HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE #11 HOFSTRA PRIDE (3-4) AT #5 ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (5-1) Tuesday, March 29, 2005 – 7:30 p.m. Michie Stadium – West Point, NY Radio: WRHU-FM 88.7 2005 HOFSTRA LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result 26 #15 MASSACHUSETTS (#23) + 7-12 L March 5 at #20 Brown (#24) + 2-10 L 12 at #1 Johns Hopkins 5-11 L 16 #15 NORTH CAROLINA (FSNY) 12-8 W 19 #11 PRINCETON 9-8 W 21 BINGHAMTON 7-5 W 26 #9 NOTRE DAME 8-9 L (2OT) 29 at Army (Michie Stadium) 7:30 p.m. April 1 VILLANOVA* 7:30 p.m. 6 at Sacred Heart* 3 p.m. 9 at Delaware* 7:30 p.m. 15 DREXEL* 7:30 p.m. 23 at Towson* 7:30 p.m. 26 STONY BROOK 7:30 p.m. 30 HARVARD 7:30 p.m. May 4 CAA Tournament Semifinals TBA 7 CAA Tournament Championship TBA 14 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA 15 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA 21 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA 22 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA 28 NCAA Semifinals at Philadelphia TBA 30 NCAA Championship at Philadelphia Noon * - Colonial Athletic Association Game + - Inside Lacrosse poll. NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride of Hofstra are ranked 11 th in this week’s USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll and 14 th in the Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll. Army is ranked fifth in the USILA poll and eighth in the Inside Lacrosse media poll.. 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 has won 12 of its last 17 home games at James M. 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 Hopkins on March 13, 2004, a 12-6 Towson loss on April 17, 2004, a 12-7 loss to Massachusetts on February 26, 2005, and a 9-8 double-overtime loss to Notre Dame on March 26, 2005. PRIDE COACH JOHN DANOWSKI - John Danowski, who is in his 20 th season at Hofstra, is the head coach of the Pride. He has posted a 170-117 (.592) record during the time. - Danowski-coached teams have recorded nine or more wins 13 of the 25 times that it has happened in school history. - Only 12 teams in Hofstra history have recorded 11 or more wins in a season. Danowski-coached teams have done it six times. - Danowski has a career coaching record of 197-133 (.597) in 22 years of coaching. He spent three seasons at C.W. Post recording a 27-16 record with the Pioneers. HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES - Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 to 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach to Danowski at Hofstra. Amplo served as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001 before leaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He returned to Hofstra in 2003. - Sean Smith is in his seventh season as a part-time assistant coach with the Pride. - Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholastic assistant coach Ron Caputo is in his second season on the Pride staff. HOFSTRA’S 2005 STAT LEADERS Key Returnees Pos. Cl. GP G-A-Pts. GB 11 John Keysor A Jr. 7 10-2-12 13 33 Chris Unterstein A Jr. 7 4-7-11 11 32 Athan Ianucci A So. 6 6-5-11 14 36 Ryan Vilar M Sr 7 7-2-9 4 22 Tim Treubig M Jr. 7 7-1-8 3 15 Brett Moyer D Jr. 7 1-0-1 28 23 Matt Southard G Jr. 6 8.87 GAA/.523%
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HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE#11 HOFSTRA PRIDE (3-4)
AT#5 ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (5-1)Tuesday, March 29, 2005 – 7:30 p.m.
Michie Stadium – West Point, NYRadio: WRHU-FM 88.7
2005 HOFSTRALACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS
February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result26 #15 MASSACHUSETTS (#23) + 7-12 LMarch5 at #20 Brown (#24) + 2-10 L12 at #1 Johns Hopkins 5-11 L16 #15 NORTH CAROLINA (FSNY) 12-8 W19 #11 PRINCETON 9-8 W21 BINGHAMTON 7-5 W26 #9 NOTRE DAME 8-9 L (2OT)29 at Army (Michie Stadium) 7:30 p.m.April1 VILLANOVA* 7:30 p.m.6 at Sacred Heart* 3 p.m.9 at Delaware* 7:30 p.m.15 DREXEL* 7:30 p.m.23 at Towson* 7:30 p.m.26 STONY BROOK 7:30 p.m.30 HARVARD 7:30 p.m.May4 CAA Tournament Semifinals TBA7 CAA Tournament Championship TBA14 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA15 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA21 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA22 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA28 NCAA Semifinals at Philadelphia TBA30 NCAA Championship at Philadelphia Noon* - Colonial Athletic Association Game+ - Inside Lacrosse poll.
NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride of Hofstra are ranked11th in this week’s USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll and 14th
in the Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll. Army is rankedfifth in the USILA poll and eighth in the Inside Lacrossemedia poll..
STREAKS AND TRENDS- Hofstra has won three of their last four contests. The Pridehad their three-game winning streak snapped last Saturdayagainst Notre Dame in a thrilling 9-8 double-overtime loss.
- Hofstra is 0-2 on the road this season with losses at Brownand at Johns Hopkins.
- The Pride have won 27 of their last 47 contests, 35 of its last60 games, 39 of the last 65, 50 of the last 85 and 63 of its last101 games, dating back to 1999.
- Hofstra has won 12 of its last 17 home games at James M.Shuart Stadium. The only blemishes during that time were the14-12 loss to Cornell on February 28, 2004, a 13-6 loss to #1Hopkins on March 13, 2004, a 12-6 Towson loss on April 17,2004, a 12-7 loss to Massachusetts on February 26, 2005, anda 9-8 double-overtime loss to Notre Dame on March 26, 2005.
PRIDE COACH JOHN DANOWSKI- John Danowski, who is in his 20th season at Hofstra, is thehead coach of the Pride. He has posted a 170-117 (.592)record during the time.
- Danowski-coached teams have recorded nine or more wins13 of the 25 times that it has happened in school history.
- Only 12 teams in Hofstra history have recorded 11 or morewins in a season. Danowski-coached teams have done it sixtimes.
- Danowski has a career coaching record of 197-133 (.597) in22 years of coaching. He spent three seasons at C.W. Postrecording a 27-16 record with the Pioneers.
HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES- Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from1996 to 1999, is in his second tenure as an assistant coach toDanowski at Hofstra. Amplo served as an assistant for twoseasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001 beforeleaving to serve as an assistant at Pennsylvania. He returned toHofstra in 2003.
- Sean Smith is in his seventh season as a part-time assistantcoach with the Pride.
- Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholasticassistant coach Ron Caputo is in his second season on thePride staff.
HOFSTRA’S 2005 STAT LEADERSKey Returnees Pos. Cl. GP G-A-Pts. GB11 John Keysor A Jr. 7 10-2-12 1333 Chris Unterstein A Jr. 7 4-7-11 1132 Athan Ianucci A So. 6 6-5-11 1436 Ryan Vilar M Sr 7 7-2-9 422 Tim Treubig M Jr. 7 7-1-8 315 Brett Moyer D Jr. 7 1-0-1 2823 Matt Southard G Jr. 6 8.87 GAA/.523%
HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UPvs. Army
Pos. Name No. Cl. 2005 StatsA John Keysor 11 Jr. 10-2-12A Athan Ianucci 32 So. 6-5-11A Chris Unterstein 33 Jr. 4-7-11 M Ryan Lucas 1 Jr. 3-3-6M Ryan Vilar 36 Sr. 7-2-9M Tim Treubig 22 Jr. 7-1-8 D Sean McCarthy 47 Jr. 9 GBD Brett Moyer 15 Jr. 28 GBD Jon Edwards 37 Sr. 10 GB G Matt Southard 23 Jr. 8.87 GAAReserves 2M John Orsen 19 Jr. 2-2-42M Mike Unterstein 35 Fr. 2-4-62M Rob Bonaguro 9 Jr. 6-1-7 3M James Morgan 14 Sr. 6 GB3M Kevin Unterstein 34 Fr. 11 GB3M John Gorman 6 Jr. 0 GBLSM Nick Calleluori 27 Fr. 1 GBLSM Julian Watts 18 So. 4 GB FO Joe Mascaretti 16 Jr. 47-87 .540FO Len Panarelli 40 Sr. 16-29 .552FO John Keysor 11 Jr. 2-9 .222
U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINTLocation: West Point, NYNickname: Black KnightsDirector of Athletics: Kevin AndersonLacrosse Stadium: Michie Stadium (38,115); Shea Stadium(2,000)Press Box Phone: NAHead Lacrosse Coach: Jack EmmerRecord at School/Years: 175-125/21 yearsOverall Record: 315-178/35 yearsCoach’s Office Phone: (845) 938-2429Men’s Lacrosse SID: James ZuhlkeOffice Phone: (845) 938-7197Fax: (845) 446-25562004 Record: 10-5/4-3 (Patriot)Returning Lettermen/Starters: 31/7Series Record: Army leads 35-13Last Meeting: 2003-Hofstra won 12-11Athletic Website: www.goarmysports.com
ARMY 2005 RESULTS2/26 at #3 Syracuse 4-9 L3/5 Lehigh 10-7 W3/12 #6 Cornell 11-9 W3/19 at #14 Rutgers 8-6 W3/22 Lafayette 14-2 W3/26 at Colgate 11-4 W
ARMY 2005 STAT LEADERS – 6 GAMESKey Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts.15 Jim Wagner A Sr. 19-2-21
29 John Walker A Jr. 8-12-2020 Matt Scheel A Fr. 8-5-137 Matt Obringer M Jr. 5-4-931 Justin Bokmeyer M So. 7-0-744 Erik Mineo M Sr. 27 GB3 Matt Darak G Sr. 7.87 GAA/.621%46 Adam Fullerton G Fr. 4.64 GAA/.667%
HOFSTRA-ARMY SERIES- Today’s game is the 49th meeting between Hofstra andArmyin men’s lacrosse in a series that started in 1955.- Army leads the series 35-13 but Hofstra has won the last sixmeetings.- The two teams met last on March 26, 2003 at Shea Stadiumat West Point with the Pride posting a 12-11 victory.- Army's last victory over the Pride came in 1997 at MichieStadium 6-2.
The Last Five Hofstra- Army GamesDate Winner Location Score3/26/03 Hofstra West Point 12-113/30/02 Hofstra Hempstead 16-94/10/01 Hofstra West Point 17-94/22/00 Hofstra Hempstead 18-104/24/99 Hofstra West Point 16-9
INSIDE LACROSSE.COM MEDIA POLL: Here is thefourth Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll, as of March 28, 2005:
NO. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts,1. Johns Hopkins (16) 5-0 4482. Duke (2) 9-0 4313. Virginia 6-1 4164. Maryland 5-2 3815. Navy 7-1 3706. Notre Dame 4-1 3487. Syracuse 2-3 3358. Army 5-1 3309. Georgetown 4-2 31410. Hobart 7-1 27011. Cornell 3-2 25612. UMass 5-2 21913. Princeton 0-4 21614. Hofstra 3-4 18115. Bucknell 5-2 16516. Towson 4-3 15117t. Dartmouth 3-1 13517t. Stony Brook 5-1 13519. North Carolina 2-5 13120. Brown 3-1 127
Others receiving votes: Denver 111, Delaware 58, Loyola 55,Rutgers 29, Fairfield 24, Villanova 19, UMBC 19, Albany 18,Harvard 15, Penn State 12, Ohio State 6, Drexel 4, Air Force4, Yale 3, Penn 1
THE LAST HOFSTRA-ARMY MEETING - GAME 7 -MARCH 26, 2003 AT ARMY: Joe Kostolansky scored hisfourth goal of the game with just 4:04 remaining in the fourthquarter to break an 11-11 tie and give the 14th-ranked Pride a12-11 victory over the Black Knights at Shea Stadium. RyanLucas tallied a goal and an assist, Ryan Miller had two goalsand goalie Matt Southard recorded a season-best 15 saves forHofstra. Army was paced by John Walker with three goals andMike Kamon, Chris Woods and John Ryan with two goalseach. Kostolansky's goal came just eight seconds after Armysenior middie John Ryan tied the game at 11, capping afurious comeback that erased an 8-3 second quarter deficit.After Tim Treubig opened the scoring 1:13 into the contest offa pass from Lucas, Army took the lead on goals by Walkerand Kamon just 44 seconds apart. But Hofstra would scorefour straight goals, as Kostolansky scored twice, Don Scottscored an unassisted goal and Lucas scored off a pass fromJohn Keysor, to give the Pride a 5-2 lead. After John Walkerscored an unassisted goal for Army with 2:01 left in the first,Hofstra's Bryan Walker closed out the Hofstra scoring 27seconds later with an unassisted tally for a 6-3 lead. The Prideboosted the lead to 8-3 as Miller scored back-to-back goals.Miller's first goal, at the 5:26 mark of the period, came off afeed from Ryan Vilar. Miller's second of the night and his fifthof the season, came with 5:43 to play in the half off a passfrom Kostolansky. But Army would score three times in thelast 3:41 of the period as Kamon, Cotilletta and Walker woulddent the twine to close the deficit to 8-6 at halftime. Each teamwould score just once in the third quarter as Chris Untersteinscored his second of the season for Hofstra just 2:36 into theperiod and Jim Wagner scored his 11th of the year for Army
with just 1:36 to play in the quarter. In the fourth quarter,Kostolansky scored an unassisted goal, his third of the game toboost the Pride lead to 10-7 but Chris Woods answered withan unassisted goal with 10:10 to play to cut the deficit to 10-8.After Jim Femminella scored a man-up goal off a pass fromKostolansky less than two minutes later, Army mounted arally. First, Ryan scored off a pass from Jeff Bryan with 6:49to play to cut the lead to 11-9. Then Woods scored a man-upgoal 1:18 later to bring the Black Knights within one. Ryanwould then score an unassisted goal with 4:12 to play to tie thegame at 11 and set up Kostolansky's game-winner. On thegame-winner, Mike Morrison won the face-off for Hofstrawith Mike Allain picking up the loose ball. Allain charged intothe Army box and fed Kostolansky on the left side, who fireda 10-yard shot past Black Knights' goalie Tom LaRoux. Armyhad a chance to tie the game in the final two minutes butHofstra freshman middie John Keysor forced a turnover andthe Black Knights never got another chance. Army outshotHofstra, 34-31, and picked up 47 ground balls to the Pride's45.
