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The Hofstra women’s basketball team’s comeback hopes were squashed as the College of the Holy Cross defeated the Pride 72-66 in an overtime thriller on Wednesday, Dec. 5, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In a battle that went down to the wire, Hofstra University outlasted Monmouth University 75-73 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex on Wednesday night, Dec. 5.
After a season-ending injury put Sica Cuzic’s Hofstra women’s basketball career on hold after just seven games in the 2017-18 season, Cuzic was unsure if she was going to be able to play the sport she’s loved since she began playing at the age of 13 in Galati, Romania.
As a budding prospect from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jacquil Taylor once called himself the “Best Kept Secret.” After four years, a myriad of injuries and a career’s worth of lessons, college basketball’s “Best Kept Secret” is ready to make himself public.
Ten Hofstra University wrestlers competed in the Cliff-Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational starting on Friday, Nov. 30. The tournament featured top teams from around the country including No. 2 Ohio State University. Hofstra’s Dylan Ryder (125) was the only wrestler from Hofstra to advance to the second day of the tournament.
The Hofstra men’s basketball team took the game in a 78-52 rout over the Kennesaw State University Owls on Saturday, Dec. 1, in a game where junior Hofstra guard Eli Pemberton made history by reaching the 1,000-point milestone as a member of the Hofstra Pride.
The Hofstra volleyball team’s season wrapped up on Friday, Nov. 30, when they fell to the No. 7-ranked University of Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Hofstra women’s basketball team dropped a heartbreaking, 70-64 loss to the Sacred Heart Pioneers on Thursday night at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Hofstra has now lost three of their last four games.
In a game that did not go perfectly for Hofstra men’s basketball, the team was able to stave off a late run by Siena College to reach a 94-86 victory.
In the final game of the Challenge in Music City, Hofstra women’s basketball faced off against Stetson University in Nashville, Tennessee and won a 53-50 nail biter.
In a night that featured a promising, come-from-behind performance, the Hofstra men’s basketball team fell just short at the hands of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), 69-67 in overtime on Saturday, Nov. 24, in Richmond, Virginia.
While the Pride women's basketball team was able to hold Marist College close in the early going, the Red Foxes eventually caught fire, handing Hofstra a 71-57 loss in the second game of the Music City Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 24 in Nashville, Tennessee. Hofstra was led by Ana Hernandez Gil, who had 16 points on the day, while the Red Foxes had the game’s highest scorer in Rebekah Hand who had 20.
Wright State University’s offensive prowess carried the team to a resounding 93-64 victory over Hofstra University on Friday, Nov. 23, as part of the opening day of the Challenge in Music City. The game is the first of three for both teams in the neutral-site tournament held in Nashville, Tennessee.
Hofstra basketball added another to the win column Wednesday night as they took down California State University, Fullerton 80-71 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex.
Hofstra’s Thanksgiving eve win put them back over .500, continuing a win/loss pattern that has taken place since the start of the season in which the Pride have taken all three at home while falling short on the road both times.
The Hofstra volleyball team became the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the first time since 2014 after playing a five-set thriller against James Madison University at the F. Mitchell Johnson Center at the College of Charleston Sunday afternoon, Nov. 18.
Hofstra volleyball was able to hold off a late comeback by Towson University in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament semi-finals on Saturday, Nov. 17, to advance to the tournament finals against James Madison University. The Pride took down Towson in five sets with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 15-25, 23-25 and 15-10.
We are already in week 11 of this NFL season and it seems as if the playoffs are right around the corner. There are so many tight division races right now, and this week’s slate of games could be huge factors in determining what the playoff seedings will look like.
Hofstra women’s basketball (2-2) bounced back from a 77-49 loss at Stony Brook Tuesday, Nov. 13, with a 67-59 victory over St. Bonaventure University (2-2) in Allegany, New York Saturday afternoon, Nov. 17.
Hofstra women’s soccer saw their NCAA Division I Tournament run come to a close on Friday night, Nov. 16, as they were defeated by the University of Wisconsin Badgers 6-0 in Salinas, California.
It was a tale of two halves for the Hofstra Pride men's basketball team in their 80-69 loss to the Maryland University Terrapins on Friday night in College Park. Justin Wright-Foreman led the way for the Pride, scoring 27 points. The Terrapins were led by sophomore Bruno Fernando, who had 17.
