Princeton are tied for sixth in the USILA poll and are fourth in the Inside Lacrosse media poll.

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1 Princeton are tied for sixth in the USILA poll and are fourth in the Inside Lacrosse media poll. STREAKS AND TRENDS: Hofstra had its two-game winning streak snapped last Saturday at Shuart Stadium against Johns Hopkins The Pride have won 22 of their last 30 contests, 30 of its last 43 games, 34 of the last 48, 45 of the last 68 and 58 of its last 84 games, dating back to HOFSTRA MEN S LACROSSE 2004 Season - Game 5 #14 HOFSTRA PRIDE (2-2) vs. #6 PRINCETON TIGERS (2-1) Saturday, March 20-1:00 p.m. Class of 1952 Stadium Princeton, NJ 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) 1:00 p.m. 24 at Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. 28 at Massachusetts 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 last week s loss to Hopkins. 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 (.612) 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 (.614) 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 14th in the USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll and 10 th in the Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll. The Tigers of

2 HOFSTRA S 2004 STAT LEADERS 4 GAMES Key Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts. Ryan Vilar M Jr Athan Ianucci A Fr Tim Treubig M So Ryan Lucas A So Ryan Miller A So Matt Southard G So GAA HOFSTRA S TENTATIVE LINE-UP vs. Princeton Pos. Name No. Cl Stats A Ryan Lucas 1 So A Athan Ianucci 32 Fr A Chris Unterstein 33 So M John Orsen 24 So M Ryan Vilar 36 Jr M Tim Treubig 22 So D Brian Zuchelli 43 Sr. 7 GB D Brett Moyer 15 So. 16 GB D Jon Edwards 37 Jr. 5 GB G Matt Southard 23 So GAA Reserves 2M Tom Brewer 20 Fr M John Keysor 11 So M Rob Bonaguro 49 So M Don Scott 41 Sr M Bill DeNisco 10 Jr M James Morgan 14 Jr LSM Julian Watts 18 Fr. 7 GB LSM Kevin McDonaugh 7 So. 9 GB FO Bill DeNisco 10 Jr FO John Keysor 11 So FO Len Panarelli 40 Jr TODAY S OPPONENT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Location: Princeton, NJ Nickname: Tigers Director of Athletics: Gary D. Walters Lacrosse Stadium: Class of 1952 Stadium (4,500) Press Box Phone: (609) /2472 Head Lacrosse Coach: Bill Tierney Record at School/Years: /16 years Overall Record: /19 years Coach s Office Phone: (609) Men s Lacrosse SID: Jerry Price Office Phone: (609) Fax: (609) Record: 11-4/5-1 (Ivy League) Returning Lettermen/Starters: 29/3 Series Record: Hofstra leads 9-7 Last Meeting: 2003-Princeton won 18-5 Athletic Website: PRINCETON 2004 STAT LEADERS 3 GAMES Key Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts. Jason Donegar A Jr Ryan Boyle A Sr Drew Casino M Sr Peter Trombino A Fr Scott Sowanick A Fr PRINCETON RESULTS 2/28 Quinnipiac W 3/6 at #1 Johns Hopkins 5-14 L 3/13 at #17 Virginia 8-7 W THE HOFSTRA-PRINCETON SERIES: Today s game is the 17 th meeting between Hofstra and Princeton in men s lacrosse in a series that started in Hofstra holds a 9-8 series lead but the Tigers have won the last six meetings. The Pride and Tigers last met in 2003 at Shuart Stadium with seventh-ranked Princeton posting an 18-5 victory over #12 Hofstra. Hofstra s last victory over Princeton came in 1990 when the Pride edged the Tigers 7-6 at Shuart Stadium. The Last Five Hofstra-Princeton Meetings Year Winner Location Score 2003 #7 Princeton Hempstead #8 Princeton Princeton #2 Princeton Hempstead #5 Princeton Princeton #2 Princeton Hempstead 9-6 THE LAST HOFSTRA-PRINCETON GAME - MARCH 15, 2003 IN HEMPSTEAD: Ryan Boyle recorded three goals and six assists, while linemates Sean Hartofilis and Jason Doneger each added four goals to lead the seventh-ranked Princeton Tigers to an 18-5 victory over the 12th-ranked Hofstra Pride at James M. Shuart Stadium. The Pride battled the Tigers of Princeton almost even for a quarter and a half before Princeton scored six unanswered goals to take a :38 into the third quarter. Boyle opened the scoring for Princeton just 52 seconds into the contest with an unassisted goal. Hartofilis made it 2-0 with a man-up goal off a pass from Josh White with 8:17 to play in the first. Hofstra got on the board 3:30 later as Keith Mekeel scored his fifth goal of the season off a pass from Joe Kostolansky. But Hartofilis would score with 2:34 to play in the period to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead after one quarter. John Keysor would close the Hofstra deficit to 3-2 just 1:19 into the second quarter as he beat Tiger goalie Julian Bond (6 svs., 4 GA in 48:14) low and to the right. Junior defender Ricky Schultz would score the first goal of his Princeton career by going around Mekeel and beating Hofstra goalie Matt Southard (8 saves). But the Pride closed the

