEK: Hofstra freshman Mike Unterstein has been named - Hofstra played four opponents who were ranked in the Top the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week for the 10 in 2003. Massachusetts was ranked fifth entering the 2003 week ending March 27. Unterstein contributed a goal and NCAA Tournament. Syracuse was ranked seventh when they lost to Hofstra 8-6. The Pride lost to then-#7 Princeton 18-5 on three assists as Hofstra split a pair of games last week. The th freshman middie scored his second collegiate goal in the Pride March 15 and then-#6 Massachusetts 14-7 on March 23. 's 7-5 triumph over Binghamton. Unterstein then tallied three second-half assists in HU's double overtime setback Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp to 9th-ranked Notre Dame to help rally the Pride from a 7- 3/26/05 #9 Notre Dame Home 8-9 L (2OT) 3 deficit. 3/12/05 #1 Johns Hopkins Away 5-11 L 3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L UNTERSTEIN NAMED CAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK: 3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L Junior attackman Chris Unterstein was named the Colonial 3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W Athletic Association’s Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Week for 5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L the week ending March 20th after recording three goals and 4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W five assists in two victories over North Carolina and Princeton. 3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L Unterstein has two goals and one assist against the Tar Heels 3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L and one goal and four assists against Princeton. 4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W 3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L KEYSOR NAMED INSIDE LACROSSE PLAYER OF 3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L THE WEEK: Hofstra junior attack John Keysor was named 3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L the Inside Lacrosse Division I Player of the Week on March 5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home 13-18 L 21 for leading the Pride to a 2-0 record that week. Keysor had 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W (OT) three goals and two assists against #15 North Carolina and 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L added the game-winning goal with nine minutes to play 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W against Princeton. 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT)

DANOWSKI NAMED CSTV DIVISION I COACH OF NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 20 ARE TOUGH TOO: The THE WEEK: Hofstra Head Lacrosse Coach John Danowski, Pride are 3-8 in their last 11 games against teams ranked from who led his Pride team back into the hunt for an NCAA 11 through 20. The three victories have come against #11 Tournament bid with two Top 15 victories, was named the Princeton, #15 UNC and #11 Duke in 2003. Hofstra is 2-2 this CSTV Division I Coach of the Week. season against teams #11 through 20, 0-5 last year and 3-3 in 2003. THE PRIDE AND THE USILA TOP 20 - Hofstra returned to the USILA Geico/STX Top 20 on March KEYSOR 21 after victories over North Carolina and Princeton. They - Junior John Keysor, who missed two days of practice with returned at number 13. Hofstra is ranked 11th this week. the flu last week, saw his 13-game goal scoring streak ended - The Pride fell from the USILA (Geico/STX) Top 20 on last Saturday against Notre Dame. March 29, 2004 for the first time since the Monday, March 19, - During Keysor's 13-game goal scoring streak, he tallied 18 2001 poll. goals and five assists. - Keysor tied a career-high with three goals against - Before 2004 the last time Hofstra fell from the Top 20 was following a 10-5 loss to Princeton on March 17, 2001. Hofstra Massachusetts on February 26 and three against North climbed back into the Top 20 the following week (3/26) after a Carolina on March 16. He also had a career-high five points 11-10 overtime win over second-ranked Notre Dame that against the Tar Heels. placed the Pride at 16th. - He leads the team with 10 goals and two assists. - Keysor recorded at least one points in 12 of 14 games in 2004. AGAINST THE TOP 10 - Three times last season Keysor (pronounced Kaiser) tallied - Hofstra is 6-12 in its last 18 games against Top 10 three points in a game. On April 7 against Sacred Heart. He opponents. posted a goal and two assists against the Pioneers, two goals - The Pride’s highest-ranked victory during that time was an and one assist at Princeton, and a career-high three goals 11-10 overtime decision over second-ranked Notre Dame in against Cornell in the 2004 season opener. 