Hofstra Women to Honor Eder at Halftime

from press release

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - The Hofstra Women's Lacrosse team will host #20 Rutgers on Saturday at 1 p.m. and the athletic department will honor former Pride great Bridget Eder at halftime for being named to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) 25th Anniversary Team.

Hofstra will look to regroup after dropping a tough 6-5 decision to #4 Penn on Wednesday. It dropped Hofstra's record to 3-2 this season with both losses being one-goal defeats to top 10 teams. Hofstra fell, 13-12, to Notre Dame on February 23.

As part of the 25th Anniversary of the Colonial Athletic Association, the CAA is honoring silver anniversary teams in each of its sports during this academic year. These teams consist of the 25 top players in CAA history in each sport, as voted on by a panel of coaches. The Hofstra athletic department will be recognizing the Pride's representatives on the CAA Silver Anniversary teams at various events throughout the year, and at halftime of Saturday's game Hofstra will honor former Pride women's lacrosse student-athlete Eder, who was chosen to the CAA 25th Anniversary Women's Lacrosse team.

The only first team All-American in program history, Eder earned second team All-American honors in 2004 and following that up with first team accolades in 2005. A two-time Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year, she garnered All-CAA honors three times in her career. Also a three-time regional All-American, she ranks first in program history in ground balls with 229 and caused turnovers with 126. In addition, Eder is also third all-time with 135 draw controls in a career that spanned from 2002-2005.

Hofstra roared back on Wednesday after trailing 6-1 with just over 22 minutes left in the second half and cut the deficit to 6-5 with six minutes remaining. That would be as close as the Pride would get, though, as both defenses clamped down in the final minutes of the contest. Hofstra was led in scoring against the Quakers by senior midfielder Corrine Gandolfi and freshman midfielder Jill Maier, who each tallied two goals. Gandolfi, who leads Hofstra this season in every statistical category, added three draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Penn.

For the season, Gandolfi has team-highs of 14 goals, four assists,18 points, 23 draw controls, 10 ground balls and nine caused turnovers. Defensively, junior defense Katie Hertsch has been strong as she has 10 ground balls, 10 draw controls and six caused turnovers.

Rutgers enters Saturday's game with a perfect 5-0 record after defeating St. Joseph's (PA), 17-6, on Wednesday.