HEMPSTEAD, NY * Army attackman Jason Payer scored from a sharp angle with just two seconds remaining to give the 16th-ranked Black Knights of Army an 8-7 victory over the 12th-ranked Pride of Hofstra at James M. Shuart Stadium Tuesday night. Army won its fourth straight contest to improve to 6-2 while Hofstra had its record evened at 3-3.

As time ran down, Peyer, a junior from Williston Park, Long Island, took a pass from junior Kevin LoRusso 15 yards to the left and five yards in front of Hofstra goalie Danny Orlando, and fired a bullet high into the cage for the victory. It was his 15th goal of the year. Paul Wigdzinski tallied two goals and one assist to lead Army. Hofstra was led by sophomore Dan Stein with two goals and one assist while Tom Dooley added two goals.

While the Black Knights took a lead after one quarter, the Pride took three goals leads three times in the contest before Army mounted the late comeback. Pride junior midfielder Michael Colleluori opened the scoring 3:25 into the game on a bullet from 10 yards out. Army put two in the cage as senior Paul Wigdzinski and junior Brooks Korvin scored unassisted goals to give the Black Knights a 2-1 lead after one quarter.

But Hofstra erupted for four second period goals to take a 5-2 lead at halftime. First, senior middie Mike Unterstein scored 1:10 into the quarter to tie the game at 2-2. Just 39 seconds later senior Kevin Unterstein fed junior Anthony Muscarella, who notched his 10th of the year from six yards in front of the cage. Sophomore Dan Stein gave Hofstra a 4-2 lead with 8:53 to play in the half when he took a feed from Muscarella on the crease and easily beat Army goalie Adam Fullerton. Junior Tom Dooley notched his seventh of the season with just 2:33 to play in the half to to give the Pride a three-goal advantage at haftime.

The Black Knights closed the gap to 5-3 as Paul Wigdzinski notched his second of the game and fifth of the year , from Korvin, just 2:22 into the second half. But Dooley notched his second of the game and eighth of the year, four minutes later off a pass from Stein to boost the Hofstra lead to 6-3.

But Army would come storming back, scoring four of the next five goals to tie the game at 7-7 midway through the fourth. First, Jeremy Boltus notched his eighth of the year from Alex Rhoads with 1:34 to play in the third to cut the lead to 6-4. But Stein gave the Pride a three goal lead, once again, just 10 seconds into the fourth with a man-up goal off a pass from Muscarella. It was Stein's sixth goal of the year.

The Black Knights would not give up and scored the next three goals to tie the game at 7-all. First, LoRusso notched his fourth of the year from Wigdzinski with 13:03 to play in regulation. Then Brandon Butler tallied his first of the year from Boltus just about a minute-and-a-half later. Freshman midfielder Rob McCallion then tied the game with 6:52 to play with an unassisted goal. It was his 10th goal of the year.

The Black Knights outshot the Pride, 31-27, and picked up 26 ground balls to Hofstra's 24. Army goalie Adam Fullerton posted eight saves while Orlando finished with seven for the Pride. The Pride will travel to Phialdelphia on Saturday for a CAA-contest against the Drexel Dragons at 5 p.m. The game will be televised on CN8.

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Army junior attackman Jason Peyer buried a shot in the top right corner from 15 yards away with two seconds left to lift the 16/13 Black Knights to a come-from behind 8-7 victory at 12/15 Hofstra, Wednesday night. Peyer took a feed from junior midfieder Kevin LoRusso to score the game winner, as Army, which trailed, 7-4, with 14:50 to play in the game, scored the final four goals of the game.

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