SPORTS NEWS HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11550-1090 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER (516) 463-6764 FAX: (516) 463-5033 HOFSTRA MEN S LACROSSE 2004 Season - Game 1 #11 Hofstra Pride (0-0) vs. #12 Cornell Big Red (0-0) Saturday, February 28-1:30 p.m. James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY 2004 HOFSTRA LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result 28 #12 CORNELL (#11) 1:30 p.m. March 6 LOYOLA 1:30 p.m. 8 BINGHAMTON 7:30 p.m. 13 JOHNS HOPKINS 1:30 p.m. 20 at Princeton 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 NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride of Hofstra are ranked 11th in the Inside Lacrosse.com Preseason Poll. The Big Red of Cornell are ranked 12 th. CAA Tournament Championship Game and at Massachusetts in the NCAA Tournament first round. The Pride have won five consecutive regular season, non-tournament games dating back to April 4, 2003 when they dropped a 15-8 decision at Towson. The Pride have won 20 of their last 26 contests, 28 of its last 39 games, 32 of the last 44, 43 of the last 64 and 56 of its last 80 games, dating back to 1999. Hofstra has won its last six home games at James M. Shuart Stadium. 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 163-103 (.613) 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 190-119 (.615) 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 and served as an assistant for two season 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. STREAKS AND TRENDS: Hofstra enters the 2004 season riding a two-game losing streak with those losses coming at Towson in the
HOFSTRA'S 2003 RETURNING STAT LEADERS Key Returnees Pos. Cl. G - A - Pts. John Keysor M So. 12-12-24 Ryan Lucas A So. 12-7-19 Chris Unterstein A So. 10-8-18 Tim Treubig M So. 11-4-15 Ryan Miller A So. 8-7-15 Matt Southard G So. 9.23 GAA HOFSTRA S TENTATIVE LINE-UP Vs. Cornell Pos. Name No. Cl. 2003 Stats A Ryan Lucas 1 So. 12-7-19 A Athan Ianucci 32 Fr. DNP A Chris Unterstein 33 So. 10-8-18 M John Orsen 24 So. 3-0-3 M Ryan Vilar 36 Jr. 8-4-12 M Tim Treubig 22 So. 11-4-15 D Brian Zuchelli 43 Sr. 52 GB D Brett Moyer 15 So. 46 GB D Jon Edwards 37 Jr. 15 GB G Matt Southard 23 So. 9.23 GAA Reserves 2M Tom Brewer 20 Fr. DNP 2M John Keysor 11 So. 12-12-24 2M Rob Bonaguro 49 So. DNP 3M Don Scott 41 Sr. 3-0-3 3M Bill DeNisco 10 Jr. DNP 3M James Morgan 14 Jr. 0-1-1 LSM Julian Watts 18 Fr. DNP LSM Kevin McDonaugh 7 So. 0-0-0 FO Bill DeNisco 10 Jr. DNP FO John Keysor 11 So. 60-138 FO Len Panarelli 40 Jr. DNP TODAY'S OPPONENT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Location: Ithaca, NY Nickname: Big Red Director of Athletics: J. Andrew Noel, Jr. Lacrosse Stadium: Schoellkopf Field Press Box Phone: (607) 255-3535 Head Lacrosse Coach: Jeff Tambroni Record at School/Years: 27-14/Three years Overall Record: Same Coach s Office Phone: (607) 255-4718 Men s Lacrosse SID: Brian Kelley Office Phone: (607) 255-4688 Fax: (607) 255-9791 2003 Record: 9-4, 5-1 (Ivy League) Returning Lettermen/Starters: 30/7 Series Record: Cornell leads 4-1 Last Meeting: 2003-Hofstra won 13-5 Athletic Website: www.cornellbigred.com HOFSTRA-CORNELL SERIES: Today's game is the sixth meeting between Hofstra and Cornell in men s lacrosse in a series that started in 1972. Cornell is 4-1 in the series against Hofstra. Series History Year Winner Location Score 2003 Hofstra Hofstra 13-5 W 1992 Cornell Hofstra 7-9 L 1991 Cornell Cornell 4-9 L 1990 Cornell Hofstra 14-15 L 1972 Cornell Hofstra 3-5 L THE LAST HOFSTRA-CORNELL GAME March 8, 2003 at Hofstra: Jim Femminella scored four goals and six points, and Mike Morrison posted three goals and four points to lead the 18th-ranked Pride to a 13-5 victory over the 14th-ranked Big Red of Cornell at James M. Shuart Stadium. Joe Kostolansky also posted a goal and three assists as the Pride recorded their second straight victory. Red-shirt freshman goalie Matthew Southard recorded nine saves in 58 minutes of action to notch