STREAKS AND TRENDS:
• The Pride enter the 2005 season having dropped its
last four games.
• The Pride have won 24 of their last 40 contests, 32 of
its last 53 games, 36 of the last 58, 47 of the last 78 and
60 of its last 94 games, dating back to 1999.
HOFSTRA MEN’S LACROSSE
#23 HOFSTRA PRIDE (0-0)
vs.
#15 MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN (0-0)
Saturday, February 26 – Noon
James M. Shuart Stadium – Hempstead, NY
2005 HOFSTRA
LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS
February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank) Result
26
#15 MASSACHUSETTS (#23)
Noon
March
5
at Brown
1:30 p.m.
12
at Johns Hopkins
1 p.m.
16
NORTH CAROLINA (FSNY)
7:30 p.m.
19
PRINCETON
1:30 p.m.
21
BINGHAMTON
6 p.m.
26
NOTRE DAME
2 p.m.
29
at Army
7 p.m.
April
1
VILLANOVA*
7:30 p.m.
6
at Sacred Heart*
3 p.m.
9
at Delaware*
7:30 p.m.
15
DREXEL*
7:30 p.m.
23
at Towson*
7:30 p.m.
26
STONY BROOK
7:30 p.m.
30
HARVARD
7:30 p.m.
May
4
CAA Tournament Semifinals
TBA
7
CAA Tournament Championship
TBA
14
NCAA Tournament-First Round
TBA
15
NCAA Tournament-First Round
TBA
21
NCAA Quarterfinals
TBA
22
NCAA Quarterfinals
TBA
28
NCAA Semifinals at Philadelphia
TBA
30
NCAA Championship at Philadelphia Noon
*
Colonial Athletic Association Game
NATIONAL RANKING: The Pride of Hofstra are ranked
23rd in the Inside Lacrosse media poll. Massachusetts is
ranked 15th in the Inside Lacrosse poll. The first USILA
poll of 2005 will be released on March 7th.
• Hofstra has won nine of its last 12 home games at
James M. Shuart Stadium. The only blemishes during
that time were the 14-12 loss to Cornell on February 28,
2004, the loss to Hopkins on March 13, 2004, and the
Towson loss on April 17, 2004.
PRIDE COACH JOHN DANOWSKI
• John Danowski, who is in his 20th season at Hofstra, is
the head coach of the Pride. He has posted a 167-113
(.596) 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 194-129
(.601) in 22 years of coaching. He spent three seasons
at C.W. Post recording a 27-16 record with the Pioneers.
HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES:
• Joe Amplo, who was a four-year letterman at Hofstra
from 1996 to 1999, is in his second tenure as an
assistant coach to Danowski at Hofstra. Amplo served
as an assistant for two seasons under John Danowski in
2000 and 2001 before leaving to serve as an assistant at
Pennsylvania. He returned to Hofstra in 2003.
• Sean Smith is in his seventh season as a part-time
assistant coach with the Pride.
• Former Scranton standout and Long Island scholastic
assistant coach Ron Caputo is in his second season on
the Pride staff.
HOFSTRA’S RETURNING STAT LEADERS FROM
2004:
Key Returnees
Chris Unterstein
Athan Ianucci
Ryan Vilar
Tim Treubig
John Keysor
Ryan Miller
Ryan Lucas
Brett Moyer
Matt Southard
Pos.
A
A
A
M
M
M
D
D
D
G
A
2M
2M
2M
3M
3M
3M
SSM
SSM
LSM
LSM
FO
FO
FO
Pos.
A
A
M
M
A
M
M
D
G
Cl.
Jr.
So.
Sr
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
2004 Stats
G - A - Pts. GB
18-13-31
34
15-11-26
32
15-9-24
17
15-6-21
25
15-4-19
36
9-7-16
9
9-6-15
30
0-1-1
58
10.82 GAA/.526 sv%
HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE LINE-UP
vs. Massachusetts
Name
No.
Cl.
2004 Stats
David Schwartzberg 26
So.
2-0-2
John Keysor
11
Jr.
15-4-19
Chris Unterstein
33
Jr.
18-11-29
Bill Peters
3
So.
0-0-0
Ryan Vilar
36
Sr.
15-9-24
Tim Treubig
22
Jr.
