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1 Massachusetts are unranked in both the USILA poll and the Inside Lacrosse media poll. STREAKS AND TRENDS: Hofstra is on a three-game losing skid with losses to #1 Johns Hopkins, #5 Princeton and #15 Notre Dame. The Pride have won 22 of their last 32 contests, 30 of its last 45 games, 34 of the last 50, 45 of the last 70 and 58 of its last 86 games, dating back to HOFSTRA MEN S LACROSSE 2004 Season - Game 7 #13 HOFSTRA PRIDE (2-4) at MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN (3-4) Sunday, March 28-1:00 p.m. Garber Field Amherst, MA 2004 HOFSTRA LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result 28 #12 CORNELL (#11) L March 6 #7 LOYOLA (#19) 9-8 W 8 BINGHAMTON (#11) 14-9 W 13 #1 JOHNS HOPKINS (#11) 6-13 L 20 at #6 Princeton (#14) 5-10 L 24 at #15 Notre Dame (#13) L 28 at Massachusetts (#13) 1:00 p.m. April 3 at Delaware* 7:30 p.m. 7 SACRED HEART* 7:30 p.m. 10 at Drexel* 2:00 p.m. 17 TOWSON* 7:30 p.m. 24 at Villanova* 6:00 p.m. 27 at Stony Brook 7:00 p.m. May 5 CAA Tournament Semifinals TBA 8 CAA Tournament Championship TBA 15 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA 16 NCAA Tournament-First Round TBA 22 NCAA Quarterfinals at Virginia Noon 23 NCAA Quarterfinals at Cornell Noon 29 NCAA Semifinals at Baltimore Noon 31 NCAA Championship at Baltimore 2:00 p.m. * Colonial Athletic Association Game Hofstra has won eight of its last 10 home games at James M. Shuart Stadium. The only blemishes during that time were the loss to Cornell on February 28 and the loss to Hopkins on March 13. PRIDE COACH JOHN DANOWSKI John Danowski, who is in his 19th season at Hofstra, is the head coach of the Pride. He has posted a (.607) 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 (.619) in 22 years of coaching. He spent three seasons at C.W. Post recording a record with the Pioneers. HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES: Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 to 1999 and served as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in 2000 and 2001, is in his second season as an assistant on the Pride staff. Sean Smith is in his sixth season as a part-time assistant coach with the Pride. Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholastic assistant coach Ron Caputo is in his first season on the Pride staff. NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride of Hofstra are ranked 13th in both the USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse.com media poll. The Minutemen of

2 HOFSTRA S 2004 STAT LEADERS 6 GAMES Key Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts. Ryan Vilar M Jr Athan Ianucci A Fr Tim Treubig M So John Keysor M So Ryan Lucas A So Chris Unterstein A So Matt Southard G So GAA HOFSTRA S TENTATIVE LINE-UP vs. Massachusetts Pos. Name No. Cl Stats A Ryan Lucas 1 So A Athan Ianucci 32 Fr A Ryan Miller 2 So M Don Scott 41 Sr M Ryan Vilar 36 Jr M Tim Treubig 22 So D Brian Zuchelli 43 Sr. 13 GB D Brett Moyer 15 So. 26 GB D Jon Edwards 37 Jr. 15 GB G Matt Southard 23 So GAA Reserves 2M Keith Mekeel 12 Sr M John Keysor 11 So M Rob Bonaguro 49 So M Tom Brewer 20 Fr M Bill DeNisco 10 Jr M James Morgan 14 Jr LSM Julian Watts 18 Fr. 8 GB LSM Kevin McDonaugh 7 So. 9 GB FO Len Panarelli 40 Jr FO Bill DeNisco 10 Jr FO John Keysor 11 So TODAY S OPPONENT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Location: Amherst, MA Nickname: Minutemen Director of Athletics: John F. McCutcheon Lacrosse Stadium: Richard F. Garber Field (5,000) Press Box Phone: (413) Head Lacrosse Coach: Greg Cannella Record at School/Years: 77-47/Nine years Overall Record: Same Coach s Office Phone: (413) Men's Lacrosse SID: Chris Forman Office Phone: (413) Fax: (413) Record: 13-3/3-2 (ECAC) Returning Lettermen/Starters: 27/8 Series Record: Hofstra leads Last Meeting: 2003-Massachusetts won 9-6 Athletic Website: MASSACHUSETTS RESULTS 2/28 North Carolina 7-12 L 3/2 HARTFORD 13-7 W 3/6 at Stony Brook 10-3 W 3/13 HARVARD 7-11 L 3/16 ALBANY L 3/20 at Brown 5-10 L 3/23 SACRED HEART 12-4 W HOFSTRA-MASSACHUSETTS SERIES: Today's game is the 28th meeting between Hofstra and Massachusetts in men s lacrosse in a series that started in Hofstra leads the series and has won five of the last nine meetings. Massachusetts defeated Hofstra twice last season, winning on March 23 rd at James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY 14-7, and in the NCAA Tournament first round on May 11 th 9-6. Hofstra's overtime victory at Massachusetts in 2002 was the third overtime game in the Pride- Minutemen series. Hofstra has won all three. Seven games in the series have been decided by just one goal while three have been decided by two goals and three goals each. The Hofstra-Massachusetts Series Since 1992 Year Winner Loser Location 2003 UMass 9 Hofstra 6 Amherst 2003 UMass 14 Hofstra 7 Hempstead 2002 Hofstra 12 UMass 11 (OT) Amherst 2001 UMass 17 Hofstra 13 Hempstead 2000 Hofstra 10 UMass 7 Amherst 1999 Hofstra 8 UMass 7 Hempstead 1998 UMass 7 Hofstra 6 Amherst 1997 Hofstra 7 UMass 6 (2OT) Hempstead 1996 Hofstra 15 UMass 14 (OT) Hempstead 1995 UMass 11 Hofstra 5 Hempstead 1994 UMass 11 Hofstra 8 Hempstead 1993 Hofstra 9 UMass 8 Hempstead Hofstra 16 UMass 8 Hempstead 1992 UMass 17 Hofstra 4 Amherst HOFSTRA-MASSACHUSETTS LAST YEAR - GAME 6 - MARCH 23, 2003 IN HEMPSTEAD: Jeff Zywicki tallied five goals and one assist, and Chris Fiore added three goals as sixth-ranked Massachusetts remained undefeated with a 14-7 victory over 15th-ranked Hofstra at Shuart Stadium. Mike Morrison, Ryan Vilar and Tim Treubig each scored twice to lead the Pride.