his second win of the season. Joe Boulukos scored twice for Cornell while Andrew Collins added a goal and an assist for the Big Red. The Pride jumped on Cornell early, scoring twice in the first 3:04 as Ryan Lucas opened the scoring at the 1:06 mark off a pass from Kostolansky. Kostolansky would score his fourth of the season on the man-up 1:58 later off a feed from Morrison. Femminella would score his fifth of the season with 3:49 to play in the period to give the Pride a 3-0 lead after one quarter. Morrison scored his first of the season 4:06 into the second quarter on the man-up off a pass from Tim Treubig, and Femminella scored his second of the game and sixth of the year from Ryan Miller two minutes later to make it 5-0. Freshman John Keysor scored his first of the year with 7:47 to play in the half and Femminella completed his "hat-trick" six seconds later as Keysor fed Kostolansky, who fed Femminella for the goal and a 7-0 lead. Andrew Collins ended Hofstra's run with a man-up goal from Sean Greenhalgh with 6:18 to play in the second. But Ryan Miller scored on a behind the back shot off a pass from Mike Allain to close out the first half scoring and give the Pride an 8-1 lead at intermission. The Big Red scored three of the first four goals in the third quarter as Boulukos scored twice and J.P. Schalk sandwiched a Morrison goal to close the deficit to 9-4. But Keith Mekeel scored twice and Femminella scored his fourth 4:18 into the fourth quarter to give the Pride a 12-4 cushion. Cornell picked up 41 ground balls to Hofstra's 37, but the Pride outshot the Big Red, 37-32, and won 12 of 22 face-offs. 1 2 3 4 F #14 Cornell 0 1 3 1 5 #18 Hofstra 3 5 2 3 13
Hofstra Scoring (Goals-Assists): Jim Femminella (4-2), Mike Morrison (3-1), Joe Kostolansky (1-3), Ryan Miller (1-2), Keith Mekeel (2-0), Ryan Lucas (1-0), John Keysor (1-0), Tim Treubig (0-1), James Morgan (0-1), Mike Allain (0-1) Cornell Scoring (Goals-Assists): Joe Boulukos (2-0), Andrew Collins (1-1), Kevin Nee (1-0), J.P. Schalk (1-0), Sean Greenhalgh (0-1), Ryan McClay (0-1), Andrew Reenstra (0-1) Hofstra Cornell Shots: 37 32 Ground Balls: 37 41 Face-offs Won: 12 10 Saves: 9 10 Penalties: 3-2.5 5-4.5 EMO: 2-5 1-3 Clears/Att.: 23-10 25-2 Goalies: HU- Matt Southard (58:07, 9 svs., 5 GA), Steve Izzo (1:53, 0 svs., 0 GA); CU-Brandon Ross (60:00, 10 svs., 13 GA) Attendance: 1,469 INJURY REPORT Senior midfielder Jeremy Kyrkostas is questionable for the Cornell game with an ankle sprain. Sophomore defender Bryan Read is out for the season with a knee injury sustained during the first week of practice. SEASON 56 FOR HOFSTRA Hofstra is in its 56th season of men s lacrosse. Pride teams have tallied a 439-301 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. FOUR TOURNAMENT OPPONENTS IN 2004 Hofstra will face four opponents in 2004 who 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. TREUBIG Sophomore Tim 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, 2003. He added two goals in the CAA semifinal victory over Villanova and one goal against Towson in the title game. KEYSOR Sophomore John Keysor (pronounced Kaiser) equaled his career-best with two goals at Towson on May 3, 2003. He tallied two goals at Sacred Heart on April 19 th and at Towson on April 4th. Against Villanova on April 23rd he posted a goal and an assist. He added two assists against Duke and had two goals and one assist at Towson on May 3 rd. Keysor recorded a career-high three assists and added one goal in the victory over Drexel last year. He added two goals and one assist at Towson on April 4 th and a goal against Delaware. He tallied two assists at Army on March 26th. Keysor is one of three face-off men for Hofstra in 2004. Last year, he won six of 10 face-offs against Notre Dame, seven of nine against Massachusetts, seven of 12 against Delaware and four of five at Sacred Heart. He won 60 of 138 face-offs last year for a.435 winning percentage. UNTERSTEIN ON ATTACK Sophomore attackman Chris Unterstein tallied 