1 2 3 4 F#14 Hofstra 6 2 1 3 12Army 3 3 1 4 11
Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Joe Kostolansky (4-3),Ryan Miller (2-0), Ryan Lucas (1-1), John Keysor (0-2), JimFemminella (1-0), Tim Treubig (1-0), Don Scott (1-0), BryanWalker (1-0), Chris Unterstein (1-0), Mike Morrison (0-1),Mike Allain (0-1)
Army Scoring (Goals-Assists): John Walker (3-0), ChrisWoods (2-0), John Ryan (2-0), Mike Kamon (2-0), Jeff Bryan(0-2), Jim Wagner (1-0), Dino Cotilletta (1-0), Brian Green (0-1) Hofstra ArmyShots: 31 34Ground Balls: 45 47Face-offs Won: 10 17Saves: 15 16Penalties: 4-3.0 4-3.5EMO: 2-4 2-4Clears/Att.: 22-30 19-27
AGAINST THE TOP 6- The Pride is 1-11 in their last 12 games against teams thatwere ranked sixth or better, dating back to the end of the 1999season. The only Pride win over a Top Six team during thattime came in 2001 when Hofstra edged Notre Dame 11-10 inovertime.- Hofstra is 6-23 against opponents ranked sixth or better since1993.
ANOTHER ONE-GOAL NOTRE DAME GAME: LastSaturday's 9-8 double-overtime loss to Notre Dame was theseventh time in 13 games that the contest was decided by onegoal.
MIKE UNTERSTEIN NAMED CAA ROOKIE OF THEWEEK: Hofstra freshman Mike Unterstein has been namedthe Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week for theweek ending March 27. Unterstein contributed a goal and three assists as Hofstra split a pair of games last week. The freshman middie scored his second collegiate goal in the Pride's 7-5 triumph over Binghamton. Unterstein then talliedthree second-half assists in HU's double overtime setback to 9th-ranked Notre Dame to help rally the Pride from a 7-3 deficit.
UNTERSTEIN NAMED CAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK:Junior attackman Chris Unterstein was named the ColonialAthletic Association’s Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Week forthe week ending March 20th after recording three goals andfive assists in two victories over North Carolina and Princeton.Unterstein has two goals and one assist against the Tar Heelsand one goal and four assists against Princeton.
KEYSOR NAMED INSIDE LACROSSE PLAYER OFTHE WEEK: Hofstra junior attack John Keysor was namedthe Inside Lacrosse Division I Player of the Week on March21 for leading the Pride to a 2-0 record that week. Keysor hadthree goals and two assists against #15 North Carolina andadded the game-winning goal with nine minutes to playagainst Princeton.
DANOWSKI NAMED CSTV DIVISION I COACH OFTHE WEEK: Hofstra Head Lacrosse Coach John Danowski,who led his Pride team back into the hunt for an NCAATournament bid with two Top 15 victories, was named theCSTV Division I Coach of the Week.
THE PRIDE AND THE USILA TOP 20- Hofstra returned to the USILA Geico/STX Top 20 on March21 after victories over North Carolina and Princeton. Theyreturned at number 13. Hofstra is ranked 11th this week.- The Pride fell from the USILA (Geico/STX) Top 20 onMarch 29, 2004 for the first time since the Monday, March 19,2001 poll.- Before 2004 the last time Hofstra fell from the Top 20 wasfollowing a 10-5 loss to Princeton on March 17, 2001. Hofstraclimbed back into the Top 20 the following week (3/26) after a11-10 overtime win over second-ranked Notre Dame thatplaced the Pride at 16th.
AGAINST THE TOP 10- Hofstra is 6-12 in its last 18 games against Top 10opponents.- The Pride’s highest-ranked victory during that time was an11-10 overtime decision over second-ranked Notre Dame in2001.
- Hofstra’s victory over Loyola last March was Hofstra’s oneand only win last season over a Top 10 opponent. TheGreyhounds came into the game ranked seventh.- The Loyola victory marked the third consecutive year, andfourth time in the last five seasons, that the Pride havedefeated a Top 7 opponent.- Hofstra played four opponents who were ranked in the Top10 in 2003. Massachusetts was ranked fifth entering the 2003NCAA Tournament. Syracuse was ranked seventh when theylost to Hofstra 8-6. The Pride lost to then-#7 Princeton 18-5 onMarch 15th and then-#6 Massachusetts 14-7 on March 23.
Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp3/26/05 #9 Notre Dame Home 8-9 L (2OT)3/12/05 #1 Johns Hopkins Away 5-11 L3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home 13-18 L5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W (OT)5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT)
NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 20 ARE TOUGH TOO: ThePride are 3-8 in their last 11 games against teams ranked from11 through 20. The three victories have come against #11Princeton, #15 UNC and #11 Duke in 2003. Hofstra is 2-2 thisseason against teams #11 through 20, 0-5 last year and 3-3 in2003.