15-6-21
Sean McCarthy
47
Jr.
DNP
Brett Moyer
15
Jr.
58 GB
Jon Edwards
37
Sr.
15 GB
Matt Southard
23
Jr.
10.82 GAA
Reserves
Athan Ianucci
32
So.
15-11-26
John Orsen
19
Jr.
3-2-5
Mike Unterstein
35
Fr.
DNP
Rob Bonaguro
9
Jr.
7-1-8
Ryan Miller
2
Jr.
9-7-16
Kevin Unterstein
34
Fr.
DNP
Ryan Lucas
1
Jr.
9-6-15
James Morgan
14
Sr.
0-0-0
John Gorman
6
Jr.
DNP
Nick Calleluori
27
Fr.
DNP
Julian Watts
18
So.
15 GB
Joe Mascaretti
16
Jr.
DNP
Len Panarelli
40
Sr.
78-186 .419
Brett Moyer
15
Jr.
58 GB
• Hofstra's 12-11 overtime victory at Massachusetts in
2002 was the third overtime game in the PrideMinutemen 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 four contests decided by three goals..
The Hofstra-Massachusetts Series
Since 1992
Year Winner
2004 UMass 6
2003 UMass 9
2003 UMass 14
2002 Hofstra 12
2001 UMass 17
2000 Hofstra 10
1999 Hofstra 8
1998 UMass 7
1997 Hofstra 7
1996 Hofstra 15
1995 UMass 11
1994 UMass 11
1993 Hofstra 9
Hofstra 16
1992 UMass 17
Loser
Hofstra 3
Hofstra 6
Hofstra 7
UMass 11 (OT)
Hofstra 13
UMass 7
UMass 7
Hofstra 6
UMass 6 (2OT)
UMass 14 (OT)
Hofstra 5
Hofstra 8
UMass 8
UMass 8
Hofstra 4
Location
Amherst
Amherst
Hempstead
Amherst
Hempstead
Amherst
Hempstead
Amherst
Hempstead
Hempstead
Hempstead
Hempstead
Hempstead
Hempstead
Amherst
THREE GOALS LAST YEAR
The three goals that Hofstra scored at UMass were the
fewest by a Hofstra team since 1997 when Army held
the Pride to two goals in a 6-2 loss at West Point.
UMASS ENDED THE PRIDE'S UNRANKED STREAK
• The Hofstra 6-3 loss at UMass last year snapped a 25game winning streak over unranked opponents. That
streak dated back to 2000. The Pride are 48-4 against
unranked opponents since 1997.
• In addition to the UMass loss on March 29, Hofstra’s
unranked losses have come against Delaware in
overtime in 2000, Notre Dame in 1998 and Army in
1997. All four were road games.
• HOFSTRA-MASSACHUSETTS SERIES:
• Today's game is the 29th meeting between Hofstra and
Massachusetts in men’s lacrosse in a series that started
in 1974. The series is tied at 14-14.
INSIDE LACROSSE.COM MEDIA POLL: Here is the
first Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll, as of February 21,
2005:
• Massachusetts defeated Hofstra 6-3 in Amherst last
year, and twice in 2003, winning on March 23, 2003 at
James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY 14-7, and
in the NCAA Tournament first round on May 11, 2003 96.
No. Team (1st pl. votes)
1. Johns Hopkins (12)
2. Princeton
3. Syracuse (2)
4. Maryland
5. Georgetown
6. North Carolina (1)
7. Navy
Pts.
370
338
332
325
310
303
299
8. Virginia
295
9. Cornell
244
10. Notre Dame
225
11. Rutgers
218
12. Towson
198
13. Duke
186
14. Army
165
15. Massachusetts
151
16. Loyola
139
17. Ohio State
133
18. Pennsylvania
113
19. Hobart
101
20. Brown
91
21. Dartmouth
63
22. Penn State
59
23. Hofstra
57
24. Denver
55
25. Albany
30
Others receiving votes: Villanova 29, Delaware 24, Colgate 8,
Harvard 3, UMBC 2, Bucknell 1.