3 Massachusetts jumped on Hofstra early, scoring seven of the first nine goals to take a 7-2 lead at halftime. Neil Lundberg opened the scoring for UMass 5:15 into the contest with an unassisted goal. Zywicki scored his 19th of the season with 5:58 to play in the quarter, off a pass from Steven Byrnes, and Sean Morris scored an unassisted goal 2:22 later to give the Minutemen a 3-0 lead. Hofstra middie Mike Morrison put Hofstra on the board with a goal off a feed from Jim Femminella with just 28 seconds to play in the quarter. Zywicki and Gene Tundo boosted the UMass lead to 5-1 with goals in the first 3:35 of the second quarter before Vilar scored his first goal of the season with 4:58 to play in the half. But UMass would score twice in the final 13 seconds of the half on unassisted tallies by Fiore and Zywicki to start a 4-0 spurt and give Massachusetts a 7-2 lead at halftime. Christopher Doyle and Tundo scored goals in the first 1:53 of the third to give UMass a 9-2 lead before Hofstra mounted a little rally, scoring four of the next five goals. Tim Treubig scored his first collegiate goal with 8:35 to play in the quarter to cut the gap to 9-3. Fiore would scored UMass' 10th goal less than two minutes later before Ryan Lucas, Vilar, and Morrison (his fifth of the season) scored goals in a 2:30 span to close the gap to But Zywicki ended the Hofstra run with a goal off a pass from Byrnes with 2:19 left in the third to close out the scoring in the period. Treubig scored his second of the game from Morrison 1:07 into the fourth to give Hofstra some hope at But Fiore and Kevin Leveille would score goals in the following two minutes, and Zywicki would add an insurance goal midway through the period to shut the door. The Minutemen outshot Hofstra, 42-30, and were almost perfect in the clearing department, making 24 of 25 clears. Hofstra won 16 face-offs and picked up 35 ground balls to UMass' 27. Bill Schell recorded 10 saves in the Minutemen cage, while Matt Southard made 12 saves but allowed all 14 goals for the Pride. #6 Massachusetts #15 Hofstra Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Mike Morrison (2-1), Ryan Vilar (2-0), Tim Treubig (2-0), Ryan Lucas (1-0), Joe Kostolansky (0-1), Jim Femminella (0-1) Massachusetts Scoring (Goals-Assists): Jeff Zywicki (5-1), Chris Fiore (3-0), Steven Byrnes (0-3) Gen Tundo (2-0), Sean Morris (1-1), Chris Doyle (1-0), Kevin Leveille (1-0), Neil Lundberg (1-0), Kevin Glenz (0-1) Hofstra UMass Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: 16 8 Saves: Penalties: 2/2.0 5/3.0 EMO: Clears/Att.: Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (56:43, 12 svs., 14 GA), Steve Izzo (3:17, 0 svs., 0 GA); UM- Bill Schell (60:00, 10 svs., 7 GA) Attendance: 2,592 GAME 17 - MAY 11, 2003 IN AMHERST (NCAA TOURNAMENT): Kevin Leveille scored two of his gamehigh three goals during a key third quarter spurt to lead Massachusetts to a 9-6 victory over Hofstra in a NCAA Division I Men s Lacrosse Tournament first round game at Richard F. Garber Field. In addition to Leveille, Jeff Zywicki added two goals and one assist, Neil Lundberg had two goals, and Chris Fiore added two assists for the Minutemen. Hofstra was led by Ryan Vilar s two goals and John Keysor s one goal and one assist. The Pride, who lost to Massachusetts, 14-7, on March 23 in Hempstead, played the experienced Minutemen much better the second time around, matching their scoring in three of the four quarters. But it was in that one quarter the third that the contest was decided. After playing to a 3-3 tie after one quarter, and a 4-4 score at halftime, the Minutemen erupted for the first three goals of the third quarter and four in the period to take an 8-5 lead at the end of three quarters. Hofstra opened the scoring in the game on its first shot of the contest as Keysor beat UMass goalie Bill Schell from the right side 54 seconds into the contest. But Neil Lundberg scored the first of his two goals on the day at the 4:12 mark to tie the game at 1-1. Vilar scored his seventh of the season 1:16 later to give the Pride a 2-1 lead. Zywicki, UMass leading scorer, notched his 40th goal of the season off a pass from Sean Morris to tie the game at 2-2 less than a minute later. Vilar broke the tie with 4:32 to play in the quarter, before Lundberg tied the game off a pass from Chris Fiore with just 10 seconds remaining in the period. UMass took their first lead of the contest as Chris Doyle scored an unassisted goal 2:32 into the second quarter. But on a two-man advantage, Hofstra s Ryan Lucas took a pass from Mike Morrison and beat Schell with 9:40 to play before halftime. Both teams had chances to take the lead but a shot by Leveille hit the post, and a pointblank shot by Hofstra freshman John Orsen, in the waning seconds of the quarter, was stopped by Schell. The first five minutes of the third quarter were scoreless but UMass got an unfortunate break 3:52 into the period when Pride defender Brian Zuchelli, Hofstra s most experienced defenseman, had to leave the game with a knee injury after a collision with a Minuteman. Just 1:16 later, Gene Tundo fed Leveille who scored the go-ahead goal. Less than two minutes later, Zywicki notched his 41st of the season on a falling down shot from the right side of Southard. Zuchelli returned to the game, but Kevin Glenz scored for Massachusetts after picking up a loose ball in front of Southard with 5:33 to play in the third for a 7-4 lead. Hofstra senior Joe Kostolansky, who