3 gap to one again as Mike Morrison found Ryan Miller alone on the side of the Princeton cage. Miller had an easy dunk for his third goal of the year with 9:32 to play in the half. The floodgates then opened as the Tigers scored six straight goals and 11 of the next 12. Matt Trevenen opened the onslaught by coming around the Pride cage and firing a shot past Southard. Jason Doneger then made it 6-3 when, after a loose ball at midfield, Ryan Boyle found him behind the Pride defense for his fourth goal of the year. Doneger added his second with 49 seconds to play in the half as he came around the Pride cage and fired a diving shot in front of the cage for a 7-3 lead at halftime. The late second quarter run by Princeton took the wind out of the Hofstra sails as Princeton dominated play in the third quarter, outshooting the Pride, 12-4, and more importantly, outscoring Hofstra 6-1. Boyle found Brad Dumont wide open in front of the Pride goal for Dumont's first of the game and third of the season just 2:33 into the second half. Boyle scored his second of the game with 10:44 remaining by beating the Pride defense around the cage and beating Southard. Dumont would end the Tiger run off a pass from Boyle with 6:22 left in the third for a 10-3 lead. Hofstra attackman Jim Femminella scored his ninth of the season off a pass from Ryan Lucas eight seconds later, but Princeton would score the next five goals to cruise to victory. The Tigers outshot Hofstra, 44-25, including 24-8 in the second half and picked up 42 ground balls to the Pride's 30 as Princeton posted its sixth straight victory over Hofstra. #7 Princeton #12 Hofstra Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Lucas (0-2), Joe Kostolansky (1-1), Ryan Miller (1-0), Jim Femminella (1-0), John Keysor (1-0), Keith Mekeel (1-0) Princeton Scoring (Goals-Assists): Ryan Boyle (3-6), Jason Doneger (4-0), Sean Hartofilis (4-0), Josh White (0-2), Brad Dumont (2-0), Ricky Schultz (1-0), Matt Trevenen (1-0), Mac Bryson (1-0), John Robinson (1-0), J.G. Guidera (1-0), Owen Daly (0-1). Hofstra Princeton Shots: Ground Balls: Face-offs Won: Saves: 12 7 Penalties: EMO: Clears/Att.: Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (41:33, 8 svs., 12 GA), Steve Izzo (18:15, 4 svs., 6 GA); PU-Julian Bond (48:14, 6 svs., 4 GA), Matt Larkin (7:02, 0 svs., 1 GA) Attendance: 3,509 USILA GEICO/STX COACHES POLL: Here is the USILA Coaches Poll, as of March 15, 2004: No. Team (1 st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW 1 Johns Hopkins (8) Maryland (2) Syracuse Rutgers Duke T Georgetown T Princeton North Carolina Navy Notre Dame Cornell Denver UMBC Hofstra Army Loyola Massachusetts Air Force T Ohio State n/r 19T Towson Others receiving votes (in order): Harvard, Delaware, Bucknell, Virginia, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn, Yale INSIDE LACROSSE.COM MEDIA POLL: Here is the latest Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll, as of March 8, 2004: No. School (1 st pl. votes) Rec. Pts. LW 1 Johns Hopkins (11) Maryland (4) Syracuse (1) Princeton Rutgers Duke North Carolina Georgetown Notre Dame Hofstra Navy Cornell Denver t Army t Loyola Massachusetts Virginia UMBC Towson Air Force

