Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra Pride Baseball program made great strides in 2010 under second-year coach Patrick Anderson and his staff (John Russo, James Lally and Kelly Haynes), finishing the year 20-28-1 and 10-14 in the Colonial Athletic Association. The 20-wins marked a nine-victory improvement over the 2009 season and the 10 CAA wins were four more than the previous season. The fact that this was accomplished with 20 new players, including 15 freshmen, seeing significant playing time makes it even more impressive and provides a foundation on which future success can be built.

The team was in contention for a playoff spot until the final week of the regular season and saw three players - Matt Prokopowicz, Ethan Paquette and Matt Ford - earn postseason recognition from the Colonial Athletic Association. Prokopowicz and Paquette were first team All-CAA selections, while Ford was named to the All-Rookie team.

Three individual team records were set in 2010 with Prokopowicz establishing himself as the program's all-time hits leader with 271. In addition, Paquette established a new benchmark for RBIs in a season with 70, while reliever Jeff Guthridge set the single season appearance mark by pitching in 31 games.

As a team the Pride set a new single season record for fielding percentage at .968 and their 60 errors were the fewest since the 1987 squad posted 58 in only 27 games. Offensively the team compiled a .320 average, eclipsing the .300 mark for the first time since 1999.

In addition to the new records that were established, several players broke into the top 10 in single season and career records:

Single Season

Batting Average
Matt Prokopowicz - 7th (.431)

Hits
Ethan Paquette - 3rd (76)
Matt Prokopowicz - 4th (75)

RBIs
Ethan Paquette - 1st (70)

Runs
Matt Prokopowicz - 9th (47)

Home Runs
Ethan Paquette - 2nd (14)

Doubles
John Kenny - 3rd (19)
Ethan Paquette - 3rd (19)
Matt Prokopowicz - 6th (18)

Stolen Bases
John Kenny - 4th (29)

Appearances
Jeff Guthridge - 1st (31)
Joe Burg - 4th (25)

Career Records

Hits
Matt Prokopowicz - 1st (271)

Games Played
Matt Prokopowicz - 4th (191)

RBIs
Matt Prokopowicz - 2nd (162)

Runs
Matt Prokopowicz - 6th (143)

Doubles
Matt Prokopowicz - 3rd (46)

Triples
John Kenny - 8th (6)

Home Runs
Matt Prokopowicz - 6th (23)

Stolen Bases
John Kenny - 3rd (53)

Saves
Jeff Guthridge - 2nd (5)

Appearances
Jeff Guthridge - 9th (52)

Hofstra players ranked in the NCAA's top 50 in six categories, while the team was in the top 80 in three statistics:

Matt Prokopowicz
16th in the nation in batting - .431
21st in the nation in on-base percentage - .519
50th in doubles per game - 0.42

John Kenny
27th in the nation in stolen bases per game - 0.59
30th in the nation in stolen bases - 29

Ethan Paquette
25th in the nation in RBIs - 70

Team
63rd in the nation in doubles per game - 2.33
65th in the nation in batting - .320
80th in the nation in fielding - .968

The Pride also had its best showing in the CAA Statistics since joining the league as the team was fifth in hitting and second in fielding (though it did have the fewest errors in the league).

Hofstra players also ranked among the league leaders in several categories:

Matt Prokopowicz
2nd in the CAA in batting - .430
2nd in the CAA in on-base percentage - .519

Ethan Paquette
15th in the CAA in batting - .378
3rd in the CAA in RBIs - 70
4th in the CAA in home runs - 14
6th in the CAA in slugging percentage - .668
7th in the CAA in total bases - 137
8th in the CAA in doubles - 19
12th in the CAA in hits - 76

John Kenny
1st in the CAA in stolen bases - 29
8th in the CAA in doubles - 19

Matt Watkins
7th in the CAA in saves - 4

Jeff Guthridge
1st in the CAA in appearances - 31

Matt Ford
2nd in the CAA in assists - 160

Joe Burg
8th in the CAA in appearances - 25