2001. - The three scores against Cornell topped his previous high of two goals that he posted in 2003 against Sacred Heart and - He picked up a career-high 12 ground balls against Sacred Towson twice. Heart on April 7, 2004. He also assisted on the goal that tied the contest at 11. Moyer had six ground balls against both CHRIS UNTERSTEIN Johns Hopkins and Princeton. - Pride junior attack Chris, Unterstein recording a career-high four - He was voted the CAA’s 2003 Co-Rookie of the Year by the assists and tied his career-high with five points against #11 league’s coaches. Princeton. on March 19. - Moyer was a member of the U.S. National Under 19 team - His previous best was three assists which he recorded at that captured the Gold Medal in the World Championships last Delaware in 2004. summer. - Unterstein recorded five points for the third time in his career. - He tallied two goals and one assist against the Tar Heels of UNC VILAR - He now has four goals and seven assists on the season. - Senior middie Ryan Vilar tied a career-high with three goals - Unterstein opened the 2005 season with a goal and an assist against UNC on March 16. against Massachusetts. - He scored two goals in Hofsstra's 7-5 victory over - Unterstein has 18 goals and 16 assists in his last 14 games, Binghamton. and 21 goals and 18 assists in his last 16 contests. - He took 10 shots, including two on cage, but was blanked by - He had his six-game goal scoring streak stopped in the CAA Notre Dame last Saturday. Tournament semifinal game at Towson last May. - He is third on the team in goals with seven this year. He has - He posted two goals and a career-high three assists in ninepoints on the season. Hofstra’s 12-10 loss at Delaware on April 3, 2004, three goals - Vilar was selected a 2005 Preseason All-American and two assists in the win over Sacred Heart on April 11, Honorable Mention by Face-Off Year and Inside Lacrosse. 2004, and four goals in the 8-7 win at Drexel on April 10, - Vilar has scored a goal in the three of the five games this 2004. season. - Unterstein also recorded three goals and one assist at Notre - Vilar, who was a second team All-CAA selection last season, Dame on March 24, 2004. posted a career high 15 goals and nine assists in 2004 topping - Unterstein had 10 goals and eight assists as a freshman but his 2003 total of eight goals and four assists. finished 2004 with 18 goals and 13 assists. - He posted a career-high three goals and two assists for five points in the loss to Johns Hopkins on March 13, 2004. MOYER ON 2005 TEWAARATON TROPHY WATCH - He tallied two goals and one assist against Towson and had a LIST: Hofstra University men’s lacrosse player Brett Moyer goal and two assists at Notre Dame on March 24, 2004. has been named to the 2005 Tewaaraton Trophy Preseason - Vilar came up big for the Pride in the second half against Watch List. Loyola on March 6, 2004. Vilar scored three unanswered - Moyer had four ground balls and caused four turnovers goals to turn a 7-5 deficit into an 8-7 lead, and then assisted on against Notre Dame last Saturday. the game-winning goal by Ryan Lucas. - The Tewaaraton Trophy honors the top male and female - He added a goal and an assist against Binghamton. varsity collegiate lacrosse player in the United States. For his efforts against Loyola and Binghamton Vilar was Hofstra alumnus Doug Shanahan captured the first named the CAA Player of the Week on March 9, 2004. Tewaaraton Trophy in 2001. - The list is just an early season indicator of who to watch for IANUCCI during the 2005 season. The list will be narrowed down to five - Sophomore attackman Athan Ianucci has recorded at least finalists by the end of the year with the award presented one point in each of the last six games and has a seven-game following the season. The list is composed of 37 players, 35 of point streak dating back to last season. He missed the season which are from Division I schools. opener against Massachusetts. - Moyer, a junior defender from Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, is - Last weekend, Ianucci posted two goals against Notre Dame. a 2005 Face-Off Yearbook and Inside Lacrosse Preseason All- - Ianucci tallied two goals and one assist against Bnghamtonon American after being named a USILA Division I All-America March 21. honorable mention and an All-Colonial Athletic Association - Ianucci assisted on Ryan Vilar’s goal against Brown and first team selection last season. scored his first goal of the season at Hopkins. - Moyer had his best game of the season with seven ground - Ianucci tallied his second goal of the year and added two balls and two caused turnovers against UNC. He followed that assists for three points against North Carolina. He had one up with five ground balls and three caused turnovers against assist against Princeton and Princeton. - He now has six goals and five assists on the season. - Moyer picked up four ground balls at Brown, three against - Ianucci was named to the All-CAA