Hempstead, NY - Hofstra Men's Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney has announced the Pride's 2010 schedule that features four opponents who competed in the 2009 NCAA championship tournament and an eight-game home schedule and.

Hofstra, which begins its 2010 season on the road at NCAA quarterfinalist Princeton University on Saturday, February 27, opens its home schedule a week later against another Ivy League and NCAA tournament team, Brown University on March 6 at 1:00 p.m. It will be the start of three consecutive home games that will see NCAA tournament semifinalist Johns Hopkins University on March 13 and Sacred Heart University on March 20 come to James M. Shuart Stadium.

The Pride will travel 15 miles west to face the Red Storm of St. John's for the first time since 1995 on March 23, and will head north to the Commonwealth State to face new CAA-member and 2009 NCAA Tournament qualifier, the University of Massachusetts on March 27. Hofstra closes the month with the renewal of the longest-standing rivalry in school history when Army comes to Long Island for the 54th meeting between the two programs in a series that began in 1955.

The month of April brings the Pride two new opponents, two old conference rivals and a new conference foe that they haven't faced since 1990. Drexel will host the Pride in a CAA battle on April 3 in Philadelphia before Hofstra returns home on the April 6 to host the Jaspers of Manhattan College for the first time. The second annual Big City Classic at the Meadowlands' new stadium will be held on Saturday, April 10 with Hofstra hosting.

Delaware in a CAA contest. The Nittany Lions of Penn State, a new member of the CAA in 2010, will square off against the Pride for the 13th time on April 17 in State College. The two teams have not met since a 17-6 Hofstra victory in 1990. Jacksonville, a first-year program in 2010, will travel to Long Island for an April 24th game at Shuart Stadium.

CAA-rival Towson will close out the Pride's regular season schedule on the evening of May 1 at Shuart Stadium before the top four teams in the conference battle for the NCAA automatic bid in the CAA Championship Tournament on Wednesday, May 5 in the semifinals and Saturday, May 8 in the title game. The first round of the NCAA championships will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16.

Date          Opponent          Location                 Time (ET)
Sat, Feb 27   Princeton         at Princeton, NJ        12:00 p.m.
 
Sat, Mar 06   Brown             Shuart Stadium           1:00 p.m.
Sat, Mar 13   Johns Hopkins     Shuart Stadium           7:00 p.m.
Sat, Mar 20   Sacred Heart      Shuart Stadium           1:00 p.m.
Tue, Mar 23   St. John's        at Jamaica, NY           7:00 p.m.
Sat, Mar 27   Massachusetts *   at Amherst, MA           1:00 p.m.
Tue, Mar 30   Army              Shuart Stadium           7:00 p.m.
 
Sat, Apr 03   Drexel *          at Philadelphia, PA      1:00 p.m.
Tue, Apr 06   Manhattan         Shuart Stadium           7:00 p.m.
Sat, Apr 10   Delaware *        at East Rutherford, NJ   1:00 p.m.
Sat, Apr 17   Penn State *      at State College, PA     7:30 p.m.
Sat, Apr 24   Jacksonville      Shuart Stadium           1:00 p.m.
 
Sat, May 01   Towson *          Shuart Stadium           7:00 p.m.
Wed, May 05   CAA Semifinals
Sat, May 08   CAA Final

* Conference games

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