MOYER NAMED TO 2005 TEWAARATON TROPHY
WATCH LIST: Hofstra University men’s lacrosse player
Brett Moyer has been named to the 2005 Tewaaraton
Trophy Preseason Watch List, the Tewaaraton
Foundation recently announced. The Tewaaraton
Trophy honors the top male and female varsity collegiate
lacrosse player in the United States. Hofstra alumnus
Doug Shanahan captured the first Tewaaraton Trophy in
2001. The list is just an early season indicator on who to
watch for during the 2005 season. The list will be
narrowed down to five finalists by the end of the year
and the award is presented annually following the
season. The list is composed of 37 players, 35 of which
are from Division I schools. LeMoyne's Brandon Spillett
is the lone DII player and Salisbury's Jeff Bigas is the
lone DIII player. Moyer, a junior defender from Ridley
Park, Pennsylvania, is a 2005 Face-Off Yearbook and
Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American after being
named a USILA Division I All-America honorable
mention and an All-Colonial Athletic Association first
team selection last season.
More on Moyer ...
VILAR
• Senior middie Ryan Vilar was selected a 2005
Preseason All-American Honorable Mention by Face-Off
Year and Inside Lacrosse.
• Vilar, who was a second team All-CAA selection last
season, posted a career high 15 goals and nine assists
in 2004 topping his 2003 total of eight goals and four
assists.
• He posted a career-high three goals and two assists for
five points in the loss to Johns Hopkins on March 13,
2004.
• He tallied two goals and one assist against Towson
and had a goal and two assists at Notre Dame on March
24, 2004.
• Vilar came up big for the Pride in the second half
against Loyola on March 6, 2004. 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, 2004.
CHRIS UNTERSTEIN
• Junior middie Chris Unterstein has 14 goals and nine
assists in his last seven games, and 17 goals and 11
assists in his last nine contests. He had his six-game
goal scoring streak stopped in the CAA Tournament
semifinal game at Towson last May.
• He posted two goals and a career-high three assists in
Hofstra’s 12-10 loss at Delaware on April 3, 2004, three
goals and two assists in the win over Sacred Heart on
April 11, 2004, and four goals in the 8-7 win at Drexel on
April 10, 2004.
• Unterstein also recorded three goals and one assist at
Notre Dame on March 24, 2004.
• Moyer led the team in ground balls with 58 last season.
• Unterstein had 10 goals and eight assists as a
freshman but finished 2004 with 18 goals and 13 assists.
• He picked up a career-high 12 ground balls against
Sacred Heart on April 7. He also assisted on the goal
that tied the contest at 11. Moyer had six ground balls
against both Johns Hopkins and Princeton.
IANUCCI
• Sophomore attackman Athan Ianucci is expected to
play against UMass after missing the fall season and
most of the preseason drills due to injury.
• He was voted the CAA’s 2003 Co-Rookie of the Year
by the league’s coaches.
• Ianucci was named to the All-CAA Tournament Team
last May.
• Moyer was a member of the U.S. National Under 19
team that captured the Gold Medal in the World
Championships last summer.
• Ianucci opened the 2004 season with nine goals in his
first six games.
• Ianucci set a career-high with four goals and also tied a
career-best with five points at Notre Dame on March 24,
2004.
• Treubig, who scored the game-winner in overtime
against Sacred Heart and the tying and game-winning
goals against Duke in 2003, was named the CAA’s CoRookie of the Week on April 28, 2003.
• Ianucci posted five points on three goals and two
assists against Binghamton on March 8, 2004. He had a
goal and an assist against the Greyhounds of Loyola.
• He added two goals in the CAA semifinal victory over
Villanova and one goal against Towson in the 2003 title
game.
• For his efforts in the Hofstra victories over Loyola and
Binghamton he was named the CAA Rookie of the Week
for March 9, 2004.
KEYSOR
• Junior John Keysor gets moved from midfield to the
attack this season.
• Ianucci had an impressive college debut on February
28th with one goal and three assists against Cornell.
• Keysor enters the 2005 season with a seven-game
goal scoring streak. In those seven games he tallied
eight goals and three assists.
GOALIE MATT SOUTHARD
• Junior goalie Matt Southard has posted double-digit
saves in 10 of 14 games last season. The only four
games in which he didn’t post double digit saves were
Sacred Heart (3), Drexel (8), Stony Brook (6) and
Towson (3).
• Southard posted 162 saves in 2004 for a .526 save
percentage.