4 led the team in scoring in 2003, notched his 29th goal of the year and the 50th point of his season off a pass from Keysor with 2:41 to play in the third to cut the deficit to 7-5. But Zywicki fed Leveille with 1:06 to play in the quarter to boost the lead to 8-5. The Pride wouldn t quit and showed some life after Chris Unterstein fed Jim Femminella for his team-leading 35th goal of the year that cut the UMass lead to 8-6. But the wind seemed to come out of Hofstra s sails when Zuchelli had to leave the game for good after his knee gave out making a simple turn just 16 seconds after the goal. Leveille would score his third of the game three minutes later to give the Minutemen a 9-6 lead and close out the scoring. Southard posted 11 saves in the Hofstra cage, while Schell tallied nine in the UMass goal. The Minutemen outshot Hofstra by just three, 35-32, but picked up 43 ground balls to the Pride s 24. #10 Hofstra #5 Massachusetts Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Vilar (2-0), John Keysor (1-1), Joe Kostolansky (1-0), Jim Femminella (1-0), Ryan Lucas (1-0), Mike Morrison (0-1), Chris Unterstein (0-1) Massachusetts Scoring (Goals-Assists): Kevin Leveille (3-0), Jeff Zywicki (2-1)Neil Lundberg (2-0), Christopher Fiore (0-2), Christopher Doyle (1-0), Kevin Glenz (1-0), Sean Morris (0-1), Gene Tundo (0-1) Hofstra UMass Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: 6 13 Saves: 11 9 Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att.: Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 11 svs., 9 GA); Massachusetts- Bill Schell (60:00, 9 svs., 6 GA) Attendance: 2,031 USILA GEICO/STX COACHES POLL: Here is the USILA Coaches Poll, as of March 22, 2004: No. Team (1 st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW 1 Johns Hopkins (9) Maryland (1) Syracuse North Carolina Princeton T6 6 Georgetown T6 7 Duke Navy Army Rutgers Loyola Cornell Hofstra UMBC Notre Dame Denver Virginia n/r 18 Brown n/r 19 Ohio State T19 20 Delaware n/r Others receiving votes (in order): Towson, Harvard, Yale, Air Force, Dartmouth, Villanova, Massachusetts, Penn State, Bucknell INSIDE LACROSSE.COM MEDIA POLL: Here is the latest Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll, as of March 22, 2004: No. School (1 st pl. votes) Rec. Pts. LW 1 Johns Hopkins (14) Maryland (1) Princeton North Carolina Syracuse Georgetown Duke Rutgers t Navy Loyola Army Cornell Hofstra Virginia Notre Dame UMBC Brown NR 18 Towson Denver Dartmouth NR Others Receiving Votes (in order): Ohio State 28, Harvard 26, Yale 24, Delaware 21, Penn State 14, Air Force 11, UMass 9, UPenn 1 INJURY REPORT Junior midfielder Jeremy Krykostas is doubtful with a high ankle sprain. Sophomore midfielder John Orsen is out for the season with a knee injury suffered last week (3/18) in practice. Sophomore defender Bryan Read is out for the season with a knee injury sustained during the first week of practice.

5 HOFSTRA S LAST GAME MARCH 24, 2004 at NOTRE DAME: The 15th-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame dominated play in the first quarter, jumping out to a 7-0 lead, on the way to a victory over #13 Hofstra Wednesday night at the Loftus Indoor Sports Center on the Notre Dame campus. Notre Dame improved to 2-3 on the season, while the Pride, who dropped their third consecutive contest, fell to 2-4. Irish junior Brian Giordano tied a career-high with five goals, while sophomore middie Brian Hubschmann added a career-high four goals and posted one assist, and sophomore Pat Walsh (Wantagh, NY) chipped in with two goals and three assists. The Pride were led by freshman attackman Athan Ianucci with a career-high four goals and one assist, while sophomore Chris Unterstein added three goals and one assist. The Pride couldn t seem to get their game legs until 17 minutes after the opening face-off as Ianucci dented the twine off with a man-up goal off a pass from Tim Treubig 3:26 into the second period. But the damage was done as the Irish had scored seven times, all at even-man situations, in the first 15 minutes. Not only did the Irish take an insurmountable lead in the first quarter, Hofstra did not get off a shot as Notre Dame outshot the Pride 17-0 in the first quarter. Hofstra goalie Matt Southard recorded five of his 12 total saves in the first quarter. But Hofstra seemed to right the ship in the second as Ianucchi s second goal closed the gap to 7-2 with 10:49 to play in the half and gave the Pride hope. But Walsh scored his second of the game and 11th of the season 26 seconds later to start a 3-0 Irish run that boosted the Notre Dame lead to But Hofstra did not quit and goals by Unterstein (2nd of the season), Rob Bonaguro (2nd) and Ryan Vilar (10th) brought the Pride back to 11-5 at halftime. Irish senior Dan Berger scored his eighth goal of the year eight seconds into the second half to bump the Notre Dame lead to But Pride sophomore Tim Treubig (11th) and Unterstein closed the gap to five seven minutes later. After Matt Karweck tallied his ninth of the year with 6:28 to play in the third, Unterstein scored his third of the game and the fourth of his season, on the man-up, a minute later to close to It would be as close as Hofstra would get as Berger scored 2:56 before the end of the third, and Hubschmann scored 2:49 into the fourth for a 15-8 lead. The Pride were outshot, 49-32, and the Irish picked up 47 ground balls to Hofstra s 32. #13 Hofstra #15 Notre Dame Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Athan Ianucci (4-1), Chris Untersetin (3-1), Ryan Vilar (1-2), Tim Treubig (1-1), David Schwartzberg (1-0), Rob Bonaguro (1-0), Don Scott (0-1), Ryan Lucas (0-1) Notre Dame Scoring (Goals-Assists): Brian Giordano (5-0), Brian Hubschmann (4-1), Pat Walsh (2-3), Matt Ryan (1-3), Dan Berger (2-1), Matt Howell (1-2), Mickey Blum (1-0), Steve Clagett (1-0), Matt Karweck (1-0), Frank Matarazzo (1-0), Chris Richez (0-1), Owen Mulford (0-1) Hofstra Notre Dame Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: Saves: Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (54:55, 19 GA, 11 svs.), Bill Liedke (5:05, 0 GA, 1 svs.); UND- Stewart Crossland (60:00, 11 GA, 11 svs.) Attendance: 372 IRISH SNAP LOSING SKID: The Hofstra loss at Notre Dame snapped a five-game winning streak over the Fighting Irish and moved the Pride s all-time series lead against Notre Dame to 6-5. WHERE S THE DEFENSE: The 19 goals allowed at Notre Dame are the most allowed by a Pride team since May 22, 1993 when Syracuse scored 20 in a NCAA Tournament first round game. UNRANKED STREAK ON THE LINE With their victory over Binghamton on March 8, the Pride have won 25 straight contests over non-ranked opponents dating back to an 8-7 overtime loss at Delaware on April 14, The Pride is 46-3 against unranked opponents since Hofstra s unranked losses have come against Delaware in overtime in 2000, Notre Dame in 1998 and Army in All three were road games. IANUCCI Freshman attackman Athan Ianucci set a career-high with four goals and also tied a career-best with five points at Notre Dame last Wednesday. He also posted five points on three goals and two assists against Binghamton on March 8. He had a goal and an assist against the Greyhounds of Loyola. For his efforts in the Hofstra victories over Loyola and Binghamton he was named the CAA Rookie of the Week for March 9. Ianucci had an impressive college debut on February

