Even though Jim Metzger only reconnected with Hofstra University in 2007, he quickly made a big impact for Hofstra Athletics. It has been recently announced that Metzger has made a $1.5 million commitment to support Hofstra Athletics.
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The Pride had waited for its chance at revenge for weeks with an opportunity to make up for the lone blemish on its otherwise perfect resume against Delaware.
A simple phone call has the ability to change a person's life and with the cantor of ringing bells on January 21, 2011, it did so for Hofstra men's lacrosse senior attack Jay Card. In this moment, he transitioned from a well to do college athlete to becoming a professional.
With the joy that was brought by Family Fun and Senior Day on Saturday, the Hofstra University men's lacrosse team buckled down and took the Colonial Athletic Association's regular season crown by defeating Penn State 9-4.
It was the younger members of the Pride that helped navigate the Hofstra women's lacrosse team to a 9-8 victory over Drexel on senior day last Thursday to close out its season.
Sometimes against a dominant offensive lacrosse team, a defense has to pick its poison.
Andrew Gvozden has always been a glutton for punishment. He just does not refer to it that way. He calls it being a lacrosse goalie.
Every pair of eyes in Shuart Stadium was focused on Hofstra freshman attacker Lindsay McKinnon.
Last season, the men's lacrosse team could not figure out how to tame the Dragons, suffering a demoralizing loss resulting in an early 0-2 hole in Colonial Athletic Association play.
A quick turn around is sometimes beneficial for a team and after a 7-6 loss on Saturday to Delaware; the Hofstra University men's lacrosse team took down St. John's, 8-5, Tuesday night.
After four consecutive losses and a slide in the national rankings, the Hofstra University women's lacrosse team returned to winning ways with a 15-6 victory over Fairfield.
Sixteen minutes and 28 seconds into the Pride's game against Air Force, senior attack Jay Card shot and scored his one-hundredth career goal. At that point though, the Pride did not need to lean on its star or his fellow Canadian senior attack, Jamie Lincoln. Hofstra was winning 4-1 before Card reached the century mark and would pile on the goals to eventually win 11-6.
The Hofstra University women's lacrosse team extended its losing streak to four games after an 11-10 overtime loss to Rutgers on Saturday and a 16-7 loss at the hands of Penn State on Wednesday.
Hofstra men's lacrosse proved once again that it could be an offensive juggernaut as it downed Harvard 15-9 at Shuart Stadium on Saturday.
Hofstra women's lacrosse dropped to 2-3 on the season after losing to no. 4 University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon at Shuart Stadium.
Hofstra finally had reason to celebrate. The men's lacrosse team was 2-0 entering its game against Princeton after defeating Colgate and Sacred Heart, but this win just felt different for the Pride.
The Hofstra University women's lacrosse team continued its bounce back since dropping the season opener, picking up itssecond straight win, this time a 13-9 victory over Denver University.
Hofstra men's lacrosse moved to 2-0 on the season after defeating Sacred Heart on Saturday, thanks in large part to graduate student midfielder Steve Serling. Serling scored his first point for the Pride with an assist in the team's opener against Colgate, but exploded onto the scene against Sacred Heart with three goals and four assists.
The Hofstra University women's lacrosse team dropped its season opener 14-9 to Boston College on Wednesday night at Shuart Stadium.
It was cold outside at Shuart Stadium, 28 degrees to be exact and it took the Hofstra men's lacrosse team almost two full quarters to warm up.