10 goals and eight assists last year. Since being moved to attack in game nine last season, Chris Unterstein has thrived, scoring eight goals and five assists. He scored a career-high three goals and one assist against Villanova on April 30, 2003. He had one goal in the CAA Title game at Towson COOL HAND LUCAS Sophomore attackman Ryan Lucas tallied 12 goals and seven assists last season. He posted two goals at Towson on May 3 rd, two against Villanova on April 23, and another against Duke, Lucas had a goal and an assist at Army. He recorded his first college point with an assist of a Joe Kostolansky goal at Loyola. His first collegiate goal came against
Binghamton. He also had a goal at Sacred Heart and an assist against Syracuse. RYAN MILLER Sophomore Ryan Miller 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 2003. Miller had three assists against Notre Dame and two goals at Army last season. ZUCHELLI BOUNCES BACK Senior defender Brian Zuchelli will start for the Pride against Cornell after suffering a knee injury at Massachusetts in the NCAA Tournament last May. Zuchelli underwent surgery in June and has rehabbed the knee since and was cleared to play in January. MOYER 2003 CAA CO-ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Sophomore defender Brett Moyer 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. SEVEN PRIDE PLAYERS NAMED TO ALL-CAA TEAMS Hofstra placed three players on the All-CAA first team and four on the second team in 2003. 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. FINAL 2003 CAA STANDINGS Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Towson 5-0 1.000 9-6.600 Hofstra 4-1.800 11-6.647 Villanova 3-2.600 10-5.667 Drexel 2-3.200 6-8.429 Sacred Heart 1-4.200 7-7.500 Delaware 0-5.000 5-10.333 CAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS Semifinals - Wednesday, April 30, 2003 #3 Villanova 6 at #2 Hofstra 9 #4 Drexel 2 at #1 Towson 17 Championship - Saturday, May 3, 2003 #2 Hofstra 11 at #1 Towson 16 2003 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEN S LACROSSE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Drew Pfarr Midfield Towson University Ryan Obloj Attack Towson University Ben DeFelice Midfield/FO Towson University Danny Cocchi Defense Towson University Joe Kostolansky Attack Hofstra University Brian Zuchelli Defense Hofstra University Bryan Walker Midfield Hofstra University Owen Corso Defense Villanova University Brian Marks Attack Villanova University Ryan Harney Goalkeeper Drexel University Patrick Friel Midfielder Drexel University MVP Adam Baxter-Defense Towson University FINAL 2003 USILA POLL: Records are final regular season records as of Monday, May 5, 2003 No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW 1 Johns Hopkins (9) 11-1 180 1 2 Virginia 11-2 171 2 3 Maryland 10-3 162 4 4 Princeton 10-3 153 6 5 Massachusetts 12-2 136 3 6 Syracuse 8-5 134 10 7 Rutgers 10-4 123 8 8 Georgetown 10-3 121 5 9 Towson 8-5 99 11 10 Hofstra 11-5 92 7 11 Penn State 7-6 84 12T 12 Cornell 9-4 74 9 13 North Carolina 7-6 70 16 14 Duke 8-7 68 12T 15 UMBC 7-6 51 14 16 Dartmouth 11-2 46 15 17 Ohio State 9-4 45 17 18 Notre Dame 9-5 22 18 19 Loyola 7-6 20 19 20 Army 8-7 11 n/r Others receiving votes (in order): Navy, Villanova, Denver, Bucknell, Yale HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 14 of its last 16 home games at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly Hofstra Stadium). The Pride's only losses during that time have been to Princeton and Massachusetts. 24 STRAIGHT AGAINST THE UNRANKED With their victory over Villanova on April 30, 2003, the Pride have won 24 straight contests over non-ranked opponents dating back to an 8-7 overtime loss at Delaware on April 14, 2000. The Pride is 45-3 against unranked opponents since 1997. Hofstra's unranked losses have come against Delaware in overtime in 2000, Notre Dame in 1998 and Army in 1997. All three were road games. SPECIAL TEAMS: Hofstra opponents are 3-for-18 on the man-up over the past eight games.