6 28 th with one goal and three assists against Cornell. Sacred Heart UNTERSTEIN BREAKS OUT Sophomore middie Chris Unterstein had his best game of the year with three goals and one assist at Notre Dame. He entered the game with one goal and two assists in five previous games. Unterstein had 10 goals and eight assists as a freshman last season. GOALIE MATT SOUTHARD Sophomore goalie Matt Southard recorded career high saves on consecutive weekends this season. He recorded a career-high 18 saves in Hofstra s 9-8 victory over Loyola on March 6. Against Johns Hopkins a week later, Southard posted 19 saves. Southard s previous high in saves coming into the 2004 season was 17 in the 2003 CAA semifinal against Villanova. He had 10 saves at Princeton on March 20 and 11 at Notre Dame last Wednesday. TREUBIG Sophomore Tim Treubig has scored in all six games this season. He now has 11 goals after scoring one goal at Notre Dame. Treubig had 11 goals and four assists in He has 11 goals and two assists already in He was named the CAA Co-Player of the Week on March 1st after scoring a career-high four goals in the season opener against Cornell. He added three goals against Binghamton on March 8. Treubig, who scored the game-winner in overtime against Sacred Heart, and the tying and game-winning goals against Duke last year, was named the CAA s Co- Rookie of the Week on April 28, He added two goals in the CAA semifinal victory over Villanova and one goal against Towson in the title game CAA STANDINGS As of March 22, 2004 Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Delaware Villanova Drexel Hofstra Towson TIGERS EVEN SERIES WITH THE PRIDE: Last Saturday s Princeton victory over the Pride evened the all-time series between the two teams at 9-9. Princeton has won the last seven meetings. PRIDE WIN THE BATTLE AT THE X: For just the second time this season, Hofstra won the battle at the face-off X last Saturday at Princeton. The Pride won 10 of 19 face-offs with junior Len Panarelli taking all the draws. KEYSOR Sophomore John Keysor (pronounced Kaiser) posted a career-high three goals against Cornell on February 28. The three scores topped his previous high of two goals that he scored against Sacred Heart and Towson twice. Keysor tallied two goals and one assist against Princeton on March 20. THREE MIDDIES DO ALL THE SCORING VS. JHU Ryan Vilar, John Orsen and Tim Treubig did all the scoring for Hofstra against number 1 Johns Hopkins on March 13. Vilar had three goals and two assists, Orsen had two goals and an assist and Treubig had a goal and an assist against the Blue Jays. VILAR Junior middie Ryan Vilar posted a career-high three goals and two assists for five points in the loss to Johns Hopkins on March 13. He tallied a goal and two assists at Notre Dame. He leads the team in scoring with 10 goals and eight assists. Vilar came up big for the Pride in the second half against Loyola on March 6. Vilar scored three unanswered goals to turn a 7-5 deficit into an 8-7 lead, and then assisted on the game-winning goal by Ryan Lucas. He added a goal and an assist against Binghamton. For his efforts against Loyola and Binghamton Vilar was named the CAA Player of the Week on March 9. MILLER Sophomore Ryan Miller recorded a career-high four goals and five points against Binghamton on March 8.

7 Ryan is following in the footsteps of his older brother Blake, who tallied 22 goals and 12 assists in 1995, and 36 goals and 17 assists in 1996 for Hofstra. Ryan posted eight goals and seven assists in Miller had three assists against Notre Dame and two goals at Army last season. He posted two assists against Cornell on February 28. He has four goals and three assists in six games this season. LUCAS Sophomore attackman Ryan Lucas recorded his second career game-winning goal against Loyola with a man-up tally with 4:25 to play. He recorded a career-high seven ground balls against the Greyhounds. Lucas tied his career highs in goals and points with two goals and three points against Cornell on February 28. He tallied 12 goals and seven assists last season and has four goals and four assists this year. MOYER Sophomore defender Brett Moyer picked up six ground balls against both Johns Hopkins and Princeton, tying his career high. He was voted the CAA s 2003 Co-Rookie of the Year by the league s coaches. Moyer was a member of the U.S. National Under 19 team that captured the Gold Medal in the World Championships last summer. ZUCHELLI Senior defender Brian Zuchelli returned to start for the Pride against Cornell in the season opener after suffering a knee injury at Massachusetts in the NCAA Tournament last May. Zuchelli underwent surgery in June and has rehabbed the knee since. He was cleared to play in January. He has 13 ground balls this season. UNLUCKY AGAINST THE TOP 6 Including the Princeton loss, the Pride is 1-10 in their last 11 games against teams that were ranked sixth or better, dating back to the end of the 1999 season. The only Pride win over a Top Six team during that time came in 2001 when Hofstra edged Notre Dame in overtime. Hofstra is 6-22 against opponents ranked sixth or better since AGAINST THE TOP 10 Hofstra s victory over Loyola on March 6 was Hofstra s first this season over a Top 10 opponent. The Greyhounds came into the game ranked seventh. The victory marked the third consecutive year and four times in the last five seasons that the Pride have defeated a Top 7 opponent. Hofstra played four opponents who were ranked in the Top 10 last season. Massachusetts was ranked fifth entering the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Syracuse was ranked seventh when they lost to Hofstra 8-6. The Pride lost to then-#7 Princeton 18-5 on March 15th and then- #6 Massachusetts 14-7 on March 23. Hofstra is 6-10 in its last 16 games against Top 10 opponents. The Pride s highest-ranked victory during that time was an overtime decision over second-ranked Notre Dame in Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp 3/20/04 #6 Princeton Away 5-10 L 3/13/04 #1 Johns Hopkins Home 6-13 L 3/6/04 #7 Loyola Home 9-8 W 5/11/03 #5 Massachusetts Away 6-9 L 4/17/03 #7 Syracuse Home 8-6 W 3/23/03 #6 Massachusetts Home 7-14 L 3/15/03 #7 Princeton Home 5-18 L 4/26/02 #7 Duke Home 14-6 W 3/16/02 #8 Princeton Away 4-12 L 3/9/02 #2 Johns Hopkins Home 8-9 L 3/2/02 #8 Loyola Home 7-8 L 5/19/01 #1 Syracuse+ Home L 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral W OT 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away L 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home W 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home W (OT) HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 16 of its last 20 home games at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly Hofstra Stadium). The Pride s only losses during that time have been to Princeton, Massachusetts, Cornell and Hopkins. ONE-GOAL CONTESTS: Hofstra posted four one-goal decisions last season. The Pride were involved in three one-goal contests in During John Danowski s 18 seasons as coach at Hofstra, the Pride have been involved in 54 one-goal

