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CAA Championship Preview: Hofstra Hosts Drexel

May 2, 2014
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The Colonial Athletic Association will finish its championship series on Saturday as top-seeded Hofstra and second-seeded Drexel University battle for the conference title at James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY. Hofstra has been the number one seed in the CAA tournament four times and has only one championship win in 2006 as the top-seeded team. The Pride’s most recent CAA title was a 10-9 overtime victory against Drexel in…

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Hofstra Defeats Delaware, Advances to CAA Final

May 1, 2014
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The rain poured down at James M. Shuart Stadium on Wednesday night but was not enough to stop Hofstra from defeating fourth-seeded University of Delaware 8-6 in the semi-finals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. With the win, Hofstra (11-4, 4-1 CAA) will advance to the CAA Championship game on Saturday here in Hempstead while Delaware (7-9, 1-4 CAA) saw its CAA goals go down the drain. “Obviously thrilled to…

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LIVE BLOG: Hofstra vs. Delaware CAA Semi-finals

April 30, 2014
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Hofstra, the number one seed in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament, takes on the number four seed University of Delaware at James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY at 7 pm.   Hofstra Starters: A- 17-Varn, 2-Yapor, 5-Llinares M- 12-Coholan, 7- Malave, 21-Hendrickson D- 23-Caputo, 44-Sullivan, 34-Satterthwaite GK- 33-Selva   Delaware Starters: A- 13-Keane, 20-Jones, 15-Holland M- 22-DeLargy, 44-Kormondy, 32-Heath D- 18-Ashley, 41-Connelly, 43-Horoski GK- 2-Peaks   Hofstra returns to…

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PSU Breaks Hofstra’s Perfect CAA Record

April 28, 2014
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Even though they will not see Colonial Athletic Association post-season action, Penn State University, used its last CAA rival matchup with a vengeance defeating number 12 Hofstra 8-7 in University Park. With the loss, Hofstra, the number one seed in the CAA, drops to 10-4 overall and breaks its perfect record in the CAA to 4-1. The win allowed Penn State to improve to 7-6 on the year, 3-2 in…

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ACC Mashup Following Conference Play; Heading Into Tournament Games

April 28, 2014
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Just a short month ago, Syracuse sat at 4-3 overall and 0-3 in the ACC. Their scoring margin was -6 but that reasonable statistic does not show the magnitude of the 16-8 loss to Maryland, 17-12 loss to Virginia and 21-7 loss to Duke. I’ve watched a lot of lacrosse in my life and I can definitively say that Maryland-SU and Duke-SU games easily top my list of the two…

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Chamberlain: Conference Playoffs Begin

April 24, 2014
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Friday Night Lights Kicks off an action packed Weekend of College and Pro Action Patriot League Playoffs Army vs. Lehigh I like Lehigh in this matchup between two very well coached teams. Lehigh is balanced on offense and has strong goaltending with junior Matt Poillion. My prediction is Lehigh by three. Loyola vs. Colgate I made the mistake of not picking Loyola in the regular season matchup. I’m not going…

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Hofstra Finishes Regular Season In Happy Valley

April 24, 2014
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After clinching the number one seed in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament with an 11-6 victory over the University of Massachusetts, number 12 Hofstra will finish out regular season play against Penn State University this Saturday. Looking at the numbers for the matchup, Hofstra has scored 9.85 goals per game while Penn State has scored 10.50 gpg.   Hofstra’s scoring defense is ranked 12th in the nation (8.46 gpg) and Penn…

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NCAA Power Rankings: Duke, Loyola Lead; ‘Cuse and Denver in Hunt

April 24, 2014
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See where your favorite teams stand heading into the postseason: 1) Duke (12-2)—The Blue Devils will take on Syracuse for the third time in less than a year. Wonder how these new rivals will treat each other going forward. Brendan Fowler could be in for a fight as Frank Daddio and the Orange faceoff unit have played at a high level since the ‘Syracuse Slaughter’ a month ago. 2) Loyola…

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Hofstra Secures Number One Seed In CAA

April 20, 2014
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Junior Mike Malave had another strong outing for Hofstra as he led the Pride to an 11-6 victory over Colonial Athletic Association rivals, the University of Massachusetts, while also helping the 12th-ranked Pride secure the number one seed in the CAA championship tournament.   “After you come off of an emotional win like Cornell, UMass is probably our best opponent, they’re really one of those teams that gets us going,”…

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