The Hofstra Club Roller Hockey DI Team traveled
to North Arlington, New Jersey
to take on Farmingdale State College and Temple University on Saturday, January
28th and Sunday, January 29th. In their first
game against Farmingdale State
the Pride were shutout 8-0.
The Pride
would fare better against Temple University to close out play on
Saturday. In the first game against the Owls, the Pride would make a comeback
in the third period to send the game into overtime tied, 9-9. Andrew Gagnon
tallied 5 goals for the Pride, notching a hat trick in the second period. In
overtime, Danny Correia would score on a pass from Nigel Grove to seal the 10-9 victory for the Pride.
In their
third game of the day, and second against Temple, the Pride would carry over their
flurry of goals, jumping out to a 3-2 lead after the first period. The Pride
would shut down the Owls in the second period while extending their lead to
four. Hofstra ended up with the sweep of Temple, beating the Owls by a final
score of 8-5. Nick Lewis was named the first star of the game with two goals
and two assists and Nigel Grove was named the second star of the game with one
goal and two assists.
On Sunday,
the Pride faced the Rams of Farmingdale State to close out the weekend.
Hofstra’s Nick Lewis tickled the twine twice on the power play to give the
Pride an early 2-0 lead after one period of play. In the second period, the
Rams would come back and after two, the score was tied at 3. In a hard fought
game, Farmingdale was able to come out on top, beating the Pride by a final
score of 5-3.
The Hofstra Club Roller Hockey DIII
Team also traveled
to North Arlington, New Jersey for four games; two against Farmingdale State College and two against
Northeastern University.
In the first
game against Farmingdale,
the Pride were shutout, 9-0, and in the second
game against the Rams,
the Pride lost, 9-1.
Against the Huskies of Northeastern, the Pride would fare much better.
In the first game, Ryan McCallen would help propel the Pride to victory by
scoring two goals and being named the first star of the game. Hofstra beat
Northeastern by a score of 6-5.
In the second
game against Northeastern,
Anthony Accardi and Shaun Randazzo would both score two goals and be named the
first and second stars of the game, respectively. Richard Boudreau added a goal
and an assist to be named the third star of the game and help the Pride beat
the Huskies by a final score of 5-4.
Club
Sports Student-Athlete of the Week
Andrew
Gagnon-Club Roller Hockey-Sophomore-Journalism-North Franklin, CT
Andrew helped
lead his team to two huge wins over Temple University, totaling 8 goals and 3
assists in 4 games this past weekend, which included a 5 goal game in a 10-9
win in OT over Temple. Congratulations
to Andrew!
Hofstra’s 28 Club Sports are always looking
for new members and welcome all experience levels. If you would like to
find out more information about joining one of our clubs, please visit
hofstra.edu/recreation and click on the ‘Club Sports’ tab, or feel free to
visit us at the Hofstra Fitness Center with any questions you may have!
Zachary Englis, Guest Blogger
Graduate Assistant, Recreation and Intramural Sports
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