Hofstra Pride
| Hofstra Pride | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Hofstra University |
| Conference |
Colonial Athletic Association EIWA (Wrestling) |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Jeff Hathaway |
| Location | Hempstead, New York |
| Varsity teams | 17 |
| Basketball arena | Hofstra Arena |
| Baseball stadium | University Field (Hofstra) |
| Other arenas | Mack Sports Complex (5,000+) |
| Nickname | Pride |
| Fight song | March On, Hofstra |
| Colors |
Blue, White, and Gold[1] |
| Website |
www |
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The Hofstra Pride (formerly the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen) are composed of 17 teams representing Hofstra University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis. Men's sports include baseball and wrestling. Women's sports include volleyball, field hockey, and softball. The Pride compete in the NCAA Division I and have been members of the Colonial Athletic Association in most sports since 2001.[2] They were previously members of the American East Conference.
Teams
| Men's | Women's |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross Country |
| Cross Country | Field Hockey |
| Golf | Golf |
| Lacrosse | Lacrosse |
| Soccer | Soccer |
| Tennis | Softball |
| Wrestling (EIWA) | Tennis |
| Volleyball | |
Basketball
The men's basketball team experienced its most successful period in 2000 and 2001, winning back-to-back America East Men's Basketball Tournament titles and making their first appearances in the Division I championship for the first time since the 1970s.
Wrestling
The Hofstra University Pride Wrestling team competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
In 1977, Hofstra wrestler Nick Gallo won the NCAA National Championship in the 126 lb weight class and was a member of the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic Freestyle Wrestling teams, he was also given the title "Most Outstanding Wrestler" in the 1977 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.[3]
Dennis Papadatos, who became the 12th Head Wrestling Coach in Hofstra history on April 4, 2014, is in his 1st season as the head wrestling coach of the Pride in 2014-15.[4] The Pride wrestling team competes on campus in the Mack Sports Complex. Former Pride wrestler Chris Weidman was a 2-time NCAA Division I All-American (6th in 2006 & 3rd in 2007, both at 197 lb) and is now the current UFC Middleweight Champion.
Hofstra's wrestling team was formerly a member of the CAA like all other Pride teams until the CAA ended sponsorship of wrestling in 2013.
Discontinued sports
Football
The school fielded a football team from 1937 to 2009, when the sport was cancelled due to costs and declining attendance.[5] The team was an associate member of the Atlantic 10 Conference from 2001 until 2009. Funds previously used for the football program went into the creation of the medical school, and enhancing a variety of programs, including hard sciences and engineering.[6]
Conference history
- Metropolitan New York Conference (1942-1943)
- East Coast Conference (1965-1994) (some sports competed as independents)
- North Atlantic Conference/America East Conference (1994-2001)
- Colonial Athletic Association (2001–present) (football competed in the A-10 until 2006)
References in popular culture
Two of Bill Cosby's early comedy albums include routines about a game between the now-defunct Hofstra football team and Temple University.[7] The routines are "TV Football" (from I Started Out as a Child) and its expanded re-telling "Hofstra" (from Why Is There Air?).
An entire episode of Everybody Loves Raymond was devoted to a main character, Frank Barone, catching a record-setting field-goal ball kicked by a Hofstra player at a game Ray Barone predicted to be a "tickle fight." Hofstra Athletics have been commended for its performance the 2014-2015 year.
See also
References
- ↑ Hofstra Licensing Standards Guide (PDF). July 1, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ↑ "GoHofstra.com - The Official Website of Hofstra Pride Athletics". gohofstra.com. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ↑ http://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/ur/points-pride.html
- ↑ . Hofstra University Athletics https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063105/http://www.gohofstra.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209603595&DB_OEM_ID=22200&SPSID=345362&SPID=13577&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=22200&ATCLID=3715204&Q_SEASON=2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/sports/ncaafootball/04hofstra.html
- ↑ http://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/news_faq_120309.html
- ↑ "Bill Cosby – Hofstra – Listening & stats at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