KEYSOR- Junior John Keysor, who missed two days of practice withthe flu last week, saw his 13-game goal scoring streak endedlast Saturday against Notre Dame.- During Keysor's 13-game goal scoring streak, he tallied 18goals and five assists.- Keysor tied a career-high with three goals againstMassachusetts on February 26 and three against NorthCarolina on March 16. He also had a career-high five pointsagainst the Tar Heels.- He leads the team with 10 goals and two assists.- Keysor recorded at least one points in 12 of 14 games in2004.- Three times last season Keysor (pronounced Kaiser) talliedthree points in a game. On April 7 against Sacred Heart. Heposted a goal and two assists against the Pioneers, two goalsand one assist at Princeton, and a career-high three goalsagainst Cornell in the 2004 season opener.- The three scores against Cornell topped his previous high of
two goals that he posted in 2003 against Sacred Heart andTowson twice.
CHRIS UNTERSTEIN- Pride junior attack Chris, Unterstein recording a career-high fourassists and tied his career-high with five points against #11Princeton. on March 19.- His previous best was three assists which he recorded at Delaware in 2004.- Unterstein recorded five points for the third time in his career.- He tallied two goals and one assist against the Tar Heels of UNC- He now has four goals and seven assists on the season.- Unterstein opened the 2005 season with a goal and an assistagainst Massachusetts.- Unterstein has 18 goals and 16 assists in his last 14 games,and 21 goals and 18 assists in his last 16 contests.- He had his six-game goal scoring streak stopped in the CAATournament semifinal game at Towson last May.- He posted two goals and a career-high three assists inHofstra’s 12-10 loss at Delaware on April 3, 2004, three goalsand two assists in the win over Sacred Heart on April 11,2004, and four goals in the 8-7 win at Drexel on April 10,2004.- Unterstein also recorded three goals and one assist at NotreDame on March 24, 2004.- Unterstein had 10 goals and eight assists as a freshman butfinished 2004 with 18 goals and 13 assists.
MOYER ON 2005 TEWAARATON TROPHY WATCHLIST: Hofstra University men’s lacrosse player Brett Moyerhas been named to the 2005 Tewaaraton Trophy PreseasonWatch List.- Moyer had four ground balls and caused four turnoversagainst Notre Dame last Saturday.- The Tewaaraton Trophy honors the top male and femalevarsity collegiate lacrosse player in the United States.Hofstra alumnus Doug Shanahan captured the firstTewaaraton Trophy in 2001.- The list is just an early season indicator of who to watch forduring the 2005 season. The list will be narrowed down to fivefinalists by the end of the year with the award presentedfollowing the season. The list is composed of 37 players, 35 ofwhich are from Division I schools.- Moyer, a junior defender from Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, isa 2005 Face-Off Yearbook and Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American after being named a USILA Division I All-Americahonorable mention and an All-Colonial Athletic Associationfirst team selection last season.- Moyer had his best game of the season with seven groundballs and two caused turnovers against UNC. He followed thatup with five ground balls and three caused turnovers againstPrinceton.- Moyer picked up four ground balls at Brown, three againstMassachusetts and two against Hopkins. He also scored hisfirst goal of his college career against Johns Hopkins onMarch 12.
More on Moyer ...- Moyer led the team in ground balls with 58 last season.
- He picked up a career-high 12 ground balls against SacredHeart on April 7, 2004. He also assisted on the goal that tiedthe contest at 11. Moyer had six ground balls against bothJohns Hopkins and Princeton.- He was voted the CAA’s 2003 Co-Rookie of the Year by theleague’s coaches.- Moyer was a member of the U.S. National Under 19 teamthat captured the Gold Medal in the World Championships lastsummer.
VILAR- Senior middie Ryan Vilar tied a career-high with three goalsagainst UNC on March 16.- He scored two goals in Hofsstra's 7-5 victory overBinghamton.- He took 10 shots, including two on cage, but was blanked byNotre Dame last Saturday.- He is third on the team in goals with seven this year. He hasninepoints on the season.- Vilar was selected a 2005 Preseason All-AmericanHonorable Mention by Face-Off Year and Inside Lacrosse.- Vilar has scored a goal in the three of the five games thisseason.- Vilar, who was a second team All-CAA selection last season,posted a career high 15 goals and nine assists in 2004 toppinghis 2003 total of eight goals and four assists.- He posted a career-high three goals and two assists for fivepoints in the loss to Johns Hopkins on March 13, 2004.- He tallied two goals and one assist against Towson and had agoal and two assists at Notre Dame on March 24, 2004.- Vilar came up big for the Pride in the second half againstLoyola on March 6, 2004. Vilar scored three unansweredgoals to turn a 7-5 deficit into an 8-7 lead, and then assisted onthe game-winning goal by Ryan Lucas.- He added a goal and an assist against Binghamton.For his efforts against Loyola and Binghamton Vilar wasnamed the CAA Player of the Week on March 9, 2004.
IANUCCI- Sophomore attackman Athan Ianucci has recorded at leastone point in each of the last six games and has a seven-gamepoint streak dating back to last season. He missed the seasonopener against Massachusetts.- Last weekend, Ianucci posted two goals against Notre Dame.- Ianucci tallied two goals and one assist against BnghamtononMarch 21.- Ianucci assisted on Ryan Vilar’s goal against Brown andscored his first goal of the season at Hopkins.- Ianucci tallied his second goal of the year and added twoassists for three points against North Carolina. He had oneassist against Princeton and- He now has six goals and five assists on the season.- Ianucci was named to the All-CAA Tournament Team lastMay.- Ianucci opened the 2004 season with nine goals in his firstsix games.- Ianucci set a career-high with four goals and also tied acareer-best with five points at Notre Dame on March 24, 2004.
- Ianucci posted five points on three goals and two assistsagainst Binghamton on March 8, 2004. He had a goal and anassist against the Greyhounds of Loyola.- For his efforts in the Hofstra victories over Loyola andBinghamton he was named the CAA Rookie of the Week forMarch 9, 2004.- Ianucci had an impressive college debut on February 28,2004 with one goal and three assists against Cornell.