On offense, Hofstra ranked seventh in the country last season with a.393 (24-for-61) man-up percentage AGAINST THE TOP 10 Hofstra played four opponents who were ranked in the Top 10 last season. Massachusetts was ranked fifth entering the NCAA Tournament last season. 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. Before the Syracuse victory, Hofstra's last Top 10 victory came on April 26, 2002 in a 14-6 victory over Duke at Hofstra Stadium. Hofstra is 5-8 in its last 13 games against Top 10 opponents. The Pride's highest-ranked victory during that time was an 11-10 overtime decision over second-ranked Notre Dame in 2001. Date # Opponent H-A HU - Opp 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 13-18 L 5/12/01 #8 Virginia + Neutral 15-14 W (OT) 5/5/01 #9 Towson Away 11-13 L 4/28/01 #9 Duke Home 15-10 W 3/24/01 #2 Notre Dame Home 11-10 W (OT) ONE-GOAL CONTESTS: Hofstra posted four one-goal decisions last season. The Pride were involved in three one-goal contests in 2002. During John Danowski's 18 seasons as coach at Hofstra, the Pride have been involved in 53 one-goal decisions, including playoff games. Hofstra's record in those games is 38-15. 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 12-11 W 2001 Virginia 15-14 W Notre Dame 11-10 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 15-16 L Massachusetts 15-14 W 1995 Brown 10-9 W 1994 Army 14-15 L 1993 Virginia 7-6 W 1991 at Army 14-13 W 1989 at Towson 10-9 W (4OT) 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. HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE Get the latest information on the Hofstra men s lacrosse program by going to www.hofstra.edu/sports. 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 on the Hofstra Athletics website. 2004 HOFSTRA ACTIVE CAREER HIGHS #1 Ryan Lucas Goals: 2 2 times (05/3/03 at Towson) Assists: 2 2 times (3/15/03 vs. Princeton) Points: 3 3/4/03 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 #42 Ryan Miller Goals: 2 3/26/03 at Army Assists: 3 3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame Points: 3 3 times (3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame) #12 Keith Mekeel
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) #36 Ryan Vilar Goals: 2 4 times (5/11/03 at UMass) Assists: 1 3 times (5/3/03 at Towson) Points: 3 3/29/03 vs. Drexel #22 Tim Treubig Goals: 2 3 times (4/30/03 vs. Villanova) Assists: 2 4/4/03 at Towson Points: 2 4 times (4/30 vs. Villanova) #24 John Orsen Goals: 2 4/4/03 at Towson Assists: 0 Points: 2 4/4/03 at Towson #11 John Keysor Goals: 2 4 times (5/3/03 at Towson) 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 HOFSTRA'S RECORD IN 2003 WHEN... At home 9-2 Away 2-4 Neutral 0-0 In overtime 1-0 Ahead after the first quarter 5-0 Tied after the first quarter 4-1 Behind after the first quarter 2-5 Ahead at the half 8-0 Tied at the half 1-1 Behind at the half 2-5 Ahead after three quarters 8-0 Tied after three quarters 2-0 Behind after three quarters 1-6 Scoring 9 or more goals 10-1 Scoring fewer than 9 goals 1-5 Allowing 10 or more goals 1-5 Allowing fewer than 10 goals 10-1 Outshooting opponents 9-0 Outshot by opponents 2-6 Shots are even 0-0 Hofstra has more ground balls 8-1 Opponent has more ground balls 3-5 Ground balls are even 0-0 Hofstra wins a majority of face-offs 4-1 Face-offs are even 0-0 Opponents win a majority of face-offs 7-5 Hofstra scores a man-up goal 8-5 Hofstra fails to score a man-up goal 3-1 Hofstra allows a man-up goal 5-4 Hofstra does not allow a man-up goal 6-2 On Sunday 0-2 On Monday 0-0 On Tuesday 1-0 On Wednesday 3-0 On Thursday 1-0 On Friday 2-1 On Saturday 4-3