EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Sophomore Jay card tied his career-high with five goals and added two assists and freshman goalie Andrew Gvozden made 11 saves to lead the seventh-ranked Pride of Hofstra to a 10-8 CAA victory over Delaware in the nightcap of the Big City Classic at Giants Stadium Saturday night. Hofstra, which recorded its fifth consecutive victory, improved to 7-1 on the season and 3-0 in the CAA while the Blue Hens fall to 3-8 overall and 0-2 in conference play.

Card, equaled his career best in goals and points-both set against Sacred Heart in 2008-with a seven point effort in a game that featured five tied scores but only one lead change. Senior Tom Dooley snapped out of a three-game scoring drought with two goals while junior Dan Stein and senior Anthony Muscarella each added a goal and an assist. Gvozden recorded double-digit stops for the third time in his six games to boost his season record to 5-1. Delaware was led by junior middie Martin Cahill with three goals while junior attackman Curtis Dickson tallied a goal and an assist. Blue Hen goalie Noah Fossner posted 12 saves in the UD cage.

The Pride held two goal leads twice in the first half before settling for a 5-4 advantage at halftime. The Blue Hens opened the scoring just 46 seconds into the contest as Curtis Dixon came around the right side of Pride goalie Andrew Gvozden and beat him low for a 1-0 lead. Hofstra would score the next three goals as Jay Card scored his 15th goal of the year from 10 yards, off a short pass from Anthony Muscarella, 44 second later to tie the game, and then notched his 16th of the season on a wrap-around with 11:07 to play in the first. Michael Colleluori boosted the lead to 3-1 with his 10th of the year with 4:32 to play.

But the Blue Hens came right back behind a man-up goal by Martin Cahill with 3:14 to play in the period, and Beau Davis, who picked up a deflected pass and drilled an eight-yard shot almost two minutes later to close out the first quarter scoring tied at 3-all.

Hofstra regained the lead 5:54 into the second as Card recorded his eighth "hat-trick" in his last 18 games. But Delaware tied the game at 4-4 with 2:59 to play in the half as Kevin Kaminski scored on the run from seven yards. Hofstra took a 5-4 lead into the locker room at halftime as Muscarella notched his 10th of the season on the run across the box with 22 seconds to play in the half.

The Pride boosted the lead to 6-4 six seconds into the third quarter right off the face-off as Card sent a cross field pass to a streaking Tom Dooley, who scored his fouth goal of the season. But Delaware tied the game at 6-all on goals by Cahill at the 13:27 mark, and by Phil Rollins, on a man-up tally with 4:50 to play in the third. The Pride took a 7-6 lead into the fourth quarter as Dan Stein notched his sixth of the year from a sharp angle with 1:38 to play in the period.

The Blue Hens tied the game just 1:02 into the fourth quarter as Cahill scored his third of the day from Dickson. The Pride answered a little over two minutes later as Dooley picked up a deflected ground ball after a save and beat goalie Noah Fossner low right off the crease. Card boosted the lead to 9-7 with 3:58 to play in the fourth, scoring his fourth of the game on a bullet from six yards after a pass from Stein.

Delaware closed the deficit to 9-8 with 1:21 to play on an unassisted goal by Mark Steverson. But after the Blue Hens won the ensuing face-off and worked the ball around, Hofstra defender Jake Born stripped the UD attackman of the ball in the waning seconds and sent a long clearing pass downfield. Card outjumped two Blue Hen defenders and Fossner and sent a shot from mid-air into the net from 25 yards out for his fifth goal with just one second to play.

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