GOALIE MATT SOUTHARD- Junior goalie Matt Southard opened the 2005 season withdouble-digit saves in the first four games. He posted 16 savesagainst Massachusetts, 11 saves at Brown and 10 at JohnsHopkins and against UNC.- Against Princeton he had eight saves including three in thefinal quarter in which the Pride shutout the Tigers.- Southard had eight saves in the double-overtime loss toNotre Dame- He made six saves against Binghamton.- He posted double-digit saves in 10 of 14 games last season.The only four games in which he didn’t post double digitsaves were Sacred Heart (3), Drexel (8), Stony Brook (6) andTowson (3).- Southard posted 162 saves in 2004 for a .526 savepercentage.- Southard recorded career high saves on consecutiveweekends last season. He recorded a career-high 18 saves inHofstra’s 9-8 victory over Loyola on March 6, 2004. A weeklater against Johns Hopkins, Southard posted 19 saves. He alsohad 17 saves at UMass and 16 at Delaware.- Southard’s previous high in saves going into the 2004 seasonwas 17 in the 2003 CAA semifinal against Villanova.
TREUBIG- Junior Tim Treubig has tallied two goals in a game threetimes this season. He had two goals in the season openeragainst Massachusetts, two goals and one assist at Hopkins,and two goals against Princeton.- He scored one goal against Notre Dame.- He is fifth on the team in points with eight on seven goalsand one assist.- Treubig, who had 11 goals and four assists in 2003, had acareer high 15 goals and six assists in 2004.- After a seven-game goal scoring streak to open the ’04season Treubig posted just three goals in his final sevengames.- Treubig recorded at least one point in 12 of the 14 games lastyear.- He was named the CAA Co-Player of the Week on March 1,2004 after scoring a career-high four goals in the seasonopener against Cornell.- He added three goals against Binghamton on March 8, 2004.- Treubig, who scored the game-winner in overtime againstSacred Heart and the tying and game-winning goals againstDuke in 2003, was named the CAA’s Co-Rookie of the Weekon April 28, 2003.- He added two goals in the CAA semifinal victory overVillanova and one goal against Towson in the 2003 title game.
LUCAS- Junior Ryan Lucas sparked a Hofstra rally from a 7-3 deficitto tie the game at 8-8 and send the game into overtime againstNotre Dame. He scored twice including the game-tying goalwith 40 seconds remaining in regulation against the Irish.- Lucas also posted a goal and two assists against NorthCarolina. He recorded an assist in the season opener againstMassachusetts.- At Hopkins he saw time at both midfield and on attack andseemed to bring life to the Pride attack.- He had nine goals and six assists in 2004. He tallied 12 goalsand seven assists in 2003.- Lucas scored a career-high three goals at Villanova on April24, 2004. The three goals topped his previous high of two thathe set thrice, the last time against Cornell on February 28,2004.- Lucas recorded his second career game-winning goal againstLoyola on March 2, 2004 with a man-up tally with 4:25 toplay. He also recorded a career-high seven ground ballsagainst the Greyhounds.- Lucas tied his previous career highs in goals and points withtwo goals and three points against Cornell on February 28,2004. He also had a one-goal, two-assist performance againstBinghamton on March 8, 2004.
ONE-GOAL CONTESTS- During John Danowski’s 19 seasons as coach at Hofstra, thePride have been involved in 59 one-goal decisions, includingplayoff games. Including the Notre Dame game last Saturday,Hofstra’s record in those games is 42-17.- The Pride were 3-1 in one-goal decisions last season. Hofstraposted four one-goal decisions in 2003 and three one-goalcontests in 2002.- The Pride have recorded four or more one-goal decisions in asingle season seven times. In all but one of those seasons(1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004), the Prideadvanced to play in the NCAA Championship Tournament.- In 1993, Hofstra recorded six one-goal decisions, posting a5-1 record in those contests.
HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 18 of its last 26 homegames at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly HofstraStadium). The Pride’s only losses during that time have beento Princeton, Cornell, Hopkins, Towson, Massachusetts twiceand Notre Dame.
OVERTIME- The Pride is 12-4 in overtime games under John Danowski.- Hofstra is 7-2 in its last nine OT games. Here is the Pride’sOT history since 1986:
Year Opponent Result2005 Notre Dame 8-9 L (2OT)2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W2002 at Massachusetts 12-11 W2001 Virginia 15-14 W
Notre Dame 11-10 W2000 at Delaware 7-8 L1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W
Notre Dame 10-9 W1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT)1996 Georgetown 15-16 L
Massachusetts 15-14 W1995 Brown 10-9 W1994 Army 14-15 L1993 Virginia 7-6 W1991 at Army 14-13 W1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT)
SEASON 57 FOR HOFSTRA- Hofstra is in its 57th season of men’s lacrosse in 2005. Prideteams have tallied a 446-315 record during that time.
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HOFSTRA ACTIVE CAREER HIGHS#1 Ryan LucasGoals: 3 4/24/04 at VillanovaAssists: 2 4 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC)Points: 3 5 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC)
#33 Chris UntersteinGoals: 4 4/10/04 at DrexelAssists: 4 3/19/05 vs. PrincetonPoints: 5 3 times (3/19/05 vs. Princeton)
#32 Athan IanucciGoals: 4 3/24/04 at Notre DameAssists: 3 2/28/04 vs. CornellPoints: 5 2 times (3/24/04 at Notre Dame)
#36 Ryan VilarGoals: 3 3 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC))Assists: 2 3 times (3/24/04 at Notre Dame)Points: 5 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins
#22 Tim TreubigGoals: 4 2/28/04 vs. CornellAssists: 2 2 times (4/17/04 vs Towson)Points: 4 2/28/04 vs. Cornell
#11 John KeysorGoals: 3 3 times (3/16/05 vs. UNC)Assists: 3 3/29/03 vs. DrexelPoints: 5 3/16/05 vs. UNC#20 Tom BrewerGoals: 1 3 times (3/26/05 vs. Notre Dame)Assists: 2 3/8/05 vs. BinghamtonPoints: 2 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton#24 John OrsenGoals: 2 2 goals (03/13/04 vs. Hopkins) Assists: 1 2 times (3/26/05 vs. Notre Dame)Points: 3 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins#9 Rob BonaguroGoals: 3 3/19/05 vs. PrincetonAssists: 1 2 times (3/12/05 at Hopkins)Points: 3 2 times (3/12/05 at Hopkins)#35 Mike UntersteinGoals: 1 2 times (3/21/05 vs.Binghamton)Assists: 3 3/26/05 vs. Notre DamePoints: 3 3/26/05 vs. Notre Dame