• Southard recorded career high saves on consecutive
weekends last season. He recorded a career-high 18
saves in Hofstra’s 9-8 victory over Loyola on March 6,
2004. A week later against Johns Hopkins, Southard
posted 19 saves. He also had 17 saves at UMass and
16 at Delaware.
• Southard’s previous high in saves coming into the 2004
season was 17 in the 2003 CAA semifinal against
Villanova.
TREUBIG
• Junior Tim Treubig, who had 11 goals and four assists
in 2003, had a career high 15 goals and six assists in
2004.
• After a seven-game goal scoring streak to open the
season Treubig posted just three goals in his final seven
games of 2004.
• Treubig recorded at least one point in 12 of the 14
games last year.
• He was named the CAA Co-Player of the Week on
March 1, 2004 after scoring a career-high four goals in
the season opener against Cornell.
• He added three goals against Binghamton on March 8,
2004.
• Keysor recorded at least one points in 12 of 14 games
in 2004.
• Three times last season Keysor (pronounced Kaiser)
tallied three points in a game. On April 7 against Sacred
Heart. He posted a goal and two assists against the
Pioneers, two goals and one assist at Princeton, and a
career-high three goals against Cornell in the 2004
season opener.
• The three scores against Cornell topped his previous
high of two goals that he posted in 2003 against Sacred
Heart and Towson twice.
MILLER
• Junior Ryan Miller will start the season at midfield in
2005 after two seasons on attack.
• Miller recorded a career-high four goals and five points
against Binghamton on March 8, 2004.
• He had nine goals and seven assists in 14 games last
season including a goal and two assists at Villanova.
• He snapped a four-game scoreless streak with two
goals and one assist at Delaware on April 3, and
duplicated that feat against Sacred Heart on April 7.
• Ryan posted eight goals and seven assists in 2003.
Miller had three assists against Notre Dame and two
goals at Army in 2003.
• 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. Blake was
also named the MLL Offensive Player of the Year in
2004.
LUCAS
• Junior Ryan Lucas is another Pride player on the
move, moving to midfield after playing on attack
previously.
• He had nine goals and six assists in 2004. He tallied 12
goals and seven assists in 2003.
• Lucas scored a career-high three goals at Villanova on
April 24, 2004. The three goals topped his previous high
of two that he set thrice, the last time against Cornell on
February 28, 2004.
• Lucas recorded his second career game-winning goal
against Loyola on March 2, 2004 with a man-up tally with
4:25 to play. He also recorded a career-high seven
ground balls against the Greyhounds.
• Lucas tied his previous career highs in goals and points
with two goals and three points against Cornell on
February 28, 2004. He also had a one-goal, two-assist
performance against Binghamton on March 8, 2004.
ONE-GOAL CONTESTS:
• Hofstra’s 6-5 loss at Towson in the CAA Tournament
semifinals was the Pride's fourth one-goal decision of
the season. The Pride were 3-1 in one-goal decisions.
Hofstra posted four one-goal decisions in 2003 and three
one-goal contests in 2002.
• During John Danowski’s 19 seasons as coach at
Hofstra, the Pride have been involved in 57 one-goal
decisions, including playoff games. Hofstra’s record in
those games is 41-16.
• The Pride have recorded four or more one-goal
decisions in a single season seven times. In all but one
of those seasons (1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003
and 2004), 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.
PRIDE FALL FROM TOP 20
• The Pride fell from the USILA Top 20 on March 29,
2004 for the first time since the Monday, March 19, 2001
poll.
• Before 2004 the last time Hofstra fell from the Top 20
was following a 10-5 loss to Princeton on March 17,
2001. Hofstra climbed back into the Top 20 the following
week (3/26) after a 11-10 overtime win over secondranked Notre Dame that placed the Pride at 16th.
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 11-10 in
overtime.
• Hofstra is 6-22 against opponents ranked sixth or
better since 1993.
AGAINST THE TOP 10
• Hofstra’s victory over Loyola on March 6 was Hofstra’s
one and only last season over a Top 10 opponent. The
Greyhounds came into the game ranked seventh.
• The Loyola victory marked the third consecutive
year, and fourth time 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 in 2003. 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 11-10 overtime decision over second-ranked Notre
Dame in 2001.