4 Others Receiving Votes (in order): Ohio State (20), Harvard (18), Dartmouth (18), Brown (14), Penn (12), Penn State (6), Delaware (4), Fairfield (2), Yale (2), Bucknell (1). INJURY REPORT Sophomore defender Bryan Read is out for the season with a knee injury sustained during the first week of practice. HOFSTRA S LAST GAME 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) 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, CAA STANDINGS As of March 15, 2004 Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Delaware Villanova Hofstra Drexel Towson Sacred Heart THREE MIDDIES DO ALL THE SCORING Ryan Vilar, John Orsen and Tim Treubig did all the scoring for Hofstra last week against number 1 Johns Hopkins. 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.

5 VILAR Junior middie Ryan Vilar posted a career-high three goals and two assists for five points in the loss to Johns Hopkins last week. He leads the team in scoring with eight goals and six 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. GOALIE MATT SOUTHARD Sophomore goalie Matt Southard has recorded career high saves on consecutive weekends. He recorded a career-high 18 saves in Hofstra s 9-8 victory over Loyola on March 6. Last week against Johns Hopkins, Southard posted 19 saves against the Blue Jays. Southard s previous high in saves coming into the 2004 season was 17 in the 2003 CAA semifinal against Villanova. MILLER Sophomore Ryan Miller recorded a career-high four goals and five points against Binghamton on March 8. 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 four games this season. IANUCCI Freshman attackman Athan Ianucci also posted a career-best with 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 two Hofstra victories he was named the CAA Rookie of the Week for March th with one goal and three assists against Cornell. LUCAS GETS GAME-WINNER 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. Lucas posted two goals at Towson on May 3 rd, two against Villanova on April 23, and another against Duke, TREUBIG Sophomore Tim Treubig was named the CAA Co- Player of the Week on March 1st after scoring a careerhigh four goals in the season opener against Cornell. He added three goals against Binghamton on March 8. Treubig had 11 goals and four assists in He has nine goals already in 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. MOYER Sophomore defender Brett Moyer picked up six ground balls last week against Johns Hopkins, 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. 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. Ianucci had an impressive college debut on February

6 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. X-RATED RESULTS The Pride have won just 26 of 98 face-offs (.265) in four games this season. Against Loyola, Hofstra won just three of 20 face-offs. Last week against Hopkins the Pride won just four of 23 face-offs. UNLUCKY AGAINST THE TOP 6 The Pride is 1-9 in their last 10 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 6-21 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 6-9 in its last 15 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 3/6/04 #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) BINGHAMTON MAKES 25 With their victory over Binghamton last Monday, 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. 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 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

7 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. This week s game can be heard on WNYG-AM 1440 on Long Island. 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 4/30/03 vs. Villanova Assists: 2 3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame Points: 4 4/30/03 vs. Villanova #32 Athan Ianucci Goals: 3 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton Assists: 3 2/28/04 vs. Cornell Points: 5 3/8/04 vs. Binghamton #36 Ryan Vilar Goals: 3 2 times (3/13/04 vs. Hopkins) Assists: 2 2 times (3/13/04 vs. Hopkins) 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 Goals: 2 2 times (3/8/03 vs. Cornell) Assists: 1 3 times (3/29/03 vs. Drexel) Points: 2 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 #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 #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: 0 None 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

8 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) 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,

9 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 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-

10 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 MARCH 13, 2004 vs. JOHNS HOPKINS: The topranked 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) 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