2005 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES
GAME 1 - February 26 vs. #15 Massachusetts: Hofstrajunior John Keysor tied a career-high with three goals butSean Morris tallied four goals and one assist to lead #15Massachusetts to a 12-7 win over #23 Hofstra at ShuartStadium in the season opener for both teams. Morris, a juniorAll-American, tied his career high with five points and set acareer-high with four goals, Senior Jeff Zywicki also talliedfive points for the Minutemen with three goals and two assists,The Pride got on the board first as Keysor scored an unassistedgoal 4:11 into the contest. But UMass responded with fivestraight goals to take a 5-1 lead 3:09 into the second quarter.Morris had the third and fourth goals in the run and Zywickiadded two assists. But Hofstra replied with three unansweredgoals in the next seven minutes of the second quarter, as TimTreubig, Ryan Vilar and Chris Unterstein dented the twine, toclose to 5-4. It was Morris' third goal of the period for theMinutemen with 3:33 left in the half that gave UMass a 6-4halftime lead and started a 4-0 run that put the game out ofreach. Zywicki scored 1:51 into the third for UMass followedby unassisted goals by Brian Jacovina and Chris Doyle thatboosted the Minutemen lead to 9-5 with 5:09 to play in thethird. After Hofstra's Tim Treubig and Zywicki exchangedgoals, the Pride responded with back-to-back goals by Keysorto close to within three at 10-7 with 7:15 to play. But that wasall that Hofstra would get as Zywicki and Moris closed thedoor on the Pride with goals in the final 2:20 to post thevictory. Hofstra junior goalie Matt Southard made 16 saves inthe contest to keep it close. Southard's counterpart in the
UMass cage, Bill Schell, faced 31 Hofstra shots but did notmake a save. 1 2 3 4 F#15 Massachusetts 2 4 3 3 12Hofstra 1 3 1 2 7
Hofstra Scoring: Goals: John Keysor 3, Tim Treubig 2, ChrisUnterstein, Ryan Vilar; Assists: Ryan Lucas, Chris Unterstein,Mike UntersteinMassachusetts Scoring: Goals: Sean Morris 4, Jeff Zywicki3, Chris Doyle 2, Brian Jacovina 2, Gene Tundo; Assists: JeffZywicki 2, Jake Deane, Chris Doyle, Sean Morris, ClayStabert, Gene Tundo Hofstra UMass Shots: 31 43 Ground Balls: 26 25 Face-offs Won: 12 11 Saves: 16 0 Penalties: 2-1.0 2-1.5 EMO: 0-2 0-2 Clears/Att 16-19 18-20 Goalies: HU-Matt Southard (60:00, 12 GA, 16 svs.); UMass–Bill Schell (60:00, 7 GA, 0 svs.)Attendance: 1170
GAME 2 - March 5 at #20 Brown: Senior attack ChazzWoodson tallied three goals and junior middie Kyle Wailesadded a goal and three assists to lead the 20th-ranked Bears ofBrown to a 10-2 victory over the 24th-ranked Pride of Hofstraat Brown’s Field Turf Field. The Bears jumped out to a 2-0lead on two man-up goals as Woodson scored at the 4:37 markand Dave Madiera made it 2-0 five minutes later. But thePride got on the board with 1:49 to play in the first as juniorattackman John Keysor came around the goal and beat Browngoalie Chandler Clarke. But Brown would score the next fourgoals, including two in the second quarter, to take a 6-1 leadseven minutes into the third quarter. In the second period,Britton Derkac and Madiera tallied goals while ChrisMucciolo, who had two goals and one assist on the day, andAlex Buckley added third quarter tallies. After Hofstra seniorRyan Vilar scored off a pass from Athan Ianucci on an extra-man opportunity with 4:19 to play in the third to cut the deficitto 6-2, Brown once again went on a four-goal run to seal thecontest. Brown picked up 48 ground balls to Hofstra’s 28 andcaptured 11 of the 16 face-offs. Hofstra was outshot 37-20.Bears’ junior goalie Rick Gentilesco recorded 11 saves whileHofstra junior goalie Matt Southard also stopped 11 shots inthe Pride cage. 1 2 3 4 F#24 Hofstra 1 0 1 0 2#20 Brown 2 2 4 2 10
Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Ryan Vilar and John Keysor;Assists: Athan IanucciBrown Scoring: Goals: Chazz Woodson 3, Dave Madeira 2,Chris Mucciolo 2, Kyle Wailes, Britton Derkac, AlexBuckley; Assists: Kyle Wailes 3, Chris Mucciolo, AlexBuckley, Will Davis. Hofstra Brown Shots: 20 37
GAME 3 - March 12 at #1 Johns Hopkins: Blue Jaysmiddie Joe Benson tallied a game-high three goals and oneassist and Kyle Barrie and Greg Peyser each added two goalsto lead top-ranked Johns Hopkins to an 11-5 victory over theHofstra Pride at Homewood Field. Hofstra junior midfielderTim Treubig led the Pride with two goals and one assist whilejunior goalie Matt Southard posted 10 saves. The Blue Jaysjumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period as Barrie scored hissecond goal of the year just 3:10 into the contest. Just twominutes later Peter LeSueur scored his second goal of the yearto make it 2-0. But Hofstra closed the gap 2:28 into the secondquarter as sophomore Athan Ianucci scored his first goal of theyear on a low bullet that beat Hopkins goalie JesseSchwartzman. Tim Treubig assisted on the goal. Joe Bensonscored his first goal of the year for Hopkins four minutes lateroff a pass from Greg Peyser to make it 3-1. But Hofstradefender Brett Moyer scored the first goal of his career, off apass from John Orsen, with 7:13 to play in the half to close thedeficit to 3-2. Benson and Peyser then scored 50 seconds apartto boost the Blue Jays' lead to 5-2. It was Peyser's fifth goal ofthe season. Treubig sent the Pride into the locker room athalftime down by two with his third goal of the season on awrap-around. The Pride scored three times in the first half onjust seven shots while Southard stopped seven shots in theHofstra cage. Kyle Barrie and Kyle Harrison scored unassistedgoals for Hopkins in the first five minutes of the third quarterto boost the Blue Jays lead to 7-3. But Treubig scored hissecond of the game and fourth of the season with 7:15 to playin the period off a pass from Rob Bonaguro, and John Keysorposted his fifth of the year with 10 seconds to play in thequarter to close the deficit to 7-5 after three periods. Althoughthe Pride had their chances, the fourth quarter was all Hopkinsas the Blue Jays scored four unanswered goals as Greg Peyser,Benson, Stephen Peyser and Kevin Huntley put the game outof reach. The Pride were outshot 34-20 and the Blue Jayspicked up 34 ground balls to Hofstra's 20. Hopkins also won18 of 20 face-offs in the contest. 1 2 3 4 FHofstra 0 3 2 0 5#1 Johns Hopkins 2 3 2 4 11
