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With two teams ranked in the nation's top 20 in RPI, the Hofstra women's basketball team had its three game winning streak snapped by Ivy League powerhouse Princeton, 74-69 on Thursday night.
A packed Mack Sports Complex of 4,258 fans saw the Hofstra men's basketball team defeat Iona College 83-75 for the Pride's third straight victory. After a shaky first two months of the season, including a four game losing streak, Hofstra improves to 6-7 on the season.
The Hofstra University men's basketball team made it two straight wins with a decisive 82-59 victory over Colgate before entering its final out of conference match-up against Iona next week.
Holding a 71-69 lead with 2.9 seconds remaining, a lay-up by Marist guard Casey Dulin as time expired was waived off by the referees as it came out of her hands just a little too late, to give the Pride its third straight victory and the New York Life Holiday Invitational championship.
The Hofstra University women's basketball team advanced to the New York Life Holiday Invitational championship game with a 67-60 win over Central Connecticut State.
JERSEY CITY, NJ-- The Hofstra University women's basketball rebounded from its first loss in a month with a 66-52 win over St. Peter's on Sunday afternoon.
There was something ominous in the eyes of senior guard Mike Moore on Saturday night.
"We have to learn how to win."
That was the message given by Hofstra men's basketball head coach Mo Cassara after the Pride's 68-59 loss to Manhattan University Saturday night at the Mack Sports Complex. The loss was Hofstra's fourth in a row, dropping its record to 3-7 on the year.
It was the smallest player on the floor providing the biggest punch. James Madison's 5'9" senior guard Humpty Hitchens provided the proverbial dagger through Hofstra hearts when he hit a jumper from 15 feet out to give JMU the lead with two seconds left to play.
Down one point with 13 seconds left, Hofstra had a chance to put Hartford away and make the Pride's 23 turnovers seem like background noise; instead, senior guard Nicole Capurso gave the ball back to the Hawks to seal Hofstra's fate last night.
Matt Napolitano and The Chronicle wishes you a happy finals week and a happy holiday!
STATEN ISLAND, NY- Count from one to 869. In seconds, that equates to 14 minutes and 29 seconds, which is the amount of time in the second half the Hofstra University men's basketball team went without making a field goal in its 58-43 loss to Wagner.
After beating Providence last season there was a certain sense of accomplishment surrounding the Hofstra women's basketball team. Providence was a Big East opponent, a nice victory for the mid-major Pride.
He is as cool as a jazz musician, with a hand as steady as a painter. On the basketball court, he treats the hardwood as his club, his canvas, with an effortless swagger, making the most difficult of shots and crossovers look simple with the utmost creativity. It must be in Shemiye McLendon's blood.
This week, the Romance Language Club, Society of Physics Students and Hofstra Goes for Gold were recognized as SGA clubs.
The School of Communications has officially been approved to study abroad in Rome during summer session II.
Two students reported that while standing in front of Estabrook Hall on Dec. 1, water was being poured and the empty bottles were thrown out the window. Public Safety responded to the room where the water and bottles were being thrown and issued an appearance summons to the residents of the room.
It is the end of the semester, and the holidays have arrived! I am sure that everyone cannot wait to relax after a busy semester. Most people are likely celebrating some holiday, whether it is Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the New Year. With so many holidays, it might be assumed that the University excludes some of them. However, I do not think that is the case; Hofstra focuses on the secular aspects of the holidays so that everyone can partake in the festivities.
I, presumably like many other upperclassmen, always thought the small village constructed in the back of the Student Center before winter break to be something from the elusive Hofstra Elves. Apparently, I was slightly off in thinking this. Hofstra's Sinterklaas was an event that various student organizations and Greek life participated in. Two or three organizations would get together and build a structure to be part of a village in which kids from the Boys and Girls Club would later play.