Tournament Team last Massachusetts and two against Hopkins. He also scored his May. first goal of his college career against Johns Hopkins on - Ianucci opened the 2004 season with nine goals in his first March 12. six games. - Ianucci set a career-high with four goals and also tied a More on Moyer ... career-best with five points at Notre Dame on March 24, 2004. - Moyer led the team in ground balls with 58 last season. - Ianucci posted five points on three goals and two assists LUCAS against Binghamton on March 8, 2004. He had a goal and an - Junior Ryan Lucas sparked a Hofstra rally from a 7-3 deficit assist against the Greyhounds of Loyola. to tie the game at 8-8 and send the game into overtime against - For his efforts in the Hofstra victories over Loyola and Notre Dame. He scored twice including the game-tying goal Binghamton he was named the CAA Rookie of the Week for with 40 seconds remaining in regulation against the Irish. March 9, 2004. - Lucas also posted a goal and two assists against North - Ianucci had an impressive college debut on February 28, Carolina. He recorded an assist in the season opener against 2004 with one goal and three assists against Cornell. Massachusetts. - At Hopkins he saw time at both midfield and on attack and GOALIE MATT SOUTHARD seemed to bring life to the Pride attack. - Junior goalie Matt Southard opened the 2005 season with - He had nine goals and six assists in 2004. He tallied 12 goals double-digit saves in the first four games. He posted 16 saves and seven assists in 2003. against Massachusetts, 11 saves at Brown and 10 at Johns - Lucas scored a career-high three goals at Villanova on April Hopkins and against UNC. 24, 2004. The three goals topped his previous high of two that - Against Princeton he had eight saves including three in the he set thrice, the last time against Cornell on February 28, final quarter in which the Pride shutout the Tigers. 2004. - Southard had eight saves in the double-overtime loss to - Lucas recorded his second career game-winning goal against Notre Dame Loyola on March 2, 2004 with a man-up tally with 4:25 to - He made six saves against Binghamton. play. He also recorded a career-high seven ground balls - He posted double-digit saves in 10 of 14 games last season. against the Greyhounds. The only four games in which he didn’t post double digit - Lucas tied his previous career highs in goals and points with saves were Sacred Heart (3), Drexel (8), Stony Brook (6) and two goals and three points against Cornell on February 28, Towson (3). 2004. He also had a one-goal, two-assist performance against - Southard posted 162 saves in 2004 for a .526 save Binghamton on March 8, 2004. percentage. - Southard recorded career high saves on consecutive ONE-GOAL CONTESTS weekends last season. He recorded a career-high 18 saves in - During John Danowski’s 19 seasons as coach at Hofstra, the Hofstra’s 9-8 victory over Loyola on March 6, 2004. A week Pride have been involved in 59 one-goal decisions, including later against Johns Hopkins, Southard posted 19 saves. He also playoff games. Including the Notre Dame game last Saturday, had 17 saves at UMass and 16 at Delaware. Hofstra’s record in those games is 42-17. - Southard’s previous high in saves going into the 2004 season - The Pride were 3-1 in one-goal decisions last season. Hofstra was 17 in the 2003 CAA semifinal against Villanova. posted four one-goal decisions in 2003 and three one-goal contests in 2002. TREUBIG - The Pride have recorded four or more one-goal decisions in a - Junior Tim Treubig has tallied two goals in a game three single season seven times. In all but one of those seasons times this season. He had two goals in the season opener (1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004), the Pride against Massachusetts, two goals and one assist at Hopkins, advanced to play in the NCAA Championship Tournament. and two goals against Princeton. - In 1993, Hofstra recorded six one-goal decisions, posting a - He scored one goal against Notre Dame. 5-1 record in those contests. - He is fifth on the team in points with eight on seven goals and one assist. HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 18 of its last 26 home - Treubig, who had 11 goals and four assists in 2003, had a games at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly Hofstra career high 15 goals and six assists in 2004. Stadium). The Pride’s only losses during that time have been - After a seven-game goal scoring streak to open the ’04 to Princeton, Cornell, Hopkins, Towson, Massachusetts twice season Treubig posted just three goals in his final seven and Notre Dame. games. - Treubig recorded at least one point in 12 of the 14 games last year. OVERTIME - He was named the CAA Co-Player of the Week on March 1, - The Pride is 12-4 in overtime games under John Danowski. 