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| | | |  |  | | Hofstra | 14 | | Duke | 6 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Scott Dooley
Mike Morrison
Paul Rao
Adam Hananel
Bryan Walker
Kevin Dougherty
Jim Femminella
Paul Defendini
Tom Kessler
Steve Mctigue
Brian Connelly
Rich Mekeel
| (3, 0)
(1, 2)
(3, 0)
(0, 3)
(2, 0)
(0, 2)
(2, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
(0, 1)
| Kevin Cassese
Alex Lieske
Kevin Brennan
| (4, 1)
(1, 1)
(1, 0)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Jack Alaimo
| 4 (0.400)
| Aj Kincel
| 14 (0.500)
| | | | Current Record : (10-3) | Current Record : (7-6) | | | | Team Page For 2002 | Team Page For 2002 | | | | | | The Game Story: | HEMPSTEAD, New York - Hofstra senior attackman Scott Dooley scored two of his
three goals in a 5-0 first half run, junior middie Paul Rao scored three goals
and the Pride defense clamped down on the Duke offense as ninth-ranked Hofstra
(10-3) posted a convincing 14-6 victory over seventh-ranked Duke (7-6) Friday
night at Hofstra Stadium. A crowd of 5,995 saw the Pride post their eighth
consecutive victory and keep their hopes alive for an NCAA Tournament at-large
bid.
Hofstra freshman middie Mike Morrison tallied a goal and two assists, senior
middie Adam Hananel added three assists and senior goalie Jack Alaimo had to
make only four saves as the Pride defense held Duke to 22 shots while Hofstra
took 41. Duke junior middie Kevin Cassese led the Blue Devils with four goals
and one assist while leading scorer Alex Lieske was held to a goal and an
assist. Senior goalie A.J. Kincel posted 14 saves in the Duke cage.
Duke jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Kevin Brennan, his 15th of the year,
at the 3:00 mark and Lieske, his 18th, nine minutes later. But Hofstra's
leading scorer Tom Kessler scored his 27th goal of the year with 1:31 to play
in the first quarter to start a 5-0 run. Dooley scored his 26th of the season
2:49 into the second quarter off a pass from Hananel to tie the game at 2-2.
Senior Paul Defendini tallied his 10th of the year off a pass from Brian
Connelly 1:03 later to give Hofstra a 3-2 lead. Dooley notched his 27th from
Rich Mekeel 1:04 later before Rao tallied his 13th of the season from Hananel
45 seconds later to give Hofstra a 5-2 lead.
Kevin Cassese ended Hofstra's run with back-to-back goals, scoring 10 seconds
after Rao's goal right from the face-off, and then notching his 20th of the
year 42 seconds later to bring Duke back to within one at 5-4. But Dooley
scored his third of the game and 28th of the year from Kevin Dougherty with
2:41 to play in the half, and Rao added his second 10 seconds before the
intermission to give the Pride a 7-4 advantage at halftime.
Hofstra scored three times in the third quarter while holding Duke to just two
shots to boost their lead to 10-5 heading into the final period. First, Rao
completed the hat-trick with his 15th goal of the year from Hananel 1:33 into
the third. Cassese got one back for Duke from Lieske at the 5:27 mark. Then Jim
Femminella (18th) and Bryan Walker (5th) notched Hofstra goals 1:37 apart to
give the Pride a five goal lead after three quarters.
Cassese would once again give Duke fans hope with his fourth of the game and
22nd of the season 1:25 into the final quarter to close the deficit to 10-6.
But Steve McTigue (13th), Femminella (19th), Morrison (2nd) and Walker (6th)
followed with unanswered Hofstra goals to seal the victory.
Hofstra posted its 15th-double-digit victory season with the win with eight of
those 15 seasons happening during Coach John Danowski's 17-year tenure at
Hofstra. The Pride will close out their 2002 regular season on Wednesday, May 1
at Hofstra Stadium when they host the 12th-ranked Tar Heels of North Carolina
at 7:30 p.m. Duke, the ACC champions, concluded its regular season Friday night
and finishes with a 7-6 record.
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