Date
3/20/04
3/13/04
3/6/04
5/11/03
4/17/03
3/23/03
3/15/03
4/26/02
3/16/02
3/9/02
3/2/02
5/19/01
5/12/01
5/5/01
4/28/01
3/24/01
# Opponent
#6 Princeton
#1 Johns Hopkins
#7 Loyola
#5 Massachusetts
#7 Syracuse
#6 Massachusetts
#7 Princeton
#7 Duke
#8 Princeton
#2 Johns Hopkins
#8 Loyola
#1 Syracuse+
#8 Virginia +
#9 Towson
#9 Duke
#2 Notre Dame
H-A
Away
Home
Home
Away
Home
Home
Home
Home
Away
Home
Home
Home
Neutral
Away
Home
Home
HU - Opp
5-10 L
6-13 L
9-8 W
6-9 L
8-6 W
7-14 L
5-18 L
14-6 W
4-12 L
8-9 L
7-8 L
13-18 L
15-14 W OT
11-13 L
15-10 W
11-10 W (OT)
HOME COOKING: Hofstra has won 16 of its last 21
home games at James M. Shuart Stadium (formerly
Hofstra Stadium). The Pride’s only losses during that
time have been to Princeton, Massachusetts, Cornell,
Hopkins and Towson.
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
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1991
1989
Opponent
at Sacred Heart
at Massachusetts
Virginia
Notre Dame
at Delaware
Johns Hopkins
Notre Dame
Massachusetts
Georgetown
Massachusetts
Brown
Army
Virginia
at Army
at Towson
Result
9-8 W
12-11 W
15-14 W
11-10 W
7-8 L
9-8 W
10-9 W
7-6 W (2OT)
15-16 L
15-14 W
10-9 W
14-15 L
7-6 W
14-13 W
10-9 W (4OT)
SEASON 57 FOR HOFSTRA
• Hofstra is in its 57th season of men’s lacrosse in 2005.
Pride teams have tallied a 443-311 record during that
time.
RADIO: Hofstra men’s lacrosse games will be aired on
either WRHU-FM (88.7) on Long Island, WRHU.org, the
station’s website, or on WNYG-AM (1440). Today's
game against UMass will air on WNYG-AM with Nick
Anastos and Josh Harmon calling the action.
HOFSTRA ATHLETIC WEBSITE
• Get the latest information on the Hofstra men’s
lacrosse program by going to www.hofstra.edu/sports.
HOFSTRA ACTIVE CAREER HIGHS
#1 Ryan Lucas
Goals: 3
4/24/04 at Villanova
Assists: 2
3 times (3/8/04 vs. Binghamton)
Points: 3
4 times (4/24/04 at Villanova)
#33 Chris Unterstein
Goals: 4
4/10/04 at Drexel
Assists: 3
4/3/04 at Delaware
Points: 5
2 times (4/7/04 vs. Sacred Heart)
#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
#2 Ryan Miller
Goals: 4
3/8/04 vs. Binghamton
Assists: 3
3/21/03 vs. Notre Dame
Points: 5
3/8/04 vs. Binghamton
#22 Tim Treubig
Goals: 4
2/28/04 vs. Cornell
Assists: 2
2 times (4/17/04 vs 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
#20 Tom Brewer
Goals: 1
2 times (4/7/04 vs. Sacred Heart)
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
LACROSSE SCHEDULE & RESULTS
February (Opp. Rank - Opp. - HU Rank)
28
#12 CORNELL (#11)
March
6
#7 LOYOLA (#19)
8
BINGHAMTON (#11)
13
#1 JOHNS HOPKINS (#11)
20
at #6 Princeton (#14)
24
at #15 Notre Dame (#13)
28
at Massachusetts (#13)
April
3
at #18 Delaware*
7
SACRED HEART*
10
at Drexel*
17
#12 TOWSON*
24
at #19 Villanova*
27
at Stony Brook
May
5
CAA Tournament Semifinals
at Towson
*
Colonial Athletic Association Game
Result
12-14 L
9-8 W
14-9 W
6-13 L
5-10 L
11-19 L
3-6 L
10-12 L
12-11 W
8-7 W
6-10 L
10-13 L
6-9 L
5-6 L