2004 after scoring a career-high four goals in the season - Hofstra is 7-2 in its last nine OT games. Here is the Pride’s opener against Cornell. OT history since 1986: - He added three goals against Binghamton on March 8, 2004. - Treubig, who scored the game-winner in overtime against Year Opponent Result Sacred Heart and the tying and game-winning goals against 2005 Notre Dame 8-9 L (2OT) Duke in 2003, was named the CAA’s Co-Rookie of the Week 2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W on April 28, 2003. 2002 at Massachusetts 12-11 W - He added two goals in the CAA semifinal victory over 2001 Virginia 15-14 W Villanova and one goal against Towson in the 2003 title game. Notre Dame 11-10 W 2000 at Delaware 7-8 L 1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W Notre Dame 10-9 W #22 Tim Treubig 1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT) Goals: 4 2/28/04 vs. Cornell 1996 Georgetown 15-16 L Assists: 2 2 times (4/17/04 vs Towson) Massachusetts 15-14 W Points: 4 2/28/04 vs. Cornell 1995 Brown 10-9 W 1994 Army 14-15 L #11 John Keysor 1993 Virginia 7-6 W Goals: 3 3 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC) 1991 at Army 14-13 W Assists: 3 3/29/03 vs. Drexel 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT) Points: 5 3/16/05 vs. UNC #20 Tom Brewer SEASON 57 FOR HOFSTRA Goals: 1 3 times (3/26/05 vs. Notre Dame) th - Hofstra is in its 57 season of men’s lacrosse in 2005. Pride Assists: 2 3/8/05 vs. Binghamton teams have tallied a 446-315 record during that time. Points: 2 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton #24 John Orsen HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE Goals: 2 2 goals (03/13/04 vs. Hopkins) - Get the latest information on the Hofstra men’s lacrosse Assists: 1 2 times (3/26/05 vs. Notre Dame) program by going to www.hofstra.edu/sports. Points: 3 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins #9 Rob Bonaguro PRIDE PRONUNCIATIONS: Goals: 3 3/19/05 vs. Princeton 4 - Valente (Va-len-Tay) Assists: 1 2 times (3/12/05 at Hopkins) 5- Kelaher (Kel-a-her) Points: 3 2 times (3/12/05 at Hopkins) 7- Trombino (Trom-bean-no) #35 Mike Unterstein 9- Bonaguro (Bon-ah-gu-ro) 11- Keysor (Kai-zer) Goals: 1 2 times (3/21/05 vs.Binghamton) 13- Breier (Bry-er) Assists: 3 3/26/05 vs. Notre Dame 16- Mascaretti (Mas-ka-retti) Points: 3 3/26/05 vs. Notre Dame 22- Treubig - (True-big) 27- Colleluori (Col-la-law-ree) 32- Ianucci - (I-ah-new-chee) 2005 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES 33 - Unterstein (Un-ter-Stine) 36 - Vilar (Va-lar) GAME 1 - February 26 vs. #15 Massachusetts: Hofstra 40- Panarelli (Pan-a-rel-lee) junior John Keysor tied a career-high with three goals but Sean Morris tallied four goals and one assist to lead #15 41- McPherson (Mick-fur-son) Massachusetts to a 12-7 win over #23 Hofstra at Shuart 43- Vivonetto (Viv-o-net-o) Stadium in the season opener for both teams. Morris, a junior All-American, tied his career high with five points and set a HOFSTRA ACTIVE CAREER HIGHS career-high with four goals, Senior Jeff Zywicki also tallied #1 Ryan Lucas five points for the Minutemen with three goals and two assists, Goals: 3 4/24/04 at Villanova The Pride got on the board first as Keysor scored an unassisted Assists: 2 4 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC) goal 4:11 into the contest. But UMass responded with five Points: 3 5 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC) straight goals to take a 5-1 lead 3:09 into the second quarter. Morris had the third and fourth goals in the run and Zywicki #33 Chris Unterstein added two assists. But Hofstra replied with three unanswered Goals: 4 4/10/04 at Drexel goals in the next seven minutes of the second quarter, as Tim Assists: 4 3/19/05 vs. Princeton Treubig, Ryan Vilar and Chris Unterstein dented the twine, to Points: 5 3 times (3/19/05 vs. Princeton) close to 5-4. It was Morris' third goal of the period for the Minutemen with 3:33 left in the half that gave UMass a 6-4 halftime lead and started a 4-0 run that put the game out of #32 Athan Ianucci reach. Zywicki scored 1:51 into the third for UMass followed Goals: 4 3/24/04 at Notre Dame by unassisted goals by Brian Jacovina and Chris Doyle that Assists: 3 2/28/04 vs. Cornell boosted the Minutemen lead to 9-5 with 5:09 to play in the Points: 5 2 times (3/24/04 at Notre Dame) third. After Hofstra's Tim Treubig and Zywicki exchanged goals, the Pride responded with back-to-back goals by Keysor to close to within three at 10-7 with 7:15 to play. But that was #36 Ryan Vilar all that Hofstra would get as Zywicki and Moris closed the Goals: 3 3 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC)) door on the Pride with goals in the final 2:20 to post the Assists: 2 3 times (3/24/04 at Notre Dame) victory. Hofstra junior goalie Matt Southard made 16 saves in Points: 5 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins the contest to keep it