WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army senior attackman Jason Peyer scored three goals, while sophomore goalkeeper Tom Palesky was credited with 18 saves, but it was No. 6 Hofstra escaping with a 9-8 double-overtime victory, Tuesday night, at Michie Stadium.

Army (5-4) battled back from a pair of two-goal deficits to end the third and the fourth quarters, including the game-tying goal by senior midfielder Kevin LoRusso with 5:16 remaining in regulation, but it was Pride sophomore attackman Jay Card making two twisting dodges to make enough room to get off a seven-yard shot that went over Palesky's right shoulder for the game winner with 1:13 remaining in the second overtime.

"I'm especially proud of the way our guys played tonight. It was a great game by both teams," said Army head coach Joe Alberici. "I thought we had the best of the opportunities during the overtime periods, but you have to give their goalie a lot of credit for making some big plays when it counted down the stretch."

Hofstra (5-1) freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden was credited with a career-best 17 saves, including two in the first overtime and another in the second, to preserve the Pride's third-straight victory.

Hofstra got on the board first with an extra-man goal at 11:04. Senior midfielder Michael Colleluori took a feed from sophomore midfielder Stephen Bentz and converted from five yards away to start the scoring. Army answered by converting its own man-up opportunity at the 8:46 mark following a Pride slashing penalty. Peyer took a pass from McCallion and tied the game with a tally at the 8:46 mark.

With the final seconds of the first quarter winding down, Boltus took a shot from 10 yards away that deflected straight up in the air off a Hofstra defender and came down on Gvozden's back where it rolled into the goal to give the Black Knights a 2-1 lead with 10 seconds showing on the clock.

Hofstra scored the lone goal of the second quarter as Card made a nice move to evade an Army defender and scored a man-up goal from close range to make it a 2-2 game after the first half.

Army started fast in the second half with two goals in a span of 34 seconds. Peyer found the net on a 15-yard bouncer at 12:56, before freshman midfielder Sean O'Sullivan took a pass from senior midfielder Alex Rhoads and sent a 15-yard low-liner past Gvozden to make it a 4-2 Black Knight edge at 12:22.

Hofstra went on a four-goal run to take a 6-4 lead. Colleluori made a great ball fake and bounced home an unassisted tally at 11:28 and then made a nice feed to Card who scored on a behind-the-back shot from close range to tie the game, 4-4, at 8:44. Colleluori sent home his third goal of the night from seven-yards out at 8:10, before senior midfielder Anthony Muscarella took a feed from freshman attackman Kevin Ford and rifled Hofstra's third man-up goal of the evening past Palesky from 12 yards away to stake the visitors to a 6-4 lead at 3:47.

Army scored two goals in the final nine seconds of the period to knot the game back up, 6-6. O'Sullivan dished a pass off to Peyer, who scored on a 12-yard laser, before senior midfielder Sean Reppard won the ensuing faceoff and raced down the field to find Korvin open on the Pride crease for a goal with 1.6 seconds to beat the clock.

Hofstra looked to pull away once again with two goals to start the fourth quarter. Muscarella scored off a feed from senior midfielder Ryan Carter at 8:33, before sending a scoring pass to Ford to put the Pride on top, 8-6, with 5:46 to play in regulation.

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