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2011 PRIDE PROFILES
DANNY
PEZZOLLA
Midfield
5-10, 185, Junior
Endicott, NY/Union Endicott
High School Coach: Jon Stank
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Third year on the Pride Lacrosse team…2010:
Played in four games as a sophomore…Tallied
one assists on the season…Assisted on a goal
against Manhattan…Picked up three ground balls including two against
Army…Took five shots on the year including three against Manhattan…
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Hofstra Athletics
Academic Honor Roll member…2009: Played in all 15 games as a
freshman…Recorded one assist on the season in the
Pride’s 6-5 victory over Sacred Heart…Tallied
two ground balls on the season in games
against Massachusetts and Robert Morris…
Took eight shots with five on goal…Fired two
shots at Sacred Heart…CAA Commissioner’s
Academic Award recipient…High School:
Played four years of lacrosse and soccer at
Union Endicott High School…Graduated
as the highest scoring midfielder in Union
Endicott history and ranks second
in career points…Recorded 105
goals, 79 assists and 184 points
in his career…US Lacrosse All-
American as a senior…Three-time
all-league selection…Named
to Section IV All-Tournament
team twice…Two-time team
Most Valuable Player and Most
Outstanding Offensive Player…
Won a silver medal at the 2007 Empire
State Games…2007 STX Shootout
champion as a member of the Central New
York Roadhawks…Four-time Scholar-Athlete
Award recipient…Member of the National Honor
Society…Personal: Born June 19, 1989…Has one
sister…Lists “Green Street Hooligans” as his favorite
movie…Also recruited by Cornell, Loyola, North Carolina and
Navy…Boys and Girls Club youth lacrosse coach and youth lacrosse camp
coach…Plans to pursue a career in marketing…Information technology
major.
Year GP Sht. G A Pts. GB
2009 15 8 0 0 0 2
2010 4 5 0 1 1 3
Career 19 13 0 1 1 5
JOHN
ANTONIADES
Midfield
5-9, 165, Sophomore
Hauppauge, NY/St. Anthony’s/
Chaffee Prep
High School Coach: Keith Wieczorek
Second year on the Hofstra Lacrosse
roster…2010: CAA All-Rookie Team selection…Played in all 14 games
as the primary face-off specialist after the injury to Mike Vaccaro in
the season opener…Tallied one goal and two assists for three points…
Scored his lone goal of the year at St. John’s
and assisted on goals against Manhattan and
Delaware…Second on the team with 47
ground balls…Picked up eight ground
balls against Jacksonville, six against
Towson and five versus Princeton
and Army…Took eight shots…
Won 180 face-offs and lost 149 for
a .549 winning percentage, ranking
25th in Division I…Also ranked
fifth in the CAA in face-off
winning percentage… Won 21
of 30 face-off at Princeton…
Captured 19 of 27 face-off
against Jacksonville…Won
17 of 25 face-offs against
Towson…Captured 16 of 28
face-off against Brown and 12
of 17 at St. John’s…Grabbed
10 of 13 face-offs against
Manhattan…Prep School:
Came to Hofstra after one year
at Loomis Chaffee Prep School
in Windsor, Connecticut…Named
to the All-New England team after
recording 30 goals, 20 assists, 162
ground balls and winning 85% of his
face-offs…Selected to the East-West All-Star
Game…High School: Played scholastically at St.
Anthony’s High School in South Huntington, New
York…Voted CHSAA Face-Off Midfielder of the
Year as a senior…Named team Most Valuable Player
and received the Army Reserve Award for the Friars, who
were ranked fourth nationally with a 15-3 record, in 2008…
Recorded 15 goals, 15 assists, 157 ground balls and won 83%
of his face-offs…Personal: Born June 8, 1990…Has one sister…
Enjoys weight-lifting and ice hockey in his free time…Also recruited
by Army, Navy and Virginia…Aspires to a career in criminal justice or
teaching…History major.
Year GP Sht. G A Pts. GB FOW-L Pct.
2010 14 8 1 2 3 47 180-149 .547
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