close. Southard's counterpart in the UMass cage, Bill Schell, faced 31 Hofstra shots but did not Ground Balls: 28 48 make a save. Face-offs Won: 5 11 1 2 3 4 F Saves: 11 11 #15 Massachusetts 2 4 3 3 12 Penalties: 5-3.0 1-1.0 Hofstra 1 3 1 2 7 EMO: 1-1 2-5 Clears/Att 21-28 21-26 Hofstra Scoring: Goals: John Keysor 3, Tim Treubig 2, Chris Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (60:00, 10 GA, 11 svs.); Brown – Unterstein, Ryan Vilar; Assists: Ryan Lucas, Chris Unterstein, Nick Gentilesco (60:00, 2 GA, 11 svs.) Mike Unterstein Attendance: 990 Massachusetts Scoring: Goals: Sean Morris 4, Jeff Zywicki 3, Chris Doyle 2, Brian Jacovina 2, Gene Tundo; Assists: Jeff GAME 3 - March 12 at #1 Johns Hopkins: Blue Jays Zywicki 2, Jake Deane, Chris Doyle, Sean Morris, Clay middie Joe Benson tallied a game-high three goals and one Stabert, Gene Tundo assist and Kyle Barrie and Greg Peyser each added two goals Hofstra UMass to lead top-ranked Johns Hopkins to an 11-5 victory over the Shots: 31 43 Hofstra Pride at Homewood Field. Hofstra junior midfielder Ground Balls: 26 25 Tim Treubig led the Pride with two goals and one assist while Face-offs Won: 12 11 junior goalie Matt Southard posted 10 saves. The Blue Jays Saves: 16 0 jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period as Barrie scored his Penalties: 2-1.0 2-1.5 second goal of the year just 3:10 into the contest. Just two EMO: 0-2 0-2 minutes later Peter LeSueur scored his second goal of the year Clears/Att 16-19 18-20 to make it 2-0. But Hofstra closed the gap 2:28 into the second Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (60:00, 12 GA, 16 svs.); UMass– quarter as sophomore Athan Ianucci scored his first goal of the Bill Schell (60:00, 7 GA, 0 svs.) year on a low bullet that beat Hopkins goalie Jesse Attendance: 1170 Schwartzman. Tim Treubig assisted on the goal. Joe Benson scored his first goal of the year for Hopkins four minutes later GAME 2 - March 5 at #20 Brown: Senior attack Chazz off a pass from Greg Peyser to make it 3-1. But Hofstra Woodson tallied three goals and junior middie Kyle Wailes defender Brett Moyer scored the first goal of his career, off a added a goal and three assists to lead the 20th-ranked Bears of pass from John Orsen, with 7:13 to play in the half to close the Brown to a 10-2 victory over the 24th-ranked Pride of Hofstra deficit to 3-2. Benson and Peyser then scored 50 seconds apart at Brown’s Field Turf Field. The Bears jumped out to a 2-0 to boost the Blue Jays' lead to 5-2. It was Peyser's fifth goal of lead on two man-up goals as Woodson scored at the 4:37 mark the season. Treubig sent the Pride into the locker room at and Dave Madiera made it 2-0 five minutes later. But the halftime down by two with his third goal of the season on a Pride got on the board with 1:49 to play in the first as junior wrap-around. The Pride scored three times in the first half on attackman John Keysor came around the goal and beat Brown just seven shots while Southard stopped seven shots in the goalie Chandler Clarke. But Brown would score the next four Hofstra cage. Kyle Barrie and Kyle Harrison scored unassisted goals, including two in the second quarter, to take a 6-1 lead goals for Hopkins in the first five minutes of the third quarter seven minutes into the third quarter. In the second period, to boost the Blue Jays lead to 7-3. But Treubig scored his Britton Derkac and Madiera tallied goals while Chris second of the game and fourth of the season with 7:15 to play Mucciolo, who had two goals and one assist on the day, and in the period off a pass from Rob Bonaguro, and John Keysor Alex Buckley added third quarter tallies. After Hofstra senior posted his fifth of the year with 10 seconds to play in the Ryan Vilar scored off a pass from Athan Ianucci on an extra- quarter to close the deficit to 7-5 after three periods. Although man opportunity with 4:19 to play in the third to cut the deficit the Pride had their chances, the fourth quarter was all Hopkins to 6-2, Brown once again went on a four-goal run to seal the as the Blue Jays scored four unanswered goals as Greg Peyser, contest. Brown picked up 48 ground balls to Hofstra’s 28 and Benson, Stephen Peyser and Kevin Huntley put the game out captured 11 of the 16 face-offs. Hofstra was outshot 37-20. of reach. The Pride were outshot 34-20 and the Blue Jays Bears’ junior goalie Rick Gentilesco recorded 11 saves while picked up 34 ground balls to Hofstra's 20. Hopkins also won Hofstra junior goalie Matt Southard also stopped 11 shots in 18 of 20 face-offs in the contest. the Pride cage. 