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...five days last week, the varsity lacrosse team encountered and whipped five teams, and established itself as one of the outstanding lacrosse teams in the nation. Victims of the powerful Crimson onslaught were CCNY, Hofstra, Rutgers, the Boston Lacrosse Club, and a combined Oxford-Cambridge team currently touring the United States...

Author: By Peter A. Derow, | Title: Lacrosse Ten Concludes Spring Tour; Defeats English Team for 5-0 Record | 4/10/1961 | See Source »

After the game, the players drove out to Long Island, where they defeated Hofstra 18-6 the following day. Bohn, Watts, and Sieglaff continued to register heavily in the scoring column, joined by Woody Spruance, the third attack with Watts and Bohn. Spruance threw four into the nets and assisted on a fifth. Although the contest looked close at first, the varsity rapidly pulled ahead, and Munro emptied the bench for the second time...

Author: By Peter A. Derow, | Title: Lacrosse Ten Concludes Spring Tour; Defeats English Team for 5-0 Record | 4/10/1961 | See Source »

...captain Tadhg Sweeney; Grady , who had the highest number of in the nation last year; and Dave who was among the highest scorers 51 goals, the varsity will open a season at City College of New on April 4. On the fifth, the team Hofstra College on Long Island, and the sixth takes on Rutgers. Of the opponents, Rutgers should be the difficult, as it will have already seven games compared...

Author: By Peter A. Derow, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/29/1961 | See Source »

...being run in some suburbs, and in still others, the chief warm-weather occupation is neighbor watching (Does she hang her laundry outside to dry? Does he leave his trash barrels on the curb after they have been emptied?). In Long Island's staid, old Garden City, observes Hofstra Assistant Sociology Professor William Dobriner, "they don't care whether you believe in God, but you'd better cut your grass." In close-by Levittown, a poll of householders some time ago showed that the No. 1 topic on people's minds was the complaint that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: The Roots of Home | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

...varsity can also point to several games as examples of what it could have done had it been able to play consistent lacrosse. First there was the Hofstra game, which the varsity won 5 to 4 in one overtime, playing well on a muddy field...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 5/29/1959 | See Source »

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