15th-Ranked Hofstra Downs Ninth-Ranked Duke, 15-10

April 28, 2001

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Tom Kessler tallied four goals and two assists and Doug Shanahan added four goals and one assist to lead 15th-ranked Hofstra to a 15-10 victory over ninth-ranked Duke on Saturday afternoon at Hofstra Stadium in Hempstead, N.Y.

Hofstra improves to 8-5 while the Blue Devils fall to 10-5.

After trailing 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, Duke's Greg Patchak scored the second of three goals on the day 1:55 into the second period to tie the game at 3-3. But Hofstra scored the next three goals, including two by Kessler and five of the next to give the Pride an 8-4 lead. Duke's Kevin Brennan posted his 23rd goal of the season four seconds before intermission to close the Blue Devil deficit to 8-5 at halftime.

Hofstra boosted its lead to 10-5 in the third as Adam Hananel tallied his fourth goal of the year at the 3:10 mark and Scott Dooley notched his 15th of the year at the 5:11 mark. After Dan Chemotti scored for Duke three minutes later, Kevin Dougherty scored off a Keith Mekeel feed to boost the Pride lead to 11-6. Greg Patchak and Devan Wray brought Duke back to within 11-8 with goals in the last four minutes of the third quarter.

But once again Shanahan gave Hofstra a cushion, scoring just eight seconds into the period, his 37th goal of the year, to give the Pride a 12-8 lead. Kevin Cassese scored his 21st of the year and Chris Hartofilis notched his 20th of the season within the first five minutes of the period to close the Blue Devil deficit to 12-10, but Kessler scored an unassisted goal, his 36th on the year, on a diving shot in front of the cage at the 8:07 mark. Hananel notched his fifth of the season firing a shot into the upper left corner and Mike Tierney scored his 11 th of the year to post the victory.

Hofstra junior goalie Jack Alaimo tallied 11 saves for the Pride while Duke's Matt Breslin made seven saves.

Duke will host St. Andrews next Sunday at 12:00 p.m.

1 2 3 4 F #9 Duke (10-5) 2 3 3 2 10 #15 Hofstra (8-5) 3 5 3 4 15

Duke Scoring: Goals: Greg Patchak-3, Chris Hartofilis-3, Kevin Brennan, Dan Chemotti, Devan Wray, Kevin Cassese Assists: Kevin Cassese-2, Alex Lieske, Dam Hauber, Terrance Keaney, Dan Chemotti Hofstra Scoring: Goals: Doug Shanahan-4, Tom Kessler-4, Kevin Dougherty- 2, Adam Hananel-2, Ramar Clash, Scott Dooley, Michael Tierney Assists: Tom Kessler-2, Steve McTigue, Doug Shanahan, Paul Defendini, Keith Mekeel

Duke Hofstra Shots: 39 35 Ground Balls: 39 37 Face-offs Won: 16 13 Saves: 7 11 Penalties: 3/3:00 3/2:30 EMO: 1/3 2/3 Clears/Failed: 16/6 21/6

Goalies: DU-Matt Breslin, HU-Jack Alaimo Attendance: 3,400

FIRST QUARTER
T Time Goal (Assist) Penalty HU DU
H 6:02 Tom Kessler 1 0
H 12:36 Ramar Clash 2 0
D 12:45 Greg Patchak (Alex Lieske) 2 1
H 13:24 Mick Polanco (Pushing-0:30)
D 13:45 *Chris Hartofilis (Kevin Cassese) 2 2
H 14:21 Kevin Dougherty 3 2

SECOND QUARTER
D 1:55 Greg Patchak 3 3
D 4:39 Joe Watt (Slashing-1:00)
H 5:13 *Doug Shanahan (Tom Kessler) 4 3
H 7:44 Tom Kessler (Steve McTigue) 5 3
D 8:30 Joe Watt (Illegal Check-1:00)
H 9:26 *Tom Kessler (Doug Shanahan) 6 3
D 11:58 Chris Hartofilis 6 4
H 14:18 Doug Shanahan (Paul Defendini) 7 4
H 14:49 Doug Shanahan (Tom Kessler) 8 4
D 14:56 Kevin Brennan (Kevin Cassese) 8 5

THIRD QUARTER
H 0:39 Evan Kostewka (Tripping-1:00)
H 1:40 Dave Sweeney (Slashing-1:00)
H 3:10 Adam Hananel 9 5
H 5:11 Scott Dooley 10 5
D 8:43 Dan Chemotti 10 6
H 9:56 Kevin Dougherty (Keith Mekeel) 11 6
D 11:32 Greg Patchak (Dan Hauber) 11 7
D 12:25 Devan Wray (Terrence Keaney) 11 8

FOURTH QUARTER
H 0:08 Doug Shanahan 12 8
D 1:16 Kevin Cassese 12 9
D 4:59 Chris Hartofilis (Dan Chemotti) 12 10
H 8:07 Tom Kessler 13 10
H 9:20 Adam Hananel 14 10
H 12:44 Michael Tierney 15 10
D 14:08 Kevin Brennan (Slashing-1:00)

*=Extra Man Goal, **=Shorthanded Goal Final Score: Hofstra 15, Duke 10.

15th-Ranked Hofstra Downs Ninth-Ranked Duke, 15-10

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