The Hofstra Pride men's lacrosse team represents Hofstra University

Hofstra University

Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...

 in National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse

Field lacrosse

Field lacrosse, sometimes referred to as the "fastest sport on two feet," is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867....

 competition. The university first fielded a varsity men's lacrosse team in 1949, hiring Howdy Myers

Howdy Myers

Howard "Howdy" Myers, Jr. was an American football, basketball and lacrosse coach and college athletics administrator in the United States. He served as head football coach for Johns Hopkins University from 1946 to 1949 and again in 1979 and at Hofstra University from 1950 to 1974, compiling a...

 the following season from Johns Hopkins to take over the program. Hofstra has made sixteen postseason appearances in the NCAA tournament

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

The annual NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III....

reaching the quarterfinals four times - in 1993, 1999, 2001 and 2006. The closest Hofstra came to making the NCAA final four was in 2006, when they lost in overtime to Massachusetts in the quarterfinals.

Annual Record Men's Lacrosse

Year	Wins	Losses	Percent	Conference	Playoffs	National Rank
2010	9	5	.643	5th	NCAA First Round	14
2009	11	4	.733	3rd	NCAA First Round	10
2008	10	6	.625	1st	NCAA First Round	16
2007	6	8	.429	4th	CAA Semifinals
2006	17	2	.895	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals	2