8 decisions, including playoff games. Hofstra s record in those games is The Pride have recorded four or more one-goal decisions in a single season six times. In each of those six seasons (1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003), the Pride advanced to play in the NCAA Championship Tournament. In 1993, Hofstra recorded six one-goal decisions, posting a 5-1 record in those contests. OVERTIME: The Pride is 12-3 in overtime games under John Danowski. Hofstra is 7-1 in its last eight OT games. Here is the Pride s OT history since 1986: Year Opponent Result 2003 at Sacred Heart 9-8 W 2002 at Massachusetts W 2001 Virginia W Notre Dame W 2000 at Delaware 7-8 L 1999 Johns Hopkins 9-8 W Notre Dame 10-9 W 1997 Massachusetts 7-6 W (2OT) 1996 Georgetown L Massachusetts W 1995 Brown 10-9 W 1994 Army L 1993 Virginia 7-6 W 1991 at Army W 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT) SEVEN PRIDE PLAYERS NAMED TO 2003 ALL-CAA TEAMS Hofstra placed three players on the All-CAA first team and four on the second team in Joe Kostolansky, Mike Morrison and Brian Zuchelli were voted to the first team while Jim Femminella, Mike Allain, Brett Moyer and Matt Southard were picked to the second team. SEASON 56 FOR HOFSTRA Hofstra is in its 56th season of men s lacrosse. Pride teams have tallied a record during that time. SEVEN RANKED OPPONENTS IN 2004 Hofstra will play seven teams this season who are ranked in the Inside Lacrosse.com Preseason Top 25 Poll. The Pride have played against eight or more ranked opponents in each of the past three seasons. OUR TOURNAMENT OPPONENTS IN 2004 Hofstra will face four opponents in 2004 that played in the 2003 NCAA Tournament. RETURNEES The Pride have seven starters returning from last year s 11-6 team. They are Ryan Lucas on attack; John Keysor, Tim Treubig and Ryan Vilar at midfield; Brian Zuchelli and Brett Moyer on defense; and Matt Southard in goal. Hofstra returns 19 players from last year s team. RADIO: All 13 Hofstra men s lacrosse games in 2004 will be aired on either WRHU-FM (88.7) on Long Island, WRHU.org, the station s website, or on the Hofstra Athletic Web Channel (HAWC), which can be accessed from the Hofstra Athletics homepage. The Massachusetts game can be heard on WRHU-FM 88.7 on Long Island and on the internet at HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE Get the latest information on the Hofstra men s lacrosse program by going to HOFSTRA MEN S LACROSSE REPORT The Hofstra Men s Lacrosse Report, featuring Pride Head Lacrosse Coach John Danowski, is a 30-minute review, preview and update show that can be heard on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. and Fridays at Noon on the HAWC (The Hofstra Athletic Web Channel) by clicking on the HAWC tag in the multimedia section on the Hofstra Athletics website HOFSTRA ACTIVE CAREER HIGHS #1 Ryan Lucas Goals: 2 3 times (02/28/04 vs. Cornell) Assists: 2 3 times (3/8/04 vs. Binghamton) Points: 3 3 times (3/8/04 vs. Binghamton) #33 Chris Unterstein Goals: 3 2 times (3/24/04 at Notre Dame) Assists: 2 3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame Points: 4 2 times 3/24/04 at Notre Dame) #32 Athan Ianucci Goals: 4 3/24/04 at Notre Dame Assists: 3 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Points: 5 2 times (3/24/04 at Notre Dame) #36 Ryan Vilar Goals: 3 2 times (3/13/04 vs. Hopkins) Assists: 2 3 times (3/24/04 at Notre Dame) Points: 5 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins #42 Ryan Miller Goals: 4 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton Assists: 3 3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame Points: 5 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton #12 Keith Mekeel

9 Goals: 2 Assists: 1 Points: 2 2 times (3/8/03 vs. Cornell) 3 times (3/29/03 vs. Drexel) 3 times (3/8/03 vs. Cornell) #22 Tim Treubig Goals: 4 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Assists: 2 4/4/03 at Towson Points: 4 2/28/04 vs. Cornell #11 John Keysor Goals: 3 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Assists: 3 3/29/03 vs. Drexel Points: 4 3/29/03 vs. Drexel #41 Don Scott Goals: 2 3/4/03 vs. Binghamton Assists: 1 3/24/04 at Notre Dame Points: 2 3/4/03 vs. Binghamton #20 Tom Brewer Goals: 1 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Assists: 2 3/8/05 vs. Binghamton Points: 2 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton #24 John Orsen Goals: 2 2 goals (03/13/04 vs. Hopkins) Assists: 1 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins Points: 3 3/13/04 vs. Hopkins 2004 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES GAME 1 - FEBRUARY 28, 2004 vs. #12 CORNELL: Sophomore midfielder Joe Boulukos scored five goals and senior attackman Andrew Collins added a goal and four assists to lead the 12 th -ranked Big Red of Cornell (1-0) to a victory over the 11 th -ranked Pride of Hofstra (0-1) at James M. Shuart Stadium. The Big Red used a big third quarter in which they scored seven of the first eight goals, to erase an 8-6 deficit and then held on for the victory. Sophomore middie Tim Treubig scored four goals while classmate John Keysor added three goals to lead the Pride. Cornell held the upper hand early taking a 2-0 lead after 2:11 on goals by juniors Sean Greenhalgh and Justin Redd. But the young Hofstra team, that features 30 players with one year or less of Division I experience, played the Big Red even the rest of the quarter, exchanging goals, and trailed 5-3 after one period. The Pride then went on a 5-0 run in the second quarter as Treubig scored his third goal of the game 39 seconds into the period, and freshman Athan Ianucci scored his first college goal 1:30 later to tie the contest at 5-5. Treubig would score his fourth of the game off a pass from