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F Hofstra 0 3 2 0 5 #24 Hofstra 1 0 1 0 2 #1 Johns Hopkins 2 3 2 4 11 #20 Brown 2 2 4 2 10 Hofstra Scoring: Goals:Tim Treubig 2, John Keysor, Athan Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Ryan Vilar and John Keysor; Ianucci, Brett Moyer; Assists: Tim Treubig, John Orsen, Rob Assists: Athan Ianucci Bonaguro Brown Scoring: Goals: Chazz Woodson 3, Dave Madeira 2, Hopkins Scoring: Goals:Joe Benson 3, Greg Peyser 2, Kyle Chris Mucciolo 2, Kyle Wailes, Britton Derkac, Alex Barrie 2, Kyle Harrison, Kevin Huntley, Stephen Peyser, Peter Buckley; Assists: Kyle Wailes 3, Chris Mucciolo, Alex LeSueur; Assists: Joe Benson, Greg Peyser, Jamison Buckley, Will Davis. Koesterer, Kyle Harrison, Paul Rabil. Hofstra Brown Hofstra Hopkins Shots: 20 37 Shots: 20 34 Ground Balls: 20 34 Face-offs Won: 2 18 Saves: 10 6 1 2 3 4 F Penalties: 3-2.5 1-0.5 #15 North Carolina 2 0 5 1 8 EMO: 0-1 1-3 Hofstra 4 1 3 4 12 Clears/Att 16-23 11-13 Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (60:00, 11 GA, 10 svs.); Hofstra Scoring: Goals: John Keysor 3, Ryan Vilar 3, Chris Hopkins– Jesse Schwartzman (60:00, 5 GA, 6 svs.) Unterstein 2, Athan Ianucci, Ryan Lucas, Rob Bonaguro, Attendance: 1204 James Morgan; Assists: Athan Ianucci 2, John Keysor 2, Ryan Lucas 2, Chris Unterstein GAME 4 – March 16 vs. #15 North Carolina: Hofstra junior UNC Scoring: Goals: Jed Prossner 5, Mike McCall 2, Nick attack John Keysor recorded a career-high five points Tintle; Assists: Ryan Blair, Hayward Howard, Mike McCall, including three goals, and senior middie Ryan Vilar also Lance Zimmerman added three goals to lead the Hofstra Pride to a 12-8 victory over #15 North Carolina at Shuart Stadium. The Pride jumped Hofstra UNC out to an early 2-0 lead on goals by Chris Unterstein and Shots: 34 31 Athan Ianucci, both scoring their second goals of the year. Ground Balls: 36 33 After Jed Prossner scored the first of his five goals on the Face-offs Won: 15 8 night at the 10:41 mark of the first quarter, the Pride boosted Saves: 10 12 the lead to 4-1 on Chris Unterstein’s second of the game, and Penalties: 8/7.0 4/2.5 Rob Bonaguro’s first goal of the season. UNC senior attack EMO: 2-4 3-7 Mike McCall scored the first of his two goals on the night Clears/Att 13/16 11/20 with 3:20 to play in the period to close the gap to 4-2 after one period. There was just one goal in the second quarter but lots Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (60:00, 8 GA, 10 svs.); UNC– of action as UNC goalie Paul Spellman made six saves and Paul Spellman (60:00, 12 GA, 12 svs.) allowed just one goal in the period. Keysor scored the first of Attendance: 2262 his three goals for Hofstra almost four minutes into the second quarter which gave the Pride a 5-2 halftime lead. The third Game 5 – March 19 vs. #11 Princeton: John Keysor scored quarter was a period of spurts as UNC scored twice in the first off a feed from Chris Unterstein 5:40 into the fourth quarter to 1:32, after goals by Prossner on the man-up, and McCall to snap an 8-8 tie and the Pride defense held the Tigers in check close to within 5-4. But Hofstra responded with a man-up goal the rest of the way as Hofstra upset #11 Princeton, 9-8, in by Vilar, his third of the year, Keysor, his seventh of the front of 2,174 fans at James M. Shuart Stadium. Princeton season, and senior short-stick defensive middie James jumped out to a 2-0 first quarter lead with goals from Jim Morgan, who tallied his first of the season and second of his O'Brien (3:01) and Whitney Hayes (4:03). Hofstra stormed career, to boost the Hofstra lead to 8-4 with 7:53 to play in the back with three unanswered tallies to take a 3-2 lead with third. But the Tar Heels responded with three unanswered seven minutes remaining in the opening stanza. The Pride got goals as Prossner scored twice around a goal by freshman on the board as John Orsen converted an Athan Ianucci feed at Nick Tintle to make it an 8-7 game heading into the fourth 4:49. Chris Unterstein followed with an unassisted tally at quarter. But Ryan Vilar, who tied his career-high with three 5:58, while Tim Treubig finished of the run with an assist goals, scored his second of the game and fourth of the season from Ryan Vilar at eight minutes. Mike Guadio evened the just 2:07 into the quarter to start a four goal Hofstra run that scoring at the 12:51 mark to complete the first quarter scoring. sealed the victory. Pride junior Ryan Lucas scored his first of The teams traded goals in the second quarter as Scott the year midway through the fourth to boost the Pride lead to Sowanick scored off a pass from Peter Trombino to give the 10-7. Vilar completed the hat-trick on the man-up with 6:04 Tigers a 4-3 lead at 5:11. Rob Bonaguro tied the score at the left. Then John Keysor completed the Hofstra scoring with his 10:36 mark with the first of his three goals with Chris third goal of the game and eighth of the season with just 56 Unterstein getting the assist. In the third quarter, with the seconds to play. At the start of Hofstra’s fourth quarter run, score tied at six, the Tigers scored back-to-back goals to take a Pride junior goalie Matt Southard made one of his 