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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Rory Jones
Evan Bernstein
Rory Jones had four goals and recorded his 100th career point
5
Wagner WAGNER 0-2
17
Winner Hofstra HOFSTRA 2-0
Wagner WAGNER
0-2
5
Final
17
Hofstra HOFSTRA
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wagner WAGNER 1 1 2 1 5
Hofstra HOFSTRA 4 5 2 6 17

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Len Skoros

Four Hat Tricks For Hofstra Once Again As Pride Blows Past Wagner

Hempstead, NY - For the second consecutive game Hofstra had four players record hat tricks, led by Rory Jones' four goals, as the Pride defeated visiting Wagner, 17-5, Friday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium. Trevor Natalie, Drew Bogardus, and Anthony Mollica each had three goal-games in the Pride's home opener. 

Natalie and Mollica also added assists, while John Madsen contributed two goals and two assists. The goalkeeping tandem of Shea Kennedy (7 saves, 2 GA) and Sean Henderson (6 saves, 3 GA) combined for 13 saves. 

Hofstra (2-0) would break the game open early with a 7-0 run that turned a 1-1 tie early in the first quarter into an 8-1 lead midway through the second quarter. Natalie and Bogardus each had two goals in the spurt, while Madsen, Jones, and Mollica added one goal each. After the Seahawks (0-2) stopped the run on a goal from Dylan Haase, Mollica sent the Pride into the locker room with a 9-2 lead with his second goal of the game. 

Wagner opened the third quarter scoring five minutes into the stanza to cut the Hofstra lead to six. However, Bogardus responded with his third goal of the contest to make it a 10-3 game with 6:14 remaining in the quarter. About four minutes later, Jones put in his third of the game for an 11-3 Hofstra lead. Haase added another goal with just under 2:00 on the clock to cap the third quarter scoring. 

Natalie notched his hat trick 1:51 into the fourth quarter to give Hofstra a 12-4 advantage. Madsen, Jones, and Mollica followed with goals to grow the lead to double-digits at 15-4 with 6:35 to play. Joey DeYoung got in the goal scoring column with his third of the season with 3:55 on the clock. Wagner's James Rea scored to snap the Pride's five-goal run, though Anthony Rinaldi tacked on a goal with 37 seconds left to account for the final score. 

Haase led the Seahawks with a pair of goals. Goalkeeper Angus Snow made 14 saves and allowed 16 of the Hofstra goals in 56:38 of action. Nate Yi played the final 3:22 in net and allowed one goal with one save. 

Natalie scooped up four ground balls as well, tying with Blake Cooling for game-high honors. 

Hofstra is back in action next Saturday, February 15, at Siena with a 2 p.m. start time in Loudonville, New York. 

Notes:
-Hofstra is 4-0 all-time against Wagner.
-Hofstra recorded 60 shots in the game, two more than in its season opener and the most since 64 against NJIT on March 1, 2016.
-Natalie's hat trick was the first of his career.
-Bogardus has started his career with back-to-back hat tricks.
-Mollica's hat trick was his second this season and fifth of his career.
-Jones now has six career hat tricks and his fourth goal gave him 100 career points. 
-Jones has 12 goals and an assist in his last two games against Wagner.
-Madsen has scored in 16 consecutive games. 
-DeYoung added an assist, as did Dan Bradley and Lorenzo Verona. 
-Hofstra held a 36-22 advantage in ground balls and were 18 for 20 on clears. 
 
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