Ianucci 1:05 later to give the Pride their first lead of the game. Junior middie Ryan Vilar scored a man-up goal off a pass from Ianucci with 7:27 to play in the half, and Vilar would feed Ryan Lucas for the Pride s fifth straight goal at the 3:51 mark to give Hofstra an 8-5 lead. But Boulukos would score his first goal of the season off a pass from Justin Redd to end the Pride run, close the scoring in the half with Cornell trailing 8-6, and more importantly, starting a Big Red spurt of their own. Like Hofstra had done in the second period, Cornell scored twice in the first 2:10 of the period as Greenhalgh and Boulukos scored unassisted goals to tie the game at 8-8. Boulukos, the second year player from Huntington, Long Island, scored his second of the game 2:30 later. Greenhalgh added his fourth of the game with 7:09 to play in the quarter, and Boulukos would scored Cornell s sixth unanswered goal with 6:20 to play in the third to give the Big Red an 11-8 lead. Keysor would stop the Cornell run two minutes later off a pass from Ryan Vilar but Boulukos and Brian Clayton scored 1:10 apart to boost the Big Red lead to Keysor would score two more goals in the final 1:15 of the quarter to close the gap to after three periods, and freshman Tom Brewer scored his first college 1:27 into the fourth quarter to close to within one at But Andrew Collins scored his first goal of the season with 8:31 to play to give Cornell a two-goal cushion and the Big Red held on the rest of the way for the victory. I am proud of the way that we have progressed offensively the past two weeks, Hofstra Head Coach John Danowski said. We played hard and didn t give up against a tough Cornell team. I think the difference was that we didn t make the plays that we needed to down the stretch and Cornell did. Cornell freshman goalie Matt McMonagle recorded 12 saves in his debut while Hofstra sophomore Matt Southard posted 11 saves in the Pride cage, The Pride outshot Cornell but were crushed at the face-off X, losing 20 of 28 draws. Senior middie Scott Raasch won 17 of 23 draws for the Big Red. #12 Cornell #11 Hofstra Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Tim Treubig (4-0), Athan Ianucci (1-3), John Keysor (3-0), Ryan Lucas (2-1), Ryan Vilar (1-2), Ryan Miller (0-2), Tom Brewer (1-0), Chris Unterstein (0-1), John Orsen (0-1). Cornell Scoring (Goals-Assists): Joe Boulukos (5-0), Andrew Collins (1-4), Sean Greenhalgh (4-0), Justin Redd (1-3), Dave Pittard (1-1), Brian Clayton (1-0), Kevin Nee (1-0) Hofstra Cornell Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: 8 20 Saves: Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 11 svs., 14 GA); CU- Matt McMonagle (60:00, 11 svs., 12 GA)

10 Attendance: 1,429 GAME 2 - MARCH 6, 2004 vs. #7 LOYOLA: What started off poorly ended in thrilling fashion as Hofstra sophomore attackman Ryan Lucas tallied a man-up goal with 4:25 remaining in the fourth quarter to break an 8-8 tie and give the 19th-ranked Pride a 9-8 victory over seventh-ranked Loyola on Saturday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium.The victory snapped the Pride's ninegame losing streak to the Greyhounds and improved Hofstra's record on the season to 1-1. Loyola fell to 1-1. After Pride sophomore middie Tim Treubig opened the scoring just 44 seconds into the contest, the Greyhounds jumped on Hofstra, dominating face-offs and seemingly scoring at will while building a 4-1 lead after just 2:30. To be fair, two of Loyola's goals were caused by failed Hofstra clears deep in the Pride zone. But the Pride did not fold and battled back on goals by sophomore middies John Orsen and John Keysor and freshman attackman Athan Ianucci to tie the game at 4-4 after one period. The Greyhounds won all nine face-offs in the period and picked up 18 ground balls but Hofstra sophomore goalie Matt Southard made five saves to keep the Pride in the contest. Loyola regained the lead in the second quarter as two-time All-American Stephen Brundage scored his third goal of the season 2:13 into the period. Another miscue in the Pride defensive zone led to Craig Georgalas' unassisted goal with 7:37 to play in the half that gave the Greyhounds a 6-4 lead at halftime. After a scoreless 8:35 of the third quarter, Hofstra came alive. Freshman long-stick middie Julian Watts scored his first college goal and brought Hofstra back to within one at 6-5 with an unassisted tally. But freshman Matt Cassalia scored his third goal of the year just 1:20 later to boost the Loyola lead to 7-5. Hofstra's Ryan Vilar then took over. The junior middie scored three consecutive unassisted goals, including two in the first 4:13 of the fourth quarter, to give the Pride an 8-7 lead. Brundage tied the game at 8-8 with his second goal of the game and fourth of the season just two minutes later. With 5:24 to play in regulation, Greyhound sophomore defender Michael Graham was whistled off for a slashing penalty.on the man-up, Vilar found Lucas, who beat Loyola goalie Michael Fretwell (7 saves), for his third goal of the year. Pride goalie Matt Southard, who had five of his 18 saves in the fourth quarter, and the Hofstra defense stymied the Greyhounds the rest of the way. The Pride's last victory over Loyola, before Saturday, came in 1993 when Hofstra defeated the thenfifth-ranked Greyhounds at Shuart Stadium. The victory marked the third consecutive year and four times in the last five seasons that the Pride have defeated a Top 7 opponent. #7 Loyola #19 Hofstra Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Vilar (3-1), Athan Ianucci (1-1), Ryan Lucas (1-0), Tim Treubig (1-0), John Orsen (1-0), John Keysor (1-0), Julian Watts (1-0), Chris Unterstein (0-1). Loyola Scoring (Goals-Assists): Stephen Brundage (2-1), Chris Einhorn (2-0), Craig Georgalas (1-1), Andrew Spack (1-0), Matt Cassalia (1-0), Geoff Hunter (1-0), Jordan Rabidou (0-1). Hofstra Loyola Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: 3 17 Saves: 18 7 Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 18 svs., 8 GA ); LC- Michael Fretwell (60:00, 7 svs., 9 GA) Attendance: 1027 GAME 3 - MARCH 8, 2004 vs. BINGHAMTON: The 11th-ranked Pride of Hofstra scored seven goals in the first quarter and never looked back on the way to a 14-9 non-conference victory over unranked Binghamton University at snowy Shuart Stadium Monday night. The Pride, who extended their winning streak over unranked opponents to 25, improve to 2-1 on