Hempstead, NY - Brittain Altomare tallied four goals and four assists, and Sam Lenox scored four goals and added one assist as the Hofstra Women's Lacrosse team opened the 2015 campaign with a 15-11 win over New Hampshire Saturday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium.

Hofstra (1-0) opened up a 10-4 lead at the half behind three goals from Lenox and three from Morgan Knox. The Pride wasted no time in scoring as Amanda Seekamp tallied her first career goal just 1:01 into the game off an assist from Altomare. Knox gave the Pride a 2-0 lead 3:30 later as she converted a feed from Tiana Parrella.

After Nicole Grote scored for UNH (0-1), the Pride scored three consecutive goals in a 2:44 span to take a 5-1 advantage with 16:11 left in the half. Lenox scored at 18:55 from Drew Shapiro, while Knox notched her second off a pass from Altomare at 18:26. Altomare capped the run with a goal, converting a feed from preseason All-America April Iannetta with 16:11 on the clock. The Wildcats would pull to within two, 5-3, with 14:49 remaining on two goals from Kayleigh Hinkle. Hofstra then scored five straight goals, with
Lenox netting two and Altomare, Knox and Shapiro one each to take control of the contest 10-3. Laura McHoul scored on a free position shot with just over a minute to play in the half to make it a six-goal game.

New Hampshire would outscore the Pride, 7-5, in the second half but each time UNH looked to make a run, Hofstra would answer. New Hampshire would score two consecutive goals twice and got within five three times in the first 18 minutes, but the final margin of victory was as close as they would get. Hofstra would answer the mini runs each time before the Wildcats scored two straight to end the game.

Pride goalkeeper Kelsey Gregerson allowed 10 goals and made 11 saves in 59:19 of action. Alexis Greene played the final 41 seconds and allowed one goal.

The four goals from Lenox set a new career-high, while Altomare matched a career best with her four goals. Altomare also added three draw controls. Knox also set a new personal-best with three goals. Iannetta set a new career mark with 11 draw controls in the contest.

Hinkle had a team-best five points on four goals and one assist, and also added four draw controls for New Hampshire. Kate Clancy played all 60 minutes in goal and posted eight saves.

Hofstra is back in action Tuesday afternoon at Fairfield. Game time is set for 3 p.m.