Hofstra Scoring: Goals:Tim Treubig 2, John Keysor, AthanIanucci, Brett Moyer; Assists: Tim Treubig, John Orsen, RobBonaguroHopkins Scoring: Goals:Joe Benson 3, Greg Peyser 2, KyleBarrie 2, Kyle Harrison, Kevin Huntley, Stephen Peyser, PeterLeSueur; Assists: Joe Benson, Greg Peyser, JamisonKoesterer, Kyle Harrison, Paul Rabil. Hofstra HopkinsShots: 20 34
GAME 4 – March 16 vs. #15 North Carolina: Hofstra juniorattack John Keysor recorded a career-high five pointsincluding three goals, and senior middie Ryan Vilar alsoadded three goals to lead the Hofstra Pride to a 12-8 victoryover #15 North Carolina at Shuart Stadium. The Pride jumpedout to an early 2-0 lead on goals by Chris Unterstein andAthan Ianucci, both scoring their second goals of the year.After Jed Prossner scored the first of his five goals on thenight at the 10:41 mark of the first quarter, the Pride boostedthe lead to 4-1 on Chris Unterstein’s second of the game, andRob Bonaguro’s first goal of the season. UNC senior attackMike McCall scored the first of his two goals on the nightwith 3:20 to play in the period to close the gap to 4-2 after oneperiod. There was just one goal in the second quarter but lotsof action as UNC goalie Paul Spellman made six saves andallowed just one goal in the period. Keysor scored the first ofhis three goals for Hofstra almost four minutes into the secondquarter which gave the Pride a 5-2 halftime lead. The thirdquarter was a period of spurts as UNC scored twice in the first1:32, after goals by Prossner on the man-up, and McCall toclose to within 5-4. But Hofstra responded with a man-up goalby Vilar, his third of the year, Keysor, his seventh of theseason, and senior short-stick defensive middie JamesMorgan, who tallied his first of the season and second of hiscareer, to boost the Hofstra lead to 8-4 with 7:53 to play in thethird. But the Tar Heels responded with three unansweredgoals as Prossner scored twice around a goal by freshmanNick Tintle to make it an 8-7 game heading into the fourthquarter. But Ryan Vilar, who tied his career-high with threegoals, scored his second of the game and fourth of the seasonjust 2:07 into the quarter to start a four goal Hofstra run thatsealed the victory. Pride junior Ryan Lucas scored his first ofthe year midway through the fourth to boost the Pride lead to10-7. Vilar completed the hat-trick on the man-up with 6:04left. Then John Keysor completed the Hofstra scoring with histhird goal of the game and eighth of the season with just 56seconds to play. At the start of Hofstra’s fourth quarter run,Pride junior goalie Matt Southard made one of his 10 saves inthe contest on a point blank stop of a Ryan Blair shot while aman-down. Prossner closed out the scoring for UNC with anunassisted man-up goal with 22 seconds to play. The Pride puttogether their most complete game of the season, outshootingthe Tar Heels 34-31 but, more importantly, putting 24 of the34 shots on the cage. Hofstra also got a big boost as junior JoeMascaretti won 15 of 22 face-offs. In addition to Keysor andVilar, Chris Unterstein tallied two goals and one assist and thePride received an outstanding defensive effort from juniordefender Brett Moyer with seven ground balls. In addition toProssner’s five goals, UNC got two goals and one assist fromMike McCall and three assists from Ryan Blair.
Game 5 – March 19 vs. #11 Princeton: John Keysor scoredoff a feed from Chris Unterstein 5:40 into the fourth quarter tosnap an 8-8 tie and the Pride defense held the Tigers in checkthe rest of the way as Hofstra upset #11 Princeton, 9-8, infront of 2,174 fans at James M. Shuart Stadium. Princetonjumped out to a 2-0 first quarter lead with goals from JimO'Brien (3:01) and Whitney Hayes (4:03). Hofstra stormedback with three unanswered tallies to take a 3-2 lead withseven minutes remaining in the opening stanza. The Pride goton the board as John Orsen converted an Athan Ianucci feed at4:49. Chris Unterstein followed with an unassisted tally at5:58, while Tim Treubig finished of the run with an assistfrom Ryan Vilar at eight minutes. Mike Guadio evened thescoring at the 12:51 mark to complete the first quarter scoring.The teams traded goals in the second quarter as ScottSowanick scored off a pass from Peter Trombino to give theTigers a 4-3 lead at 5:11. Rob Bonaguro tied the score at the10:36 mark with the first of his three goals with ChrisUnterstein getting the assist. In the third quarter, with thescore tied at six, the Tigers scored back-to-back goals to take a7-5 lead with 8:06 remaining. Gaudio scored his second of theday, while Trombino also notched his second tally with anassist from Tripp Shiner. Hofstra would not go quietly asTreubig and Bonaguro scored unassisted at 8:02 and 10:00,respectively, to tie the score at 7. The Tigers broke the tie with1:24 remaining in the quarter as Jason Danger converted afeed from Trombino to give Princeton an 8-7 advantage. Butwith time winding down in the quarter, Chris Untersteinpassed from behind the cage to his younger brother MikeUnterstein, who beat Princeton reserve goalkeeper MatthewLarkin, with three seconds left in the quarter. Larkin hadreplaced starting keeper Dave Law at the 10 minute mark ofthe third quarter. That set the stage for Keycorp’s game-
winner, which was initially slowed by Larkin, but managed totrickle over the goal line to give the Pride a 9-8 lead. ThePride still had to work on defense and held the Tigers to noshots on goal and forced five turnovers over the last nineminutes to secure the win. Chris Unterstein finished with onegoal and four assists, while Bonaguro contributed the hat trickand Treubig added two goals. Brett Moyer picked up fiveground balls and had three caused turnovers. Matt Southardenjoyed another good game in goal, stopping eight shots.Trombino led the Tigers with two goals and two assists. Lawmade five saves and allowed seven goals, while Larkin hadtwo saves and let up two goals.