10 saves in 7-5 lead with 8:06 remaining. Gaudio scored his second of the the contest on a point blank stop of a Ryan Blair shot while a day, while Trombino also notched his second tally with an man-down. Prossner closed out the scoring for UNC with an assist from Tripp Shiner. Hofstra would not go quietly as unassisted man-up goal with 22 seconds to play. The Pride put Treubig and Bonaguro scored unassisted at 8:02 and 10:00, together their most complete game of the season, outshooting respectively, to tie the score at 7. The Tigers broke the tie with the Tar Heels 34-31 but, more importantly, putting 24 of the 1:24 remaining in the quarter as Jason Danger converted a 34 shots on the cage. Hofstra also got a big boost as junior Joe feed from Trombino to give Princeton an 8-7 advantage. But Mascaretti won 15 of 22 face-offs. In addition to Keysor and with time winding down in the quarter, Chris Unterstein Vilar, Chris Unterstein tallied two goals and one assist and the passed from behind the cage to his younger brother Mike Pride received an outstanding defensive effort from junior Unterstein, who beat Princeton reserve goalkeeper Matthew defender Brett Moyer with seven ground balls. In addition to Larkin, with three seconds left in the quarter. Larkin had Prossner’s five goals, UNC got two goals and one assist from replaced starting keeper Dave Law at the 10 minute mark of Mike McCall and three assists from Ryan Blair. the third quarter. That set the stage for Keycorp’s game- winner, which was initially slowed by Larkin, but managed to Keysor got the Pride started in the second half, just 1:05 into trickle over the goal line to give the Pride a 9-8 lead. The the third, scoring his 10th goal of the year. Junior middie John Pride still had to work on defense and held the Tigers to no Orsen tallied his second of the year 2:40 later on a blast from shots on goal and forced five turnovers over the last nine 12 yards, and Vilar notched his second of the game and minutes to secure the win. Chris Unterstein finished with one seventh of the year with 8:30 to play in the third to put the goal and four assists, while Bonaguro contributed the hat trick Pride up 6-3. The Bearcats closed to 6-4 on Rob Williams and Treubig added two goals. Brett Moyer picked up five second goal of the year off a pass from Chris Bernard with ground balls and had three caused turnovers. Matt Southard 4:19 to play in the period. But Hofstra boosted the lead back to enjoyed another good game in goal, stopping eight shots. three with just one second in the quarter on a pass from Chris Trombino led the Tigers with two goals and two assists. Law Unterstein behind the cage to Athan Ianucci from 18 yards made five saves and allowed seven goals, while Larkin had out. The Bearcats closed to within two at 7-5 on Jeff Kaylor's two saves and let up two goals. first goal of the season off a pass from McNamara 5:16 into the fourth. But Pride goalie Matt Southard recorded four of his 1 2 3 4 F six saves in the fourth quarter to stop the Binghamton upset #11 Princeton 3 1 4 0 8 thoughts. Hofstra 3 1 4 1 9 1 2 3 4 F Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Rob Bonaguro 3, Tim Treubig 2, Binghamton 1 2 1 1 5 John Keysor, John Orsen, Chris Unterstein, Mike Unterstein; #13 Hofstra 3 0 4 0 7 Assists: Chris Unterstein 4, Athan Ianucci, Ryan Vilar. Princeton Scoring: Goals: Peter Trombino 2, Mike Gaudio 2, Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Athan Ianucci 2, Ryan Vilar 2, John Scott Sowanick, Jim O’Brien, Whitney Hayes, Jason Doneger; Orsen, John Keysor, Mike Unterstein; Assists: Chris Assists: Peter Trombino 2, Tripp Shriner, Scott Sowanick Unterstein, Athan Ianucci, Binghamton Scoring: Goals Jeff Santucci, Matt McNamara, Hofstra Princeton Brian Chaapel; Rob Williams, Jeff Kaylor; Assists: Chris Shots: 29 27 Bernard, Matt McNamara, Jeff Santucci Ground Balls: 28 21 Face-offs Won: 11 10 Hofstra Binghamton Saves: 8 7 Shots: 31 16 Penalties: 3/2.5 5/4.0 Ground Balls: 33 14 EMO: 0-5 0-3 Face-offs Won: 13 3 Clears/Att 17/19 9/13 Saves: 6 10 Penalties: 3/2.0 3/3.0 Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (60:00, 8 GA, 8 svs.); Princeton– EMO: 1-3 0-3 Dave Law (40:00, 7 GA, 5 svs.), Matthew Larkin (20:00, 2 Clears/Att 17-21 13-20 GA, 2 svs.) Attendance: 2174 Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (60:00, 5 GA, 6 svs.); Binghamton- Jeff McKeown (59:15, 7 GA, 10 svs.), Jeff Game 6 – March 21 vs. Binghamton: John Keysor, John Walker (0:45, 0 GA, 0 svs.) Orsen and Ryan Vilar scored unanswered goals in the first Attendance: 609 6:30 of the third quarter to break a 3-3 halftime tie and lead the 13th-ranked Hofstra Pride to a 7-5 victory over the Game 7 - March 26 vs. #9 Notre Dame: Junior attackman Binghamton Bearcats at Shuart Stadium. Athan Ianucci Pat Walsh scored his sixth goal of the game with 1:55 to play recorded two goals and one