Hempstead, NY - Over the next few weeks, GoHofstra.com will unveil the top moments, performances, teams and individuals in Hofstra Athletics from the 2018-19 year.
Today we unveil #10 on the list - A TIE!
Addition of Indoor and Outdoor Track Programs
After a steady rise by the Hofstra cross country program in recent years that culminated with junior
Alex Masai becoming the first Colonial Athletic Association Cross Country Champion in University history last October, Hofstra Director of Athletics
Rick Cole Jr. announced in February the addition of indoor and outdoor men's and women's track to its NCAA Division I sports sponsorship with the outdoor programs beginning in March.
Led by Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach Vince Giambanco, who completed his fifth season in 2018, the Pride women had a roster of 73 and competed in four competitions while the men's team had a roster of 22 and competed in seven meets. Masai, who broke the school record in the 10,000-meter run to qualify and later placed fourth in the Penn Relays, posted the 38th-best time in the east to qualify for the NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championships East Prelims in Jacksonville. He placed 22nd in the Pride's debut in the national showcase. The men's and women's indoor track programs will officially commence during the winter of the 2019-20 academic year.
Boogie Brozoski Sets CAA Tournament Record and Hofstra single-game Record for Points
Senior guard
Boogie Brozoski poured in an incredible 42 points and broke several scoring records on March 13 to elevate the Hofstra women's basketball team to a thrilling 77-75 Colonial Athletic Association first round victory over Elon at the Bob Carpenter Center. She set a career-high, a Hofstra single-game record, a CAA Tournament single-game record and Bob Carpenter facility record. Her performance surpassed George Mason's Jen Derevjanik who scored 40 points in a CAA tournament game against VCU on March 12, 2004. Brozoski also surpassed Hofstra's Marguerite Moran who scored 41 points against Bucknell in February 1989.
In addition to scoring 42 points, she eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career at the 7:07 mark in the fourth quarter. She finished the game shooting 13-of-24 (54 percent) from the field and 4-of-9 (44 percent) from beyond the arc, while also adding her sixth-straight perfect performance at the free throw line, going an unblemished 12-of-12 from the stripe.