Hofstra enters the Brown game ranked 11th in the USILA Division I Coaches Poll and 12th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll. Brown, which opens its season this week, is ranked 19th in the USILA Division I Coaches Poll and 15th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll.

Saturday's game is the 24th meeting between Hofstra and Brown in a series that started in 1976. The Pride lead the series, 12-11. The two teams met last February in Providence with the Pride rallying from a 10-3 third quarter deficit to post an 11-10 double-overtime victory at Brown. Hofstra junior attackman Jay Card, who was named to the 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List this week, scored the winning goal-his fourth of the contest-with 19 seconds remaining in the second overtime.

The Pride (0-1) is coming off a 17-14 loss at #7 Princeton last Saturday. In that contest, junior attackman Jamie Lincoln, a transfer from the University of Denver, made his Hofstra debut with four goals and one assist to lead the Pride. For his efforts, he was named the CAA Men's Lacrosse Player of the Week.

Several other Pride players stood out on offense last week. Card, the 2009 CAA Player of the Year and the 2008 CAA Rookie of the Year, tallied two goals and two assists and had three ground balls at Princeton. He has tallied at least one point in 16 straight games. Sophomore midfielder Mike DeNapoli recorded the first points of his career last Saturday, recording three goals and one assist against the Tigers. All three of his goals came in the first half. Junior midfielder Stephen Bentz posted career-highs of two goals and two assists at Princeton. Freshman midfielder Adrian Sorichetti, one of the four Canadians on the Pride team, made his Hofstra debut with a goal and two assists, while Long Island freshman John Antoniades won 21 of 30 face-offs.

The Bears of Brown hope to continue their recent run of success in 2010. Brown's lacrosse program returned to national prominence over the last two years - winning the Ivy League Championship in 2008 and earning an at-large bid into the NCAA Championship last season. Under the leadership of head coach Lars Tiffany, the New England Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2009, last year's Brown team made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1997, before falling in overtime to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA First Round. The Bears posted a 12-4 record, just one win short of the school record, and were ranked as high as eighth nationally during the season.

Offensive firepower shouldn't be a problem for the Bears with the return of three of its top four scorers from an offense that scored 171 goals, 52 more than the previous season. Senior All-American attackman Thomas Muldoon (36-11-47) and junior All-Ivy attackman Andrew Feinberg (42-16-58) are the key cogs in an explosive Brown offense. Senior attckman Collins Carey had a breakout year in 2009, scoring seven goals and handing out four assists for the Bears. He had a goal and an assist against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament.

Tickets for the Brown contest as well as season tickets are available online at www.GoHofstra.com or by calling the Hofstra Box Office at (516) HOF-TIXX (463-8499).