1 2 3 4 F#11 Princeton 3 1 4 0 8Hofstra 3 1 4 1 9
Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Rob Bonaguro 3, Tim Treubig 2,John Keysor, John Orsen, Chris Unterstein, Mike Unterstein;Assists: Chris Unterstein 4, Athan Ianucci, Ryan Vilar.Princeton Scoring: Goals: Peter Trombino 2, Mike Gaudio 2,Scott Sowanick, Jim O’Brien, Whitney Hayes, Jason Doneger;Assists: Peter Trombino 2, Tripp Shriner, Scott Sowanick
Game 6 – March 21 vs. Binghamton: John Keysor, JohnOrsen and Ryan Vilar scored unanswered goals in the first6:30 of the third quarter to break a 3-3 halftime tie and leadthe 13th-ranked Hofstra Pride to a 7-5 victory over theBinghamton Bearcats at Shuart Stadium. Athan Ianuccirecorded two goals and one assist, and Ryan Vilar had twogoals to lead the Pride. Jeff Santucci and Matt McNamaraeach had a goal and an assist to pace the Bearcats. Hofstraoutshot Binghamton 31-16, picked up 33 ground balls to theBearcats 14, and won 13 of 16 faceoffs. The Pride, who wereplaying their fourth game in the past 10 days and were comingoff wins over North Carolina and Princeton since lastWednesday, jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a man-up goal bysenior middie Ryan Vilar, his sixth of the season at 1:10 markof the contest, Athan Ianucci tallied his third of the year with2:53 to play in the quarter, and freshman Mike Untersteinadded his second of the season with 1:11 to play. ButBinghamton scored three unanswered goals starting withSantucci's third of the season with 20 seconds to play in thefirst quarter, Brian Chaapel's second of the year from Santucciwith four minutes left in the second, and Matt McNamara'sfifth goal of the year with just six seconds to play in the half.
Keysor got the Pride started in the second half, just 1:05 intothe third, scoring his 10th goal of the year. Junior middie JohnOrsen tallied his second of the year 2:40 later on a blast from12 yards, and Vilar notched his second of the game andseventh of the year with 8:30 to play in the third to put thePride up 6-3. The Bearcats closed to 6-4 on Rob Williamssecond goal of the year off a pass from Chris Bernard with4:19 to play in the period. But Hofstra boosted the lead back tothree with just one second in the quarter on a pass from ChrisUnterstein behind the cage to Athan Ianucci from 18 yardsout. The Bearcats closed to within two at 7-5 on Jeff Kaylor'sfirst goal of the season off a pass from McNamara 5:16 intothe fourth. But Pride goalie Matt Southard recorded four of hissix saves in the fourth quarter to stop the Binghamton upsetthoughts.
Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Athan Ianucci 2, Ryan Vilar 2, JohnOrsen, John Keysor, Mike Unterstein; Assists: ChrisUnterstein, Athan Ianucci,Binghamton Scoring: Goals Jeff Santucci, Matt McNamara,Brian Chaapel; Rob Williams, Jeff Kaylor; Assists: ChrisBernard, Matt McNamara, Jeff Santucci
Game 7 - March 26 vs. #9 Notre Dame: Junior attackmanPat Walsh scored his sixth goal of the game with 1:55 to playin the second overtime to give the ninth-ranked Fighting Irishof Notre Dame a 9-8 victory over #13 Hofstra at James M.Shuart Stadium.Walsh finished with a career-high six goalsand one assist and senior middie Brian Giordano added a goaland an assist to pace the Fighting Irish. Hofstra received twogoals each from Athan Ianucci, Rob Bonaguro and RyanLucas and three assists from freshman Mike Unterstein. ThePride jumped on the board first just 2:19 into the contest on anunassisted goal by Tim Treubig. But Notre Dame scored thenext four with Walsh scoring three and Matt Ryan scoring theother to give the Irish a 4-1 4:02 into the second quarter.Hofstra sophomore Athan Ianucci took a pass from JohnOrsen and fired a 15-yard shot past goalie Joey Kemp to cutthe deficit to 4-2. But Walsh and Jim Morrison added back-to-back goals to boost the lead to 6-2. Pride junior midfielderRob Bonaguro scored his fifth goal of the year with 31seconds to play in the second quarter to bring the Pride within
6-3 at halftime. Brian Giordano boosted the Notre Dame leadto 7-3 4:56 into the third quarter on a 15-yard bullet from outfront. It was Giordano’s seventh goal of the year. But Hofstrastarted moving at that point. Bonaguro scored his second ofthe game and sixth of the season off a pass from MikeUnterstein with 7:22 to play in the period. Four minutes later,Ianucci scored his second of the game and sixth of the seasonfrom Unterstein to close the gap to 7-5. That’s how the thirdquarter ended thanks to Irish goalie Joey Kemp, who madefive of his 16 saves in the contest in the third period. In thefourth quarter Notre Dame benefited from a Pride turnovernear midfield with Matt Karweck attacking the goal and thenflipping a pass across to Walsh for a goal from five yards outwith 10:47 to play in regulation. The Pride closed the gap to 8-6 1:35 later as Mike Unterstein passed to junior Ryan Lucasfor his second goal of the season. Both teams played tight inthe fourth before Hofstra sophomore midfielder Tom Brewergave the Pride some hope inside the 2:00 mark. Brewer randown the right side, cut inside his defender, and beat Kempone-on-one at the cage for his first goal of the year with 1:41to play. Hofstra tied the game with 40 seconds to play inregulation as senior midfielder Ryan Vilar passed to RyanLucas, who took a running jump shot from seven yards thatbeat Kemp. The Irish almost won it at the end of regulationwhen a long clearing pass skipped by the Hofstra defense andfound Giordano alone in front of Pride goalie Matt Southard.The junior netminder had to make a falling down save to sendthe game into overtime as time expired. Irish goalie JoeyKemp made three saves in the first overtime to send the gameinto a second extra period. Hofstra held the ball for 1:53 of thesecond overtime before a turnover gave the ball back to NotreDame. After a timeout, the Irish attacked the Hofstra end withWalsh getting the ball in the corner. He challenged his Pridedefender, beat him inside, and fired a low shot past Southardfor the victory. Hofstra, which had its overtime winning streakstopped at four, outshot the Irish 42-26 and picked up 39ground balls to Notre Dame’s 27.
Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Athan Ianucci 2, Ryan Lucas 2, RobBonaguro 2, Tim Treubig, Tom Brewer; Assists: MikeUnterstein 3, John Orsen, Ryan VilarNotre Dame Scoring: Goals Pat Walsh 6, Brian Giordano,Matt Ryan, Jim Morrison; Assists: Brian Giordano, MattKarweck, Drew Peters, Pat Walsh