assist, and Ryan Vilar had two in the second overtime to give the ninth-ranked Fighting Irish goals to lead the Pride. Jeff Santucci and Matt McNamara of Notre Dame a 9-8 victory over #13 Hofstra at James M. each had a goal and an assist to pace the Bearcats. Hofstra Shuart Stadium.Walsh finished with a career-high six goals outshot Binghamton 31-16, picked up 33 ground balls to the and one assist and senior middie Brian Giordano added a goal Bearcats 14, and won 13 of 16 faceoffs. The Pride, who were and an assist to pace the Fighting Irish. Hofstra received two playing their fourth game in the past 10 days and were coming goals each from Athan Ianucci, Rob Bonaguro and Ryan off wins over North Carolina and Princeton since last Lucas and three assists from freshman Mike Unterstein. The Wednesday, jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a man-up goal by Pride jumped on the board first just 2:19 into the contest on an senior middie Ryan Vilar, his sixth of the season at 1:10 mark unassisted goal by Tim Treubig. But Notre Dame scored the of the contest, Athan Ianucci tallied his third of the year with next four with Walsh scoring three and Matt Ryan scoring the 2:53 to play in the quarter, and freshman Mike Unterstein other to give the Irish a 4-1 4:02 into the second quarter. added his second of the season with 1:11 to play. But Hofstra sophomore Athan Ianucci took a pass from John Binghamton scored three unanswered goals starting with Orsen and fired a 15-yard shot past goalie Joey Kemp to cut Santucci's third of the season with 20 seconds to play in the the deficit to 4-2. But Walsh and Jim Morrison added back-to- first quarter, Brian Chaapel's second of the year from Santucci back goals to boost the lead to 6-2. Pride junior midfielder with four minutes left in the second, and Matt McNamara's Rob Bonaguro scored his fifth goal of the year with 31 fifth goal of the year with just six seconds to play in the half. seconds to play in the second quarter to bring the Pride within 6-3 at halftime. Brian Giordano boosted the Notre Dame lead Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (66:05, 9 GA, 8 svs.); Notre to 7-3 4:56 into the third quarter on a 15-yard bullet from out Dame- Joey Kemp (66:05, 8 GA, 16 svs.), front. It was Giordano’s seventh goal of the year. But Hofstra Attendance: 3,732 started moving at that point. Bonaguro scored his second of the game and sixth of the season off a pass from Mike Unterstein with 7:22 to play in the period. Four minutes later, Ianucci scored his second of the game and sixth of the season from Unterstein to close the gap to 7-5. That’s how the third quarter ended thanks to Irish goalie Joey Kemp, who made five of his 16 saves in the contest in the third period. In the fourth quarter Notre Dame benefited from a Pride turnover near midfield with Matt Karweck attacking the goal and then flipping a pass across to Walsh for a goal from five yards out with 10:47 to play in regulation. The Pride closed the gap to 8- 6 1:35 later as Mike Unterstein passed to junior Ryan Lucas for his second goal of the season. Both teams played tight in the fourth before Hofstra sophomore midfielder Tom Brewer gave the Pride some hope inside the 2:00 mark. Brewer ran down the right side, cut inside his defender, and beat Kemp one-on-one at the cage for his first goal of the year with 1:41 to play. Hofstra tied the game with 40 seconds to play in regulation as senior midfielder Ryan Vilar passed to Ryan Lucas, who took a running jump shot from seven yards that beat Kemp. The Irish almost won it at the end of regulation when a long clearing pass skipped by the Hofstra defense and found Giordano alone in front of Pride goalie Matt Southard. The junior netminder had to make a falling down save to send the game into overtime as time expired. Irish goalie Joey Kemp made three saves in the first overtime to send the game into a second extra period. Hofstra held the ball for 1:53 of the second overtime before a turnover gave the ball back to Notre Dame. After a timeout, the Irish attacked the Hofstra end with Walsh getting the ball in the corner. He challenged his Pride defender, beat him inside, and fired a low shot past Southard for the victory. Hofstra, which had its overtime winning streak stopped at four, outshot the Irish 42-26 and picked up 39 ground balls to Notre Dame’s 27.

1 2 3 4 OT OT F #9 Notre Dame 2 4 1 1 0 1 9 #13 Hofstra 1 2 2 3 0 0 8

Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Athan Ianucci 2, Ryan Lucas 2, Rob Bonaguro 2, Tim Treubig, Tom Brewer; Assists: Mike Unterstein 3, John Orsen, Ryan Vilar Notre Dame Scoring: Goals Pat Walsh 6, Brian Giordano, Matt Ryan, Jim Morrison; Assists: Brian Giordano, Matt Karweck, Drew Peters, Pat Walsh

Hofstra Notre Dame Shots: 42 26 Ground Balls: 39 27 Face-offs Won: 9 11 Saves: 8 16 Penalties: 0-0 4-3.5 EMO: 1-4 0-0 Clears/Att 14-22 13-20