The Pride is coming off a 15-12 victory over the 19th-ranked Brown Bears at Shuart Stadium last Saturday. Junior attackman Stephen Bentz recorded career-highs of three goals and two assists to lead Hofstra to its first win of the season. Junior midfielder Steve DeNapoli, sophomore middies Brad Loizeaux, and Mike DeNapoli and freshman middie Adrian Sorichetti each scored twice for the Pride in the win. The Pride's 29 goals that they have scored in their two games are the most in consecutive games since the 2006 team tallied 31 in back-to-back contests against Stony Brook (18) and Harvard (13). Hofstra ranks fourth in the country in scoring this season with a 14.5 goals per game average.

Bentz is off to a hot start, posting five goals and four assists in his games against Princeton and Brown. Junior transfer Jamie Lincoln, who tallied a goal and two assists last week against Brown, now has five goals and three assists this season. Mike DeNapoli has added five goals and one assist in two outings. Freshman goalie Rob Bellairs, who played the second half of the season opener against Princeton, made his first start against Brown and made seven saves last week. He has a13.33 goals against average.

The Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins are coming off a 16-10 victory over the University of Maryland at Baltimore County last Tuesday to boost their record to 4-1. The Blue Jays, who suffered their first loss of the season in a 11-10 overtime loss to Princeton last Saturday, have defeated Manhattan (14-3), Delaware (15-7) and Siena (8-7) in addition to UMBC this season.

Johns Hopkins, which returns 31 players from their 10-5 squad of a year ago, are led in scoring by senior attackman Steven Boyle with 17 goals and nine assists. Boyle tallied three goals and four assists against UMBC last Tuesday. Senior midfielder Michael Kimmel, who notched three goals and two assists on Tuesday, has recorded 10 goals and nine assists in 2010. Junior Kyle Wharton tallied three goals and two assists on Tuesday to boost his season totals to nine goals and five assists. Senior Michael Gvozden, brother of Hofstra sophomore goalie, tends to the cage for the Blue Jays and has a 7.29 goals against average and a .573 save percentage in five games.

Saturday's game is the 23rd meeting between Hofstra and Johns Hopkins in a series that began in 1974. The Blue Jays hold an 18-4 series advantage. But the Pride has captured two of the last five encounters, winning at Shuart Stadium in 2006 (11-6) and 2008 (8-7 in OT). The two teams last met on March 7, 2009 at Homewood Field in Baltimore with the Blue Jays recording a 12-7 victory.

The Pride, who are in the middle of a three-game homestand, will host Sacred Heart on Saturday, March 20 before hitting the road for games at St. John's (March 23) and new CAA-member Massachusetts (March 27).

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