Senior co-captain Torin Varn scored a career-high six-goals and two assists to lead 14th-ranked Hofstra to a 15-10 victory over non-conference opponent Marist College Tuesday night in Hempstead. “Really impressed with Marist’s offense and their shooters,” Head coach Seth Tierney said. “They’ve got a couple of guys that can shoot it hard.” With the win, Hofstra improves to 8-3 overall increasing its win streak to four games in a row…
Coming off of a 7-6 win over Siena College, Hofstra hosts Marist College in another non-conference matchup Tuesday night in Hempstead. With the win, Hofstra improved to 7-3 overall and is ranked at 14 in the Warrior Media poll. Marist is 3-7 overall after a three-game losing skid. Looking at the numbers Hofstra averages 9.12 goals per game while Marist averages 11.50 GPG. Hofstra red-shirt sophomore Korey Hendrickson scored four…
The college lacrosse season is going strong and the next two weeks will be deciding a lot for the futures of teams with the hope of being NCAA Tournament bound in May. Recent upsets are giving more teams hopes of getting in and with the tournament expanding now to 18 teams, the fight is on until the last day of the season. Look at looming conference tournaments; there are…
Red-shirt sophomore Korey Hendrickson scored four including two back-to-back goals in the fourth quarter to lead Hofstra to a 7-6 victory over non-conference opponent Siena College this past Saturday. “This was a tough game.” Head Coach Seth Tierney said. “We have never played them before and this was a tough one. We will enjoy it for a few minutes and then we have our last mid-week game coming up Tuesday.”…
Hofstra will step out of Colonial Athletic Association play to continue its four-game home stand against Siena College this Saturday. Hofstra (6-3, 3-0 CAA) is ranked 16th in the Warrior Division I Men’s Media Poll this week and ranks 16th in the NCAA in scoring defense, only allowing 8.78 GPG. The Pride struggled on the man-up opportunity against Towson going 0-3 and is ranked 47 with just 11 extra-man opportunity…
This year college lacrosse features some superb attack lines, here are some of the most impressive… Albany – A conversation about the top attack groupings in the country can’t be had without first discussing the Great Danes. The Thompson line is headed by Lyle Thompson, a first team All-American in 2013. Lyle has 21 goals and 55 points this year, and had a nation high 11 points in a…
Hofstra snapped Towson’s six-game winning streak with a 9-7 victory in another Colonial Athletic Association matchup. With the win, Hofstra clinched a spot in the CAA Tournament in April and improves to 6-3 overall, 3-0 in the CAA while Towson drops to 7-3 overall and 1-1 in the CAA. “To be 3-0 in the conference, I believe it gives us a spot in the CAA tournament,” Head Coach…
Hofstra returns home Saturday to take on the Towson Tigers for its second consecutive Colonial Athletic Association matchup. Hofstra (5-3, 2-0 CAA) is ranked 19 in the Warrior Division I Men’s Media Poll with 9.40 GPG and a .511 face-off percentage. Towson (7-2, 1-0 CAA) is receiving votes in the media poll with a 9.67 GPG average. The Tigers are .449 at the face-off X through nine games. Hofstra coming…
League play heats up this weekend and I have five matchups, I’ll be closely watching this weekend. Friday Night Appetizer UMBC vs. Stony Brook Both teams open up their America East slate. Stony Brook is coming off a loss to St. John’s while UMBC Defeated Mount Saint Mary’s by ten last weekend. UMBC is led by attackman Matt Gregoire who has been outstanding with twenty six goals on the year while…
What a disappointing season this Syracuse team has had. They are flat out frustrating to watch and even more irritating to write about. It is not that they’re bad, in fact their offense is quite good, their goalie play has been better than would appear on paper and they have some talented defensman. The problem is that the offense just doesn’t get the touches they need. The possession problems stem…