HOFSTRA 2004 WOMEN’S LACROSSE MEDIA GUIDE Caitlin Connolly Jaime Basile Tara Buecker HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11549 Mary Beth Simmons 2004 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TABLE OF WOMEN’S LACROSSE QUICK FACTS CONTENTS Location: Hempstead, New York 11549 Assistant Director of Athletic Quick Facts......................................1 Enrollment: 13,400 Communications/Lacrosse Contact: This is Hofstra University................2 Founded: 1935 Stephen Gorchov Head Coach Nickname: Pride Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 Colors: Gold, White and Blue E-mail Address: [email protected] Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe..............4 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Graduate Assistant: Sara Weber Assistant Coaches...........................5 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Office Phone: (516) 463-2907 Women’s Lacrosse Staff .................6 Home Court: James M. Shuart Stadium 2004 Roster ....................................7 (15,000) Head Athletic Trainer: Evan Malings President: Stuart Rabinowitz Assistant Athletic Trainers: 2004 Outlook ..................................8 Director of Athletics: Harry Royle Chris Grosskopf, Heather Clemons, Player Profiles...............................10 Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Terry McLaughlin, Matt Reedy, 2004 Opponents............................19 Cindy Lewis Stacey Taradash, Paul Kinney, Hofstra President ..........................20 Associate Director of Athletics for Nicholas Mancini and Adam Kahn Communications: Jim Sheehan Equipment Managers: Kevin Maxwell Athletic Administration..................21 Associate Director of Athletics for and Kathy Theiling Athletic Department Staff..............22 External Affairs: Mark Cox Assistant Equipment Managers: James M. Shuart Stadium.............23 Associate Director of Athletics for Brit Stone and Dave Walsh Student Enhancement Programs: Athletic Department Secretaries: Margiotta Hall................................24 Harold Starks Shirley Hein, Kay Kenney, Clarice Smith, Hofstra Heritage............................25 Assistant Director of Athletics for Harriet Teitle and Cathy Aull Academic Support.........................26 University Eligibility and NCAA Photographers: Brian Ballweg and Sports Medicine/ Compliance: Dan McCarthy Jim Sheehan Director of Corporate Advertising and Athletic Training ..........................27 Sales: Rob Cohen WOMEN’S LACROSSE INFORMATION Long Island, New York..................28 Director of Athletic Promotions: 2003 Statistics and Results ..........29 Jesse Bonfiglio Head Coach: Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe 2003 Game Summaries ................30 Athletic Department Phone: (James Madison, 1997) (516) 463-3800/6750 Record at Hofstra: 17-16/Two years Colonial Athletic Association.........38 Overall Record: Same 2003 CAA Review..........................39 Associate Director of Athletics for Assistant Coaches: Abby Morgan Hofstra in the Community.............41 Communications: Jim Sheehan (Connecticut, 2001) and Paul Ramsey Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 (UC Santa Barbara, 1989) Women’s Lacrosse Alumnae.........42 Fax: (516) 463-5033 Women’s Lacrosse Office Phone: Hofstra Lacrosse Record Book .....43 E-mail Address: [email protected] (516) 463-6761/7419 All-Time Women’s Lacrosse Senior Assistant Director of Athletic 2003 Record: 8-8 Results........................................45 Communications: Jeremy Kniffin 2003 Conference Record/Finish: 4-3/4th Campus Map.................................47 Office Phone: (516) 463-6759 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 19/6 E-mail Address: [email protected] Starters Returning/Lost: 9/3 Getting to Hofstra..........................48 HOFSTRA LACROSSE ON THE WEB: http://www.hofstra.edu/athletics Top Returning Players: Name Pos. Cl. G A Pts. GB Becky Thorn M So. 38 5 43 42 Caitlin Connolly M Jr. 8 14 22 36 Bridget Eder D Jr. 05556 Tara Buecker A Jr. 12 2 14 28 2004 WOMEN’S LACROSSE 1 THIS IS HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Hofstra’s growing computer facilities offer extensive high-tech training opportunities. There are computer terminals throughout the campus for student and faculty use, with more than 750 PC, Macintosh and UNIX workstations available in labs and classrooms. The University was ranked 18th in Forbes’ Most Connected Campuses in 2003, and was one of Yahoo Internet Life’s “100 Most Wired Colleges” in 2001-2002. The fully computerized Hofstra Libraries contain 1.6 million volumes for student use. Only about 5 percent of American colleges have collections as extensive, and 85 percent have fewer than half that number. Hofstra sponsors more than 500 cultural events annually, bringing thousands of scholars, dignitaries and other participants to campus. Hofstra has more than 200 musical