NCAA Lacrosse Player Blogs: Hofstra ‘Cribs’, Volume 2

The Game

The Pride won two huge back to back conference games beating Delaware 10-8 Saturday in the Big City Classic at the Meadowlands and then followed that up with a 12-7 victory over a tough Drexel squad Wednesday night at James M. Shuart Stadium.

Jay Card led the way with five goals and two assists for the Dutchmen and freshman goalie Baby Gvozden made 11 saves Saturday at the Big City Classic to preserve an important CAA victory. Jack Vivonetto and Adam Swarsen led the defense with another all-out effort and Tom Dooley added two important second half goals to help the Pride win on the big stage.

Against Drexel, Tom Dooley led the charge with four goals, including career goal 99, as the Pride won against an extremely resilient Drexel squad. Jay Card and Anthony Muscarella added three goals apiece and junior midfielder Sean Lucas scored the first goal of his career in another conference win. On defense, Steven DeNapoli and Steve Prifte led the charge while Joe Montemurro scrapped his way to another fine outing at the faceoff x.

The Dutchmen travel south next as they face the Towson Tigers Saturday at Unitas Stadium at 1 p.m.

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Interview with Steve DeNapoli

1) What is your most memorable non-lacrosse experience?
Visiting Mike Skudin in Long Beach this past summer was an unforgettable time.

2) If you could have dinner with any three people dead or alive, who would it be with?
Alex Trebek, I love Jeopardy, and Brennan Huff and Dale Doback from Step Brothers.

3) If you could switch places with anyone in the world for a day, who would it be with?
Derek Jeter. I am a huge Yankees fan and he’s the man.

4) What’s your favorite thing to do in your free time?
Schoolwork or logging in some couch hours at the Senior Lax House or napping.

5) Who has been the biggest influence on your life and why?
My biggest influence has to be my brother Dominick. We were very close growing up and he has taught me a ton of life lessons.

6) What was your best childhood experience?
I got to see Roger Clemens win his 300th game at Yankee Stadium.

7) What has been the best vacation that you’ve been on?
My sophomore year in high school, my lacrosse team went to Orlando, FL. We had some great seniors on our team that made the trip hilarious.

What are your summer 2009 plans?
I am currently interviewing to be the next Steve Prifte. Since he has to be at school for football in the fall, his brother Keith needs a partner in crime for the summer. I can say that I am probably a lock for the position.

9) If you could play another collegiate sport, what would it be?
Football. If I was a little taller and bigger, I would love to be the next Wayne Chrebet.

10) What is a little known fact about you?
I have never been outside of the country or west of the Mississippi.

Hofstra Cribs II

For this week’s Hofstra Cribs edition, I visited the Junior lacrosse house, aka “The Swamp” (as evidence by the green paint on the exterior seen below). This house is rumored to have been one of the original houses on Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad. It is also rumored to have been built by the Amish in only thirteen hours.

The house members include Dan Stein, Tom Interlicchio, Sean Lucas, Isaac Neal, Tyler Brant, and Kevin Hannon. Although those six are technically the residents of the house, some will argue the house actually has seven residents, with that seventh being Dan Orlando. Cole Koesterer and Mike DeNapoli also visit on occasion. Below the housemates pose for a family portrait in front of their American flag.

Above, we see Dan Stein’s room. He recently switched from a zebra to a tiger theme comforter. Also, if you look closely at on top of bed, you’ll a pair of dog slippers, which Dan recently purchased from the mall and has been known to wear quite frequently.

Above, Tom Interlicchio is hard at work in his room. Tom’s room has been known as the VIP lounge before, during, and after social events. Tom has taken to his role as host DJ during such social events. If you’ve made it into his room during these events, it is a safe to say that you have made it in life as well.

Above is Isaac Neal’s room. Isaac constantly has his cloths “borrowed” from his walk-in closet and would like everyone who still has articles of his clothing(particularly hoodies and sweatpants) to kindly return them and would ask that no one borrow anymore. Isaac thanks everyone for their timely cooperation.

Above, we see Sean Lucas’ room. Fun fact about Sean’s room is that is used to be a kitchen when the Swamp was split into two homes. Also, the house phone resides here.

Above, we see the spot of many bonfires held in the backyard. Naturally, only the usual non-flammable goods are burned such as metal brooms, cans, bottles, and multiple other items that don’t burn. This spot has also seen the end of many pairs of shoes, sandals, and hats.

Above, the housemates are on their way to a pregame meal in Dan Stein’s vehicle, nicknamed Lexington Steele.

House Fun Facts

• Favorite Movie: The Heartbreak Kid- although the house’s favorite genre of movies is scary movies
• Favorite activity: Hitchcocking- This is when one or more people stand in shower and wait for someone to come in and then they frighten that person who just walked in. Named after famous movie director Alfred Hitchcock and the movie Psycho. Tom Interlicchio is rumored to be the most frequent target.
• Holes in the walls are covered up by posters.
• There was no heat in the house this past winter except in Isaac’s room. The rest of the house had to tough it out.
• Dan Stein has had to break down his door three times and Sean Lucas has done the same to his door twice. All five of the incidents occurred because they each lost their room keys.
• Sunday Night has become family television time. Favorite television shows include Entourage, Eastbound and Down, True Blood, and pretty much anything on MTV.
• After nine months of living on a floor bed, Tyler just this past weekend bought a brand new bed frame so now has a real bed on which he can sleep. Tyler also ended up with the smallest of all the rooms and you may be wondering how. Well, in the middle of this past summer, all of the housemates drew straws for who got what room. Since Tyler was busy working back home in Maryland, he was unable to make this house meeting. The housemates, being such considerate and thoughtful guys that they are, had a proxy fill in for him. Tyler still lost the straw drawing and contends to this day that the drawing was fixed.

Till next week, keep your head to the grindstone and God Bless America!

(as seen on InsideLacrosse.com:)

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