the season. The Bearcats of Binghamton fall to 1-1. Sophomore middie Ryan Miller had four goals and one assist, freshman attackman Athan Ianucci posted three goals and two assists, and sophomore Tim Treubig added three goals to lead the Pride of Hofstra to their second straight victory. Sophomore attackman Phil Cavallo had three goals and senior Chris Healy added two goals and one assist to pace Binghamton. Three sophomores gave Hofstra a 3-0 lead just 2:56 into the game. Pride sophomore middie Rob Bonaguro opened the scoring with his first goal of the year just 1:04 into the contest off a pass from freshman Tom Brewer. Sophomore Tim Treubig took a pass from freshman Athan Ianucci 24 seconds later and beat Bearcat goalie Kevin McKeown for his sixth goal of the season and a 2-0 lead. Sophomore attackman Ryan Miller scored 1:28 later off a feed from Ryan Lucas to give the Pride a 3-0 lead. Binghamton sophomore Phil Cavallo put the Bearcats on the board with his fourth goal of the year from Chris Healy with 11:19 to play in the first. But Ryan Miller scored his second of the game and the season off a pass from Ryan Lucas to boost the Pride lead to 4-1. Binghamton freshman Matt McNamara scored his first of the season from Matt Osborne with 6:28 to play to close the deficit to 4-2. But Hofstra scored the next four goals, including one 2:13 into the second period to go up 8-4. First, sophomore middie John Keysor scored his fifth of the year with 4:45 to play. Then

11 Athan Ianucci scored back-to-back goals to close out the scoring in the first quarter. Junior Ryan Vilar notched his fifth of the season early in the second for an 8-2 lead. But Chris Healy scored an unassisted goal with 10:26 to play in the half and David Burpoe scored off a pass from Matt DeCirce 2:31 later to close the deficit to 8-4. Hofstra middie Tim Treubig scored his second of the game and seventh of the year with 3:00 to play in the half to boost the lead to 9-4. Cavallo scored his second of the game 18 second later to close out the scoring for the half with Hofstra ahead 9-5. The Pride opened up their lead in the third quarter to 10-5 on Treubig s third goal of the night off a pass from Ryan Vilar 2:06 into the period. After Cavallo scored his third of the night for Binghamton on the man-up 4:20 later, Ryan Miller scored the third of his four goals on the night at the 5:20 mark, and Ianucci notched his third of the night with 3:44 to play in the third to give Hofstra a comfortable 12-6 lead. Hofstra sophomore goalie Matt Southard made 12 saves through the snow Monday night while Kevin McKeown posted 10 saves in the Bearcats cage. Binghamton outshot Hofstra and won 16 of 27 face-offs. Binghamton #11 Hofstra Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Miller (4-1), Athan Ianucci (3-2), Tim Treubig (3-0), Ryan Lucas (1-2), Tom Brewer (0-2), Ryan Vilar (1-1), Rob Bonaguro (1-0), John Keysor (1-0). Binghamton Scoring (Goals-Assists): Phil Cavallo (3-0), Chris Healy (2-1), Matt McNamara (1-1), Sean Meluney (1-0), David Burpoe (1-0), Joe Conner (1-0), Matt Osborne (0-1), Matt DeCirce (0-1) Hofstra Binghamton Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: Saves: Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 12 svs., 9 GA); BU- Kevin McKeown (60:00, 10 svs., 14 GA) Attendance: 400 GAME 4 - MARCH 13, 2004 vs. JOHNS HOPKINS: The top-ranked Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins opened the game with five straight goals, including three by junior attackman Kyle Barrie, and cruised to a 13-6 victory over #11 Hofstra at Shuart Stadium Saturday afternoon. Barrie finished with four goals while Matt Rewkowski had two goals and one assist to lead the Blue Jays. Hofstra was led by sophomore middie Ryan Vilar with career-highs of three goals and two assists while classmate John Orsen added two goals and one assist. Hofstra sophomore goalie Matt Southard recorded a career high 19 saves. Barrie opened the scoring just 54 seconds into the contest with a scoop shot five yards in front of Pride goalie Matt Southard. Sophomore middie Greg Peyser boosted the lead to 2-0 five minutes later after taking a pass from Peter LeSueur and firing a high shot into the goal from 11 yards out. Senior long-stick middie Corey Harned made it 3-0 for the Blue Jays just 10 seconds later, scooping up the face-off ground ball, attacking the goal and beating Southard from seven yards out. Barrie scored his second of the game and eighth of the season from a sharp angle on the left side of the Hofstra cage. Barrie then completed the first quarter hat-trick with 5:23 to play, picking up a rebound of a Southard save and beating the Pride goalie from up close. The Pride got on the board as junior middie Ryan Vilar s man-up bounce shot from 15 yards out beat Hopkins sophomore goalie Scott Smith (3 saves). Blue Jays freshman attackman Jake Byrne ended the first quarter scoring by beating a Hofstra middie around the Pride cage and bouncing a low shot to the far side of the Southard. It was Byrne s second goal of the year. The Pride came alive in the second quarter scoring three straight to cut the deficit to 6-4. First, John Orsen took a pass from Ryan Vilar 5:16 into the second quarter, turned and fired from seven yards out for his second goal of the season. Sophomore middie Tim Treubig scored his ninth goal of the year with just under five minutes to play in the half, off a pass from Vilar, and Vilar scored his second of the game and seventh of the season, off a pass from Orsen with 3:07 remaining to close to within two. But Hopkins senior attackman Conor Ford scored right off the faceoff, his 11th goal of the season, just six seconds later to give the Blue Jays a 7-4 at halftime. In the third quarter, Hopkins senior middie Kevin Boland scored an unassisted goal just 1:22 into the period to boost the lead to 8-4. But Vilar scored his third of the game 3:31 later, picking up a ground ball and firing a 15-yard bounce shot into Blue Jays cage. From there it was all Hopkins as the Blue Jays scored five straight goals, including two by Matt Rewkowski, his seventh and eighth of the season, to cruise to victory. Rewkowski scored twice in the third, sandwiching a Conor Ford goal, while Barrie and Kyle Dowd scored goals in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter. The Blue Jays dominated the stat sheet, outshooting Hofstra 52-24, picking up 43 ground balls to Hofstra s 27, and winning 19 of 23 faceoffs. #1 Johns Hopkins #11 Hofstra Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Vilar (3-2), John Orsen (2-1), Tim Treubig (1-1)