and dramatic performances on campus each ounded in 1935 in one building on 15 room, which also has access to Associated year. acres in Hempstead, New York, Hofstra Press, Nexis-Lexis and Dow Jones services. In University today has approximately 111 addition, the facility is capable of feeding Hofstra has 12 galleries and exhibition areas FF student-produced programming to the entire buildings on 240 acres. Located on Long and an extensive outdoor sculpture collection. Island, 25 miles east of Manhattan, the Hofstra campus on our own cable channels. Also Five of the galleries and exhibition areas, and student body of approximately 13,400 comes located here is the University’s radio station the outdoor sculpture collection are directly from 44 states and 64 countries. The Colleges (WRHU/88.7-FM), audio production studios, a under the auspices of the Hofstra Museum. In and Schools of the University are: Hofstra film/video screening room, film editing rooms, addition, the entire 240-acre campus is used College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Frank G. a computer laboratory, a speech performance as an open-air gallery that includes more than Zarb School of Business, New College, School studio and a large dance studio. 65 outdoor sculptures, acting as a showcase of Communication, School of Education and for the Hofstra Museum, which houses one of Allied Human Services, School of Law, School Hofstra’s C.V. Starr Hall offers academic the largest art collections in the metropolitan for University Studies, University College for facilities that are among the most area. The Hofstra Museum is accredited by the Continuing Education, Honors College and technologically advanced in the nation. Every American Association of Museums, one of Saturday College. Bachelor’s degrees are seat in every classroom allows students direct only 94 universities in the nation and one of offered in 130 areas of study. There are also access to the Internet and Hofstra network – six in New York with such credentials. approximately 130 graduate programs, including the resources of Hofstra’s Axinn including Ph.D., Ed.D., Psy.D. and J.D. Library. degrees, advanced certificates and professional diplomas. The George Dempster Hall for Communications is one of the largest, most advanced, non-commercial television facilities in the East. It houses a highly sophisticated television production/ post-production facility with two broadcast quality studios and control rooms; two advanced online video edit suites; two Avid non-linear digital editing systems and several cuts-only video work stations. Two satellite dishes are available with one dish providing special news feeds for the broadcast journalism 2 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY T HE F ACTS Hofstra offers bachelor’s degrees in 130 areas of study. ❖ The University offers approximately 140 graduate programs. ❖ Hofstra was ranked 18th on Forbes’ list of Most Connected Campuses. ❖ Hofstra has 507 full-time faculty members and 1,291 total faculty members. ❖ Hofstra also has seven theaters, a student newspaper, a Student Center, a recreation center and numerous athletic facilities, including the 15,000-seat James M. Shuart Stadium and the The student-faculty ratio is 15:1; 5,124-seat Hofstra Arena. Hofstra also has an indoor, Olympic-sized (eight lane, 50-meter) swimming pool, one of the largest such facilities in the New York metropolitan area. Average class size is 22 students ❖ The Hofstra athletic program competes on the NCAA Division I level and is a Hofstra is one of only member of the Colonial Athletic 262 institutions Association and the Atlantic 10 out of more than Football Conference. The University sponsors 18 3,600 with a chapter intercollegiate programs – nine of Phi Beta Kappa. men’s sports and nine women’s ❖ sports. Hofstra has men’s teams in basketball, football, baseball, The Hofstra Libraries are lacrosse, golf, tennis, wrestling, fully computerized and contain soccer and cross country. Women’s sports include basketball, volleyball, 1.6 million volumes available softball, tennis, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, for student use. cross country and golf. The 18 men’s and women’s ❖ intercollegiate athletic teams account for more than 150 home contests annually. Hofstra’s campus has With its beautiful landscaping, Hofstra has won national awards for campus beautification. 37 residence halls, It is a registered member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, featuring approximately 8,000 trees representing 425 species. housing about 4,100 students, and Hofstra’s academic programs are accredited by numerous national agencies and 13 dining facilities. the University is one of only 262 schools, out of more than 3,600 ❖ colleges and universities nationwide, with a chapter of the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa. Of Hofstra’s 1,291 Hofstra has more than faculty members, 507 are