12 Johns Hopkins Scoring (Goals-Assists): Kyle Barrie (4-0), Matt Rewkowski (2-1), Conor Ford (2-0), Greg Peyser (1-1), Brendan Skakandi (1-1), Kyle Harrison (0-2), Kevin Boland (1-0), Corey Harned (1-0), Kyle Dowd (1-0), Peter LeSeuer (0-1) Hofstra Hopkins Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: 4 19 Saves: 19 8 Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 19 svs., 13 GA); JHU- Jesse Schwartzman (33:01, 5 svs., 2 GA), Scott Smith (26:59, 3 svs., 4 GA), Attendance: 4,208 GAME 5 - MARCH 20, 2004 at PRINCETON: The number six-ranked Princeton Tigers scored the game s first three goals and never looked back in posting a 10-5 victory over the #14 ranked Hofstra Pride on Saturday afternoon at the Class of 1952 Stadium. Jason Doneger tallied the first of his three goals almost three minutes into the contest to give the Tigers an early 1-0 advantage, a lead they would not relinquish. Princeton added two more goals over the next 2:38 before the Pride got on the board with an unassisted goal from John Keysor at the 5:45 mark of the first quarter. The two goal deficit for Hofstra would be the smallest of the day as the Tigers would score two straight over the next 16:36 to open a 5-1 advantage following Doneger s second goal of the game. Tim Treubig would pull Hofstra within three at half as he scored off an assist from Keysor with 2:31 left before halftime. Ryan Boyle scored 1:14 into the third quarter to give Princeton its first four goal lead of the game, 6-2. Hofstra would look to make a run and Steven Wax forced a Tiger turnover at midfield and fed Chris Unterstein for his first goal of the season to pull the Pride within three, 6-3 with 13:24 remaining. That would be as close as Hofstra would get the remainder of the contest though, as Doneger notched his third and Whitney Hayes scored his second of the game to push the advantage up to five with 9:34 left in the third quarter. The two teams would each tally two goals in the final 18:35 as the Tigers evened the alltime series with the Pride at nine and have won the last seven meetings. Keysor finished the day with two goals and an assist for the Pride, while Matthew Southard made 10 saves in net for Hofstra. Brett Moyer led Hofstra with six ground balls and Len Panarelli added four and was on face-offs. For Princeton, Hayes (2 G, 1A), Boyle (1 G, 2 A) and Peter Tombino (1 G, 2 A) all joined Doneger with three points and Dave Law made a game-high 15 saves in net. #14 Hofstra #6 Princeton Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): John Keysor (2-1), Tim Treubig (1-0), Chris Unterstein (1-0), Ryan Vilar (1-0), Steve Wax (0-1), Athan Ianucci (0-1). Princeton Scoring (Goals-Assists): Jason Donegar (3-0), Whitney Hayes (2-1), Peter Trombino (1-2), Ryan Boyle (1-2), Jim O Brien (1-1), Drew Casino (1-0), Michael Biles (1-0) Hofstra Princeton Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: 10 9 Saves: Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (60:00, 10 svs., 10 GA); PU- Dave Law (60:00, 15 svs., 5 GA) Attendance: 2,106 GAME 6 - MARCH 24, 2004 at NOTRE DAME: The 15th-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame dominated play in the first quarter, jumping out to a 7-0 lead, on the way to a victory over #13 Hofstra Wednesday night at the Loftus Indoor Sports Center on the Notre Dame campus. Notre Dame improved to 2-3 on the season, while the Pride, who dropped their third consecutive contest, fell to 2-4. Irish junior Brian Giordano tied a career-high with five goals, while sophomore middie Brian Hubschmann added a career-high four goals and posted one assist, and sophomore Pat Walsh chipped in with two goals and three assists. The Pride were led by freshman attackman Athan Ianucci with a career-high four goals and one assist, while sophomore Chris Unterstein added three goals and one assist. The Pride couldn t seem to get their game legs until 17 minutes after the opening face-off as Ianucci dented the twine off with a man-up goal off a pass from Tim Treubig 3:26 into the second period. But the damage was done as the Irish had scored seven times, all at even-man situations, in the first 15 minutes. Not only did the Irish take an insurmountable lead in the first quarter, Hofstra did not get off a shot as Notre Dame outshot the Pride 17-0 in the first quarter. Hofstra goalie Matt Southard recorded five of his 12 total saves in the first quarter. But Hofstra seemed to right the ship in the second as Ianucchi s second goal closed the gap to 7-2 with 10:49 to play in the half and gave the Pride hope. But Walsh scored his second of the game and 11th of the season 26 seconds later to start a 3-0 Irish run that boosted the Notre Dame lead to But Hofstra did not quit and goals by

13 Unterstein (2nd of the season), Rob Bonaguro (2nd) and Ryan Vilar (10th) brought the Pride back to 11-5 at halftime. Irish senior Dan Berger scored his eighth goal of the year eight seconds into the second half to bump the Notre Dame lead to But Pride sophomore Tim Treubig (11th) and Unterstein closed the gap to five seven minutes later. After Matt Karweck tallied his ninth of the year with 6:28 to play in the third, Unterstein scored his third of the game and the fourth of his season, on the man-up, a minute later to close to It would be as close as Hofstra would get as Berger scored 2:56 before the end of the third, and Hubschmann scored 2:49 into the fourth for a 15-8 lead. The Pride were outshot, 49-32, and the Irish picked up 47 ground balls to Hofstra s 32. #13 Hofstra #15 Notre Dame Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Athan Ianucci (4-1), Chris Untersetin (3-1), Ryan Vilar (1-2), Tim Treubig (1-1), David Schwartzberg (1-0), Rob Bonaguro (1-0), Don Scott (0-1), Ryan Lucas (0-1) Notre Dame Scoring (Goals-Assists): Brian Giordano (5-0), Brian Hubschmann (4-1), Pat Walsh (2-3), Matt Ryan (1-3), Dan Berger (2-1), Matt Howell (1-2), Mickey Blum (1-0), Steve Clagett (1-0), Matt Karweck (1-0), Frank Matarazzo (1-0), Chris Richez (0-1), Owen Mulford (0-1) Hofstra Notre Dame Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: Saves: Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (54:55, 19 GA, 11 svs.), Bill Liedke (5:05, 0 GA, 1 svs.); UND- Stewart Crossland (60:00, 11 GA, 11 svs.) Attendance: 372